Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-09

A4hans In Have y GuanO EactorS-A
Coot Nsma of Bunker Htlt-Dss-
ta-1Iv Attempt to Burn the CandIer
RIocl at GainesviIle-A Car Coupler
Killed ut Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Milton county's insOlvent list for 1850 Is
only $50. i.
LAGRANGE. .,,.4L
A colored woman Of Madison gave oir'n
to triplets Saturday.
II is said that MonteZuma is to be maze
A signal service station.
There are sixty schools IN successiul
operation in Terrell county.
John Helms, of Darien, has, so far tnls
season. killed about 300 ducks.
The watermelon acreage around Ferry
viii be largely increased this year.
John. M. Findley has been appointed
by Judge Estes stenographer lor tne
Gainesville judicial circuit.
The Princeton factory at Athens 10 now
doing night work, filling orders: 1t 10 q
pretty sight to look at the building "neH
it is lighted on dark night.
The report going the rounds of the state
oress that Mr. Reese and Judge Pottle
have been paid $4,000 each, on account Oh
services in the Dickson will case, is With
out foundation in fact.
b. Michael, a hack driver of Macon, had
his 2-borse hack removed from the corner
OF Mulberry street by some evil disposed
person, Thursday night. Friday ne Iounu
the horse standing near the hack, Whlch
was badly broken and the harness cut 10
pieces.
Al last Tuesdays sales at Conyers 1870
acres of the Hardin land was sold to M.
A. w aldrop for $3.50, and So acres to j..
ri, Hardin for $316 30. Il. j. Miller
bought 125 acres OF the Lacey land In
Sheffield for $710, and B. Il. Summers 5O
acres for SPAS.
Among the Ohio excursionists that ar
rived in Georgia last week was man by
the name of Paul Holland, who is now
visiting his brother, John Holland, OF Ter
rell county, who is a successful farmer.
The brothers have not seen each other
since John Holland left his home in Ger
many, over 80 years ago.
Gen. John Breed, of Randolph county,
we'll known as a patriotic citizen who
commanded Lumpkin's militia IN ante
bellum days, aud who was tor a long time
a resident of Stewart county, is relative
of the owner of the celebrated Breed )
bill. as the General claims enormously
called Bunker's Hill.
An English mechanical engineer from
DAYS making an estimate on The price OF
machinery Tor a guanO factory, to be To-
Gated at the Northeastern depot. A joint
stock company of capitalists will build
the factory. They intend to start with
capital of $4,000, backed by unlimited
surplus fund.
Convers Solid South: For several years
there have been about S2,O0O,OOO belong
ing TO the Zlnaman estate In Germany
held up for the purpose OF dividing among
the legal heirs as soon as they could be
ascertained. 1t is now settled that the
legal heirs are the six surviving Fret@ell
children. Mrs. kennon, of this place Is
one of the heirs.
jackson county is now virtually a stock
law county. Four districts in the county
now have it in operation and are well
pleased with it. There are two more
petitions before the Ordinary, calling for
an election at an early date. The districts
that have adopted the law are tearing
away fences, making pastures and plant
ing the hedger0ws IN corn or cotton.
During the night OF Jan. % he store of
CavedO g. Brown, in FOlkstein, was rob-
bed. The express and post offices are kept
In this building, and money was the mo-
tive for the robbery, but fortunately only
q few dollars were lett in the drawers that
night. There were no stamps or money
packages eft in the offices, so the burglar
left, being only few dollars better of.
John S. Fitzpatrick, of the Third dis
tTict of Terrell county, recently lost by
FIRE his barn and contents, consisting of
over 400 bushels OF corn, besides good
deal OF small grain, cotton seed and other
articles stored therein. There has been
as vet no discovery made as to how the
fire originated. Friday night the Berry
school house, about five miles east Of Daw-
son, was destroyed by fire.
W. E. Eaver, car coupler in the East
Tennessee yard at Atlanta, was instantly
killed Sunday afternoon, just before dark.
while coupling cavs on an East Tennes-
see freight train, which was bying shifted
near Humphrey street. In stepping from
between two cars his heel caught in the
brake block, and he was thrown between
the wheels, which passed over his body.
He was about % years old, and leaves a
wife and TWO children.
In an unOcoupied room in the Gambler
building at gainesville, which was par
TALLY burned last week, hole has been
discovered made by knocking of the plas-
tering from one of the partitions. Among
the exposed laths lot of spllnters, shaw
tngs and bits of paper were inserted and
set on IRE. BY some means the ire went
out or else together with the fire placed in
the ante-roOm OF the Odd Fellows hall,
winch ala the mlSchlef, the mend would
have succeeded in destroying the uiding
II not the entire block. IL Is reported that
the police have clew that will probably
lead to the detection of the guilty party.
Sylvester Sans is in Canton Jail for safe
keeping. Sans was bitten by a rattle
snake about two years ago, and since has
been afflicted with something similar 10
ST. Vitus' dance and unable to be still for
even moment at a time, except proba-
bly, when he was sleeping. During the
past six months he has grown worse, and
though large, stout, healthy man in
every other respect, was, most likely, un-
able to work, and refused TO do anything
In support OF himself and family, con-
sisting Of wife and two children. At
times be was irritable ana would do viO-
lence to his family, and on Monday beat
his wife considerably.
Near Hinesville Saturday J. s., G. W.,
aud J. w. AshmOre went out shooting
sbiftis, and J. 5. AshmOre was requested
70 fiush the birds out OF an open band,
li which ne did. shortly after J. w. Ash
mere, thinking his brother had lett the
former locality, shot bird and pointed
bis gun towards the position formerly oc.
, .eupied by his brother, and, much to his
surprise and sorrow, he soon discovered
that he bad shot his brother, the shot
taking effect IN his face, neck, etc. The
shot have been extracted and II is hoped