Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-09

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A,'o'54rs OF Increased SaIary-A Sea
,, .<lovn to Douglass County-Mrs.
-,,rr.es' Devotion to Her Impris-
Ia ausbsnd-G Measles at
Macon.
GEORGIA.
r,sra was not single death in the city
.o.1s..l at Columbus during the past
uogln. ,...-o. .,,o
,,barf at Columbus during the past
month. .,,-...,...
"tia,, Of the district committee has
nsan called for April 30.
r5are were b interments in the ceme-
.orissat Columbus il March, of whom ~
,Tore coI0red and 2 non-residents.
Fifrv-eight parties were tried in the
Navor,s court at Columbus in March, 50
Of w6om were lined, % discharged and l
bound over
Ri. h. Stanford, a prominent physi-
cian and highly respected citizen OF
Wayerlv Hall, Harris county, died of
cancer at his home Sunday night.
sam W. Small, the evangelist, accom-
named bv his family, reached Atlanta
Wednesday. via Birmingham and the
Georgia Pacific railroad, from Chicago.
George b. Slappey, OF Marshallvllle,
di4d on Monday aged 70. He was one of
me first settlers. ana at Que time since
the war owned about 10000 acres of land.
ST. Coleman has been elected president
At the Macon fire insurance company.
The company will commence business as
soon as its printed blanks and Autographs
are received.
Tee Columbus gas company has
decided to reduce the price of gas from
50 80 to 81 % per 1000 feet to private con-
sumers. This reduction will go into ef-
feet next month.
I'M. Berry and Miss Willena Bass, both
Of Dalton, were married Wednesday. The
bride was the recipient Of many valuable
and costly presents, among which was a
check of So, 900 from her father.
Mrs. +. e. Ring of Augusta is nearly re-
lared t the family of VIM. Gilmore Sims,
the South Carolina author, who have re-
Gently inherited $l0,000,000 in England,
their common foTetaCher having been Col.
Singleton of revolutionary fame.
A very severe wind storm passed over
a section of the Lower Nineteenth district,
in Harris county, last Tuesday. Several
small houses were blown down and much
fencing. Nobody was hurt, and the area
coy cred by the storm was small.
The County Commissioners of Ogle-
thorpe, besides other business coming be-
fore them, passed an order Tuesday or
dering the Court House Committee to let
contract for placing a granite tOunda-
lion entirely around the court house.
April Is will be the return day. in the
United States District Court at Macon,
The number of civil cases already filed is
yery heavy. The number of cases to be
brought upon foreclosures OF mortgages
will be large, as many as jOhaYlng already
been filed.
Last week NJ. G. Butler killed, near
Bright Star, Douglass county, a seagull,
which no doubt had been blown there dur
ing the severe storm which prevailed the
first OF last week. 1t measured feet and
inches from tue tip of one wing to the
tip of the other.
While the river was on its recent boom
at Macon photographers secured NUM-
Der OF fine pictures of scenes both above
and below the city bridge. Mr.. Herbst, of
the library has sent to President Cleveland
a set OF these views, on the margins Of
which is written The Cleveland freshet.'
Mr.. johnson has one of the largest peach
orchards In Clarke county. He says that
they were all killed by the late frost ard
ice. Mr.. johnson has several thousand
trees, and thinks he will not raise peach
this year. THIS is bad news, as the farm
ers are mostly dependent upon the peach
crop during the summer.
The food of waters last week damaged
Cobb county about $1,000 in the loss Of
orid2es. Kelpin's bridge on Roswell river
road, Matthew's. MckiEney's and Hays
bridges on Sweetvater, PerkinsOn's
bridge on Nose creek, and about half
dozen small bridges were swept away.
The rushing waters, also scooped out two
or three of the river roads which will
nroha blV haVp IN no ab9ndOnad and naW
roads made.
Rev. W. r. Foote, pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Dougasville, has been
offered a 1920 salary to 20 to Baltimore
TO preach. He is also urgently requested
to go back to Daalonega. The church
there has added an extra hundred to the
pay allowed their preacher, with view
to getting him back. He says, however,
he must decline, and obey the behests OF
his church-RO where he is sent.
very malignant type Of measles is
prevalent in Macon aud several deaths,
caused by the disease, have occurred
within the past few days. Wednesday it
was rumOred in East Macon that the dis
ease which caused the deaths Of the Dick
son and Cross children was scarlet fever,
bat several OF the most prominent physi-
cians who Investigated il pronounced the
disease to be measles and not scarlet
fever.
That portion of Rabun county known as
Tennessee valley is considerably excited
over the insanity of Mrs. HOpk MS, who
began acting very strangely the latter
part Of last week. She threatens to kill
every member OF T. b. Carriers family. A
strict watch Is kept over her constantly.
She is an Old lady and in feeble health.
Her son recently moved TO the Indian
Territory, and it Is thought that his leav-
ing her in her old age has contributed to
her insanity.
The condition OF Frank HUMPHREYS, the
murderer in jail at Macon. was cry mucn
Improved Wednesday. Mrs. HUMPHREYS
Is still IN the city, and requested Jailer
Birds0ng TO allow her 10 remain in the
cell with her husband for a few days.
Mr.. Birdsong, while disposed to grant the
request, was unwilling TO take the re-
spOnsiblity upon himself, and has re-
erred the matter to Sheriff Ennis, Of
Baldwin county. With the permission OF
Mr.. Ennis, Mrs. Humphries' request Will
be granted.
When Clarke county,, after hot fight
went dry at the prohibition election, 1t
was discovered that the result aimed at
was nullited by the county next door.
The line OF OcOnee was but a short dis
lance removed over the river. An enter
prislng liquor man, j. A. Fowler, took out
lhppuno lff4auaa hffahaG him