Savannah morning news., 1886-06-29

OEy-dyurOphoDta AT Fort Gainebs
GEORGIA.
Judge. j. G.. Simmons, of Hancock coun-
ty, has lost five hands by death on his
plantation this year.
Arch Sanders (col.) has been arrested
at Albany for barglRrizing the Bennett
mansion Friday night.
Holcombe Moore steps to the front as
the champion hunter of Greene county.
The other DAY he went out few hours
and bagged 40 squirrels.
The Israelites of Athens have secured
the services of DR.. Jacobs, of Meridian,
Miss, to take charge of the synagogue
for this year. DR.. Jacobs is a fine lecturer
and we'll educated.
The vestry OF st. Andrews church
Bainbridge, has rendered Rev. Ii. B. Stu
art-Martin q call to the rectOrship of the
church, but have no certain lntorma-
ton as yet whether he will accept.
Whitehead, the man now in Clarke
county jail for killing Hardeman, In OcO-
nee county, is on the verge of the grave,
and is likely to die at any moment from
measles. The physicians have declared
his case hopeless.
The BrIer Greek Agricultural Club will
have grand barbecue at Alexander on
July 8. The examination exercises OF
the Alexander school, under charge of
place on that day.
A young man in Macon who gets good
salary, and who is able to afford it, is a
great beer drinker. For five years he has
averaged ten glasses day, making 1850
glasses a year, which, with extras on
Sunday, will amount to 5000 year.
Fred Martin and Willie Crane were out
riding at Athens Saturday afternoon, and
while cantering along the street near the
hot NnI
young Cranes horse falling on him,
which stunned the young man. He was
taken to his home, and Drs. Benedict and
Gerdine were at once summoned. At a
late hour Saturday night consciousness
returned, and it is thought that nothing
serious wllisresult.
Saturday night, about 10 O'Clock, at
Sunnyside, four miles south of Hamp-
ton, John w. Stevens accidentally shot
and killed Ben Gray. The pistol ball en-
tered the abdomen and produced death in
half an hour. 1t appears there was a
crowd Of young men there who habitually
order a keg OF beer for Saturday night
trolics. They had one on tap, and were
prOmiscuously brandishing the weapon
around that was discharged.
Judge F. Nj. Brooks has revoked the or
der for an election on July 13 TOR treas
urer OF MuseOgee county, TO fill the va
cancy caused by the death Of Tim Mark
ham. This action is based upon the reply
to letter to GOV. Mcdaniel, in which he
says it would not be legal to hold special
election where it would have to occur
within less than six months before the
regular election Judge Brooks has ap-
pointed Judge W. H. Brann0n temporary
treasurer.
ToccOa News: Rice culture in White
county could be made profitable busi-
mess. A good acre would make 100 BUSH
els. This rice, when cleaned, would weigh
30 pounds to the bushel, which would be
5000 pounds; and rice Will bring any
where DC. per pound, which would be $3.50
on one acre. Would it not be well for the
farmers to turn their attention more
largely to the cultivation of this productf
There is Que rice mill in the county, owned
by Rev. w. B. Bell.
On his Elberton trip last week Mr..
CAN'T, editor of the Athens Banner, had
another hemorrhage, and since that time
his lungs have been bleeding at frequent
intervals. For two days past he has been
confined to his bed, being suddenly at
tackled upon the street. He was up again
yesterday and feeling much better. The
condition of his health is such that he
must let politics and the exciting labors
of editorial work alone for season, and
do only the light work of his office. After
July he will take several weeks rest in
the mountains, and hopes to return home
strengthened for the summer.
The Chattahoochee river, taken in con-
nection with Apalachicola and Flint
rivers. is one of the most valuable chan
nels OF commerce that is possessed by Co
lumbus. This is made patent by the fact
that il flows through one of the finest sec
etions of country in the South, and the
freights by steamers are so low as to be
merely nominal. That it is valuable as a
trade channal, the figures for the years
business, ending Juhe l, demonstrate too
clearly 20 need other argument. AS to the
business for the past year, the statement
is a most gratifying one. 1t shows an In
crease over the previous year OF $746, 153,
and an increase over 1884 of$l, ,09, 725.
The aggregate business of these rivers for
the year ended June was $i2, ,232, 412.
At Fort aines, on May 4, cOlored boy,
IL years old, named Bob Cuiverson, was
bitten on the left cheek by a strange dog
thought to oe rabid, but as two dogs were
bitten by the same brute and no bad ef-
fects haze resulted, the parents dismissed
their tears and the matter seems to have
been almOst forgotten, Last Saturday
the boy complained of earache, and grow
J ing worse, DR.. j. T. Vaudeville was call
Y edlo see him on Monday, June 81, and,
although he expressed surprise at his
peculiar symptoms aud was unable to
diagnose the case, none Of the family
thought to inform him that he had been
7 bitten by the supposed mad dog. On
, his return to his office he learned that 10
was the boy which had been bitten, and
suspicious OF hydrophObia were aroused.
He has watched the progress of the dis
ease closely since, and Sunday pro-
nounced it a wen defined case Of hydro
phobIa. but not in its most violent form.
At Atlanta Sunday morning, while
mounted officer Waite, Of the police force,
Z was riding along Ivy street in the rear Of
tine Willingham building, at the corner Of
Ivy and Decatur streets, be saw a large
volume OF smoke creeping out Of an OPEN
bng over the door of an undertaker's shop
ln the back part Of the building. Dis
mounting and tying his horse TO post,
he forced his way in the shop. Upon
kaining entrance he found large box
kled with oils, varnishes and other COM
bustibles on fire. The box was standing
At the foot OF bed upon which negro
Had been sleeping, but who awOke about
the time the officer entered the building.
A mattress on the bed was on fire, and
some Of the covering was in flames. A
pair OF pants that the negro had left on
the box top when he retired was found TO
be minus one leg. The negro, as soon as
the fre was put out, recovered from his
excitement enough to give an idea OF the
the cause Of the hre. He says that when
10 went TO red he iett a candle burning
=. the box lid, and that when the candle
burned out the box must have caught fire.