Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-21


GEORGIA.
Arnles are selling from wagons at 20
- ner bushel at Gainesville. one
,,ountain wagon Saturday mad forty push-
els Of ehesLhuUS'
James Lynch, the biggest man In Az
Ia weighing 347 pounds, has sold his
10 and buggy, and he now walks to
reduee ms surplus avoirdupols.
O,a morning last week the mayor OF
aainasyllle had six boys before his court
oo''-.rad with misdemeanor, and each one
eIntributed S. to the city treasury.
ranorr reached Forsyth Monday that
e.-ndSy near Culloden, York Murphey
,,as filled by ST Parker in an alteration
oho,1t woman. ST is under arrest.
0na dav last week a train hand on the
e,,snna6 division OF the Central rail-
God transported a freight car full of
+romns from Macon to Savannah, free OF
Dr' g. S. Harris, Of Desoto, has in his
possession copy of New Haven
fConn. newspaper publlshed In lIl6. 1t
Il well preserved, and contains much in
teresung matCer-
Tho residence of T. o. Adams, of Stew
ort county. was destroyed by fire Satur-
Ssv nirht. together with it's contents.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. He had
insurance for Sl,2OO.
Ada Wadsworth, a member of the demi-
monde. hung herself Monday night in the
citv prison at Atlanta, where she had
been lodged for drunkenness. Discovery
by an officer saved her life.
difficulty occurred at Amicalola
campground Saturday night last between
TWO parties, in which one came near los
Ing his life His coat and vest were cut
across the breast several inches in length.
d. l.. Fullerton, prominent business
man of Augusta, was fined $40 by Justice
Roney of the Superior Court of Rich
mond county, Monday, for failing to re-
mort for Jury duty until an officer Of the
court was sent for HIM.
While a dray was being loaded at the
depot IN Madison the other day horse
belonging TO S. w. Booth walked up, and,
taking hold of the handle of a demiiOhn Of
gin, dashed it to the ground, breaking II
and spilliug the contents.
Charlie Burks, near CorInth, Heard
county, had mis- residence destroyed by
ire Friday night. Everything was saved
except one bedstead and mattress. The
FIRE is supposed to have been caused by
rats getting hold Of matches.
An effort to have the name of Peters
street, Atlanta, changed to West Avenue
failed in the city council Monday. The
street is named after a progressive resi-
dent of the city. and, as is proper, the
honor done the gentleman in adopting the
name will not be revoked.
The bill to establish in Richmond coun-
ty a reformatory for juvenile offend
ers against the laws having passed the
Legislature, movement has been begun
at Augusta to put the project into practi-
cal operation, favorable action by the
grand jury being considered a certainty.
DR.. Andrew A. Lpscomb is about to
publish a new volume entitled, Essays
Supplementary to the Forty Days" 1t
will be published by the Southern Metho-
dist Publishing House, OF Nashville,
Tenn. 1t is sequel to the original work
of DR.. Lipscomb, Studies in the Forty
Days"
At Mercer University there are at pres
ent five secret societies. They are as fol-
lows p. -. T., established in $780, men,
bership last term "a. A. D. o., established
in 1880; membership last term 80. X. A.,
established in 1874; mem bership last term
H. 5. n. E. L. T., established In 1884 (;
membership last term 8. s. A. E., reor-
gained in 1884, membership last term 8.
At Atlanta Monday there was filed in
the Ordinary's office the inventory and
appraisement of the estate of DIR. Joseph
Thompson, deceased. The property is
assessed at $107, 525 SO. Among the items
is the DOCTORS interest in the Kimball
house, which is put at S75,0 200. The home
place is put in at 1900. Thomas NJ .
Clarke and Joseph Thompson, Jr., are the
executors of the will.
Ordinary Calhoun, of Fulton county,
is now Investigating the local option
petition with a view to ascertainIng
whether or not it contains One-tenth OF
the qualified voters of last year. Ii is a
very tedious job, but the Ordinary is
working faithfully. He expects to COM
piete the task in few days, and if it con-
taihs the required number OF names the
election will be ordered for Nov. %.
John Donaldson, OF Bulloch county,
was IN and near the rear of long line OF
vehicles going down hill, when the horse
IN front suddenly stopped. This caused
collision between vehicles all along
the line. The buggy just in front of Mr..
DOnaldson's horse had large umbrella
stan projecting out behind, and when the
buggy stopped, the horse was pushed on
10 1t and it entered his breast and pierced
MS heart, and he died almost instantly.
Rev. Fl. K. Brooks, Of Eufaula, is the most
Independent commercial tourist that WIS.,
us Georgia. He travels in a light one
morse buggy and carries with him tent
NiNu ue camps IN AT nlBnt. his tent
furnishes comfortable quarters and is
equipped with cot, camp stool, lantern,
patent cooking stove and other conven-
fences. Mr.. Brooks is representing Tan
sseys Marble Yard and is also working in
lhe interest of the East Alabama fair.
In Berrien Superior Court Cicero Brown
Piead guilty TO an indictment Of murder.
ABOUT month ago he shot and killed an
9t1sr negro named George Woodward, OF
iHton. Both were employed working on
Inc tram track of Capt. II. II. Tiff, and
mad a slight quarrel. Three days after
wards Cicero Brown procured a gun, and
IN Tue night time, while Woodward was
cooking supper for his children, fired
I,to the house and killed him. Judge
tlary for life.
A week ago Gus Bowie. who has the
management OF DR.. W. G. BowIe's farm,
~ aerlVen county, went TO the gin house
he morning, and, upon opening the
uoor, found that the pile OF seed cotton,
IN Which there were ten or fifteen bales,
nud been burned over during the night 20
sle depth OF two or three inches, and the
IRE mad disappeared. The house had been
ocAeu the evening before. How the Are
mislhated cannot be told, and IL is a
Wifacle how the house and all ESCAPED
Oe'hg consumed by the flames.
Al Georgetown Sunday night an alarm
VI nre was heard in the direction OF tie
~. A crowd soon collected and found