Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
an VIEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOuD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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GEORGIA.
,+ronta is infested with pickpockets.
y w. Dunbar has been elected Re-
,o-der Of Augusta.
raa Cochran Messenger will suspend
,,',.ication after the issue of Nov. y.
n h. Grist, Georgia, won the first fight
., -5a main between Georgia and Ala
m. Baam, of Atlanta fame, is to bore
~ 3rtas,an we'll tor the chemical WORKS
al Augusta.
nh, superior Court OF Troup county is
q, session. There are but two criminals
in Jail for TRIAL
r.s Augusta bar paid a memorial trib-
.ats to Louis a. Dugos, late Solicitor of
fr4 Civ Court. Monday.
lanes snow, negro convict in Smiths
camn in OglethOrpe county, WAS killed
Ly falling tree day or two ago.
Al Macon, Monday. Deputy Clerk L. M.
Erwin adjourned the United States Court
until the iirst Monday in December.
r. Carlton, the father of Hon. H. Fl.
Carlton, celebrated his Goth birthday
Monday by giving dinner to his children
and friends.
Mfr. Hubbard, the tax collector, says
collections have been shorter in Polk
county than at the same period for sew
eral years previous
Cedartown merchants say trade is pick
i'm, mn rather slowly, and that collections
have so far been very light. All seem to
be sanguine. however, OF better times just
little ahead.
Julce Roney is conducting a quiet
--... = S,4Variof. Court of with
no murder or manslaughter case on the
docket Augusta is improving in morals,
and the criminal lawyers are idle.
There will be a decrease in the colored
population OF Dodge county in the next
fax returns. A great many negroes have
lately gone to Florida to work on the rail-
roads being built in that State, and others
will leave before the end of the year.
The barn of T. N. Lester, a mile out of
Granville, was burned on Saturday night
last with bales of seed cotton, $50
bushels corn, fodder and other products
and valuabes. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendlary.
The store of Capt. j. W. Seymour, at
Dowdv, was burglariOusly entered on
sunday night by some of the 'light-fn-
gpred gentry" who stole therefrom
watch worth $50 or $40, bolt of red fam
mel aud several other articles.
A colored woman who went to the assO-
citation at Quitman last Sunday with her
child forgot that she had taken the young
one. aud was taken some distance from
town by the train before she remembered
that her baby had been left behind.
A colored child was killed last Satur-
day afternoon on the streets Of Quitman
by the running away of team of horses.
The mother and child were thrown from
the wagon and run over. The mother was
badly bruised and the child instantly
killed.
Prof G. W. Cheves, who is now confined
IN the Fulton county jail on a charge of
murder, committed at Dawson. is in a
very dangerous condition. For more than
two weeks past be has not partaken of
food. and his death at any moment would
be no surprise.
A meeting of the directors of the South
ern base ball league has been called to
meet in Macon, Nov. 10. A treasurer to
succeed George G. Price, resigned, will be
elected. 1t is said that Savannah will
come into the league by buying Birming-
hams franchise.
G. w. Featherston, of Cedartown, had
a mule so badly injured Tuesday night
that the animal had to be killed. Kick
through the aperture. and in its struggles
10 eXtricate it, the limb was broken in
three or four places.
TIE Medical College in Augusta, which
is the medical department Of the State
University, opened its fall session Mon
day with about 90 students on the roll.
This number does not comprise the at
tendance for the session, for in a few
weeks the roll will increase to about 10
At a church in Georgetown not long ago
the congregation sang the hymn commence
ing, "Must Jesus bear the cross alOnei"
Some of the wicked people in the cOngre-
CATION paraphrased the line "The cOnse-
Grated cross I'll bear" in the second verse
and sang out, "The consecrated cross
eyed bear"
DR., Jos. A. Eve, who for 80 years has
been professor in the medical college, at
Agusta, resigned Monday. and is sue
eeeded by DR.. VIM. 81. Doughty, Jr. Dr.
Eve is one of the most venerable and
famous physicians in the South, and Dr.
Doughty is gifted and skillful son OF the
distinguished doctor of the same name.
The municipal contest at Rome is grow.
ing in interest. Already two tickets are
announced. s. NJ. Knox and M. NJ. Pep
per are in the field for Mayor, while the
following gentlemen have entered the
Aldermanic lists: 5. 5. King. w. H.
Nardlaw, W. T. Smith, j. 7. Vandiver
The list OF registered voters promises to
'e very large.
Miss Hattie Bennett, daughter OF Judge
bennett, OF Quitman, captured a very
large 'possum at her fathers country resi-
Qence few nights since. The 'pOssum
aad been raiding on the Judges hen coop
ior several nights, and Miss Hattie hear
ny q commotion armed herself with a
sIck and captured the gentleman just as
10 was attacking turkey.
AT Atlanta, Monday. Gov. Mcdaniel
appointed Howard Van Epps Judge Of the
Cliy Court Of Atlanta, and issued the re
4u7ite commission in connection with the
appointment. The appointment is to fl
Lne vacancy caused by the resignation Of
Judge Marshall j. Clark. Judge Van
Lpps viii 90 on the bench Dec. /, his
Term commencing upon that day.
, Worth Superior Court collapsed Thurs
gay afternoon on account Of the discovery
|al the jurors then serving were Illegal.
maze 50 by the failure OF two Of the old
SpWmlssioners TO be sworn In. Accord
ing 10 the opinion u some lawyers this
.'et makes null and void the work Of this
eAd ihe spring term of court, which, II
ou.rect. viii involve the county in con-
SIDERABLE additional litigation.
~ NJ. Murphey left his home at Telfair-
'ill. ON Wednesday morning with Miss
l.lpid IN the buggy with him Mt II
'l'ck 70 meet the down going train. and
q, we'd lntIme, at l2.l5 O'Clock, a distance
w - miles, over bad roads. Taxing the
we tnf of the two 4laraono in tha huoasv