Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rr NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
IL TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

s1,or--A LAGRANGE Lady Captures
chicken Hawk in Her Room.
GEORGIA.
Paw DR.. Young J. Allen is on his way
,.dn1 china TO pay visit TO his son IN
Emory college.
Nav+on county owes S30,6OO, upon
which she is paying interest at the RATE
IA per cent. per annum'
n Bozeman has been reelected chief
I'D + Tones Henry assistant chief OF the
gswkinsville fire department.
Mo stonecutters at the capitol building
- E1anta are satisfied, They are to re-
Us zoe. an hour, and the threatened
strike is Oft.
= a. q. Black has been selected as the
o.',for of the dan at the unwilling OF the
Pon nm statue at Atlanta, which takes
place May /.
The General Assembly of the Presbyte-
uia,, chnrch of the entire United States
viii meet in Augusta, IN the FIRST Pres
hvteriap church, on Thursday May 70.
The new court house at Cuthbert is
oearIv completed. 1t will be ready for
he Nav term of the Superior Court. The
dock costing $3.50, will be put in position
at once.
Col. D. G.. Barrow, of Oglethorpe, one
of the largest farmers OF that county, Is
sncb a firm believer III broom corn that
be will devote himself enUlreIy 10 us cul-
ture this year.
Messrs. Sheppard & McCurdy, of Lex
ip0ton. have bid upon a $4,000 vault to
he huilt IN Atlanta. intending, should the
work be awarded them, to build it OF
OglethOrpe granite.
The business men of Harmony Grove
are irving to get bank established there
with capital stock Of $4,000. They
think that a bank will bring a cotton
compress, which would pay.
/. +. Edwards, of the Cherokee Corner
pelghb0rhood, OglethOrpe county, has de-
yeloped into an inventive genius OF no
small men. His last is l-hOrse, spring
tooth. cultivating harrow, which bids fair
to become as popular as his corn and pea
planters.
A rabid canine made its appearance
in HawkinsVille Sunday, and going to
Dr.. K. Fl. 1aylOr's residence, attempted
TO bite some OF the stock in his lot. Mr..
d. X. Judge procured = shotgun and
killed the dog before it succeeded in doing
any damage.
G. 0. Lyle killed some kind OF a strange
water fowl tuesday, three miles south of
CarrolltOn. When killed it was in a little
lagoon on a branch. No one was able to
say what it was. 1t was 3 feet inches in
height and 4 feet from tip to tip of wing.
Ii is presumed it was some sort of a sea
fowl.
ON next Wednesday the Democratic
PARTY of Houston county will assemble in
mass meeting at the court house in Perry
30 select a Democratic Executive Com
mlttee for the county to serve during the
coming campaign, and to transact such
other business as may be brought before
the meeting.
The Board of Commissioners OF Floyd
county will have called meeting next
Friday to consider the question of replace
ing the bridges washed away by the high
waters. Strong efforts are being made for
the building of the two bridges over the
EtOwah river, The general desire is for
these to be made of iron costing about
$50, 900 for the two.
The plantation OF n. Z. Anderson, de-
ceased, known as the former residence
and home place of the late Robert 5.
Anderson, situated two miles west of
Hawkinsville, was sold at public cutlery
before the court house door on Tuesday
last to Mr. John L. Anderson for Sc, 300.
The plantation aggregated 800 acres, and
was sold for distribution among the heirs.
Monday evening last Lexington had a
small cyclone all to itself. Strong, straight
winds were blowing everywhere, but a
misty looking, wbirling cloud only few
feet high passed through Mr. Swanh's and
Mrs. Willingham's fields, lifting six or
eight panels Of each fence as it came to
them aud uprootIng some bushes. Had it
struck a house, it would likely have un-
rooted it.
At LaGrange a saucy chicken hawk
dRrted into the yard, and, missing his
prize, flew in the door of Mrs. Snelson's
Fna-~
one door open. Mrs. Snelson stepped in and
closed the door behind her, then gathered
the broom, and at the hawk she went.
Knocking him down, she seized a knife
that happened to be convenient and cut
his head Off.
The population of Rockdale county, ac-
cording TO the last census, is +, S3S-4, | 49
whites and 1859 colored. About .00l oil
per cent. are lawyers, little more than
.Og2 OF 1 per cent. are doctors, more than
.OO7 Of per cent. are engaged in the mer-
camille business. and the rest are engaged,
with the exception OF few dodgers" in
ttiling the soil. IL is the smallest comfy
IN the State in area
Lexington Echo: 1t cleared of Monday
evening last with a cool, northeast wind,
which blew briskly that night and all day
tuesday. the mercury falling all the time.
tuesday morning there was considerable
ice, and there are fears that the fruit crop
of this section was badly damaged. The
cups of the blooms were full OF water,
which was no doubt frozen, and, if so,
much, If not all, the peaches are gone.
For some days a rumor has been in
circulation TO the effect that Hon. Joseph
NJ. Brown had purchased 10 acres on the
top or Lookout mountain with the view oil
building hotel upon 1t to be reached by
a spiral road With reference 10 this
sumor Mr.. Brown said: There is not a
particle Of truth in IL. ] have not bought
any land on Lookout mountain, and am
not negotiating for any. The scheme thai
the rumOr credits me with is too gigantic
Tor my purse"
A widower in Madison county between
90 and - years old has had quite a time
Reltlng second wife. He was about 10
he married once, but some OF his friends
persuaded Aim that that step wouldn't do
ana this is said to have occurred three
times during last fall and winter. The
hveiy old gentleman is Aid to have set
Tie The difficulties Of broken engagements
IN all these cases by paying one $40, one
40 and one $50. Finally the old gentle
man Is happy with his second wife, whom
ne took a few days ago. None OF the la
dies settled with live in Madison county
On the Western and Atlantic road Fri
day night about half way between Atlanta
and Chattanooga a white criminal in
charge Of some Sheriff jumped OF the
the train and made bis escape. The Sher
IN got on at Chattanooga with the man.