Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
In PARAGRAPHS.

IN
.endent Killed at Roswell.
GEORGIA.
1,optezuma wants 30, 900 bales of cotton
this year.
me colored Baptists of Buena Vista
bantised seventeen last week.
The Council has appointed committee
.o reyise the present charter of MonteZu-
ma or prepare new one.
burglar attempted to rob the jewelry
omnorium of j. T. Neeson, at Washing
I'm. Wednesday night, by boring into the
window, but was foiled by the iron bar
across the window.
Last Sunday quite serious accident
banpeped to Tom Head at Bluff Springs
church. The arbor fell ana broke an arm
lust above the wrist. One of his ankles
was also badly bruised.
John Hendrix, the negro wife murderer,
who has been at large since the deed was
committed, some two weeks ago, at Lo-
Gust Grove, gave himself up to Sheriff
Glass Thursday, and is now reclining in
the county jail.
At Washington Wednesday night
the kitchen belonging to the dwelling of
p. Donelly was burned. 1t was within
eight feet of his dwelling, but by the
eyertlons of the bucket brigade the
dwelling was saved.
Several gentlemen OF Butler have
formed a stock company for manufacture
ing a new whltfletree, invented by Mr..
JODn Woodland, one of the best farmers
in Taylor county. They have put in So
900 worth Of machinery, and will shortly
begin manufacturing in large quantities.
At Jersey, Walton county, Thursday E.
/. Montgomery committed suicide by
firing Il bullet into his heart. 1t is quite
evident from numerous letters found in
his valise and i'll his pockets that the
cause of his rash act was love affair.
still there were no letters of a disparag-
ing nature.
Friday last warrant was sworn out
against Ann Bush, colored, living on the
old Lane place, near Browns church, In
OglethOrpe county, charging her with
having destroyed her new born babe. She
was arrested by Sheriff Maxwell and tried
before Justice Lester, who bound her over
TO appear at the October term of the Su-
perior Court.
MIR. Dorsey, the superintendent Of the
Athens street railway, yesterday had to
shoot one of his best mules on account Of
an accident. AS the car was coming
down Prince avenue the mule threw back
his head to knock off fly, and coming
upon d tltblG ruiz anu blOhC ibS
leg, and Mr.. Dorsey would not keep the
poor beast in agony.
Waynesboro received three new bales
of cotton Thursday. One of the bales was
grown by William Hudson, colored, and
was bought by Wilkins & Jones at 81
cents. The other two bales were bought
by 8. A. Gray, one of which was made by
Z. A. Smith, and the other came from the
plantation of S. A. Gray. 1t was all
Burke county cotton.
Wilkes county was visited Wednesday
evening with a tremendous cloudburst.
The rain guage of the United States sig
nal officer at Washington showed AZ
inches Of water within one hour. The
storm was accompanied with consider
able wind and hail. The roof of the depot
was blown off and the telegraph wires
are down. Fish and mill ponds are
broken.
During a rain storm in Bibb county
Wednesday, lightning struck large tap
ering cedar in the yard of young Mr.. Am
ersOn, in Godfrey's district. Another
cedar stood near by and it was stricken,
and then the lightning leaped to the rear
end of the dwelling near by, and the whole
gable end WAS torn away. No one was
hurt, but the property was badly dam
aged.
In response to a petition from the Ordi-
dairy and many citizens of Columbia
county, Gov. Mcdaniel offers reward of
$3.50 for the arrest and delivery to the
Sheriff of Columbia county of Mace Pol
lard, charged with killing Eli Cobb in that
county July 8, 1866. Pollard is described
as a c0pper-cOlored negro, about five feet
ten inches high, weighing lT5 pounds, and
wearing a mOustache.
John Il. Lang, superintendent of the
Roswell Manufacturing Company's works
al Roswell, was killed Thursday while
overseeing some adjustments about the
water wheels OF one Of the factories. The
factories have been shut down several
days for repairs, and Supt. Lang was CIV
Ing his personal attention to the work.
He went down into the wheels. and while
there was actually caught and crushed to
death.
CrawfOrdville Democrat: The bottle
AMI chair, each separate, are no curiOsi-
lies, but when they are put together in IA
strange way it Is curiosity. Mr.. NJ. q.
Jones brought in an ounce vial this week
that mad in 1t complete little chair, made
OF white pine. 1t WAS nicely made, and
shows that the maker was truly genius.
The bottle had stopper in it, and the
stopper had small cross piece through
II on the inside OF the bottle,
Bud McGnnis, young fellow living
with Capt. j. ID. Foster, near Cumming,
NGs barred at 10 O'Clock Friday night TO
woman named Jane Gains. Saturday
morning Mat Gains, the woman's brother,
VINO objected to the marriage, proceeded
10 Joe Garretts house, where the couple
were, and attempted to demolish McGin-
MS with a chair, his effort resulting in
several gashes on the formers head. They
We're separated and McGiunis went to
toWn and ewore out a warrant charging
ualns with assault with intent To MUIR
uer Deputy Sheriff Sims arrested him
ana TOOK him to town. After some diff
Guilty the matter was settled by Gains
paying the costs.
=, Not long before his disastrous failure at
the time OF the Grant 81 Ward crash,
george ], Seney had Endorsed scholar
sulps at the Wesleyan University tc the
amount Of 100000. When he failed it
as taken for granted that the institu-
tlon would lose this sum. Greatly to the
surprise OF the managers, however, the
interest TO the sum has been handed over
70 mem regularly every year. Last year
came Inc 1rst omission, and the mana
gers concluded that then, at any rate, Mr..
sehey mad given up the endeavor to make
sood his gift. A few days ago, however,
lucy nad another surprise, when they re-
"elyed from Mr.. Seney check for the full
ment.
laldosta Times: Last Wednesday
SSnsut leak sprung in the tank on the
N"Nannan, Florida and Western track