Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-27


Postmaster Gorham, Of Sparta, died
Thursday.
Taliaferro Superior Court VIII nOld an
adjourned session next week,
Mrs. G. NJ. Williams, OF Cedartown,
,rbo became insane, has been sent to the
asylum.
sunday school was organized at the
Methodist church at Vienna last sunday
afternoon.
The proposition now before Atlanta is
a get the State far by putting S5O,OOO
into fair grounds.
The hicvclists OF Atlanta have formed
an association and will shortly begin WORK
on new race track.
Charles A. Beazley, who has been the
Ordinary of TaliaterrO county Tor ntteen
years, died at Crawferdville Thursday
Vienna Superior Court adjourned on
last Saturday, and the expenses Oh tne
two weeks term will approximate $l,OUO'
A substantial and bona tide advance IN
the value of Augusta real estate and a
steady Improvement in public feeling Is
reported.
John Johnson. a school boy, jumped
from a train at Gainesville Sunday, and
broke one of his legs and narrowly escaped
being killed.
Gen. John B. Gordon will deliver the
address at the unwilling of the Confede-
rate monument at Myrtle Hill cemetery,
at Rome, on May 10.
At Rome, Wednesday, St2,500 was
raised for the new hotel The prospects
are encouraging. Fifty thousand dollars
will be spent on the building.
Robert Arnett, one of Sylvania's oldest
citizens, has a sOrrel mare now 80 years
old from which he has raised ten colts.
and the cid veteran still draws the
pillow.
Jonesboro was once called Leaksvilie,
in honor of Sam Leak, OF Griffin. MIR.
Leak passed through JOnesboro once and
failed to stop, and the people changed the
name.
W.D. Creech, of Sylvania, owns a cow
that gave birth to calf marked swallow
fork in each ear, his own mark. The calf
also has solid white eyelashes about 8
inches long.
The ladies of the Augusta Memorial
Association met ThuFsday and made ar
rangements for the celebration of Memoir
ial Day. The military and the Academy
Cadets will be invited to participate.
difficulty arose between j. Fielder
Meyers and his brother-in-law, j. M.
kesslar, last Sunday afternoon at LOvett,
during which the latter received one or
two slight pistol shot woands in his legs.
William Eason, of Tatnall county, saws
be put the water on the first wheel that
run the first factory, that spun the first
cotton in the State Of Georgia. This was
at the BelleYille factory on "SpeFret"
creek.
Elisha Cline, aged about so years, fell
of the steps inside the cotton factory OF
James Anterior, at Too Ny, last week
and broke his neck. The fall was only
short distance. He leaves a wife and
several children.
The ladies of the Park Association of
Columbus have decided to renew their ef-
forts in the work Of identifying the place,
and Council will be asked to restore the
appropriation of SIS per month for the pay
Of park keeper.
Anderson e. LawFsnce's mill in Chat
tooga county. about eighteen miles from
Rome, was burned to the ground Thurs
day night. The loss is between $1,000 and
$4,000. The fire is supposed TO have been
the work of an incendiary.
The Board of Trustees of the public
school Of Columbus held meeting Thurs
day night, at which the superintendent
reported that there are in attendance in
the schools 646 whites and rs colOred pu-
pills, making total Of ,424.
Mrs. j. f. Powell, who resides in South
Rome, while at work in her yard Thurs
day, passed near the fire used to heat the
pot Of water, and her dress was ignited.
Mrs. Powell was badly burned from the
waist down, and is in a dangerous con-
dition.
The new directory Of Columb bus, which
Is being gotten up for that city and sub
urbs shows population for Brownsville
and Girard of 1924, which Is an increase
OF over 1000 since the last census was
taken. The work Of canYassing the city
has not been completed.
The OK that was killed at Rome Tuesday
belonged to DIR. j. b. 5. Holmes. The
madness OF the animal is not now attrib-
uted to hydrOphObia, as was first sup
posed, but resulted from severe ticks upon
the head with large stick, thus adding
the brain of the beast.
Nv. Waters, Of Seriven county, a short
time since in riding over his farm diseOv-
cred an eagle which had been proving
upon his lambs, and having his pistol
along ne fired at 1t at about fifty yards
and brought down the bird. 1t measured
% feet from tip to tip of wings, and its
talons when open measured inches.
The monument TO be erected over GEN
eral and Mrs. TOOmbs' graves is to be Of
Italian marble, and has been already
ordered. rhe shaft will be TWENTY-FIVE
feet high. The inscriptions to be on the
m1nument have not been decided on, but
WIN oG oiu4plts Inc graves are lOtdLeQ IN
pretty place near the entrance of the
cemetery, and east Of them are beautiful
pine trees.
The Macon Landlords Protective Asso-
citation completed organizing Thursday
night. 1t elected officers for the year, as
follows: II. i. johnson, President; NJ.
T. Freeman, Secretary and Treasurer;
Executive Committee, T. &. Hendrix, Fe-
Tx, Corrupt, I. j. Ware; T. G. Hendrix,
resident pro. TEN. The first Thursday
night ia each year was chosen as the time
Tor the annual meeting.
The Grand jury OF Dooly county, in view
81 the striugency Of the times, recommend
mat the Ordinary defer the building OF
new jail. as was recommended by the last
grand jury, but that be levy a special
TAX OF one and half tenths of one per
cent. for two years, and that said tax
ehall remain intact tor the express pur-
pose Of building county jail at the expi-
ration OF the two years.
There are 100 people living in DeKalb
county whose combined age aggregates
e'323 years, making an average OF S2lf
years. One citizen died near stone Noun
Ialn few days since at the ripe age Of 6;
ana another was seen in his yard chop
ping wood some weeks ago, and upon be-
ir4K asked bis age, replied that he was ".
ne was hale and hearty, and slung bis
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