Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-24


,-,4rIin-WOrk on WaynesbOro's
,.--.s.i.n Well Abandoned.
GEORGIA.
..... occupants OF Gainesville Jail have
man shipped about 200 rabbits from
-. week.
rn. of lay county, fell from her
..-- .a. broke her neck.
IS. q. Mcconnell, Of Hall county, has
-..uIIre= t1 carry 20 New Orleans
-.li ,1 Doe worth $500.
-. . BaybIn. of Co'quitt county, has
-.-taluei the loss of his two sons
Eu-ene-lrOm pneumonia
recent vurk of the city tax assessors Of
-.s-t tlrt the increase of taxa ble prop
..l..ar-.
.-.uar from the southeastern portion
b.. .-.-..l unity informs tie Columbus
..--. THAT the oats in that section
~ --. .r.-l-..E lost 10y the recent freeze.
v-H r.. Wilder, Of DOugherty county. will
-- ..rr- .l melons this year. Last year
t-..e a- much money on melons as
have made ON cotton planted on the
..-etat.ss iu Terrell county have
...rr li kIlied by the recent cold
sae ugt crop has not been Sc
..l- however, except the very
- less c0lOred woman OF Atlanta
lar rear porch Of her house sunday
ai fractured her left arm near the
I.e I4I was only about three feet.
-.. .fure is bad one.
r.. ..r.rtr-scycuth annual commencement
.-. Atlanta Medical College VIII occur at
U.- opera House, Atlanta, on the night
.V...... March 2. The Oration viii be
.-..r. a b. Hawthorne, and the valedictOry
-.-- g.. C- clements.
T..r..I ana specifications for the building
rt.. south Georgia Agricultural College al
r.--... e have been sub lifted To the trUs-
u 4 ~ tnF- the York
... ...l ..I- are now being received by the
-.- mmItfee. W hen flushed. il will be
.-.ue structure.
u- E b. Wright. Of Dalton, died IN Atlanta
sunday morning. from relapse of typhoid
t...r IIr was iJ wears OF age and was ma
..... E.r-vth. He was "a prominent Mason.
81 U.. Fellow, q knight of PyJhias and "a
h. l-uiHir. lie was q cias-Inate OF Dr.
So. Calhoun. OF Atlanta, and with that
--.ulu went To Europe 10 perfect his
..... tiucatlon-
t..r- BHuer- WatcLmau: A gentleman
wl..au- property I'M HaDersham county tells
.-l.- TAX tul- year ls nearly three times
s-r... I- last. The people have been sys-
-.rar.l.y robbed for 10 years, and vet no
... .lu be brought TO punishment. IL Is
r. th4t Il $500 reward can be offered
breakers will turn states evidence
a.. -.te away the real thieves
Athens has never seen campaign that. in
at...ucut. approached the prohibition fight
-.v pending. IL ls likely that every business
H..-. Iu that city Will be closed TO morrow,
4ul -ue chronicle advises country people not
....u. ts town that ddv e .pecttng TO trade.
-.rurl. merchants advertise that they will
..-. their doors that day. Blue ribbon and
a.l. tt rs are already waving, and things are
red bot.
Albany Medium. An intelligent farmer east
..t. city recently purchased large guam
rtr0 0l bulk meat, which might very properly
FL. termed picked pork de decided to smoke
portion of It. i'm order 20 test the am unit of
-lriukage. He accordingly smoked LIS
.u- After DO was thoroughly smoked. he
again weighed 20 and found that he had l.l0l
pounds, OF shrinkage OF about 65s pounds on
the hundred.
Athens Bauuer- Wttfehaq1n. Miss Cain, q
-.rmer resident OF Athens. who died recently
90 Augusta. left her entire property. amount
r.- Cd about $1,000, 90 Mrs. DR.. ". III. Foster.
af Augusta. Miss Cain was gOverness in
Mrs. Posters nee ElchardsOn'=l family and
rl. formed deep attachment TO that lady.
Mss Gain was well known m Athens, where
-l died and taught primary school for a
u-4atr OF years
Emma Walker, c0lored was arrested sun
G4- titernOOu. ln Perry, and placed in jail
~.-.- is fle mother of the boy who put NOR
i-r. u the milk at Judge Nottingham's
-..ut TWO weeks ago, and the evidence pro
.r.. points go her as the instIgatOr Of the
attempt to poison Judge Nottingham and
..rr. The commitment trial will be held
U-..r. Justice of the Peace as soon as Judge
Nottingham is we'll enough 90 appear.
H4ualusvllle Dispatcb. Mr.. B. Cotton re-
tlrueI last week from trip 10 TelfaIr c0Un-
-r Hh.c Iu the county he spent night with
Mr. lluuE Rawlins, and saw the premium
.u..uttd Iu cotton lat year by Nr. Raw
u-- Mr.. Rawlins paid i've dollars for
a.sH.. 1l Jones improved cotton seeu. AMI
planted fuc acre The yield was two i've
f-.r. pound bales of cotton, now on hand,
anil worth one hundred dollars, Mr.. Cotton
estimates tne seed from the two bales as he
DIX worth $50, thus masking the yield OF the
a.rr s.l.-
Albany H.IHtn- Capt. j L. BOyt makes
bis 1Rl icrulLer-a thoroughly reliable one
nu. ..ra H..n. IL
.t.-e- Ils chemicals IN bulk, adds swamp
ru.A. cotton seed or cotton seed meal, and
t.a- .a- just such "a fertilizer rs his land re-
.-rr--a Hc-tcr fertilizer than he could pur-
...-. f.rs.t per ton. Nearly an Of our lead
ms farmers are adopting this course; but
lrer. -re hundreds OF small farmers who
-trs ra Ile cotton option plan, which Is send
r. YEARLY. hundreds of thousands Of dollars
.lc 90 tlclr section OF the state that ought 10
ae retained here.
WHs!cevlue Chronicle: The farmer who
fails lt raise his own hog and hominy simply
fails tH larm. But Few ever succeeded that
l.u't io U.-MajOr John knight dropped IN
ou u- list IIe-tay. paid "A year In advance
art .lat-rd pleasantly of the good Old times.
iac Major eN hanged law for agriculture al
.er tue war ami is one Of the largest aud most
----e--flI farmers in Pike cOnuty. We uu-
a.--.tuI tuaj Die has on hand about sixty bales
al -.- last vedr5 cotton crop. He Is also re-
rlr..I tu have one of the best arranged fish
l0lf- ,u tue stale. a friend speaking of the
pond. says it contains 10000 600 OF carp.
Tvo negroes have been burnt alive near
~Ia. .re.e iu the last three days The first
are WAS ON MIR. H. L. Graves place-a little
,-l named Cora Hinton, about years old.
sire .aI been Left In the house by herself, her
.--l-r being 40 work a short distance OF
na heard her scream, and ran to her and
n-rI her clothes nearly all burnt OF. She
l.et .l1rtl- after. The other was named
Carrie Jones, % -lrl about "a year. old, on the
It.e.i a. >toddard- The hands mad been
picking up aud burning brush, when by some
Heia- her clothes caught IRE and she was
- .a5Ir burned that she died soon after
Perry ...sr1ll. W L. Raiuey tells us Of
ra--,- strange effect of the weather on water
10 his residence one OF the coolest nights last
Rr.e. lu uI- bedroom, which Is tightly celled
aai n.l-lerei and I'm which a fire wac kept
a--u-u- until after 10 O'Clock AZ night, Ice was
about 0uc-iUurth Of an inch thick on the water
'- Is uucaet that had been left uncovered all
r.-.I. lu tle cook room .unceIledl, where
-er. was uu hre except 10 cook supper the
..t W-- about one-ciE Ehth Of an inch thick on
Water -u "a bucket that was covered with
-a..- i-ou cooking pan There was no Ice
-. ln another buckctful or water ON the
ssl- gable that was covered with tin dish
F4l-
80 aveati0u has been made in Macon that
promises te he one cI national interest. IL IS
-a-r-.uc for sealing freight box cars, and is
gHu. uy Ncs-rs. ". IT. b me and Murray
..ri. Two euterprising young men. The
-....e consists Of a coutrlvdnce that works
iealIy inside car. m a manner that
O.. .'.r cannot possibly be opened except II
.e .'r noticed. The seal consists of piece Ot
.-l.r- w -tl register of date aud station, over
b knife is placed; when the door Is
"'-et 10 -- set automatically. when opened
--. su.t- cuts the paper. IL Is q wonderful IN
t..-..r. ans viii Doe exhibited at the Chicago
..r.a.ua tLIs summer. that has been called
l..-t gate the ycNed question OF how
. -- cars without their telng entered.
HaErc-borl True Cifiseu Near LawtOn-
F'..- Burke county. lives gentleman who
pants crop OF gr0undpeas every year. This,
-- ---u..- attracts large number Of crows,
--i ..- gentleman found 10 impossible to get
iI N. tlrW. informing himself OF the use
-a- eject ni dynamite. ne concluded 20 try II
- t-r crows. So procuring a small quan
...t-. ltcSet DO into "a lot OF the peas and
.rrri them around for the crows. They
-e and took the bait. One Of them sus-
t-.i That an was not right. and rose seve-
81. -.a.rcl feet I'M the air. when the dyna-
.-.-- ttf-l.icti auI our farmer says that the
.i-. lr -Iw uf that crow was pun Of black
Feathers tostng in the air. All the other
-.N- -eit ana not crow has been seen on
--- Plantation since.
Nlre-ta special. Feb. y: Last night several
d, "-r prominent citizens called upon Miss
'----.r simpson, OF this place, TO test the won
----i bower she possessed. For long while
-s- been conscious of it. but has not given
attention until lately. This power is
-.-ir to, tut eclipses that Of Lulu Hurst
-. llt tests made were the following:
tN. tle gentlemen, each weighing over 20
H|- sat ma chairs placed back TO back.
tieI one Gf her hands upon each chair,
.-r occupants were thrown out with re-
..-- lII-e- An umbrella placed IN her
--t Immediately flew 10 pieces. The force
possess -. unlike that of Lulu Hurst, acts
eNt substance, whether wood or metal
--i --H4- placed ON persons arHl can move
wl-it
w. E. Brown. OF Macon county, one OF the
---s- successful farmers of Southwest Georgia,
,-e farmers Of that county are getung
an a