Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
s,,,,, ,,r,,ys OF THE TWO STATES
T1D TOI,D IN PARAGRAPHS.

,arlxable Coincidence Ends IN ."e
keiu" ..si NJ "A prisoner Charged win
f'qu 80, Detectives on the Lo"k-
The. rive Corpse, who is an lnsW-
s,ce Swindler.
GEORGIA.
tumnkin lady, over 90 years 3i age
,.rsring with the whoopIng cough
is . rrnt ta[oble property of Pickens county
llo ,sraased $4,000 in value during Tue
pa,y h,,rdred and twelve dollars was
Ci,gaj Mt Jug breaking at WalChour-
Una night or two ago.
''' n,,o wants the school OF technology.
o;.t,ars are willing to donate an elegant
S,iIfina site for this purpose
larre crowd of Athenians VIII take
,,-onts.,e of the low rates 10 New ORR
s and sttend the funeral of Gen. Grant
- Marietta Monday, at meeting heid
s,- the purpose, the sum OF ?Z,OOo was
INSCRIBED 10 erect school pulIolnS.
Tb..cammittee of the State Agricultural
,ssociation have decided upon holdlng
~ tsfr in october, commencing Mohoay'
Oct Is. ,,,.. Dc.
A Mjlledgeville Tuesday. Miss Rosa
,,arn fen into a swollen creek, ana wouio
baN been QIONuVu ONAN NS@
roscue by Charles MOTIFS
Tho BOARD Of County Commissioners of
plavd IN Monday, passed an order grant
i,,5tE, city of Rome $1.0C0 to indemnify
.becty IN part for smallpox expendl-
lures tor 1888,
Anc. wss the 10Th anniversary Of a.
R@ss' incumbency as Clerk of the
snnerior Court Of Floyd county. be has
IAN in the office 81 years, his father
.,hofore him having occupied the POSITION.
samuel Lane declined the position of
,-inrinal of the Butler college, rendered
kin hv the board of trustees. lie was
anpIicant, and will devote himself
~ the nractce of medicine, his new pro-
essiOn.
Atthe Jubilee at McRae 1t is said that
onp vouns man GevOured ham, two
elcGens. twelve apple pies, four large
cakes. and biscuits accordingly, in the
vain endeayor 20 put himself on the out
side of a square meal.
Dalton has been infested for some time
r,contu with white and colOred tramps
and thieves. Some burglarizing has been
PERFORATED and several attempts have
beon made 10 brighten and outrage chill
1rrn. negro has been pursued several
tines. but managed to escape.
The Prn-byterians at LaGrange viii
move the benches out Of their church, and
viii rpseat with elegant chairs of the
--latest design. The MethOdists have made
m a sufficient amount of money to buy
splendid pine organ, and will order 1t at
an early day. 1t IS 10 cost Sl,oW.
TIE editor Of the Hinesville Gazette has
an educated hog on mis- premises. The
9tner day ne WAS missing and search
was instituted Tor him. He was found in
the bath house curled up in a big bath
tub GIl Of resi- water. Now when the
bath house is opened the hog makes a rush
Tor the door.
At Marietta, few days ago. while
negro by the name of Stepney Pool was
ploging in bis potato patch he was
observed to throw up his hands and fall
upon his face. When help reached him
be was dead. 1t is not known whether he
died from sunstrOke or disease, as the
Coroner did not hold an inquest.
The Finance Committee of the State
Legislature, AT its session Tuesday after
nOon decided to report favOrablY on a
resolution appropriatng $4,000 straight
out TO the State University this year, and
hereafter 1000 annually for repairs and
9Dsurauee The committee on railroads
also decided to report favorably on the
bill chartering the Georgia Midland rail
read.
j. Henry Meyer, of Augusta, has in
vented an adjustable car sash, which he
q mas gone to Washington to have patented.
& tc0nsists of a side bar in the window
frame with continuous slots into which q
spring works, allowing the car window
E 10 be raised TO any desirable height. Thus
8 iAe SASH can be easily raised one inca,
'rh"s r one foot, or all the way, inch
n by inch, if desired.
AZ me. WOrk on the new boat is pro.
4 crossing very fast, aud if nothing happens
she ~iIl be ready to launch in two weeks.
one VIII he the largest boat ever planted
IN the Coosa, and will ply between and
below Lock No. ,. 1t is estimated that
ABOUT 10000 bales of cotton will be
brought up from below where the boats
loIlneTly run TO, which will be quite an
audluOn TO R0me's receipts.
Eastman correspondence NEWS, Aug.
meeting was held at the court house,
anu delegates were elected from this
county to attend the convention of timber
slG lumber men to be held at Daren the
nIs1 Wednesday in November for the pur-
p'ee Of deYising means 10 secure liberal
apPOWlatlOn by Congress TO clean out
a an1 MAKE navlgable the Altamaha river
""u It's tributaries and afiiuents.
Atueos BdRaer- WdtchmdR: Monday
,te came down the Northeastern a very
yvuI looking white woman, with mu-
w chlld at her side, her own offspring.
s'u TO belong to good family in
uJdHent county. She sat in the white
.n ana carressed her brat to the dis
81 9i9s VI lne other passengers. The woman
81 lb NJ at Athens, aud did not seem
M oiisulest annoyed by the attention
'nT attracted.
,n nt beaufort, n. c., an Atlanta lady res
~ 1no Young ladies' from a watery grave
ronn prompt and heroic action. The
SsHts lauies mad gone out beyond their
nv ana their frantic cries for help rent
wera some gentlemen in the pavilion
An epdrlng 10 gO TO their relief. The
b.,an@S. iauy saw and heard them, and
ust,1 s,! ana unhestatingly wade6 out
sws,, '.o GOT beyond her depth, when she
Aen ~ me young ladies and brought
Tborn, uays ago Prof. Rossignol and Mrs.
. he 6 athl, Of Mllledgeyille, were married.
nOtee ti'a. OF iI Mrs. Thornton has received
blir nat tossignOl has wife in Mo-
hi. da'"r ana an infant child, and that
vllajrr sDler Is a victim Of bigamous
tssmSs ne is very angry with the pro-
elera4o NorlnOn game, and promises TO
calol us temperature for him If he can
and bis III, III kOssignol left debts behind
settled 1tloln has been attached for I'M
lieS,rieuly negro girl was strucly nv
psplst ana Instantly killed ON the
iole,oa'u OF Judge j, j. W. Riyeers
oo, 'tp miles from CoI,,,t,,,' 4. ~ - - y,