Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xsysoFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

u.,opai Sounding Yarn Ptcturing
rxcursIon Train from Brunswick
Hands of Blood Thirsty Negroes
rns Hall County Boilers Nominate
-r,.Jatiye Candidates-A Negro Boy
.+.smpts Outrage at Alpharetta.
GEORGIA.
can't. James Denton has been re1nstated
=, street oyerseer of Macon.
Jennie Parker, colored, was struck and
.;ilod nv lightning at Talbotton Tuesday.
william Mulherin, John f. Armstrong
and r, j. O'Connor, OF Augusta, are In
chicago attending the Irish National
Land League.
II will probably be Sept. before any
change is made in the ownership of the
Itbe1s Banner-W atchman. A halt
;nterest in the paper has been sold to MIR.
stoyaIl, of the Augusta Chronicle.
Tbare lives at the Rembert place, six
r,iIas from Tallulah, an Austrian named
ngdan. who lives the life Of hermit and
sronioys his time writing books and arti-
eIas for the papers. He is said to be well
informed. and will only receive visitors
on Sunday.
Fortv-fve divorce suits have been
rlaced on the books of the clerk of the
snnerior Court of Fulton county for trial
at the September term. A great majority
of the parties are negroes, but there Is an
alarmingly large number of white men
and women among the malcontents.
". j. Wood, of Atlanta, has two
months old cat that Is curiosity. 1t has
i've well developed legs, two on one side
and three on the other. The cat walks
about without trouble, ana is as healthy
and as playful as any other cat. Mr..
Wood bought it from farmer who lives
near Dallas.
The resignation OF Hon. T. w. Grimes
a. solicitor General of the ChattahOochee
,ircuit took effect Monday. Gov. McDan-
lei appointed Col. A. A. Carson, OF Butler,
10 succeed him. Tuesday a commission
was issued to Col. Carson, to be OF force
until bis successor is elected by the Gen.
sral Assembly.
Supt. Boardman, OF the Macon water
works, complains of the use Of the n.y.
drants by colored fire companies. AS
these companies do not belong to the de-
partment and are not organized for fire
DUTY, and yet use the city water for prac-
lice purposes, he believes that they should
be stopped from any further waste OF
water.
Atlanta is becoming quite a summer
resort for teachers. DR.. Orr has spared
neither pains nor expense in arranging
programmes to attract them. With the
Peabody Institute in the morning, the
Georgia Teachers Association in the az
ternoon, and lectures at night, the teach
ers obtain as much Information in day
as they can digest.
Real estate in Athens is certainly on q
boom, as one will discover if he starts out
to invest in lot. The city paid $4,000 for
q lot 105 by 145 for a school site. 1t is on
4 back street, and it was the cheapest
place that could be found suitable for the
purpose. On Thomas street $4,000 was
asked for lot, and on the boundaries OF
Lick Skillet from 81, 800 to $4,000. This Is
a healthy sign.
Ed, Leonard, night operator at the tele-
phone exchange at Macon, accidentally
shot Miss Mamie MlntOn, who was visit
Ing at his house. Leonard lives near the
reservoir. and while handling a pistol
Tuesday, which he had found i'll trunk,
be let it TALL In some way. The pistol was
discharged, the ball entering Miss Mamie's
side and glancing downward, making a
severe but not dangerous wound.
At Gainesville W ednesday the disaf-
ected element of Hall county held a con-
ventiOn in the court house, to nominate
another set of candidates for the Legisla-
mre. Senator Oliver Clarke presided.
On the third ballot, j. L. Waters and j.
l.. Phillips were nominated. Phillips is
8 Baptist preacher. An executive COM
mittre was appointed by the chairman.
Good humOr prevailed, ard the crowd ad-
i0uIned seemingly satisfied.
Some time ago little Willie. son of Mr..
Rhodes, of Madison, attended night SER
vices at the Methodist church, and going
- al x1yuc LOT N tho n b1rPh nIIrin o. tho
nght. His faoher, becoming uneasy about
him, went to church the next morning
aud found the little fellow sleeping sound
y. When aroused he said: otis
JOhnny's morning to make fire." He
was greatly frightened when he found that
le had passed the night in church.
sunday evening two pistol shots were
heard near the railroad track, about 200
yards from Powersvilie, toward Fort Val
ley. Parties running to the rescue found
Hence Barnes, cOlored with two gun
shot wounds, one in the wrist and the
DINER in the thigh. He bled prOfusely.
tie vas soon brought around. 1t was de-
'e'oled that George Rutherford and he
had been gambling all day. Hence won
Georges cash. Then George put up a
SILVER watch and lost it, which enraged
MN, and be shot Hence and ran. The
hss not been caught.
Monroe correspondent Augusta Chron-
!cle Mr.. Hammond can attribute his de-
ie& TO one thing in part, if not altogether.
ne lailed to take sides on the prohibition
question, while bis opponent came square
!out for prohibition. Whisky men came
nom Atlanta aud publicly announced
tual Hammond was for whisky and Stew
aVag2inSt IL. Prominent LIQUOR dealers
O Atlanta wrote letters here containing
simlIar statements, and one OF the whisky
strikers on first entern the county lost
s-Vby betting that there were not eleven
v'Ghles In the district. Walton is not
s"ong tor whisky like it used 10 be.
At Macon Tuesday night at 1880
ocork people were startled by continued
ss..halng OF police whistles on Fifth street
.eow the base ball park. On investlga-
u'A mere WAS nothing to be found, and
Interpreter started home, when the shrill
"us,Ie was heard again, followed by two
bS,o' 'hots IN rapid succession. Officer
a. Jones was found, and he said that
sroush hFe policemen had congregated
s gu, the place they could find nothing,
eS'1 'A't' the shooting seemed to be dow !,
S,. n" hendrix Il Willlngham's factory,
,Su's"e Tue city proper. 1t has developed
o NO. several parties have police whistles,
Muistles OF some sort that sound ex.
,S'y Hke those used by the police. and
And I.ONe very annoying TO the officers
N40 70 citizens generally.
rue SUIT OF julius l.. Brown vs.. Messrs
ana .uS[ n Beermann. Joseph Thompson, Jr.,
sl ,u ali Jones for 5000, which Mr.. Brown
Illus ID due him for his services in the