Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-21
AND FLORIDA.
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TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
r,.tnou Superior Court Eleven
Loads Of Hay From an Acre
romantic Marriage at Tennilie-
ward sentenced TO seven Years
for MansIaughter.
GEORGIA.
Work on Eatonton's Few hotel was be-
gun Monday
DIvino Eatonton with water.
Inc Monroe brass band will go to Sa-
vennan with the Walton Guards IN May,
Mrs. Nellie Kcnuebrew, of Powell mills,
,ound a Spanish coin lying on the banks
Of the Oconee river, bearing date OF LOO.
a new church, 4 miles east OF Eatontoh;
Known as Wesley Chapel, is TO De erecteu
the ensuing year, and TO be leu out 10 Ihe
lowest bidder.
At Rome, Tuesday, Julius " ara, VINO
was found guilty last week OF voluntary
manslaughter, was sentenced W 90'eH
years in the penltentiary.
News mas e received or a serious
cutting scraDe at G~riswoldVllle. ne
0ro. LIN Rivers, seriously If not fatally
cut another negro Saturday night.
Valdosta dirt Is getting to be valuable.
A gentleman refused $50 a front foot for a
business lot 40X90 feet on Patterson
street. last week. He asked $4,000 for the
lot.
Tuesday a train going north n due at
Toccoa at y O'Clock killed three COWS
near Travis. three miles from Toccoa, in
less than 100 yards apart. This IS the
largest cow-killing heard OF lately.
walter Wray. whose post office is Max
evs. made -, 800 pounds of hay on one acre
of land on his farm in Greene county. He
was the first man in middle Georgia to
bale Bermuda hay and place it on the
market.
TattnalI Superior Court is in ses-
sion this week. The negro Who killed
his brother with a knife, mention of
which was made in these columns at the
time, plead guilty to the charge of volun-
tarv manslaughter. Sentence had not
been passed on Tuesday evening.
Vessels at Doboy are now filling up
their tanks with river water for drinking
and cooking purposes. The water is
quite fresh, even at this extreme point,
and shipmasteTs doubtless think of the
old saying that it's an sill wind That blows
nobody good" as they save the customary
~ cent per gallon.
Preston Valentine, the Augusta muir
derer, promises to give a full statemento OF
luG kAllAu& u nlEnb" ChA ' LIS
trial will take place at the present term
of Richmond superior Court. He eX-
presses a desire to have a history of his
life published for the benefit of his GeOr-
gia wife and children.
The spring session of the Elberton Dis
trict Holiness Association will begin at
Hartwell Friday night, April 80. and con-
tInue to May 6. Revs. Geo. &. Watson of
Florida, A. j. FARRELL of Athens, W. A.
Tnal,A ~ n-forewrIIa u q ATTrrlh nf
FlOWery Branch, and Rev. Mr.. Walling,
of Anderson, S. c., have been invited to
attend and assist in the meeting.
Frank V. Evans, of Birmingham, was
in Atlanta Tuesday arranging with the
Southern Telegraph Company for a spe-
cial wire from Atlanta TO Birmingham for
the new daily paper which he is soon to
start there. Mr.. Evans was formerly ed
itor of the Albany Nel1s and Advertiser.
1t is stated that a stock company with a
capital of 100000 is at the back of the
movement.
lobe Jackson has been arrested rear
Reagan, Falls county, Texas. Jackson is
wanted in Barlow county, Ga, to answer
to the charge OF blowing up the residence
of the Judge of that county, and the house
of the evangelist Sam Jones with dyna-
mite. A requisition has been received
from the Governor of Georgia, and Deputy
United States Marshal Murphy, of At
Ianta, telegraped that he would proceed
at once to Waco to take charge of Jack
son. There is a charge of assault to muir
der pending against jackson in Atlanta.
Quite a number of the people of TOccOa
were badly sold a night or two ago by a
crank representing himself to be a pOeti-
cal lecturer. He had a flaming ADVERTISE
ment, and his hand bills were thoroughly
distributed over the town. Within ten
Knfnnfac u ffnr no aodo hIa annnaFannn nm
the stage the people found to their utter
disgust that they had been duped by a
crank. TwO-thirds of the crowd left en
masse before he was near through with
the programme, which was nothing more
than endless sounds OF nonsensical
rhymes, making no sense and creating
not one sound thought.
W. S. Whitfield and Miss Jennie Bass,
both of Laurens county, were married at
Tennille Sunday. 1t appears that
Mr.. Bass, the young lady's father, was
very much opposed to the young man
marrying his daughter. SO about a week
ago he sent her off to Burke county,
without the knowledge of the young man.
AS soon, however, as he heard Of her de-
parture he at nce started in pursuit, and
after several days Of diligent search
found the object of his love. with her
brother, at Midwife, on the passenger
train bound for Tennille, at which place
they were to take the W. IL T. train for
home. When Mr.. Whitfield saw Miss
Bass at Midwife he Immediately boarded
the train u came to Tennille with them.
On arriving there she told her brother
she would marry or die, and he reluct-
Rntly told her to do as she liked. So in
10 minutes they were pronounced man and
wife by a Mr.. Allen. a Justice OF the
Peace. The groom ts IL and the bride IA
years of age.