Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NM, NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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man - The Money for Darien's
Harbor-A Valuable Sword Found
in a Field Near Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
County Court conVenes at Guyton next
Tuesday.
Tobe Jackson has not been heard from
since his escape at Chattanooga.
The taxable property of Townsville
has increased threefOld within six years.
Only one pupil of the Perry Methodist
sunday school has died within the past 10
months.
The Pinv Woods hotel at Thomas
Vile closed Tuesday after brilliant ana
successful season.
Some OF the Perry Manufacturing Com
pany's new machinery has arrived ana
been put in position.
Tire Chattahoochee National bank. OF
r,oInmbus. received a new safe Thursday
that weighs q, 500 pounds.
Mr.. W alker, of Brunswick, has taken
acontractt to build $3.50 dwelling mousse
for w. Il. Whaley, at Jesup.
William McRae and W. II. Cotter have
orrmad a copartnership to carry on gen.
eral merchandise business in Eastman.
Nv the burning of factory IN Chicago
RECENTLY. a portion of the Randolph court
house furniture was destroyed. IL Will
he dunIicated, however, in few days.
The grand jury of Thomas In It's gem
eraI presentments, recommends the pur-
chase of new jail site, the removal or
destruction of the old jail, and the build
ing of a new one.
Court convenes at Quitman next week,
and Hon. Byron b. Bowers, of the AL
bany circuit, will preside for Judge Han
sell, who goes TO Baker county TO try
some cases in which Judge Bower is dis
qualified.
The Perry Moore suicide continues to
attract attention at Quitman. He left
letter stating that be was tired OF life,
and that the act was deliberate. 1t is
thought that young lady was indirectly
the cause of the rasn act
Scott Sewers, charged with the murder
of James Richardson, is free man. The
ease was concluded at Atlanta Thursday,
and Judge Clarke delivered his charge to
the Jury. At o'clock the jury retired,
and after little while returned with
verdict of not guilty.
Abraham Dohl, an aged Jewish citizen
of Eastman, attempted suicide last Mon
day afternoon ty swallowing about BALI
bottle OF laudanum. DR.. Herman was
summoned but finding that the unfortun-
ate old fellow had not taken enough of the
drug to do any damage, left him with
warning 10 ueS SJs MI Cbui say > JudJ uS
Is bound to suffie of the mortal coil.
The following Notaries Public were
commissioned by order of Gov Mcdaniel
Thursday: Banks county, Henry J. Rags
dale 3I1st district; OglethOrpe county,
John w. Bacon 229th district, NJ. L.
Raines 233d district, James p. Green 236Jh
district, John j. Daniel 230th district,
William T. Witcher 1303d district: Tel
fair county, WI. Coleman 339th district;
IN
trict.
Hinton Wright, of Atlanta, now has in
his possession IA sword which a negro boy
found a few weeks ago in an old field near
West End. The sword is covered with
rust, but was once fine weapon. The
handle was covered or plated with silver,
and set with Jewels. Much OF the rust
has been removed since Mr.. Wright Sc
cured the sword. Ii had name engraved
on it, but the rust has eaten most Of the
letters away.
Out of the appropriation granted to the
Altamaha river $40, 900 will be applied to
the Improvement of the bar at DobOy.
The cost of surveying will have to be la
ken from this amount, but it Is thought
that after all 4 snug little sum will be
left to spend in Improvements. The peO-
Pile of Darien begin TO feel convinced that
Mr.. Norwood is a hard worker, aud it is
generally conceded that his efforts in be-
half OF the harbOr have been more strenu-
GUS than those of any of his predecessors,
At Quitman Wednesday while Robert
johnson, young white laborer who
drivesthe turpentine wagon for McAllister
e. Young, was loading his wagon his
team moved and threw one of the barrels
of crude rOsin upon him, and it rolled
over to the ground. johnson, while eX-
aeriencing some inconvenience from the
accident. was not troubled sufficiently to
abandon his work, and continued iJ tor
the balance of the day, and at night fed
his mules. Thursday morning, however,
ne was not able to get up, and soon COM
menced to throw up blood, and it was dis
covered that blood vessel had been rup-
tured, and physician summoned, but to
no avail, and he shortly died.
Relative to the new gas works the
Brunswick Breeze says Mr.. Boardman
informed us that the piping would arrive
In about two weeks and the work of lay
ing it at once commenced at the rate OF
half mile per daV. He expects to have
the piping all laid by July |. There viii
be Is miles OF gas and water mains laid
by that time. 10000 feet of gas pipe and
10000 feet of wafer pipe. The wafer
works are expected to be 10 operation
by Aug. 1 and the gas works by Oct. /.
The charge tor gas at the start will be So
per 200 feet, but as soon as 1870 bona hde
suhscrb ers are secured it will be reduced
20 81 30, and when the company's con
sumers number 800 it will be reduced to