Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-22

Want of attention and the bad weather are
the causes assigned.
Mr.. W. A. Fowler, an experienced New
York journalist, has bought the West Point
Press from MIR. L. B. Stubbs.
Rev. I. A. Harris, a prominent Methodist
minister OF Wlntervilie, fell from a house
Friday and fractured his thigh.
Mrs: Adams attempted to commit suicide
IN MaysyiiIe by taking strychnine. The phy-
slclans, by speedy work, saved her life.
The Albany physicians say there is more
pneumonia in the country this year than i'm
! any previous winter in their experience.
Capt. McDougal, a conductor on the GEORGIA
| racine Railroad, fell from his car in the ward
at Atlanta Friday night and broke his leg.
| There have been received at the Dawson
depot lilo tons OF SuanO. The farmers are
hauIlng IL out almost as fast as it is received.
The Town Council of Swainsboro has fixed
| the license to sell liquor in that place at $500.
ana one application has been made for Ii
cense.
The grand jury has found true bills against
| every i'quor dealer in Jackson county, be-
cause they failed to register as the law re
/ quires,
Causey Oyerstreet, of ScriYen county, killed
! sW0 pigs about 10 months old a few DAYS since.
! They weighed $40 pounds net. and Welded so
pounds OF lard.
Hawkinsville needs no Western corn. Her
merchants are abundanuy supplied with
! Ge0rgld-ralsed corn, which they arc selling at
IS cents per bushel.
| OF the port of Brunswick, died in that CITY on
| Ihursday last OF pneumonia. His remains
were forwarded to Boston for interment.
! The artesian well borers at cambridge have
! struck rock at depth Of l,l00 feet, and are
making drill To perfOrate the obstruction.
| Water IS expected after the rock is passed.
1t is likely that a suit involving the title of
! 5000 acres OF the most valuable land in Co.
! TO the March term of Columbia Superior
! Court.
! Jefferson Hayes, colored, Is the champion
stump puller. Sc removed S27 stumps from
! thirteen acres Of land near IaWkinsvilIe last
week, for which he was paid five cents a
! stump.
! Washington, in this State, IS said to be the
! nrst town IN this country to be named after
| the lathef OF his country, its christening ante
| dating that OF the national capital a good
/ many years.
The FLOYD Rifles of Macon will celebrate
! Nashlngtons birthday SUNDAY by listening
| 10 sermon from Rev. z. {. Mcconnell. the
| chaplain OF the company, in Warren Chapel
/ OF East Macon.
- Real estate is on a boom in Rome.
/ Twenty thousand dollars worth of
property changed hands during the
| past week, and there is a general activity
/ which argues well for her future.
| Oats in Columbia county are not promising
! at all. W hle great many acres have been
/ soWn, IL Is predicted that small crop will be
| made. Little has been done towards making
| a crop. But few farmers have ploWed any al
| all. -
| The second class coach on the Georgia road
caught tire Friday near Crawfordvilie, from
| the stove, and for while the excitement
! among the passengers was intense. 1t was eX
tinguished before any serious damage was
| done.
The Perry Journal states that the county
! treasury OF Houston county contains SI5 rO6
| which Is about $4,000 more than necessary t6
| pay the official expenses of the county for the
| entire year OF 1885. The taxes this year will
| be reduced.
The motion for a new trial in the case Of thr
| State VS.. John Drake, VINO was convicted al
the murder of his wife at the last term of Tn
son superior Court and sentenced to be hung
on MaFch ~, VIII be heard before Judge
Stuart on Feb. Is.
Friday morning a negro woman living on
! william NJ heley's place, near Gibson, had
occasion 10 leave her two children at home.
! Soon after leaving the house caught on fire.
/ when burned one of the children to death
before any one reached the burning house.
AquantltyOf rough on rats was placed in God
| dord's store at Griffin, Friday night and next
morning d pounds of rats were found dead.
| mere were Just "a rats and they weighed one
pound apiece. Lying in q pile on the side
| walk they looked Ike 50 many large. fat
| squirrels.
Dawson Jo"yna1: We have heard that the
collin dealers OF our city are thinking of call
! ing a convention TO devise some means of dis
! posing OF the stock now on hand. There has
| been no need for any goods in their line since
| arbe-
1 sian Well
Every few days the revenue officials drive
! into Jasper with one or two stills mashed
| cut and torn to pieces. On last Sunday morn
! % or 30 gallons and Knocked the Deads ont
/ ana poured out the whisky in the streets II
was condemned as bad whisky.
| The farmers of Cobb county report favor
say the soil is very mellow, owing to the re-
cent hard freezes Although many of them
are at presentsomewhat embarrassed, owing
! to the scarcity of money, they are hopeful
and cheerful, and expect better times next
fall.
| A white man by the name of Reuben Cum
mlngs, who was indicted for murder at the
! April term (lS16), of Telfair Superior Court
and who since that timeshas evaded the vipi.
| lencC OF the officers, was captured on Satnr-
! day night last, by +. A. McRae. Telfair's new
/ IN jail.
| A petition with several hundred names is
! circulating in Gwinnett county asking that an
/ election on the prohibition issue be ordered to
| be held at an early day. 1t is thought that
the election VIII take place in April. The pro-
hibltionists are sanguine of victory, while
! their opponents are marshaling their forces
for desperate fight.
RObt. Greenhill has entered suit against
Fred. Massa, the caterer and restaurant man
of Atlanta, for $1,000 damages. GreenhilI had
been employed by Massa as cook and baker.
and was arrested at the instance of the latter
3 IS.
taken to the guard house in irons. where he
was confined for three days and then released
Greenhhl says his arrest was unjustifabIe
and asks damages accordingly.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: A horrible acct
dent occurred in this county on Wednesday
of last week, by which Mrs. Young, an esti-
mable lady, met terrible death. She was
out assisting her husband piling and burning
brush, when her clothing caught fire and
she was literally roasted. She was taken TO
the house and medical aid at once summoned
but after suffering intense agony for nearly
two days death came to her relief
GAINESVILLE correspondence NEWS Feb. %.
Thursday Samanthy Irice, colored, living lust
outside OF the corporate limits, was burned to
death IN her house. 1t appears that she fell
to sleep near the fire, or had q fit. and her
clothing caught from the fireplace
ing is still going on here. Excavations are
being made for large hotel and warehouse.
The hotel is being built by Mr.. Henry Mat
thews and the warehouse by j. u. Hunt 4 Co.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: A negro
! boy came to the CITY yesterday from Savan-
nah on the morning Central. His head was
bare, and he wore fne overcoat He stated
that he was on his way to Atlanta. He had
not been here long before he disposed of the
overcOat to negro drayman fer 81 %. Ii was
suspicious transaction, and the officers were
soon after him. When he learned they were
on his tracks he left the city as fast he
could. 1t is supposed that he stole the coat
from the car and jumped Off here.
The Macon Sportsman Association closed a
contract with Mr.. George w d. Holmes, Presi-
dent Of the Macon building association, to en- -
close the grounds of the organization recently
leased from the Central road, at the foot Of
MulbeTTystreet. II will be fixed IN at once and
will be the finest grounds in the South The
contract for she Macon nine has been closed
The team is good one and viii give other
clubs in the league lots of trouble. The stock
in the company has all been subscribed for
Manager Walker will have his men report for
practice in few days.
Greenvillc Ftndicat0r: Col. JEFF Thompson,
engineer of the first train that ran into Green
vile, states that as he entered town he saw a
! large man standing near the track with an
open umbrella as protection from the heavy
rain that was falling. With a spice of mis-
chief he asked the large man to close the UNI
I brella so as not to Brighten the train from the
track. Whereupon the large man hastily
/ closed his blue cotton umbril and watched the
! proceedings with head uncovered to the pelt-
/ ing rain. The large man. Mr.. Thompson was
/ informed, was one Editor Revin.
/ Constable J. j. Morris, Of Marietta. who
/ was arrested last week at the instance of one
/ johnson, and carried before the Federal
/ Court. in Atlanta, gave a bond of $500 and re-
/ turned home. No one signed the bond with
| Norris the court having SO much confidence
| in him rs TO believe he would come back to
/ stand his trial. Friday his trial came of, and
/ 1t was found that the charge of intlmldating
| United States witness was utterly false.
| This was the only Oflense for which he was
| ARE sted, and he was therefore discharged
1t IS hard for innocent men to suffer IN such a
| manner