Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Tu3Iad at HaWktnsYille for MortEagthR
Other Peoples PrOperty-Georse Il
JacksOn's Case Up at Atlants-Arr
OF Forger at COlumbus-Acctdents
in Douglas County.
GEORGIA.
Mint river is on a boom. 1t has been
swelling steadily for three days past
About 10 new students have entered the
university at Athens since the holidays
Chicken fghting is carried on quite eX-
tensively in Albany, even half-groWh boys
indulging.
II. sapp is candidate for Mayor OF
Eastman. Mr.. Sapp has hued inc ONCE
several times.
n polk. of Douglasville, died Wednes-
dRy night from injuries caused py lAll
frem his horse.
Another steamer has been purchased to
take the place of the wrecked Chipley on
The Chattahoochee river.
The election for mayor and aldermen OF
Hawkinsvi le ior another year VIII Jake
place on Wednesday next.
A Mr.. Brown, of Villa Rica, while
travelling fell from his buggy, dislocatlng
his shoulder. The accident was caused
by the shaft breaking.
Mrs. T. S. Rutherford, of DouglasYllle,
the other day caught on fire and was very
DuIneus
tinguishlng the flames.
C.M. O'Hallaran, the French enamel
furniture polish peddleT, was fined $50 by
Recorder Patterson, at Macon, thursday,
for disorderly conduct.
J.H. Higgins residence at East Athens
has been burned. The property was In
sured as follows: $3.50 on house; $3.50 on
furniture and provisions.
A few winters ago it was almost impos-
eible to buy barrel of fresh oysters in
Fort Gaines, but now hundreds of barrels
are sold and the trade is increasing.
Prof. H. w. Key, OF Cuthbert, received
a check for 800 this week from Col. Y. l..
q. Harris, of Athens, to be added to the
repair fund of Andrew Female College.
The widow of Joe Hulsey. the officer
who was so brutally murdered by Tom
Campbell at Rockmart, a few weeks ago,
was substantially remembered Christ
mas,
A new post office called Denton has been
established at the place of Col. James Nj.
, Denton, in Coffee county. 1t is located on
the mail route between Hazlehurst and
Douglas.
W. NJ. Cook, the gentleman living at
Fairburn, who was so seriously scalded
and injured in the collision at the 17-mile
tank on the Georgia Pacific railroad, Is
recovering.
The little son Of Mr.. Jessie Brawner,
living near CartersYille, got one OF his
arms entangled in gin last week, mang-
ling it up teartully, SO much so that am
putatiOn was necessary.
Us. Sewell, who moved from Chambers
county, Ala, to Pulaski county In 1860,
is preparing to return with his family to
his old home. He has been citizen OF
Pulaski for twenty years.
The Atlanta branch Of the Irish Land
League has elected Hugh McGeeVer
delegate, and James +. O'Neill alternate,
TO the International Irish Convention to
meet in Chicago this spring.
Harmon Reynolds, father of Mrs. J. G.
LaRoque, o. East Doug herty, and of Mrs.
Joel w. Joiner, of Albany, was IS years
old on Jan. 4. His good wife is nearly so.
They have been married tifty-nine years.
The article on 'the Students death0 on
the Georgia page of yesterdays NEWS
should have been credited to the Athens
(Ga.) Banner Wdtchn1dn, IN which city
the event occurred, instead of to the
Marietta Journal.
Albany is headquarters and a sort of
distributing point for large number of
Irish peddlers. Their goods are shippec
20 them at that point, and there appears
TO be an understanding between them,
\ for they come together in that city peri
\ odicallZ-
\ The mill of W. II. Carpenter, in the
upper part of Ebert county, was washed
way Monday, together with the bridge
over Cold Water creek at the same place.
Other bridges have been damaged, and
some of the water courses are higher than
was ever known before.
Hon. j, D. Hargrove, ordinary of DOoly
county, has ordered an election in that
county on Monday, Jan. Is, to elect a
county treasurer TO fill the vacancy
caused by the recent death offs. f. Rogers.
q +. ). Davies is announced as candidate
for the uneXpired term.
A few days since at a shooting match
at Winston w. D. g. White, In handing a
rife to another man, hit the hammer
against plank causing the discharge OF
the gun. The entire load entered the arm
OF Mr.. White near the shoulder. Ampu-
tation may be necessary.
At Decatur, Rev. T. q. Boykin had the
misfortune TO get his legs badly burned
Tuesday morning. He had just gotten up
And was standing in front of the fire with
'Fhis gown on, when it caught fire and
4 burned him ip s97UJGi places before he
\ could extinguis9ueSs .ames.
The Yankees aicnow beginning TO move
southwark by private conveyance. Sew
eral parties from as high up as Michigan
have passed through Albany this winter
, travelling in wagons to Florida. A caval-
csde from Illinois passed through We'd
nesday en- route to Tampa.
r S. j. Stevens, Of HawkInsVille, has been
painfully hurt by falling from a house on
which he was at work. He fell across the
sleepers Of the house, breaking his left
arm and dislocating bis wrist. He was
otherwise bruised. His wounds, though
painful, are not considered serious.
S. i. Norwood caught large hawk in
the act of eating full-grown hen on his
X Poland place, near Perry. The hawk at
b tempted TO escape, but as he emerged
from the wood-pile Mr.. Norwood jumped
on him, and. though ne struggled nightly
and used his claws saYagely, captured
him.
A citizen of Perry received the other
day photograph Of President Cleveland
in answer to a letter from the citizen IN
which he announced that his last son had
been named Grover Cleveland. The letter
accompanying the picture cOurteOusly ex-
pressed the Presidents appreciation OF
the compliment paid him.
II is probable that the old White
academy building IN Houston county
viii be moved a mile north or It's present
cite and located near the residence OF NJ.
=. Ethridge. The school will open about
Feb. next Prof. Pearee enrolled 1O7
H. L. A.