Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Sawyertoga is the nance Of aprecinct in
Stewart county.
Reuben Haney, of Gwinnett county,
will be tried for bigamy to-day.
A school house for colored pupils is
being erected at West BowersVllle.
The Grand COmmandery Knights Tenn
plar of Georgia meet at Macon to-day.
Monday Mrs. Moon, of Athens, 81 years
old, fell and broke her hip. She will hard
Iy recover.
The Sandersvllle public schools will
close their exercises with an examination
on June 8 and an exhibition at night.
r. W. Grub, of Darien, represents
that city in the National Commercial
Convention, now in session at Atlanta.
Gen. W. S. Hancock is still at Atlanta,
and has not decided on the site for the
new United States army barracks as yet.
A curiosity was seen at NJ aeon Monday
in the shape of a negro woman with
beard on her chin nearly two inches long.
Samuel Jones, alias Samuel Lusty, (col.
ored ransaoked DR.. E. j. DensOn's resi-
dence at Billiards. Station and made his
escape.
j. A. Ray, living near Deep Step in
Washington county, lost house, kitchen,
furniture and all wearing apparel by fire
on May 7.
The Sunday School Convention of the
Washington Association will be held with
the Baptist Church in Sandersville, May
IS, 90, and 30.
j. G. Cameron, of Lavonia, has dis
covered gold mine on his place. The
indications are the same on the place of
Robert Wright.
Ell. Sanford, of Athens, was so severe
" injured by being thrown on his head
from buggy Monday that his condition
was considered critical.
j. J.. AGREE, of Lee county, lost two
hogs the other day from eating mustard
greens. A few years ago he lost several
COWS from the same cause.
r. w. Patterson, of Macon, has been
engaged to contest the will of the late
David Dickson, of Hancock county. He
left an estate of 100000 to his colored
mistress.
The steamer W. D. ChipIey, of the Mer-
chants and Planters line, will tie up at
Columbus for the balance of the season,
the Amos Hayes, the other steamer OF the
line, being sufficient to do the summer
business.
The great quilting frolic at Feagan's
Mill, in Houston county, next Saturday,
will be attended by 5000 people. The
various exercises will be conducted under
the auspices of the Houston County
Farmers NIuD.
At Athens Henry Snowden has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for life by
Judge Hutchins. About ten years ago
Henry and Reese Hull got into a fight and
Henry struck at Reese with a stick and
killed a little child.
Buford is in the throes Of a holiness
meeting. Five services are held each
day, aud every service increases the num-
Der of converts and professors of sancti-
fcation. Eleven of the thirteen members
of the Gainesville district have accepted
the doctrine and protested the experience
OF holiness.
Dixon & Vigal, of Americas, left a
dummy, attired in very dudish suit of
clothes, standing in front of their store
Monday night. When they came down
Saturday the dummy was absent without
leave, and up to this time nothing has
been heard of either dummy or the clothes
which he wore.
The principal and interest of the money
paid for credit in Franklin county within
the last 10 wears would amount TO one
fourth the value of the taxable property
in the county. Not less than 100000 in
terest and principal have been paid for
euano in the same time. TwO-thirds of
All this vast sum of money might have
been saved.
Saturday the NEWS reported the sudden
death of Miss Maud Clegg at Wesleyan
Female College. She was the only sister
Of Mrs. w. w. Hooks, of Albany, and
SUNDAYS Albany NeaCS brings in the news
of the death on Saturday Of Mrs. Hooks
little babe. To complete the picture of
Cesolation, her father lies extremely i'll at
his home in Lee county.
7tViolet Jackson, cOlored, who killed
Louis Bell accidentally, as she claims,
with a musket, at Columbus, Saturday
night, was arrested Monday under war
rant sworn out by the slain mans uncle,
Gabriel Shepherd, charging her with muir
der. and lodged in jail. Some new deyel-
opments probably caused this action. A
warrant is also cut for Frank Johnson.
colored the man present at the time Of
the killing.
Work was begun on the Wadley memo
rial at Macon Monday, at the point
selected for It's location, the intersection
of Mulberry and Third streets. Robert
Gushing, the sculptor, will superintend
the erection Of the statute. William
Stevens, the ROadmaster of the Central
system, will have in charge the actual
work. The memorial itself has been in
Macon several days, at the yards Of the
Central road. 1t has not been removed
from the car in which it arrived.
There are over $4,000 in the Clarke
county treasury. The grand jury de-
nOunces the free school sy stem Of Georgia
as "A useless waste Of the public money;
asks for Il State registration and assess
ment law, and considers the arbitrary
privileges given the Georgia Railroad
Commissioner q serious drawback 10 the
development of the State and its section,
and asks the Legislature 10 open the
courts for a settlement OF differences be-
tween the railroads and commissioners.
In a book account in favor Of John Gil
bet and against Andrew Nesbet, made in
Franklin county in 1893, the following
items are charged Five pounds of sugar
81 %. pound Of lead % cents, ounces
pins 30 cents, pounds pewter 81 S7%, >
spelling books 70 cents, , pounds OF iron
S71Icents, pound OF nails % cents.
ounces steel II cents, quart Of whisky
3l4 cents. ] pair of men shoes 81 %,
pound Of coffee 80 cents. yards of calico
81 61la, x pound OF epson salts 37& cents.
The Will Of the late 81. G. schwed, of
Macon, has been prOblted and contains
among other dispositions, the following:
$1,000 TO Macon Lodge No. 3; 81 900 to the
Congregation Beth Israel; $4,000 each 10
his parents; $4,000 20 Marcus Schwed,
brother; $1,000 TO Rebecca DunkwOrth,
sister; 1000 TO Lipmau Schwed, brother;
$500 70 5. Il. Price; $500 to A. ProudGt,