Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
neu NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

coal is superseding wood as fuel at
GAINESVILLE.
o1 rasrne Pate. OF Warrenton, lost horse
~ 5eath. caused by the bite of mad
~ Tsose who delight In the sport cap
Wv tvco foxes near Calhoun a day or
two ago. ,. voo,o vol
at Macon is brighter than 1t has been
- rho MAYOR Of Athens had his second
aa n drunkenness up this week since
O-obibition went into effect.
nstoctive Henry A. Thomas, who
,.iiJed the Lee brothers in Texas day or
sr-o AGO formerly lived in Atlanta.
Tho ginhOuse on Capt. j. A. CoDb's
,.oIson plantation has been destroyed by
go together with 10 bales Of cotton. Loss
about 1000.
Tho nonulation Of Elberton is increas-
,,,at tbe rate OF about half dozen
bahies per week, and most Of them are
said to be girls.
Fo7r and one-halt tenths of per cent,
~ 45e. on the 500, is the amount to be
Daid for county purposes by Troup county
citizens this year.
Worship Clark, the negro who received
sevare wound at Amerlcus Saturday
Srom the hands of E. B. Wallace, in q diff
cnlry. is IN a fair way for recovery.
In the trial Of case about a hog in Cobb
oonntv the Justice took the hog for his
costs and the lawyer had to content him
set with gaining the case as his fee.
william Watson, pastor of the colored
Methodist church at Calhoun, was up be-
f1re the courts last week for wife-beating.
Tse case was dismissed upon the pay
mant OF costs.
At Vienna a negro by the name of
Folder has confessed to setting fire to Mr..
2 T. Ennis ginhouse, the crime for
which Sam Greene has been confined in
iail for some time.
The lodge Of Good Templars, OF Gaines
vile. gave public demonstration Thurs
dav. which proved successful In every
raspect. Speeches and sumptuous bar
bacue were the chief features.
the survivors OF the Thirty-ei ghth
Georgia held a reunion at Decatur Tues
dav. which was largely attended by Wis
TORS of the gallant command and the peo-
ME generally of Decatur and vicinity.
+. B. Higginbotham, tax collector OF
Fbert county, was seriously hurt one day
last week while cutting down a tree. In
falling. one of the limbs of the tree struck
him across the body and injured him in
ternslly.
The ffawkinsville compress had turned
ont 900 bales up to Thursday morning.
About TWENTY-FIVE hands are employed
bv the company. The cotton is sent on
through cars to Norfolk via Atlanta and
Knoxville.
The mayor and police committee Of
Athens have decided to give each men,
Der Of the police force a week In which
to recruit for the winters campaign, the
men to alternate so as not to interfere
With their efficiency.
Two escaped convicts, white man and
negro, from the gang working on the Ma
con and Dublin railroad, were captured
near TOOmbsboro Saturday by Messrs.
Benjamin Brown and Joseph Vaughn,
after rather lively chase.
Madison R. Maxwell, who was injured
bv blow on the head struck by FELTON,,
with whom his sister elOped at Atlanta a
day or two ago, will probably die from
the wound. The father, brother. daugh-
ter, and FELTON, have been reconciled.
As train No. Thursday evening passed
up by Bolton, large peafOwl was caught
up on the front OF the engine. He straight
ened himself and seemed to enjoy the ride
hugely until the train was near Rufus
station, when he spread his wings and lit
Of
The present term of court is the most
expensive Gordon county has had in sew
eral years. The criminal docket was
heavy. There were eighteen prisoners in
jail at one time last week, but several
We're released, as there was ne evidence
against them.
Milton Means and his wife. colored, of
Conyers, have lately had some family
olmcultles, which resulted in sepa-
ration, and both man and wife left
lot parts unknown, leaving to the mer-
cies Of the public their two little children,
one Of them a sucking babe.
James Moss, the negro who was shot
IN attempting to evade arrest at Calhoun.
Is IN bad fix. His right arm is broken
above the elbow, and three buckshot en-
Tered his side. He was one of the six
sent to the coal mine. He is in his 17th
year, and has lifetime sentence.
Believing that she was putting her
nickels in missionary boxes that the
heather would be benefited, little
Rome girl has patronized the street cars
extensively. When told OF her mistake
she was indignant, and the street car
face.
me attorneys Of Jesse Cook, the Taylor
county wife murderer, who IS now under
sentence to be hanged Oct. ,, have de-
Sstded 70 make motion for a new trial.
Tue grounds are that the verdict was not
IA accordance with the testimony and the
NV, The motion will be heard by Judge
Wits, at Elberton, on Monday next.
Athens Banner Waterman: Our citi-
ms are anXously waiting to hear the
Aeelsl0n OF Mr.. Russell's free school bill,
as II is their intent to have the system IN
p rr,fstlOn by next spring. Free schools
VIII not perceptibly increase the city
t,aAes II at all, as we will receive 5000
ron the Peabody fund. They will add
sieatiy 10 the population Of Athens.
a strange freak of lightning occurred
az tne depot at LAGRANGE Thursday after
.opn' during heavy rain. IL struck IN
we telegraph Office and melted a portion
y. lhe instrument. and also melted the
ground wire on the outside. Robert
neaeers, the operator, was at his instru-
,uehl When the fash occurred. and made
narrow escape. A gentleman was
sanding on the platform by the ground
WIG "nen II was fused, and experienced
pistol.
mere reclines at present behind the
,on.,ot the city prison At Macon an old
eHan unable 10 pay fine Of $40, I'M
cV NJ Mondays Recorders Court for
uuhenncs9 Since bis imprisonment
~, Nas pleaded plteously for mercy 20 any
6S VINO would present themselves before
,..!' from few who have conversed
y, l'u llm 10 is learned that he WAS once a