Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-29
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

c,,,,d MES from the Effects of IBhaling
Two Doctors of Hancock
Conntv Fight with Pocket Knives
singular Proceeding OF an OglethOrpe
Conntv Business Man-Train Wreckers
Arrested in Liberty County.
GEORGIA.
An artesian we'll IS to be bored in the
park at Macon.
The people of Perry carry at least $780,
600 in life insurance.
There has been brick famine in AJh-
ems tor several weeks.
Winterville merchants bought $500
bales of cotton during the season Just
ended.
A gentleman from the Free State has
lust settled a breach Of promise suit at
Athens for SO.
The jackson Light Artillery. of Albany,
who are coming to savannah nave le-
eeiVed new sabres.
A Brunswick architect is now working
on plans and specifications Tor SIX or
eight residences in that city.
Miss Julia A. Flisch, of Augusta, is the
authoress OF a book Just from the press
The title is ''Ashes OF Hopes"
Mr.. Hadaway. of Athens, had ten dol
lar bill Thursday with portion OF the
bottom burned of, and sold 1t for So.
The rumor to the effect that the Uplands
hotel at Eastman is about TO change
hands proves to be without foundation.
Dooly county farmers have about fin
ished planting corn, and unless the sea-
sons are more favorable the stand will be
sorry.
1t is the opinion OF few that John Cof-
fee. the cOld-blooded murderer OF Merritt,
the revenue officer, was in Cartersvill5
Monday.
II is rumored that a company of North
ern and Eastern capitalists are c0ntem-
plating the erection of a large marble mill
at Canton.
Col. George r. Brown, of Canton, is a
candidate for Senator to represent the
rhrty-ninth Senatorial district in the
next General Assembly.
Judge Hargrove, of Vienna, came near
losing a horse by its falling in a we'll last
week. However, when it was gotten out,
not scratch was found on il.
Judge Pate and Capt. Martin, both of
Hawkinsville, addressed the people of
Vienna on the subject Of prohibition, at
the court house last Wednesday.
John DuckeJt, the mechanic and lum-
herman of elmer, sawed 6,044 feet of lum-
Der in hours and As minutes the other
day, with 10-horse power engine.
Miss Eugenia Lightfoot, of Vienna, has
chicken. 1t has four perfectly formed
legs and feet, and uses three of them.
A LAGRANGE lady keeps penny box on
her dining table, and when a member of
the family speaks i'll of any person she re-
quires them to contribute to the box.
Adolphus Z. Vandiver, the conductor
who was scalded and bruised in the acct
dent on the East and West railroad on
March 6, died at Gainesville on Saturday.
One-fourth of per cent. has been taken
off the tax each on personal property and
improvements at Brunswick. No changes
have been made in taxation on real
estate.
j. G. Hunt and W. N. Fiveash, of Val
dOsta, journeyed to Ocala and thence to
Jacksonville 70 examine the negro held
for John Williams at both places, but
neither was the man wanted.
Capt. John B. Richards, OF Cherokee
county, wants to represent the Thirty
ninth Senatorial district, composed Of the
counties of Cherokee, Milton and Forsyth
in the next General Assembly.
A thief entered a country schOolhouse
in the upper part of Lowndes county one
night last week and carried away about
$50 worth of books and a set OF harness
belonging to Mr.. d. W. PasmOre.
The State Convention Of the Young
Mems Christian Association will meet in
Atlanta on Thursday next, and remain
in session three days. Seventeen associ-
ations, permanently organized in the
state, Will be represented.
Suit has been commenced against the
town OF Blakely by the Gleason Bailey
Manufacturing Company for fire engine
which the present city authorities nave
decided was illegally purchased by their
predecessors and for which they refuse to
pay.
Saturday David Gam, of Athens. took
up the remains of two of his children,
buried in the old cemetery. and removed
Ine remains to the new. One Of the chill
dfen was buried in metallic case, and
looked as natural as when it died, thir-
teen years ago.
Col. Bill Glenn, of Dalton, says: 'EThe
Atlanta bloodhound is an able beast. Two
OF them were sent up our way the other
day to track a thief. They did spendidly
until they jumped rabbit, and then they
lat out toward COhuttah mountain and we
haven't seen them SINCE"
A short time since a party of New
Workers., who came South with j. II. In
man, visited the Atlanta University and
leard the pupils sing the old plantation
songs. One of the visitors presented
President Chase check for 1000,
another for $3.50 and a third for $50.
The city authorities of Dawson are con-
lSluplabing tbe placing or Windmill at
the artesian well, thus obtaining cOntin-
ual How OF water. Two thousand gallons
oil water were pumped from the we'll last
wednesday without diminishing its flow
or decreasing its depth in the least.
Col. Arthur Irwin, an old gentleman Of
~ years, died al Livingston Wednesday
and was buried there Friday. He was
originally from Forsyth county, and for a
long time was motel keeper at Cumming,
me county seat. He at one time repre-
sented that county in the Legislature.
The treshets last year broke a great
many fish ponds up the Oconee river and
large Quantities of carp were turned
loose. Thursday Henry Beusse, Jr.,
WIN some little boys, went seining on
iran creek, near the bridge, at Athens,
ana caught 81 pounds of fish at seven
hauls.
Three negro boys have been arrested in
mcintosh and Hinesvile for putting oh
sUuctions on the railroad track at M
lnlosh. They mad been suspected and were
watched by gentleman who attended to
.ue water tank at No. - station and we're
.ound IN the act of placing wood on the
Rev. W. Ii. Goldwire, Baptist minis
GER, until recently OF AdairsVille, Barlow
County al Iaa %