Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-27


SuL IN I'o4--Ihe Baptist Church at PopIar
springs was Incorporated in lS36-Car1es-
we was made the county site OF Franklin
county IN lo05.-In 1872 an act was passed NV
tue Legislature permitting the Sherih 10
aaFertl e IN Mllledgeville paper.-An act Of
me me IegislatuTe was passed IN ISlO requiring
tue onerlu OF this county to advertise in an
Augusta paper.-FrOm Nav 2 1877 10 date
lzl persons have been committed to the countv
lal OF this county. OF that number & b1ol-.
J"li anu escaped and l was released BY sorae
unAneWn person. Fifty were colOred and I3
were females.
most outrageous assault was committed
iuts.lay upon the person Of William LatsOn
Whlte farmer of Twiggs county, BY a negro
man by the name Of jackson benson. alias
JACK Glover. He asked Latsou for the loan
OF mule. LatsOn let HIM know that his mule
had Deen already loaned out, Whereupon the
negro Jack mOtIOned to him TO come ont
l-aLson did 80, and. when ne got out of ms in
closure tne negro drew his knife and dealt
i-al-on three wounds across his head, from
tnIee u HNe inches in length, to the skull
"yAr-s one across his nose and another inst
above the globe OF the left eve. Larson 6Ied
pToiu7ely before surgical aid could be pro-
cured IL Is thought MS wounds are not ne
ce7sarliy fatal The negro is under arrest
\ Macon special of Feb. 25 saws. ssIsst
night "a negro named Jim Sanford visited The
Louse ol negro woman named Fannie Pitts
She was entertaining some friends. and dsd
not snow nun proper courtesy. He grew
jealous, anu made an attempt 10 force nIm-
-eI among the friends. She swOre ont he
lore Judge Cherry, a warrant for burglary
AZ Tue preliminary hearing to-day Sanford
Implicated Rev. Henry Williams, the vener-
aulc pastor Of the cOlOred First MetbOdi.t
church, who was sent for He hurried down
ana arranged a settlement as soon As he could
10 suppress the facts from his congregation
winch Is large, and cOmpOses the fashionable
element OF the cOlOred people OF the civ
Ihey secured them, however, and he viii
catch 10 sunday.
Work on the Marietta Marble Factory hss
IA m una -
mile and half above Marietta on the old
lWeeule place. between the Western and l.
lantlc Railroad and the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad. The ground has bean
slaked OF and will be laid out in streets. and
a large number OF tenement houses for en-
pioyes viii De erected. A force of forty
skilled workmen, with their families, will be
Drought from the North to begin with, and
over hundred men will find emplOvmeut
Mr. Clements, the President of the Georgia
Marple Company, saws the North Georgia
marble IS the finest In the world. He has lust
cut counter for the kimball House, Atlanta
l5 leet m length and feet broad. out of one
solld block, and says: We could supply d
nawless marble column so feet long and feet
lu diameter. 4 hundred wears from To-day
the quarrles VIII have been barely touched
The ruDply of marble Of surprising quality
and Of every shade Of color Is simply exhaust
less"
Thomson AIcDufie county .Touroay. In
our last issue we stated that there were sew
eral negroes In the quarantine section who
hdl been directly exposed to the small -pON
duu were expected to have it. One OF these.
q little child. developed a case Yesterday
morning With this exception there have
been no other cases. Nearly all of the old
cases have recovered, and Mayor Durham re-
ports only turee cases now under treatment.
There ls no excitement here whatever. Busi-
ness Is iu It's regular channel. All of the
stores are Open-tOr fact, none of them have
al any time been clOsed-trade is reviving.
aud the schools and church services resumed.
Those who are here and know the true cOndi-
ton OF affairs feel no uneaslness whatever,
but cannot help being indignant when those
al distance, who do not know, keep insisting
that the smallpox is raging in Thomson.
Ahere ls no excuse Tor the gross eXaggeratiOns
anu misrepresentatlons so persstently pub
ished OF The small pON IN Thomson.
SaudcrsvIlle correspondence NEWS. Feb %:
ihis Is undoubtedly the most backward spring
ma TINS section Tor many years. Even the
hardest Of our fruits. the wild plum. shows
no evidence yet of building. In ordinary
seasons lt is IN full bloom by Feb. % The re-
ptated hard freezes IN January and February
nave INJURED the oats 10 considerable eX-
tent. especially those sOwn since Jan. 1. Farm
work generally Is two weeks behindhand, and
comparatively nothing has been done IN gar
uenlng.-A mass meeting of the citizens of
iennllle and Sandersville was held Monday
nignl ana the proper steps taken TO make 4
public demonstration upon the return OF the
Democracy TO power on March THE tenn
perdnce lodge organized here about a month
ago now numbers upwards Of l-j members
dnu Is IN a most nOurishIng gcOnditiOn.-ShcriT
g. ~ dll, who was reelected in January.
has made John j. Jordan jailer, deposing
Reuben Mayo, who had held the Office with a
short niermIsslOn eversince the War.-The SUI
periOr tOurt cJnvcues next Monday. when our
fellow tOwnsman. -. II. Rogers, Esq, enters
uuou The duties of Solicitor General of the
Middle ClrCuit.-The City Council has placed
us under obligations by the erection OF
street lamps at all the principa
crossings and at intervals through
out the cIty.-HOrseback riding is in
great favor with both sexes. and parties are
out pally-Eiaborate preparations are being
made for great bail on Wednesday night,
March 4. IN honor of Cleveland's Inaugural
tlon--Ihe City Council has called a meeting
Of ILe most prominent citizens for Monday.
March ,. 20 consult with Council upon the
practlcabillty of attempting an artesian well,
when, u the enterprise seems feasible, the
grand jury viii be waited upon and ash eel
for the cooperation of the county
To share the expenses with the city
Lulu Hurst appeared before an unusually
large audience last night Her engagement
was 40 llalnes Hall, but the room became so
deusely packed, and such number could not
gain admlttauCe, that "a change was made to
Watkins Hall, and that spacious building
was filled to OverflOwing.--Th mUnic pal
authorities recently passed an ordinance pro-
linluug hogs from running at large in the
city. thinking 10 a step towards improvement
aud higher civilization that would be heartily
iudorsed by the citizens. but "A very numcr-
Ously signed petition for It's repeal convinced
them Of their mistake, and the law was an
nullet.