Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
n,,e, VIEWS OF THE TWO STATES
l Il TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

-,;,or 7 n. Alexander has been ap-
I,,,od Postmaster at ThOmaston.
~. ordinance to abolish the office of
citv surveyor has been introduced Id Inc
INV council of Macon.
VI, ,obn r. Campbelps barn near Augusta
hos haen burned with 1,OOO bushels oloats
nn'd 6e0 bushels of wheat.
,,,orIos Lowe. the negro who assaulted
.,f,.s Lamar. of Macon. several days ago,
roe appn arrested at Atlanta.
,r,a Athens Commercial Exchange has
.;,st baen formed. It's objects are similar
nose of other boards OF trade.
r,,, Georpia match factory shipped an
..io. full carload of their matches We'd
nosday on an order from Baltimore.
Marty of hunters from Americus,
p,era Vista ard Ellavilie killed $50
.5ovas NJ DR.. McMichaeIs, near the latter
town, Thursday.
A petition is being circulated to hold
on1tber election on the "feuce" question
a. a hitaker's district, Harris county. at
on a,rlv date 1t is probable that should
tbe netltiou be granted mo fence" Will
Tho directors of the Atlanta base ball
ol,1, have passed a resolution donating to
MAR manager and players 10 per cent. of
tbe Droljts Of the season. 1t is estimated
hat the profits will rise neatly above
5000.
p 7. Sihley and Reed & Reinhardt, of
Atlanta. have entered q suit for $4,000
AGAINST the West Point railroad for Mrs.
Tnla Marable, whose husband, William
Warahe, was killed in an accident at
East Point.
W.M. McLendon, who lives near Wood
birv. shot and killed an Indian hen at his
zen pond. A pOst-mortem examination
revealed the fact that the bird had in its
stomach fifty small carp. Many of them,
baing vet alive, were turned back into the
pond.
The board of trustees of the Columbus
nuhjc schools held a meeting Tuesday
And elected teachers. The only change
made was the election of Miss Saliie
Waddell instead of Miss Anna Berry.
The salaries were fixed at the same as
last year.
capt. J. T. Mitchell, of Broken Arrow
district of Walton county, has found a
red oak tree with fat pine limbs on it, just
as the natural limbs of the oak. The
limos are lightwOOd knots, They grew on
the OAK and they are as firmly fixed on the
body Of the tree as the oak limbs.
During the session of the Recorders
court at Macon Tuesday an English spar
roW few into the court room, and after
futtarng about for several minutes lit on
the head Of the Recorder. That official
directed the chief to arrest the cheeky
bird and imprisOn him for contempt of
court The order was easier to give than
t0eyeCute.
The street hands engaged in grading
College hill, Gainesville, struck on Thurs
H. g BIO u och I-,,p
for forty years TO cross through the ridge
near the college. The vein is large and
well defined and the ore of the best quail
ity Dr. Stephenson sunk a shaft on it
near where it is cut now, and used to say
that was worth from $40 to 800 per ton.
Dallas Robinson, a well-tO-dO negro,
who lives one and One-half miles from
BaSely, had the misfortune to lose his
house and contents by fire one night last
week The fire is supposed to have origi-
mated from a defective stove flue. But for
the timely appearance Of a boy, who gave
the alarm, his entire family of children,
who We're alone in the house, would have
lerished in the flames.
The County Commissioners of Floyd
viii ask the passage of an act to amend
an act 10 create u Board of Commissioners
Of Revenue in the counties of Floyd,
A'NAi iIAs 1uinG ndlls btulG1s DuAlbEI anu
Green, approved on Dec. 10, 1871. The
Object of the act is to give the Board of
commissioners OF the county of FLOYD
exclusive jurisdiction OF all matters per-
tanning TO the removal of ObstructiOus
from private ways in the county of Floyd
The board Of trustees of the LaGrange
Female College have elected DR.. Rufus
". smith to succeed DR.. j. w. Heidi as
PRESIDENT of the LaGrange Female Col
lese. DR.. Smith is at present, and has
Deem for six years, President of the Dalton
Female College, and is of n family well
AAnoWn IN Georgia as educators, of which
Rev o. l.. Smith, ID. D., the lamented
former President of Emory College, and
Rev g. W. Smith, of the Wesleyan, are
representatives.
Hon. r. B. Matthews, while going to
LEXINGTON Tuesday, on his way to the
legislature, in his 2-horse buggy, was
suddenly attacked by a very small dog
which showed every Indication of being
mad. 1t grabbed one Of the horses by the
nose, ana though the horse beat IL against
lue ground, neIghed, kicked and jumped
around, he could not rid the dog of its
grip. Il, j. Howard heard the noise and
ran out and killed the dog. Mr.. Matthews
Tears he will lose his horse.
A church in Milton county is badly
hpllt up on the subject of cyclone pits.
number of the members OF the church
nave dug cyclone pits, which is consid-
cred by majority of the church as fla
grant violation Of their doctrines and
%mptation to God to wipe them off the
la;e Of the earth. AS the pit-diggers were
more fearful of cyclones than the wrath
VI Ihe majority. they have been turned
Out OF the church. They Immediately
organized themselves into a church under
.le name of Cyclone Primitiyes, whereas
Ile oid church has assumed the name of
Antl-Cyclone Primitiyes.
william Todd, colored, who is supposed
~ nave killed Joe Edwards at Mlledge-
'ile saturday, was arrested and lodged
1I J9ll tuesday morning. Saturday about
~ zoe Edwards, an old negro of about
Years, was stabbed 70 death on the
,.NeF by Todd. Old Joe lived in Put
.1h county, aud was better known AS
cree 'oe." He was emancipated before
.s war, and thus obtained the latter
.'9e' lie bore the reputation Of being
,NouehSiVe old negro, though he was
what under the influence OF ardent
illus al the time. Todd ran as soon
a. no committed the deed.
b.rl,uFday two of the passengers on
r lne steamer Collyer, going from
7" ick, got on a iamb0ree and en-
~ req TO take possession Of the Collyer.
I Hines objected, and as o result
l hlched IN the chest by one of the bel.
rs.thls, who finally exhausted their
0'nlpthcy by cliuching with each other.
n.y. mem was well maued about tho