Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-16

Ansusta-CoI. Baum Still Hopeful of
the Success of His Atlanta ArteslaR
Well Project
GEORGIA.
Thomas county will hold its prohibition
election on July y.
At Athens yesterday Laughing Maid,
ora of the best Jersey cows in the herd OF
Tnnpicutt g. Yancey, commenced but \
ter test.
.Iud Baxter, the young man who was
injured Whileeoupling carsnear Conyers,
on the Georgia road, Sunday, is improving /
rapiily.
The prOhihitionists of Macon county
have decided MOTTO contest the election,
which gave the whisky men 81 majority
on Mays.
At Athens the hands of thesEleyator
NINA Company went on a strike Saturday
night. They wanted 10c. an hour for@I
night work.
At Macon a force of hands are at work
on the new government building shOTeling
dirt outvof the place for the foundation.
Work will probably be begunin earnest in i,
nshort while.
A man by the name of Gould, who
claims to bega first cousin of'the national
Jaw Gould, lives in a small hut within
three miles of Roswell. He says his
Cousin Jay once gave him$2550OO.
At Atlanta Judge Marshall j. Clark has /
not announced his decision in any of the /
motions for new trials whichswere argued
before him Saturday. He says that he !
will render h1s'decisions during the pres
ent week.
At Atlanta Monday the retail grocery
store OF Charles Il. Finch, on Decatur
street. was placed in the hands OF a re-
ceiver at the instance of NAchry Bros.
Glenn G. Green, Deputy Sheriff, was APP
pointed receiver by Judge Marshall j.
Clark. The goods. on hand will be dis
posed Of as rapidly as possible so as to
close up the accounts Ofthe house.
R. w. Jemison, of Macon, isthe pateutee
of a stamp capcelling deVicefOr the use of
postmasters. Instead of cancelhng the
stamp with int1t cuts out a circle irop
the centre of the stamp without cutting
the envelope. 1t can be used as rapidly
as the ordinary cancelling stamp now in
use. Mr.. JemisOn has received avery fat
tering letter from the neutrality-suspicious..
Townsville Times: In behalf of the
museum department, public library, we
acknowledge quite a curiosity, through
Mr.. Joseph Fass. 1t is a section of solid
grape vine, some u inches long, around
one end of which is a growth of wood
several inches In misunderstanding a
perfect gaVel. The freak of nature was
found by Mr.. Pitts, who has charge of the
chain gang.
At Macon Nat Winship. in consequence
of the dullness of trade, has made an as
signment of his merchant tailoring bust
ness to N. NJ. Solomon. His liabilities
are $4,000, and his assets $4,000. He l
gives preferences as follows: Central Ma
tiOnal Bank $1,000, Macon Savings Bank
S425, and j. W. Cabaniss $500. There is
further preference of $500 made in favor
OfFrank Ellis.
Messrs. Lane and Hall, of Lincoln
county, are moving the machinery of the
Sale Gold Mine Company to Warren
county. A company composed of Messrs.
Hall, Lane, Mcneil and Bell have COM
me1eed work on a new mine found in
Warren. From ton Of ore $3.50 were OBJ
tanned, and from twenty pounds of rock
40 OF the glittering mineral was procured,
and this, too, on the surface.
The advent of Robert Cook, of Milledge-
Vile, and James Ivy, of Augusta, into
East Macon has caused q grand awaken
ing among the piOus and lmpIOus citizens
of Factory Row, East Macon. These
two gentlemen have been there several
days, and the open air holiness meetings
they conduct are of the most interesting
nature. Their place of preaching in I'M
der some beautiful shade trees is Mrs.
Davis yard. They seem to be very thor
0ughly in earnest, and will doubtless ac-
cOmplish great good.
c. Z. EchOls, a grocer, of Atlanta,
put a coop of ten chickens in
his store Saturday night when be
closed up. Sunday when he opened
the store to feed the chickens they were
all alive, but Monday when he opened his
store four OF hechiekens were dead. The
dead chickens were pretty well picked
and scratched up. For awhile Mr.. Echols
could not account for the casualty In the
coop, but after a careful examination be-
came convinced that rats mad killed the
chickens some timeduring Sunday night.
Tuesday last while some boys were
bathing in Muckalee, near Americas. they
began diving to see what they could bring
up from the bottom. They found two gold
rings, one brass one, one collar button
and a large number of fish hooks. Master
Alex. Sullivan found valuable mono
gram ring with "H. r. j." on the seal,
which was lost by his son Walter two or
three years ago, while swimming in the
creek. Mr.. johnson priced the ring very
much, and when Alex. handed it TO him
and told HIM where it was found, gave him
a liberal reward.
Bain5ridge Democrat: Wedesire to do
two gentlemen in this city the justice to
call public attention to an act OF theirs in
returning their taxable property to the
County Tax Receiver worthy Of notice,
and TO commend it for general adoption
throughout the State: DR.. NJ. N. Paulett
and Mr.. w. Morrowezskowski returned
their dogs-setters and pointers-Just as
they returned other property, DIR. Paulett
returning four settlers at 500, and Mr.
MorrOweZskowski a pointer at $25. IL is
the first instance Of dogs being returned
as property we have ever known. Those
gentlemen regard their dogs as valuable,
and hence feel it duty to pay for the
protection of the law.
Will Stewart, a negro boy, of Macon,
has been working new chicken-stealing
racket. He would go into the yards and
say that the neIghbOr requested the loan
Of a hen or a rooster, and that would be
The last ofthe chicken. When his scheme
was found out he became quite indignant
at being called a chicken thief, and went
10 the city hall yesterday to have the
spots removed from his character. lie
told Officer Jones about it, and the ofhcer
thought the best way to wipe out the
stain would be 10 lock him up for war
rant, While the officer was preparing
70 thrust hiniint dungeon, he made a
break tor hberty and escaped. The oficer
being lame. was unable to pursue HIM,
aud he was soon several blocks away.
Aparty Of young men returning to Au-
gusta,from the Burch bathing grounds on
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