Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-27

before IT. pays much more on these two
iIeIns' Inc total cost Of the capital build
ing LOT work and material to date is 49,
All "a. This does not include cost Of
ground, ptans, salaries, etc.
Gen. TOombs is on record in an auto-
| graph album as answering the question
III not yourself, who had you rather be ~
with the word Gladstone" In Gen.
1oohlts, famous speech on slavery. at
eahleli nan III lS54-a speech of which
le SAYS, looking at it through the vista
Oh tnIrtY years and the small end of rev.
oluuon, it still looks like great speech"
he was severely Kissed at the close of q
sentence. Hiss on my friends he said,
sihlilhg, tine sentence that outrages your
sentiment is verbatim quotation from
your own John Adams.
Hon. Mr.. Hackett, of Catoosa. one of
the best lawyers In the House. makes this
/ point on the local option bin: sit is a
clear principle of law that local act can
| not be repealed by general act unless
tqe local act Is named in the general act.
NOW, Atlanla and most of the cities in
georgia nave guaranteed and expressed
in their charters the right to controi the
use and sale Of liquors within their limits.
Can the right, In local act, be repealed
by general act in which the local act is
not mentionedg | think nOt.O Mr.. Hack
EFT is prohibition man.
1t is said that at Macon Police Officer
! OprY discovered a small baby-farm in q
house In what is known as VOLTS row,
near Burners Fourth street drug store.
a negro woman kept the place. She had
IN charge two white infants one of them
months old, whose parents are IN
known. A short time ago the 6-months-
ola infant died, 1t is supposed from starVa-
| ton. The woman became alarmed and
lett for Savannah. She has not yet re-
turned TO Macon. The other infant will
| be properly cared for. The police will
give the whole matter a thorough investi-
CATION.
At Jesup Saturday difficulty occurred
between Charlie McDade assistant ward
master of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad, and negro train
| hand, in which the former was badly
wounded IN the head by blow which
knocked him down. The negro attempted
TO escaDes but caught and held by
! Frank Micklejohn, fireman, until assist
| ance arrived. Afterwards he escaped but
was recaptured about 10 miles below
Jesup and was jailed. The negroes at
| Jesup threatened to release the prisoner,
and the whites armed themselves with
gunsand pistols TO prevent it.
Gainesville Eagle: In the year 1880 one
! ,Pendleton Reed came to Gainesville from
l. North Carolina, and, as it was a difficult
matter to transport gold dust, which was
! then being collected in considerable guam
7 ties, and using the metal in this form was
very inconvenient, this man rugged out
mint himself in a blacksmith shop, and
I made coins containing 50 worth of gold.
/ EfOm those who have seen them we learn
| that they are t0lerahlY well finished hay
| ing Gainesville and the makers name on
one side, and on the other the date and
value ofthe piece. They were used freely
as currency in all this region.
Augusta Chronicle: People IN the car
shed, about 10 O'Clock last night, were
treated to quite a little sensation, which
/ illustrated the truth of the old adage,
| There's many slip 'twiXt the cup ard
the lip,7 and emphasized the fact that the
! course OF true love never runs smoothly.
I a young man and young lady, possessing
/ Two souls with but single thought, two
| heats that beat as one, marched up to the
| ticket office to procure passage to some
point where they might dwell together in
happy union. But their mad fight was
brought to a sudden halt, and their spirits,
which had gone up like rocket. fell like
sticks. Just as they were at the ticket
Office, and before their purchase was made,
a firm hand was laid upon the shoulder Of
the girl and in a moment she was borne
away between an auguished mother and
indignant brother, while the bafied young
man quietly withdrew.