Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A 100000 Hotel on the Tapis st Bruins
wiok-Capt. Dews' Big TurpBntine Blu
siness in Baker County-NarrOw Es-
canes from Being 8urned to Death at
WaynesbOrO.
GEORGIA.
j. b. Thornton, candy dealer of
Athens, has assigned.
James McCuy's trial for the murder Of
Capt. Kellett will come off the last Mon
day in April, in Walker county.
The colored Baptist church at White
Plains, Greene county, has been burned.
The loss is $4,000 without insurance.
The Btnper is the name OF a neatly
printed aud we'll edited paper which has
Just made its appearance at Eatonton.
Leary Courier: Hon. B. +. Hudspeth,
of Baker, will probably be called on to
represent this Senatorial district In the
next General Assembly.
All the books and papers belonging TO
Leary were destroyed by the recent nre.
The present council will have their hands
full in making new laws.
Efforts are being made to organize
military company in Waynesboro, under
the name of the WaynesbOro Guards, with
Capt. Il. Ridgely as Captain.
Rev. j. A. Munday returned to Atlanta
and the southern part of this State. He
speaks of resigning the care of his
churches and entering the field as an
evangelist.
Can't. W. w. Dews, of Baker county,
expects to do $4,000 turpentine bust
ness this year. He has cut about 1,OO0,-
600 new boxes this season. II prices hold
up to present figures he thinks he is good
for snug pront.
Nhsa
Federal officials that the State officers
nave little or no ambition 10 apprehend
criminals who offend against the State
law by assaults on Federal officers, or by
murder of the same.
A SOC, 900 hotel is now on the tapis at
Brunswick. Mr.. Milbank proposes 10
subscribe $4,000 and the old hotel site
opposite the big artesian well at its as
sessed valuation. if the citizens will sub
scribe the remaining $4,000. 1t is pro-
posed to have the building, exclusive of
furniture or the land on which 1t stands,
cost $4,000.
At Butler, Saturday. G. A. Mailman
had arrested and put in Jail Bill w walker,
cOlOred, whom he suspected as having
committed some crime. Monday Mr..
Mailman received a telegram from the
Sheriff at Forsyth, stating that Bill
Walker had killed man by the name OF
The reward is said to be $3.50.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the MuscOgee Manufacturing
Company at Columbus Monday the old
board of directors and officers were re-
elected. The report of the President
showed that sse profits for the past year
were IA per cent. on the capital stock; 6
per cent. dividend was declared and the
balance passed to the surplus fund.
Robert. Morris, the Habersham county
murderer, has been sentenced to be
hanged April 10, He murdered William
j. Hendel son. Morris laughed all the
time the Judge was delivering the SEN
tence and said to the sheriff when he was
carrying him back to Jail: ''SeDd me a
plenty to eat, so that l will be heavy
enough to break my neck when L fall" A
motion for new trial has been made.
At Augusta Monday noon. while Mr.. Nj.
J.Sullivan, who is employed as ma
ehinist at the Georgia chemical works,
and colored labOrer, named hi. Smith,
were tightening nuts on the cylinder head
it blew off, and the sulphuric acid was
thrown in their faces and eyes. Medical
assistance was Immediately procured.
The injury is not very severe 70 either of
the men, though the effect Of the acid on
their eyes may prove serious.
The management of the Kimball house,
ut Atlanta, gave orders to Joe Caldwell,
Monday morning, to exclude the E0eRtng
CQDitOt frOm the cigar stand counters.
Hereafter no copies of the paper will be
allowed to be sold in the Kimbal house.
The management have taken this step
against the Evening Capitol because OF an
article which appeared in the paper sew
eral days ago severely criticising the
clerks of the Kimball and Rssailing the
managers Of the hotel.
Madison MddsSOntGn: A few days ago
a bird was on exhibition in town, sup
posed to be hawk, wounded and cap
tured by Crawford West. it had most
beautiful plumage, Kind of silver gray
color, except on its wings, which was of
darker hue, and was quite symmetrical
In form. We think the bird was a species
bf eagle, as we never saw any specimen
Of our common hawks resemble 1t either
In plumage or form, and we have seen
similar specimens OF the eagle genus. 1t
was evidently an eagle.
David Hams, colOred, living on the Mil
Ter place, some SIX miles from Waynes-
boro Sunday night lost his house and
contents by FIRE. Three of his smaller
children were asleep, and were awakened
by the cracking of the fire, and barely
escaped with their lives. He and the
nther members of the family we're absent
at church, and when the fire was dis
covered it had made too much Roadway
TO allow Oh bNG bdNlnE VI IL ls
not known how the fire originated. The
loss Is about $500.
At Atlanta Monday morning while
workmen were engaged in grading lots at
the north end of Peachtree street belong
ing TO Culpepper Il Peters, they unearthed
6 big pile OF human bones and several
skulls. II was at first thought that they
were the remains Of either Confederate or
Federal soldiers who fell in the. battles
around Atlanta, but old inhabitants say
that the spot was once 4 negro graveyard,
and it is pretty well settled that the skel-
etOns are those of cOlored people who
we're buried about 40 years ago.
At Waynesboro Saturday Sammie
Cohen was painfully burned. Mr.. Cohen
had hired man to pillow up his garden
lot, and the weather being cold, the man
built q fire. Little Sam, who IS between A
and years old, child-like, went out and
played around the fire. His clothing
caught fire, and be ran screaming to-
wards the house. The plowman, not far
distant, took in the situation at glance,
and ran and seized the child, threw
him into the deep furrOw and covering
him over, extinguished the flames.
Augusta merchants with small capital
are becoming alarmed at the rapidly In
ereasing number Of Cinnamon in that