Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-04

a silver teaspoon by Mrs. Adella Smith,
which was over hundred years old. 1t
was brought from Marylandby her grand
mother. She has three of&fhem. They
are very small, and have the following
letters on the end of the handle in this
wise: NJ. r. A, which are the initials of
her grandfather and grandmOther's names
MaIdin and Rachel AmOs), who came
from Maryland many years ago. Mrs,
Thomas Smith, who is sister of Mrs.
Adelia Smith, has the cups, which are also
very small.
Eva Dozier, colored girl - or IS years
Of age, is in the Etowah river. She lived
at Ewes station on the Rome railroad, and
her father whipped her a few days ago.
She ran away from home and went to
Rome. She stayed with Mrs. McKensie,
opposite the cotton factory, for few days.
Her grandmother came down after her.
She became frightened to despair, and
running down the bank of the river, either
fell or jumped in. 1t is thought that she
jumped in purposely. stephens March
man, colored man, had a boat near, and
seeing her fall or jump in made an effort
to catch her, but she sank before he could
reach her and never rose again.
At Americas the heaviest rain that has
fallen here for years fell Wednesday ar
ternoon and night. 1t came down in q
steady pour for twelve hours, and, in con-
sequence, the whole country was flooded.
The CrOgan flats, south of the city, are a
vast sea Of water. The track of the
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin railroad,
which runs through these flats, is COM
pletely submerged and much of it washed
away. No trains could run for several
days. Several mill dams near the city
are washed away, thus cutting off COM
munication with the country. Magnolia
Dell is under water, and. in consequence
of this and the washed condition of the
roads, the barbecue of the Sumter Coun-
ty Agricultural Society had TO be post
poned indefinitely.
The Sheriff of Towns county went to
Rabun county Thursday and arrested
three of thecitizens, namely: j. b. Muir
ray, w. +. Cathey, and William Medcalf,
by virtue of warrant charging them
with the offense of manslaughter. The
facts are as follows: Murray, Cathey and
Medcalt some time during the aonth of
April went into Towns county for the
purpose of inducing one Link Eller to re-
turn to Rabun county and complete con-
tract ne had entered into with Murray.
The parties went to the house of Eller's
brother, thinking they would find him
there. Their arrival frightened Eller's
cause, so reported, miscarriage, which
it is claimed produced her death about
two weeks ago, hence the arrest.
In July, 1885, there were in the State
camps 1913 cOnvicts. At present there
are $50, an increase of 81 over and above
discharges for the twelve months. The
following is given as the death rate for the
first six months OF the present year, and
compared with the death rate for the first
six months Of 1885. For the six months
this year the total number of deaths was
10. For the same period last year the
number was %, which is a decrease of
more than 80 per cent. The 1850 con-
victs are distributed as follows: AT the
Dade mines 400, with IA in the hospital at
the last visit; at Chattahoochee 1875, with
hospital cases; at Cedartown So, with 2
hospital cases; at Rising Fawn u, with >
hospital cases; at Augusta 81, with 3
hospital cases; at Oldtown II, no sick; at
Wrightsville 40, with l sick; at Dubois
60, no sick; at OglethOrpe 1l5, with l sick !;
at the six camps on the Georgia Midland
railroad there are 407, with IA hospital
cases. At several of these camps the
measles are prevalent, but in a
mild form, and every precaution IS taken
to suppress and check any spreading of
the epidemic. Col. Shubrick reports all
the permanent camps in good condition
aud the convicts in fine spirits and good
health The report speaks highly of the
general management of the cOnYicts and
the camps. A new and comfortable hos
pital building has been erected at Camp
Oglethorpe, which, with the new bar
racks recently constructed, gives this
camp ample accommodations for both well
and sick.