Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OF THE TWO STATES
Inn TCIDIN PARAGRAPHS.

NEWS OE ItAh = W -
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
root shark HarpoOned or Dock
AsiA,,svick-Gray Hairs in the Con
C.mu-DamaGe by Wind and Rain
rs.,man-Lightniug's Freak at
HaytOwn'
GEORGIA.
MOI Baoon will speak at GAINESVILLE,
ntylin county, Saturday, July 3.
TLa Preeze building, at Brunswick, is
III approaching completion, and Will
ts"afreoJy f6r occupancy by Aug. l.
,r,, holiness meeting at ReynOldsville
sunday. conducted by Mrs. DR..
i iao,,,Cr OF Warrenton, was largely at
rocro boy living three or four miles
ma country from Hawkinsville was
ltarted TO town by his parents last Thurs-
Goy with g basket Of blackberries 10 sell,
u"I mn until late Saturday evening moth
tngn ad been heard from him since he
lett home.
,rb, ,oafe of the schooner Ruth Darling
,.rnonned a siX-foot shark in the river by
IT"Itt,feId AZ Tson's wharf at Brunswick
Wednesday. His lOrdShip was dispatched
o',d thrown back into the water, where be
,,rnb4hly furnished food for his more for
innate brethren.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Stephens Monu-
mont Association VIII give festival at
CrawfurdN lie on Wednesday nlShtCt next
we4kfor the benefit of the association. The
festival will be held at Liberty Hall on
t6a same night OF the reunion of scholars,
natrons. and friends mentioned in the
school programme.
In the Oglethorpe convict camp there is
an ola gray-headed man named Waters
Who was sent up from Hart county for at
tempted arson. He is old, detected and
rembles like a leaf, and is indeed an OBJ
iact of compassion. Col. Smith saws he
would be glad to see him pardoned out,
|. hut the old fe,On seems to have no friends
10 lift a hand tor him.
few DAYS since child was brought
10 the Office of DR.. Perkins at Millen with
a buckleberrY IN its ear The extraction
gave il considerable pain, having remain.
cd in the ear over twenty-tour hours. AS
usual in this case the child was playing
with the berry and slipped it into its ear,
where il became lodged, producing much
pain and inflammation.
Last Saturday night quite a dis
turbance was created in Millen by set
0fdrunken negroes W no. when an attempt
was made to arrest them, retreated with
out the town limits, at the same time dis
charging their pistols at the marshals.
No arrests were made that nj ght, but on
Monday morning five of them came into
town, and were Immediately arrested and
brought before the Mayor, who imposed
fines upon them that will learn them TO
keep quiet.
A flash of lightning struck the well of
James NJ. Triplett, at Raytown, last Sun
day evening, and dem olished the curb. In
course OF halo an hour another flash
struck in the field of DR.. J. w Barnett, in
front of the residence of Mr.. Wright. MIR.
Wright says the shock was ter
liic and it seemed as if everything
was in a blaze. After his family re-
covered from the shock he went out to
investig ate the damage, and found it had
torn up the earth in several places. The
vegetable matter was scOrched and the
ground was warm and covered with some
thing white like burnt sulphur.
There is promise of big litigation for the
future, growing out of the Cotton States
Lie Insurance COmpanys affairs. The
company owned about nine acres in At
lanta bounded by Boulevard, Jackson,
Wheat aud Irwin streets, in the most
valuable residence portion of the city.
This was placed in the hands of prOmi-
nent real estate man for sale, and was
sold a few days since for $1,000.
The agent of the company now
claims that the sale did not bring a fair
price for the land, and it is said he has
the effect that the property was worth at
least $4,000. and 1t has been estimated by
other parties as worth a much larger
figure than that. President Rogers will
refuse to make deed to the purchaser,
MIR. F. Nj. Cocker, and he will institute
legal proceedings to force him to do so.
There IS promise OF some lively litiga-
ton In the future.
Last Sunday afternoon between a and
O'clock
by fearful wind and rain storm, which
resulted in great deal OF damage. The
Tin roofs Were torn from the Masonic
Hall, the store of MIR. Henry Coleman
and the rear end of the store of G.
h. Peacock & Co., and the in
terror Of these buildings was flooded
with water. The Masonic Hall is dam
aged more, perhaps, than any building IN
town, and will have to be replastered
overhead. Everything in the building
vas perfectly saturated. The loss is es-
hmated at about 5000. Mr.. Il. Coleman
estimates the damage to his stock by wa
ter at 500. The building in which his
store is located is the property of Mr.. w.
n. Lletch. 1t is damaged, perhaps, $75.
Messrs. G. Ii. Peacock 81 Co. do
not think their damage Will exceed
800, as nothing but heavy groceries
were wet. Sol Herman is perhaps the
heaviest individual loser. The rain beat
IN under the shingles Of his roof and the
store was flooded. A large lot of clothing
and shoes were thoroughly saturated.
His loss is not less than $3.50. The dam.
age In the country is said to be very
heavy. Fencing was blown in every d.
rectlon, and great deal OF corn was lev
sled. The public roads of the county were
rendered impossible in many places by
reason Of fallen tim bers.
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