Savannah morning news., 1885-10-09

GEORGIA.
obora were thirteen arrivals OF DoaCs at
-.IiiT1hus during September.
OOI' r'bn simonton, of GwInnett county, has
Jo.aos Jonn fos- each year from 1905 down to
the present. o,so.. .nd
0o'bai,shjv respected citizens Of Harris
UNITY. died on saturday.
,r1, latest candidate sprung for success
ln1 C4oy. Smith on the Railroad Com
i.sion soi " is Hon. Cliffvrd Anderson.
N'i5o D. claims over 4, ,0O0inhabitants, and
NJ |Icc,6.sivsd because she is not made a
gsoa ieos' delivery city by the postal authorl-
,aa~ and panther, supposed to have
I'D from circus, are fighting the
ssCT sso1le about Liberty Hill, in Burts
county
-,Ii1ty al the term Of the United States
SS;rn,iit and District courts now in session
at Atlanta.
Tbsre we're 1O3 parties tried in the
Vavor's court in Columbus during Sep
.,n;bsr sixty OF whom were fined. The
snes collected amounted to $64 90.
Alex. Smith (white), married man.
t,esed a Young girl against her will at
Rome lie was found guilty OF assault
and battery and lined S25 and costs.
1udqe Jesse r. Wikle, Cartersville's re-
+rtng postmaster, has served the people
obout l6 consecutive years. de was
~ostmaster about 10 years before the war.
Al Atlanta, about year ago, colored
woman nam2d Lizzie Glover fell INTO
dilch on Hunter street and was consider
sby bruised up. She is suing the city for
$4,000.
3. Blackwell has sent on his bond
ond will take charge of the Marietta post
ofHce very soon. J. Bella Campbell will
he the assistant. James Seize will proba-
bjv be retained as delivery clerk.
There we're seventeen interments in the
white cemetery at Columbus during Sep
tamber. six OF which were as nOn-resl-
dents. There were twentJ mine In the
colored cemetery, eleven being non-resl-
dents.
The Gate City Street Railroad Company
and tine city of Atlanta will probably be
narues to an interesting lawsuit soon.
The suit will have its origin in the rail-
road compauy's refusal to lay Belgian
blocks on Pryor street.
". D. Matthews, who farms near
Prattsburg, Talbot county, had one OF
his hands caught in a gin and badly
mangled on Monday. The hand was so
badly torn that it is probable he will never
be able to use ii again.
Last Tuesday farmer by the name Of
GRAY was taking three bales of cotton to
Marietta on a wagon and riding on top.
He lit his pipe and dropped fire upon the
cotton, which Immediately took fire,
burning two bales considerably.
Fannie Maxwell, cOlored, a washerwo-
man of Lexington, left the clothes belong
ing to three families out over night, and
on the following morning was surprised
to find that they had all disappeared. This
was the first instance of this kind Of theft
in that town, and has raised quite COM
motion.
The trial of Stedman Ward for the muir
der of L. W Fambro, formerly Of Griffin,
took place at Decatur, Tex, on Sept. "A,
and the jury, after being out all night, re-
turned verdict finding the defendant
guilty of an assault to murder, and fixing
bis punishment at seven years in the PEN
itentiary.
The Grand Lodge of the Masonic frater-
nity of Georgia will hold its annual meet
ing in the Masonic hall IN Macon on Oct.
q. 1t is thought that the attendance this
year will be unusually large. Macon
is the Masonic headquarters in Georgia,
and the Grand Lodge always holds its
annual sessions there.
Only one negro appeared in the Recor-
der's Court, at Atlanta, Wednesday. he
was charged with disOrderly conduct.
There was not a cOlOred person in the au-
dience. Chief Connolly said: 81 have
been attending this court for IL years and
have never failed to see a number Of
negroes in the ro ,m."
At Atlanta, Wednesday, the settlement
agreed on between the parties in the case
Of Edward Freeman ct al. VS.. j. S. Iver-
son ct. al, in the ;ntest over the will of
the late James Freeman, was approved
by Judge Hammond and was duly re-
corded in the clerks office in Fulton
Superior Court. Each side pays half the
cost.
Property holders on Ponce de Leon
avenue, at Atlanta, have raised 50, 600 to
bulld big culvert where the street rail-
road bridge now stands. Underneath will
De paved carriage way and fine drive.
A much needed improvement will be made
rom Peachtree street to Ponce de Leon
spring. The county is expected to foot
drive
A thief entered a room on the second
moor OF the st. james hotel at Carters-
apistol, very valuable gold watch and
chain, and about S15 in money. The burg
lar Effected an entrance from the verandah
talough window. 1t is supposed the
lalef is resident OF Cartersville, as sew
efal such robOeries have recently oc-
Cured.
Az the funeral of Sister Evangelist, at
oolambus. Tuesday, eight young ladies,
members OF the senior class OF st. JOseph's
academy, acted as pail bearers. They
were Misses Della Rickely, Mamie Hart
man, Arelia Miller, Mary Deignan,
Aa11gleas PrOfume, Maud King, Annie
BBller, and Mammle Collier. Father
bMln and Father Semmes, OF Macon, as
sisted u the funeral services.
Near BacontOn. in Mitchell county, a
uVgKro wretch had been visiting Widow
-" Hson Tor some time, and Saturday night
ms maddened by the presence of Pope
" Wnlngton. who excited his jealousy.
Hg said nothing TO his rival when le
ouha nina With the woman, and did not
.uler tne house, but walked back to where
i iile mule Of his rival was hitohed and de-
animal.
bGQb Gillian. at Maxeys, has three
,,sal.IuIeSGakes 10y In a large pine box, covered
VITA glass, which he captured 10 months
SSso' lie has put all kinds OF food in the
n9A 70 keep them alive, but they have
"ss'er Quring the entire time eaten a bite
VI anything. They are alive, aud seem 70
~ Tospering in their wooden cage.
harris Pace, Of Crawford, kept one for
sD y Years, which did not cat anything