Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-19
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
-,-,I.I-I1. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
rtsOLINA PUT IN TYPE.

-r,rGr1. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
O r,nOLINA PUT IN TYPE.
.r.4sr.ou County Murder-How
i...- .-II out at ValdOsta-A Isuna-
II.--rs Race with = Train-The
te. uomicide-A Bed OF sand
stone.
GEORGIA.
--.f cotton at ElIaviIIe 10 date
.... and $500
Tr.. was bound over to the SUI
Athens Friday by the Mayor
church.
..-- ago a country merchant
started business on a capitai Of
worth $1,000
-.. companies doing business in
reduced tile rate of insurance
..I-ta % per cent. as promised.
-HlI Jr.. Of Anon. Orletborpa
Iu a-=IEnmeut last Monday to
.f Wilkes. His liabilities are
and Ii- assets about Sl00l.
uIer 0f residences have been
rEt0u during the past eigh-
... .ut Che demand for them.is even
than DO was when this building
Hs. ~ Athens, saws that he viii
..u-uratiqn Of President Cleve-
raise the money TO get there
rf -Y ru oue-hnrse wagon. and
travelling over the mountains.
-.. . who entered the service Of the
r-@r four years ago as Office
such rapid strides upward that
.-u interest in the business and
.. most responsible positions IN
Pr the past policy holders 10
Nututl Insurance case were
ou Jam .. viii receive 5000
r.. 5000 on July !. 10 will aggre-
s-HI paid out in fees on one side
Ul-e-
house OF Charles J. Howell. at
Vl- robbed Thursday night. The
t..-ei an entrance through the front
succeeded lu getting away with
rI who were the perpetrators.
FOOLS $50 or Slz In cash.
u..-..E night, about I O'Clock. an
..- m1Ie Co. enter the house of e.. NJ
...- EarHutou- Mr. Davis was IN At
Bliss Pauline Grigss was staying
..- Davis go the time. Miss Pauline
..-... and fret DC into the air. and
-rraishtway left i'm haste
Itrno0n was SO dark at Americas
hoy Frank. who waits on Tom
1865 badly taken in by %. He had
au day. and waking up about
.Icl that DO was night. and accord
.-etiett 90 bar Up the back door. and
.i su the lamps before he became
l.- mistake.
e block Of stone Mr.. T0Omer has
tracts Rock cOuVInccs Us that the i'm
Wcre not cat hy hand, as IS sup
.. are the genuine tracks of animals.
when -hc stone Wa- sand, but bv some
sion uf nature hardened INTO rock. 10
-Ilr-t1ue. hut seems o. Dee of gravel
.Uuu. Iue tracks of the bear are as plain
-.l. Yesterday and perfect DOE every par-
There ARE saI1 tu be hundreds OF
t Iurre--llu- vet Ieit. although "a great
have been cut ONT aud carried away by
-i'g 7eeEer-- Nith ehl5el the stone can
.lt into and then easily split on.
Thursday evening a- tha incoming train ON
Athens branch passed Mr. Lockhart. who
lis sewing machines for Toomer * Hazel
con, the horse commenced trying t1 run away.
5Ir. Lockhart hat detaChIug apparatus
which Dee Immediately pulled and let the horse
loose from the buggy Then commenced au
exciting race between the horse and the train
Windows were hul-trd and bets made on
which would beat. the horse or the engine
IHchdlrt. bon the meantime, sat quietly in hi=
buggy and watched the horse as he rescded Ia
... distance. The animal came % sudden
...4 Iu tine ROAD Which led tO "a gate. lie tried
d.. .Iup DC, bur failed. and landed ON topof the
-.... Alter Laundering about while he fell
.r.r nu the inside. and left Tor parts unknown.
tD.IU-tl IiHss: Two tramps who were
uerIuE 0u together % that haven where
.. might get bite OF bread. last Thursday.
...aI for 90 suouze ON the railroad near
H.- uIl- Tramp No / dropped % sleep.
-....- save. amt tramp No. 2 stole hIs shoes
.... Hs feet and fed. Tramp No. ] hobbicd
". .---tHH-ei t0 Ndid0sta aui found tramp
asleep lu or about Che depot shed, and
proceeded 90 once, without fOrmalitv.
..rl.l.- ur ceremony, to- beat the offender
.t large stick. 10 was 81 rude awakening.
Hut inr the WIlcumau nc the depot the
..II.r- tramp would have suffered severely
He hands Of his quoudam friend and fel-
.r traveller. AZ lf was ne was pretty bloody
N.u WatchmAn E-ne commanded peace in
name and uN the authority Of the
-..Hluah, Florida and Western Railway.
.. tue night of the county election i'm Jack
dim Mcneil was lluud few miles north
jefferson iu au unconscious condition. His
--..I was cracked and Dee was otherwise beat
... Mcneil ua- since died, and the auth0ri-
..- have been trying to lind the murderer.
s. .-ru was arrested and am investigation
.e. .Iu last Tues lay The negro proved HIM
.Lodr- since tudt time ttc authorities
..." found out some facts which go to show
.... negro named itud Randolph committee
r.5er- Jim Mcneil ami the negro piavcd
.s-t- together the evening before the killing.
... HENHl won lhc negro S. money ami watch
chain. When Mcneil was found the
IuI chain were missing, and since that
-.. ..I Randolph has been seen with these
s posse went to his house Thursday
.rr-. Ulm. uut the negro saw them and
.H. some ut the posse say that they saw
Oil. watch ANA chain ON him as hc escaped.
uee then the negro has been hiding
L-.r.cu- Recorder. From j. NJ BRYANT.
ruteu lent of the National Cemetery az
r-.ut...e. we learn that the Central
..at haas made application 90 the War
ID. department. Tor permission to cut down the
-- Grade thc space between the Gene
lIe railroad. distance Uf two or
..r .rI rel wards. The object of the rail-
r... Pr. make the route over the Southwest
tu Railroad OBJ Florida an object of in
|.. rH tourists uF exposing the An
-.--.r.-'e Cemetery to their view. and
r- increasing the travel over 90.
Der.raI now advertises this route
Unreasonable route. but the passengers
very little. Dc any. or the cemetery
....l ui the heavy growth of timber
... tle cemetery AMI the road. The
H. cutting down the tress has been
r...- ...s .-cmcut iu the " ar Department for
Sd. ...... -ul am agent OF the department
.-.. Auter-OuVille lu week or so TO
.. tu .urt-ll CATION of the matter. There
--.e lUult but that the request Of the
....- Hat wll DE granted, as the road Is
'av aI the expenses incurred IN
l.. .0. v TA Done
t..... VIZ IS: The melon growers Of
--.. t ED % meeting IN Qultman
p, d. 'usIder the new rates on
a4-e recent. cs vac ~ - =
-..-...... ,.asL- s.-, ~om the Chairman OF
r... ....-.-7f --ion- i1 7hlch be notified the
Bowers ..lr tAr rates hcy @H1 .Ac OIllo IlN 81
......r rclucet hv them ~ per CS ii ots
r.-.- fs alI points last. "a ui 20 ~ l,1l,lts
W. r- SIDE of rho OHIO riyer' the rates
.....- r. same a- last wear. Last fall the
--..r.r- resolved to plant no more melons un-
could get reduced rates. mis- ln me-
Tuesday was to consider WAetner
-.. tuI- reduction was salis-
If not whether under
t-- r... rt-v could afford TO plant s'nalLer
-..-. ar aav lt all. There was a yer! ~
fCrr- Boz the meeting To the eNeCt
... .. railroads had not given as great =
us they should have done, anu ~
-.rIeI as being an uncertain venture
rrr arEely- \ vote of the meeting
. IHa
..t ..gr-l per cent. Of the acreage
SEASON ru-ut fo be planted IL was
-...- Hr d reduction Of the supply
-.U- could De obtained ana
v.ulI Dee better able % pay the
-He melon men VIII suck 10 thls
I..r VIII be- W SCI. but the danger Is
rr. uf them VIII reason 10 tlei"-
..- long ls everybody else rs gong
.Hu tle acreage prices VIII oe koo'';;
. H... .u tIe SIS. plant largely anu
-... ..r .l-r- VIII Dee "a failure again Lct
lU. when Die Is tempted win TINS
elg-l uer that every other grower =
fle same thing, and lct all = ant
Taos wears crop. lhey VIII De az
nae expense of last year, ana
NEE come money.
TLORIDA.
antilles bqv, sejued at Bronson with
.. -. week.
...- ueW llll.
--.-I .- rauvassiug 4e 1N' -9'''--''s ~
.-u - fire engine.
r were $4,000 cigars shli 'peN ~ ~ "
DOES .-.l hey West last wce-N- ,.,.,o,,
r-aI estate agent in Ocs = sOl,' fiI''''1
..rI during the year Il o.
l-. cation OF the Baptls ChurS u az