Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
>E,ys OF THE TWO STATES
IHN' gorD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
WI, with Georgia regiment Will nave
;o, M Griffin Aug. 81 and ~
IT, ,t-,,or wagons camped in Athens
iNU tdt and sold several barrels OF
WHISKY o,+lo,ys on tho limo
Of Hall ana 5"oA90H
so5i be rSided.
''I mare are twenty applicants from the
III 'Conorassional district for the West
pqpt cadetship.
U.vor Murphy is a candidate for re-
"nn At TIE municipal election to be
I'm al GAINESVILLE, Aug. y.
W, "A. II. FELTON,, of Gainesville, will
ssted 10 dedicate the new Methodist
e'rch at Conyers, now nearly completed.
,,c,ss Iongstreet. Jr., son Of Gen. Long
- has gone to Washington, where he
Sa, secured a position under the govern
ment.
r;.oo oditor of the SmjtbUUle Enterprise,
tasf paper has been transferred, tenn
porariiy at least.
,rne subscribers request that the State
fair Of Macon be held during the second
,SI of November, instead OF in October,
as is generally the case.
A. ). Bass. of DevereauX, was gored by
49, Jersey bull Thursday. The horns of
tIcanimal caught in his pants and he was
to.sed over u fence, thus saving his life.
rho woods around Dalton are said to be
f,'Ior of squirrels than they have been in
many wears. A sportsman went out one
sqr last week and bagged adozen or more
IL one evening.
Tuesday the Cobb County Sunday
School Association held its ninth annual
meeting at the Marietta camp ground.
Pmm [. 800 to 1000 people were present
end took part in the exercises of the day.
Hon. W. II. FELTON, has been invited by
Dr. Hawthorne, pastor of the First Bap-
int church AT Atlanta, 10 fill hispulpitOn
the second Sunday in August. DR.. Fell
ton has not as yet accepted, but will
probably do SO.
B. I've, Of McDonough, a younger
brother Of Hon. John l.. Tye, has received
me appointment of clerk of the Uintah
Valley Indian Agency, Utah Territory.
The place pays a salary Of 1000 per an
mum, with fees.
Or. W. P. Burt, of Americas, has
ticket of admitUsnce to the House of Rep
reeentatiyes at the time the count be-
tween HAYES and Tilden was made. 1t is
signed byT. ". Ferry and Samuel j. Ran
dali, and mum bered 984.
The wholesale house OF S. Mayer &
Glauber, long identified with Albany,
have about completed the removal of their
large stock OF goods and groceries to
Brunswick, and will in a few days re-
move permanently to that place.
H. C. Babcock, at the Cherokee iron
works, at Dalton, had his fOrefnger on
the right hand torn off at the first joint
while working with some of the ma
chinery. AmputatiOn just above the in
jured Joint was found necessary.
the committee OF the Columbus Council
and fremen has decided that it has no
authority to receive the fire alarm sys-
TEN, since the station boxes put in do not
come up to me contract. They will re-
quest that the Council giYs Mr.. Gamewen
hearing.
In Dooy county s. b. Pate and Allen
Owen ran two deer out of Elijah Pate's
pasture, in the Thirteenth district, last
Tuesday, and killed them both. Ten more
were Jumped in the same neighborhood
the other day by different parties. but they
did not get any of them.
The stock law has been in operation in
portion of Baldwin county about two
years. and during that time only two
cases have been carried into the courts
lot settlement under Its provisions. All
differences are amicably settled by neigh
6ors among themselves.
young farmer arrived at Marietta
last Monday and sold his horse for $75,
and invested the money in a stock of
groceries, rented him a store, and sat
down to wait for fortune. Tuesday even
Ing ne disposed of his stock OF goods and
returned to his farm, poorer, and, it
10 be hoped. wiser man
Coobham gentleman, who was going
20 iflghten his wife the other night, found
9ut mat ne had sharper wife than he
thOught he had. He slipped softly out of
yea ana went on the roof to throw a brick
uONn the chimney. His wife followed.
locked the trap door on the inside, and
ielt the gay Joker on the roof for an hour
" ar MS night shirt and take a moon
bath.
FRANK Mitchell, who lives four miles
s1st Oh Douglasyille, says that last Mon
gay, dlter the ram, he saw water moca-
siu 10 ms yard. Mr., Mitchell lives on a
I'm elevated place, and there is no creek
.edIer ohan half mile of his house. He
Is under the impression that the snake
was ralned down, as there was a hard
discovered. "''S
Ezra New, well-known and hiphlv-re-
'lT1GCteG citizen, living near News bridge,
r., @shlhgton, county, died very sudden
=, ne Was out hunting bees, and stopped
ouls' hltheld's, and before leaving said
y, would get drink of water. AS he took
llo water he remarked that he felt as if
~. M4s drunk, and fell down and died in
.',,auntiy. 1t is supposed he died from sun
'''Ae or prostraton by heat.
Al OF the burnt district In Cochran.
.'Yu lhe Tres OF last October and Janu-
n.y. are being rebuilt with handsome
,,a,oA structures. By October next all the
s,oVancies VIII be filed in, and every
,o,enouse IS already engaged. Buildings
- OtIel portions Of the business part OF
I'm XXI mare going up, and by the first of the
cite co.. we Town will have thirty-two brick
les and about a dozen old wooden
"a, Little Dooittle, Of Walnut Grove. was
,""!Aing by the side of a portable engine
IT, was being carried along the road.
i-,' stOgha Mas not level and Mr.. Doolit-
h. 'uEut mold of the engine to prevent
MI lti Jung over. But TO the young mans
an, tune the engine lost its equilibrium
pr,',, gym bled over, crushing him to the
n1unu, One OF his thighs Was literally
,,as ,'eu 70 pieces, and, worse than this. IL
oh1 an hour before sufficient help was
Xxx ".lnen 10 eXtricate the young man from
I1,.''e.I.I lDle position. He bore the trouble,
h w yer with remarkable fortitude, and
uought that he will soon recover,
In yne o. The most imposing and interest
i'm, ~ tihonles connected with the build
I.rt VI " ofGias new capitOl will no the