Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
4C NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
Told ~ PARAGRAPHS.

4 Drowning Near NhaGGahO Oche cath
OF Negro IN the Woods Near Bain-
rftde=-Cioch to Vote ON tue Removal
o. nc County site.
GEORGIA.
The Flint river is lower now than it has
been since last fall.
Nr. Nasou's tenement house at Madison
was burned Monday night.
isaac Hay, Of DAWSON, killed eighteen
birds ut one shot last Saturday.
B3litf Lewis, of Dawson, has levied on
+ several dogs for taxes this spring.
Ezra Wilson, of Blarsville, has lust
lost 1t 6-year-old child by hydrophobia.
The Observation-Disclosures murder case was
again postponed at The recent term of
Dodge court.
A movement is on foot looking to the
or.anization of military company in
n G e1nes5Oro.
The town marshal at Seuey, in handling
an old pistol a day or two ago. shot him
self in the knee.
Col. Baum, of Atlanta, wants TO sink
DawsOu's artesian Wei. He has sunk 40
il the last - years.
The taN tOie property Of Pickens eorc.y
aggre fares 100000. There are 30 square
u''f - th9 county,
~ <Donald Fielder, of Henderson, has
ZEN apponfed Postmaster at Perry, wee
u j. VI. Lamar resigned.
new military company is being or
n sanized in Dawson, 10 be composed of
boys un0er the age of IL years.
The Rev. William Hayes, Of TalbOtton,
81 win preach the commencement sermon of
y the college at Dawson this year.
The Dawson Fire Company has received
8 and accepted an invitation to participate
. in a parade in Eutaula on May 20.
IA Joseph Sweeney, a colored boy, of Mari
III eta fell 30 feet from a scaffOld Thursday,
Illanding on his head. He will not die.
Notice is given that at the July session
Of the Legislature bill will be intro
duced to abolish the County Court of
Clinch county.
Hon. r. J.. Fulton, who was recently
elected Mayor of Galveston, Texas, was
reared in Terrell county, aud his mother,
brother and sister now reside in Dawson.
A few days ago Mrs. Joyce, of Brooks
1 county, was thrown out of a buggy and
seriously injured. Her lower limbs are
paralyzed and it is not thought that she
win live.
verdict for the defendant was the re-
4 suit of Mrs. Bans SUIT against the Athens
q Foundry for damages growing out of the
Il killing OF her husband in the machinery Of
that concern.
81 41Ie q. n. IAGuucIoOu uSS MISS mdIy
& Hays, OF ROCkdale county, has two SILK
tassels from the boots OF her great grand
& father. He was among the first settlers
Of that county.
NJ. s. Corbitt, Ordinary of Clinch cOun-
ty, has ordered an election TO be held in
that county, on July 8, for the purpose OF
determining the removal OF the court
house from bonneville to DUPONT.
Charles r. Mitchell, formerly of Haw-
kinsville, has moved TO McRae, Telfair
& county, at which place he Will, in a few
Gays, commence the publication of
newspaper called the Dollar Times.
Bud Adams and Rufus Simkins, two
3 negroes, who had burned the dwelling Of
Mr.. Ben Cato, near Aiken, S. c., after
d r0bbing it of 100 in cash, and other arti-
cies, have just been captured at Sylvania.
John House, living near Statewide,
went into the woods Monday to look after
his cattle. Up to Wednesday he had not
been heard of. He has wife and three
4 children, who are nearly wild with appre-
tension.
William Mccormick, of Hawkinsville,
the young man who was run over and in
jured by the hook and ladder truck during
tue tirenen's parade on April y, is
growing worse and his life is now almost
3 despaired Of by his physicians.
The citizens of Graysville, in Cato0sa
4 county, are greatly excited over the dis
eovery of silver ore in their immediate Vi
cinity. From the specimens seen the ore
is very valuable, and prOSpectOrs believe
4 they have struck upon bonanza.
City Treasurer 0. f. Adams, OF Macon,
received Thursday from the Central Rail-
road authorities $1,000, in full payment of
the city taxes OF the company. This
amount, at u per cent, represents $312,-
600 worth on city property owned by the
Central.
At a coroner's inquest in jackson
county one witness testified that the man
died of starvation, while another positive
~ swOre that his death was caused from
gluttOny. This is a fair sample of some
Of the conflicting testimony brought out at
every court.
st. Aldemar Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Columbus, will attend the
conclave of the Grand Commandery which
takes place this year, May 20, at Macon.
The COmmandery will leave Nav 20. The
prize to be presented to the best drilled
C0mmandery at the annual conclaVe is a
large gold cross.
George Grier of the lower part of Ter
rel county, says that one day last week
he caught six suckers weighing 36 pounds
IAN average Of pounds each. Solicitor
General Query states that while attend
ing court in neigh0Orlng county few
N&lb SlnCe ne anu JNO oAuet PdlLlbs
caught 140 fish with hook and line in three
hours.
Atlanta has a cOlored constable who
cannot read. When he is given suOpenas
10 serve the Judge draws on their backs
pictures representing the persons named
within. II a woman is wanted the out
lines of a female are drawn aud they re-
mind the constable Of the circumstance
In each case the drawing Is made applica-
bic TO the charge in the paper.
George Little. colored, became III while
hunting for cattle in the woods near Balm
bridge. and lying down beside n log died.
The body had lain in the woods several
days, when the believing Of some cattle
and the presence Of Il flock Of buZZards at
tracte0 the attention of u negro man
named WoOten, who investigated and
found 10 partially deYoured.
Austin Bind, negro waiter employed
at Benner's restaurant, a. Macon, came
near dying Thursday from profracted
case of bleeding from nc nose. IL bled
Tor SIX hours continuously, az tne end OF
which time Bird was completely ox.
hau,t1d. he was placed in a hack 40 6
O'Clock and taken 20 his home aud modi-
cal rf1 ermfuurod Ia efut Tho f.irnffft,o,