Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-05
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
.,,opG1A. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE


fIood at Rome.
GEORGIA.
,rohster Superior Court will convene
IN preston to-day.
r,o cost of the two weeks session Of
D'a'r superior Court is estimated at
$4,000. .,o.
-syeral Florida gentlemen are negotiat-
al for the purchase of homes IN Wnltheid
county. -,-....
rbe father OF Otis Ashmore, of almanac
r4foriety, once lived and taught school III
Buaua Vista.
There are five churches in Buena vista
-1lrpe for white people and TWO Tor the
col1red population.
over 900 pieces of baggage We're trans
frred during the past week at aycross;
mostly cong North from Florida.
x. Runph. OF Houston county, has
,ne acre in radishes. He has already
commenced shipping to New YORK.
A comnauv Of sawmill men from the
North visited the section about Hawkins
vile last week for the purpose OF buying
mbered lands.
Mr.. Smith. of Clinch county, with the
assistance Of his little girls and cat,
KILLED something over hundred rats last
Monday morning.
At Macon. at O'Clock Saturday morn
ing, Z. II. Lynch, watchman at the Cen
trail railroad shops, was seriously stabbed
nv an unknown negro.
The funeral of John Drake, the wife
murderer, hanged at TnOmastOn, was
larsely attended, the negroes coming
from all sections TO be present.
Humphreys, the man who is accused of
numbering the two ladies in Baldwin
county few weeks ago, was struck with
PARALYSIS in Jail at Macon Saturday, and
has been a raYing maniac ever since.
Mr. Cooper, a Northern gentleman, has
bought 20 acres of land from Capt. Wells,
in The edge of Vald0sta, and he is going
TO establish d hennery and GairY farm.
We trust and believe his venture will be
paying one.
The grand jury Of Schley county, before
adlOurning last Saturday, found true
bills against some thirteen or fourteen
citizens Of Ellaville for giving liquor to
minors. This is heavy on the tipplers OF
that enterprising little tOWn-which is a
prohibition place.
Mrs. deJarnette, teacher in the public
schools Of Americas, rendered her resig-
nation to the Board of Education Friday
afternoon, which was accepted by the
board at a meeting that night. Mrs. de-
JarneJte goes to Macon, and takes po-
So far four companies have accepted
the invitation extended by the Americas
IRE department to participate in the
tournament at that place May ID.
Tney are the St0newalls Of Griffin, Nos.
and 3 of Macon and the Alerts of
Montezuma. In all, about ten visiting
companies will participate.
1t has been 'eported that the railroad
bridge Ovyf aliaU river, near MOntezuma,
was unsafe. The report is untrue, as the
railroad authorities have had men there
TO watch it constantly, and while the
water Is very high, some OF the heaviest
trains have passed over since the rain,
and it is found to be all right.
Maysville, on the Northeastern railroad
was the scene ola bloody tragedy Friday
night. A negro named Johnson had only
been married few months before trouble
arose in the family and his wife quit him.
He went Friday night to get her to re-
turn, and upon her refusing he cut her
throat. The woman is not dead, but from
The nature of the wound it is thought she
will die.
A dastardly incendiary applied the
torch to W. j. NJ. Griners barn, at Ex-
cesOr, on Tuesday morning. He barely
saved his stock, tools, vehicles, etc,
The neighbOrs gathered up and tracked
the incendiary 10 and from the barn and
10 a house in the neighbOrhOOd. This is
the fifth or sixth house that has been
burned in Mr.. Griner's neighborhOod
within year.
During the flood a lady in DeSoto was
sick in the upper story of a house, the
6rst story of which was entirely SUBJ
merged. DR.. Patrick went to the house
IN a boat, and entered through a second
story window. The lady was sitting at a
window when she saw house float off
with three people in it. The people were
saved, but the shock was very severe on
the sick lady.
George n. West, OF CarrolltOn, was to
have been married to Miss Mary Lou Col
clOugh, of Rome, on Wednesday night.
AT the appointed hour the water was i'll
Mr.. COlclOugh's house, and Mr.. West de-
tanned in Atlanta on account of the STOP
ping OF the trains on the Western and
Atlantic railroad. Mr.. West went up on
the Western and Atlantic to Adairsville
Thursday, and rode over in a twO-hOrse
wagon.
Recently young man in a neighbOring
village made up anice little bouquet and
sent II to a young lady as he thought, but
with whom he was not very we'll ac-
quainted. The boy took the flowers up
stairs and threw them in the lady's lap,
saying, "Mr. -- sent them" The lady
W az dnolntE man Wlle, anu Lle young
lady they were intended for was not any
where about. He goes with his head
down now.
The population OF Sandersville is about
l,bOO, and the digest shows 1888, 42f of tax
able property, Of which $S,0S2 is owned by
cOl0red people. The rate Of city taxation
rs 3Oc. on 500, and this has only been
levied since they inaugurated their free
school system and devoted 10 education
the city's income from its stock in the
sandersyille and Tennille railroad. which
up to that time met the expenses Of the
city government and rendered taxation
Unnecessary.
At Gainesville the water has receded
from Iumlin mound-held, and has left un-
covered acres Of skulls and bones. Some
OF these are gigantic. IL the whole frame
is IN proportion to two thigh bones that
were found, their owner must have stood
fourteen feet high. Many curious orna-
Lnents Of shell, brass and stone have been
round. Some OF the bodies were buried
10 small vaults built Of stones. The whole
makes mine Of archaeological wealth.
representative OF the Smithsonian In
sutute is investigating the curious relies.
A strange but interesting scene was
Witnessed on the roof Of Battey d Hamil-
TOMS cotton warehouse ana the roofs Of
lhelr SIX sheds at Rome during the flood.
ne differ MT members OF the firm were
tuefe with about spVentV-tiYe hands hoist