Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ruENEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAG RAPHS.

Atlanta druggists have stopped selllnS
cigars on Sunday.
Wrigbtsyiue now has Is stores. Ten
yo,.rs ago it only had two or three.
can't. w. P. Simpson has positively de-
o1ined TO make the race fer Mayor OF
Rome.
George w. Byington, the popular Boni-
foca OF Macon, Will not remove 10 AT
iorta, as mas been rumored.
Non. n. j. Hammond was in Conyers a
dav or two ago shaking hands with his
friends. He is in The race for Congress.
Engineer A. w. MitchelPs condition
was improved Sunday. One OF his eyes
vii probably be saved, but the other is
lost
Pani. C. Stone, the Gilmer county Illicit
dtsrilIer. who was arrested with twenty
three gallons of brandy, has jumped his
bond.
Bpd Burk, 10 years old, shot Tyler Har-
rjson. 4 wears old, at Macon, Sunday, but
did not seriously harm him. Bud wanted
To be a COW boy.
J. w. Wilson, of Habersham county,
has become deranged on religious mat
ters. and imagines himself minister. He
sander arrest at Atlanta for safe keep
ing.
A Macon street-car driver takes a long
ride every day. The street railroad is
four miles long. Each driver makes twenty
trips day, so that the distance he rides
Is eighty miles.
Muscogee Superior Court convened
Yesterday. There are $40 civil cases on
ibe trial docket. The criminal business
will be light, unless the &rand jury gets
in some good work.
The Ocmulgee river at Macon, which
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rose during the night, and Sunday was
considerably out OF its banks. There was
sufficient depth of water TO float a large
steamboat.
There is a general desire upon the part
of the citizens of Macon that some public
spirited alderman shall immOrtallZe him.
self by inducig the city council TO nave
the names of the streets posted on the
corners.
Saturday was very lively in the Phi
Gamma Society at Athens. W. l.. Pierce,
OF Austell, was elected February orator;
w. ). Stevens, OF Atlanta, annlversarlan;
DR.. JeeB. Hawthorne, OF Atlanta, orator
for next commencement.
The plans tor the government building
which is to be erected at Macon will rem
der IL necessary to fill in Mulberry street
several feet. If this is not done the build
ing aud the sidewalks surrounding IL
Will be several feet above the level OF the
street.
J. B. Long, of Crawford county, on Oct.
80 married his brothers. daughter. The
rather was not at home, and was so dis
pleased at he event that he Is trying to
lind some law to satisfy himself by either
prosecuting his brother or annullng the
marriage.
Last week as DR.. West, of Fort Gaines,
was leaving a certain station, on his way
home from the fair, he saw pretty girl
on the platform. and put his head out OF
the window to kiss her without removing
his hat. Indignant at this she took his
hat, tut gave him no kiss, and he had to
come home bare-headed.
There are six applicants for the post
office at Conyer's. The following are the
names; Mrs. Richardson, Messrs. W. T.
HusOn, Grier, Quigg, g. w. Clemmons,
T. c.. McCHila and J. S. Daniel. Col.
Hammond says there can be no appoint
ment made until the present incumbent,
j. I. Adair, resigns.
The following cases were settled at
ROckdale court last week: John Parker,
for iussng at church, two cases, $50;
Viii, Hardin, for stabhing, $50; Lee Ora
ham, misdemeaDor, $l7 90; Rolly Bryans,
cOlOred, $50; West Garrett, cOlOTed, assault
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$40. All the fines were paid.
The II O'clock train on the Rome rail-
road narrowly escaped being wrecked
Saturday morning by large stones and
earth from an embaukment, Just on the
other side OF Dykes creek, sliding down
on the track. A negro man who hap
pened along succeeded in stopping the
train within few yards of the slide.
Floyd county was visited by unusually
heavy rains during Friday and Saturday.
The OOstanaula and EtOwah rivers rose
rapidly, and it was feared that the bottom
lands might be overlooked. Several wash.
cuts occurred on the line of the East Ten
nessee rallI Dad, and trains were delayed.
Reports from ChattOOga county state that
heavy rains visited that section. and the
ChattoOga river was higher than ever
before.
The directors Of the Columbus public
library held their regular monthly meet
ing Saturday. The librarian reported
that $500 volumes were circulated dur
ing October, although there were several
days that the library was not open to the
public. There was collected during the
month 500 -, and six new members were
added 10 the roll. A public entertain
ment will be given at the rooms next
Friday night.
Last Friday night, in Nashville, Harry
clayton Adkins died from an overdose OF
morphine. The COrOner's jury, summoned
10 mold an inquest over mis- remains, rem
oered verdict to the effect that he had
Oled as already mentioned, but whether
WIN suicidal intent or not was not
known. Adkins worked month In the
once OF the Southern Telegraph Company
IN Macon. He was dissipated in his
RaDits, but not sufficiently so to make
anlmself obnoxious. He lett Macon on
sunday, Nov. l.
some scoundrel set fire to a large straw
pen near Mrs. Susan Stallings' house at
EarroIlton few days ago, and. but for
me accidental discovery OF the flames and
tne timely arrival of help, not only the
Pel OIL straw, but probably the dwelling
anu other buildings on the place would
nave been consumed. 1t is believed that
ramps set the fire, expecting the house
" 9e LEFT unguarded so they could enter
s ana help themselves, and that they were
ulgltened from their purpose by the
!uick arrival of several people who saw
inc names and hurried to the place.
Waynesboro Wiu Citizen: The citizens
III the lower part OF the county have been
Tying 70 get public road through a eer-
salu section which would consider ably
smnorten the distance 10 WaynesbOrO.
uere ~, however, one man who lives i'm
hneulately ON the proposed route who OBJ
Jects 70 the road. This man started out t.
nee neighboT a few days ago who lives
1oout mile and half from his home
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