Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

What Thrift ana GOOD behavior Can
Accomplish For Their Race in Georgia
-AFree- FOr-An Fight at Fayetteville.
GEORGIA.
Pole White, OF Cobb county, has four
legged guinea.
Cobb county will take another vote on
fence or no fence on July 1.
S.A. Gray will build at once new
warehouse at Waynesboro.
Mumford Bradley, of NJ arietta, has been
amounted depot agent at Canton.
Athens has subscribed $1O1 80 to the
stephens Memorial Association.
Robert Daniel, a negro COW thief con-
fined in jail at Talbotton, has become in
sane.
The early closing movement is going
into practice in nearly every city in the
State.
Gainesville listens to music played by
band of rapturous maidens aged from IA
to 16 years.
BIZ. Jones, Postmaster at Thomaston,
Epson county, has rendered his resigna-
ton, to take effect June 80.
The Brumby Chair Company, CT Mari
eta. furnished 1000 chairs for the gospel
tabernacle in Atlanta.
Miss Eta Kincaid, daughter of DR..
art at Miss Baldwin's Institute at Staun-
ton, Va.
Marietta wants Sam. Jones to preach
there in July. He has promised to do so
if an arbor is erected for him to preach
under.
At Lexington Ordinary Gelham issued
a license Wednesday for the marriage of
his mother, Mrs. VIM. Gelham, to Lindsay
Jacks.
Moore, the young man who drank two
phials of laudanum at Atlanta Tuesday
night, died w ednesday morning at police
headquarters.
The streets in Columbus running east
and west are hereafter to be designated
by numbers ranging from one to seven
teen instead of by names.
A colOred Lothario was captured Tues
day evening by the brothers of one of
Athens dusky damsels and made to marry
at the nozzle of several shotguns.
H. r. Lowery, living in the lower part
of Laurens county, has q small gourd
which was grown in 1S31-the year of his
birth. 1t has been in his possession all
the while.
The Clerk of the Superior Court of
Gwinnett county has recorded over 500
pages of mortgage liens this year. The
book used was very large, holding three
liens to the page.
There is much suffering among the poor
of Columbus, and considerable more than
usual at this season of the year, in con-
sequence of an unusual amount of sick
ness among them.
The engine companies of the Augusta
Fire Department object to the decision of
the City Council in withdrawing the S25
per month appropriations and the city's
taking charge of the engine horses.
A committee has been appointed to can
vass Macon and learn how many of her
business men are willing to aid the pro-
ject for the revival of her Chamber of Com
merce with their financial backing.
Judge Speer has issued an order ap-
pointing James B. CASTOR United States
Commissioner. with headquarters at
Gainesville. He has been engaged in the
revenue service for the past thirteen years.
A brakeman of the Western and At
lantic Railroad named james Adams fell
from the cab of moving freight train, a
mile north of Tilton, Monday, and sus-
tanned injuries thereby which may prove
fatal.
J. +. Austin, of DeSoto, turned out his
steer Monday, and when it came up Tues
day morning it was found that some vii
lain had cut out its tongue, stuffed the
bell around its neck and otherwise NAL
treated the animal.
James Nj. Taylor, living near Alpha
retta. committed suicide Wednesday by
hanging himself with plOwline. He had
been 10 bad health for some months past.
and his mind had been giving away
gradually for the last six months.
Bob Brown, one of the exploring party
that ventured in the SandersvIlle caves,
says the most of the route traversed was
Low \ - e.
erect. He says he saw some beautiful
stalactites in some of the chambers.
Lexius Henson, restaurateur. and the
richest colored man in Augusta, has Just
paid $4,000 in cash for the we'll known
Broad street building extending all the
way through to Ellis street and long oc-
cupied by the Chronicle Publishing Com
pany.
On Wednesday night last some negroes
living on Tom Brantley's place, near
Sparta, went off to take bee tree, and
when they returned found that their
house and contents. together with two
children, aged 4 and s years, had all been
burned.
negro named Hearne was killed Tues
day on the plantation of DR.. Watkins,
about six miles from Palmetto, by Mr..
Attaway. They quarreled about the
negroes boy going to work. Both We're
cut in the scuflle. the negro fatally and
Mr.. Attaway slightly.
L. a. Fuller, the Vice President. and
julius Estey, the Treasurer of the Estey
organ Company. have presented the Gov
eFnors Horse Guard of Atlanta with
iQur beautiful silver trumpets. Messrs.
ruler and Estey are officers of the Ma
uonal Guard Of Vermont.
Zeak smith, one of the track hands on
the Macon and Augusta Railroad.
stumbled and fell in front OF a hand car
near Sparta and was run over aud badly
crushed. The cor was heavily loaded with
iron and the injury Of Mr.. Smith is an ex-
csedingly serious one and his ultimate re-
cQYery is uncertain.
John II. Parnell. Of West Point, denies
the statements that his mother will he
forced by financial circumstances TO sell
ner home at lngleside and is on the verge
ol absolute poverty. Mr.. Parnell also
states that he never owned any peach
orchards in New Jersey, for the purchase
o. which his mother advanced him money.
ne says that he has used his own money
III Georgia with success.
Fayetteville bad a sensation Friday. 1t
was The day Of JusticC Court. A suit for
scandal was being tried. Parties on each
slae became excited and angry, and I'm
ne afternoon there was a general fight.
40 pistol or knives were used and nobody
was much hurt. Justice BlalOck COM