Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a,,as for Congress in the NihIh Die
trtct-A Revenue Raid in heoun
connty-TayIor COunty's Ordinary In
trouble.
GEORGIA.
~ Fite saws he has introduced his last
an IN the house at this session.
era had OF manganese ore has been dis
,,'arsd within the Incorporated nnltS Oh
Gainesville.
tTanta,s artesian we'll has reached a
.,,r,fh Of /. $50 feet, and there Is Sui no
DOW Of water
me grand jury of Walton county has
commended Col. Charles u. bIalock as
county JUDGE .....
nostnasteTship OF haWklnsNlile W euc-
coed Thos. j. Holder
waggish individual has ascertained
nat tne Dalton girls consume quarter
- ton of chewing gum per annum.
Ata recent meeting the Board OF Com
ts;ouers of GWinett assessed the tax
ior county purposes at SIC GA the 500.
Jesse Anthony, of JOnesboro, has re-
cod an appointment as Rauger in the
soyenne service. He will be located at
Griffin.
little girl at Smyrna. 8 years olds
AN unhitcb A horse, take of his gear, put
him in the stable and feed him without
any help.
cant. Gentry, who had charge OF the
convict force on the Macon and Dublin
railroad. died at Dublin Sunday morning
about O'CLOCK
Or. Digger, member OF the House from
Fannin county, walks from his home to
Atlanta. a distance OF so miles. He is
over 70years old.
/ f. Randolph was elected mayor, and
! ". Hill. J. A. Loyle, John Whiteheart,
and : ". Shearard cOuncilmen or Jeiier-
son. Wednesday.
Miss Matte Pounds ability as mind
reader is beginning to attract considera-
HE attention. She is sister of the
Macon journalist.
DIR. FELTON, has introduced a bill In the
House to pay Emslev Stegall cOmpensa-
tion for a promised life pass over the state
road for right of way through his place.
Miss Lille McSwain, OF Macon, is still
continuing her search for employment in
positions usually filed by men. Her last
spplcauon was to be a United States de-
tecIiYe.
The southern Musical Convention will
convene a, RehObeth church, about three
miles north OF the Hill, Spalding county,
beginning Friday, Sept. IL, and will be in
session tn ee days.
judge Dillon, of Brunswiok, who was
hurt in an accident on the East Tennessee
road Wednesday, is now at Atlanta.
Judge Dillon is injured more seriously
than At first supposed.
A negro man was killed by falling from
the railroad bridge at OcOnee last week.
He WAS working on the rails that crossed
the bridge. when a slip of his wrench
threw him beadlong into the water, stun
ming and drowning MIN.
A horrible stencil arising from a trunk
at the Ar Line depot at Atlanta Thurs
day, led to the belief that corpse was
within, aud the lock was picked by the
police. A Limberger Geese was found to
be the cause of the smell.
There is a rather singular coincidence
IN the fact that there are three one-eyed
men 8nd one one-eyed lady Of the same
name and connection living near Mari
eta. All except one, 1t is stated, lost
their eyes through an accident.
John +. Harris, a commercial traveller,
of Macon, was carried out OF buggy in
which he was attempting to ford the BIZ
Sturgeon river, In Irwin county, day or
two ago, and, besides having a narrow
escape from drowning, lost his samples.
Congressman Allen Gambler, w. j.
Pike, OF Jefferson, j. b. Estes, of Gaines
vile W P. Price, of DanlOnega, Thomas
HARRISON, Of Blairsyille, j. K. Brown, of
Canton, and host of others are mem
toned as Congressional candidates in the
Ninth district.
DR.. A. c. Mathews, OF Elberton, intends
experimenting with dynamite next sum
mer to produce rain. HIS plan is to send
up number of small balloons contain
ing dynamite, and when they reach
sufficient altitude ignite the cOmbustibles
with an electric spark.
Atlanta is suffering from a postal card
famine. Postmaster Wilson telegraphed
to Washington for supply, and was di-
r.cted to buy from Nashville. He got co.
@O which lasted two days. He has since
sired every city between Richmond and
New Orleans, but can get no cards.
citizen of Cobb county had case In
COBB superior Court that involved $20,-
Wo, yet on the jury trying the case we're
eigb' men who could not sign their names
or make calculation in interest. In
another case juror was trying a case for
perjury and did not know the meaning OF
the word.
Patrolman Purdy, of the Atlanta police
force, vas attacked Thursday morning at
O'Clock by man who mi took him for
thiel connolly, whom he intended 10 as
sasslnate. Discovering his mistake, the
Wouii-be assassin broke away and ran be-
Was not injured.
Tie County Commissioners of Fulton
nave agreed TO open Poncs de Leon avenue
me springs II Atlanta will build
%lpOc ulvert at the street car bridge.
lac property owners of that vicinity have
raised $1,000 to help the city do the work.
MS VIII be the most important improve
ment Of the year.
blind musician. who 10 something of
musical prodigy, has been stopping in
NoicFoss for some time. He is a skllful
l'tIlormer on the piano, organ and other
musical Instruments, and, although
pHhd from his childhood, can take piano
Vt organ to pieces, tune IL and restore
ICY part to its proper place without as
In his charge to the Forsyth county
klsha jurors, last week, Judge Brown
sPphe especially of sign-bOarGs aud mile
p's's' and said they should be erected on
puoht roads in the county. he prom
'ee1 that II they were not up by next
'uII th- commissioners would be stirred
.up, anl ~ Forsyth county they know what
t1ai M ans
AeCrary's mill, in Talbot county,
'u (oose was captured by break
4'a wing in the spring OF 1871 It's
'"t as ainputsted, and 10 was turned
IN IL large pasture, where II re-
tH'i'iu lOr i've mOnthg. being reeapturpd