Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-02
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
FL0HiDN AND SOUTH
III C,,,nIINA i'UT IN TYPE.

- 4,iovy Stock " hich hAruemAh INT
Al when He was Murde red-oc"nee
crnty's Ordinary TO Declare the Elec-
ttn Favor of Anti PrOhibitionists-
probabIe Murder in sumter County
GEORGIA.
II ,,,,yota Superior Court is only six
weeks ell.
81 r,o.rew Christian church at Athens, is
q raar,ug completion.
q r.o naw motel at Brunswick is to be
,ompeGed May /, 1887.
now tour-story tower is being added
M % targent's factory at Newman.
The state Agricultural Convention
III .,lot. in Cartersyllle on Aug. 10.
,rte tugboat Inca, of Brunswick, has
81 49, amer cent. under the management of
81 N Nicholson.
~ carry daily mail to Cumberland,
s. }lar,'s and keraandIna boat at Fer
Ri nandina will be paid $1,000
En- mr. James r. Alexander has been urged
# ~ many prominent citizens to become a
candidate for Mayor of Atlanta.
81 Vevman q Grier propose to erect an
.rtesian ice factory in Brunswick as soon
a. the machinery can be secured.
The club house to be erected on Jekyl
81 Island IS to be constructed at once. The
material is on the way and the plans are
ri already there.
the Good Templars of Brunswick will
rive grand excursion to Fernandina
"a next Wednesday, Aug. 4, on the magniti-
cent steamer st. Nicholas.
III The tax digests are arriving from the
various counties of the State in numbers
n each day, and siXty-nIne have been dock
n eted in the Comptroller's Office to date.
Troup factory, at LAGRANGE, after a
SUSPENSION of several mouths for the pur-
s. nose OF having it's machinery replaced by
new looms and spindles, has resumed OPP
q er&tiOhs.
j. r. Sims, of Newman, is perhaps the
Il Oldest mattress maker in the State. He
q has been engaged in the business continu-
0uslv since 1874, during which time he
has manufactured $4,000 mattresses.
During the war the old fair grounds in
Athens was the great camping place for
soldiers. This week, in demolishing one
4 Of the buildings, between the ceilings
were found a number Of musket car
ridges. The rats had gnaWed the lead
4 out Of them.
Al Atlanta a day or two ago W. w.
HGbersham exhibited number of mug
gets of gold taken from mine eighteen
miles from Gainesville on the Etowah
river. One of the nuggets weighed thirty
one pennyweights. Mr.. Habersham says
that two hands in one week got out $3.50
worth Of gold.
During the first part of the year there
were three barroms in Cochran. The
license of one ran until Jan. 8 next, the
other two expired this month, and one
stopped business. The Town Council
considered the matter and agreed to ex-
tend the license of the two till January,
when all will expire.
Tho Fulton Guorda apd the GOuarnor,o
Volunteers have won both prizes in the
4 military contest among the cOlored mill
4 tary troops in Chattanooga. The Fulton
Guards took the first prize. The news
4 created quite feeling of pride among the
4 coored people, and when the Atlanta
4 companies get back they will be met at
4 the Union passenger depot with brass
bands and watermelOus.
Merrlck Ford, of Americas, has a pair
q of white rats that he carries in his pock-
+ cts, or lets around his store at will. They
are his pets, and he plays with them when
II he is not better occupied. Wednesday
one of them attacked big old black rat
and killed it in a short while. They hunt
up their cOored brethren, and attack
4 them whenever they are found and gen.
& orally kill them before giving up the
Il dght
In one corner Of the court house in
II Watkinsville, near the Judges bench, is
a rough old plow stock. A court officer
beng asked the history of this hum b q
8 Implement of agriculture, he replied ::
That, sir, is the silent witness in our
Il great murder trial. Hardeman had that
81 p0w stock on his shoulder when he was
shot and killed by Whitehead, and it is
kept here ready for the trial Of the case
when 1t comes up"
The first spirit barrel was made IN
Brunswick by II. V. Skipper July IT.,
81 1873 for w. Il. Anderson & Co. Since
s. that time there have been 10000 of these
casks made and sold there. Skipper has
& made about 10, 900 OF the above number
X tie walks backward around each barrel
In driving on the hoops Is times, ana the
circle IS III feet, making distance of 100
ieet 10 each barrel. Skipper sings five
pound hammer in one hand about 400
times to each cask, besides several hun
dred strikes with other tools.
Sol Davis, who was accused by Shep
Walker Of stabbing him, was to have been
tried before Justice Stubbs, at Americas,
N thursday morning, but, as it is said
walker cannot recover. the preliminary
tIlal has been postponed to await events.
Charles Wilson, another person of color,
Voluntarily gave himself up Thursday as
The party who assaulted Walker and cut
MN with his knife. He gave as his re a.
son that Walker struck at him with q
Hung-shot He is also in Jail to await
Ine recovery or death of Walker.
Newman Advertiser; A charming little
Al uieenVllIe street miss of six summers
Ras ieeding pet kitten. While the fiery
tllne was deyouring the generous NOR
es, the fond little miss began stroking
us pack. With each stroke the kitten
sleyated its tail. The little miss, observ-
lng the abnormal buoyancy OF that orna-
mental member, seized it rather roughly
ana endeayored to hold it down, but as
sCoh as released the caudal arrangement
81 " course flew up and again became rigid.
tDeslstlng IN her efforts finally, our petite
Trend ran to her mothers side ana eX-
o,allhed with much trepidatiou and
sletm; Ma, ma, kitty's eat so much she
tan I smut her tail downw
NJ curious case OF violation OF the pro-
In'oIHoh law occurred in DeKalb county.
DauIei bearden, q man of 60 years or
sa and weak in body, plead guilty to
1ei,ihs whisky without a license. On in.
si Go.gauon it appeared that Bearden had
ae olotnes so arranged that he carried
1 ny MS person an assortment OF liquors,
e 'u sugar, bitters, nutmeg, glasses,
w., SO mat he became veritable travel
o VIZ oarroom, with all the cOnveniences ex-
eP. ice And yet TO look at him he was
nocent of that az the heather Chinee
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