Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHFi TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARTICIPATES.

TO inspect AIt huluiDks'
GEORGIA,
Rev. Thomas Hollis, OF Buchanan, has
baptized SO persons since Aug. !.
JE. Walker. prosperous farmer OF
MuscOgee county. died Sunday night.
The new Methodist church 81 Buchanan
will soon be completed provided all Will
Set in aud do their port.
Miss Wlthersp0on, ot Texas, has taken
charge of the vocal department OF the
LAGRANGE Female College.
Rufus Carter, OF Augusta, Ga, previ-
eusly reported as cree ing a tobacco fac
tory, will add box factory.
Saturday light about II O'Clock freight
car lett standing on side Track near
smyTna Wa run into hg an engine and
was knocked into spiuters.
Tire Columbus public schools opened
Monday with very large attendance
.3a6 pupils entering. This is an increase
oil l0l over the opening day last year.
Toe Hamilton Journal is out in a neat
trade edition. printed IN pamphlet form.
The Joprnal is dong r vast amount of
substantial good for its vicinity, and is
wi iely read.
W NJ. Lowry. J. II. Porter, r. J. Low.
~, d ". Curry and II. w. Grady have
Incorporated at Atlanta the Waiter A.
ray!Gr Company. capital stoc < $50, S25, to
manufacture patent medicines.
Monday J. l.. Floyd was commissioned
a Justice of the Peace for the 1,33Sth dis
trict OF DeKaIb cVunty--a now district.
Virgil A. stuart was commissioned q No
tary Public for the l,29lst district of MUIR
ray county.
A capitalist with an eye to business
could make a handsome per cent. on his
investment by building a bali dozen or
more neat cottages in Luppkin for rent.
A $500 home VIII rent for 500 per year,
while an $500 store house Will bring $l75
h. $500.
Col. w. S. Heath. OF Warrenton, has a
relic Of the late civil war in4the way of
hair brush. PICKED mp by him during the
battle at CnnncelIersville, Va, In 1863.
The brush shows marks OF much use.
having but one row OF hair left around
the edge.
Z. B. ShubTick, the assistant keeper Of
the peuitentiary, has returned te Atlanta
nom tour OF inspection among tue con-
Wet camps on the line OF the Georgia
Midland railroad. He reports the con-
vcis in good condition and the work on
the railroad rosressin< rapidly,
AT Cedartown DR.. Ledbetter's little girl
had bad fail the other day while in
tree trying 10 get persimmans. Both of
her arms were broken gust above the
two little babies, and she Law some time
Unconscious before she was found. She
as now doing kne!y.
Atlanta had five alarms of fire Monday.
The roofs OF four buildings were partially
burned, and the last blaZs which took
place Consumed tie grocery store of Terry
l& Morris, corner billiard and Decatur
isireets, occupied bv Dr.. kuder. The
lhuilding and the stock Of groceries were
t~z..f ka.t d. n
sby insurance.
AL Atlanta Monday Oliver y. Ford, the
young man from Indianapolis, Ind, who
was convicted in the superior Court Of
tLruliDg mule and wagon from q farmer
'Damed Henderson, living near smyrna,
was sentenced 10 four Years in the peni-
lientiary. Ford looked tho picture of de-
SPAR "Gen the sentence was passed. He
is ~ very bad al b and It 10 thought
cannot live out his senience. The case
Twill probably be carried to the Supreme
Court.
Ben James, white man living at Ar
lingt"n. WAS stabbed in the neck at that
] CO Suuda; by negro. There was a
tieputE about some money, and the negro
became impudent, wbereupon James
struck the negro with plank. Both par
ties thea began carving eacn other with
knives. James mad one OF the main
bEteltts w MS neck severed, auu 10 now
In a critical condition. The negro was so
badly cut that he will probably die.
Late Saturday night Sam jenkins, col
0red, went to his home in suburb of Co
)umbus. he found Lem Broughton, COL
cred. in the room with his wife. Without
waiting Tor an explanation he slashed out
his kRiie and went TO work on BroughCon,
ruting him seriously in several places.
JeuGins then nd, and Brcushton was
taken 10 a physician, but will hardly die.
He had simply gone To the house TO see
Jenkins On business and wss waiting his
arrival.
At Macon on Monday j. j. Todd and n.
Page, both carpenters, and negro named
Jesse Robinson, were on q scaffOld work.
Ing on house ON Elm street belonging to
JET Ware. One of the brackets which
held up the scaffoldiug broke and pre-
tipitated the trio TO the ground, a distance
of about sixteen feet. Mr. Todd's left
arm was broken and he received two ugly
gashes IN the head by falling on a brick.
MIR. Page was hurt on the hip and back,
and 1t is feared is iojured internally. The
negro had his arm and leg skinned up.
Anyone going up the railroad from
Blakely to Albany can see a rare curb
osity, just beyond Leary, on the right
hand side of the road. 1t is pine tree,
or rather two pine trees growing together.
III
roots and has fallen against the other
tree, winch has grown around 10 some
eight or ten feet from the ground, and
both are now furnished subsistence from
the same source, although formerly
separate and distinct trees. It IL a
strange sight to one who knows the pecu-
liarlties OF pines.
A novel scene was witnessed by several
hundred people at Fairburn Sunday. The
occasion was baptising. The ordinance
was to be administered to thirty-one can
didates. The pool being odt Of repair q
temporary pond had been constructed in
hollow between two hills by damming a
spring branch. The pastor, Rev. q. W.
Colquitt, had barely began the services
when the dam gave way and the water
began TO rush out. Only about fifteen
were baptised before the water had gotten
DO low as TO be insufficient. No other
water being convenient the baptism OF the
other candidates WAS postponed.
At Palmetto the business meetings of
the Women's Missionary Society closed
on Saturday afternoon. Leuoir was
selected as the place for holding the meet
Ing next year. Rev. Mr.. Glenn, pastor OF
the First Methodist church of Atlanta,
preached the annual missionary sermon
on sunday morning. AT the conclusion
Of the sermon u collection was made for
The pur rose OF assisting to lefraV the ok.