Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THETWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS

Judge and Mrs. Weaver, of Monroe
County Give "A Dinner to Their 81 Sons,
Daughters, Grand Great G rsndchii dren
and Sons -in-Law AID Daughters-in-
Lava 'Possum the Only Result of a
Collectors Four Days Ride in wilkes
County.
GEORGIA.
The Athens cotton receipts have
reached so, 900 bales.
A paper was filed in the Ordinary's
Office at Rome Monday that had the sig
nature OF nineteen different Greens to it.
The colOred fair lately held in Athens
has settled all its claims and came out
clear of debt. The white fair cleared
nearly $1,000.
The Floyd county School Commissioner
paid out about $1,000 Monday to county
school teachers. There is about $4,000
more to be paid out.
The members OF the Crawford Baptist
Church have decided To postpone the
building of their new edifice, owing to the
shortness of the cotton crop.
GAINESVILLE reports a case of freezing to
death. Annie Alexander left one of her
children on pallet in Julia Smiths
house. The child was found dead next
morning.
The steamer Mitchell was tied up al bout
ten hours at the East Tennessee bridge in
Floyd county last Tuesday morning, A
drawbridge will probably be required by
the government.
Joseph Williams, young negro man,
was arrested at Atlanta Tuesday night
by Detectives Bedford and Aldridge, be-
cause be is wanted in Birmingham for
killing a small boy.
The first installment to build the new
ha1GG "a A fhpuG has hppn Qallad n
aud promptly met. So soon as the holidays
are over tn contract Will b. let and work
Onfhe building begun. 1t Will be ready
by next season.
Subp9nas have been issued to about
one hundred witnesses in The case of r.
l.. Jones, the Marshal of West Eud,
charged with the murder OF Frank p.
Gray at West End last May. The trial
will begin on Jan. 3.
AtColumbus Monday DR.. Seth n. Jor-
dan amputated one of the legs OF Jack Put
nam, OF ChattahoOchee county. Inc leg
was taken of Just below the knee, aud the
amputation was necessitated by some
chronic disease that had attacked the
foot.
There is a man in Athens worth fully
$780, 600 VINO buys scraps to feed his family
on. He goes to the market when the
butchers are about leaving and invests in
the refuse pieces of meat and bones and
beet heads, that he carries home and
cooks.
The Liberty County Agricultural So
ciety held its meeting last Friday even
ing. The election for delegate TO attend
the State Agricultural Convention for
1881 resulted in the selection OF Rev, A.J d.
Hughes, delegate; Joseph b. Fraser,
alternate.
Capt. r. S. Hoxie, of the United States
Engineer Corps. reports that a levee can
be built that will protect Rome from over
flow at cost OF $50, 900. This is a ques-
tion in which all the citizeus are deeply
interested, and it ls thought that the
scheme to build leyee will meet with
general favor.
One OF Washington's collectors after
four days ride through the mud
and slush returned home aud reported to
his boss that there was something to be
gotten out of tae country if it was nO.h-
Ing but tat 'pOssum, whereupon he pre-
sented his boss with the 'possum as the
result OF mis- four days arduJus labor.
Clarke, Oconee and jackson have
furnished some big rabbit and bIrd-killing
yarns during the snow. j. h.. Daniel, OF
0cOnee, killed twenty partridges at one
shot. There was twenty-three in the
covey, and as they flew Off he killed an.
other. Mr.. Daniel is ahead, with
OgIethorpe, Banks and Madison to hear
from.
The various sherifs in Georgia are re-
ceivlug letters OF inquiry from Texas
stating that if they know OF a man by the
name of Arthur Hair he will hear OF
something TO his advantage by addrt So
ing the writer. MIR. OVERLY, of Watkins
vile, has received several Arthur Hare
lives in Lexington, Ca, but he knows
nothing OF any Texas fortune.
The bill of injunction by Col. j. !. Bull,
q taxpayer Ot Pike county, enjOniDg
Capt. w. E. Ragland, County Treasurer,
from paying the appropriation for the free
bridge across Flint river, between Epson
ard Talbot counties, WAS heard before
Judge Willis Monday. and the injunction
refused, as all questions OF the bill had
been virtually settled previously. That
settles the question, and Talbot will pay
the amount AT once.
A delegation from Salem Grange, of
Banks county, consisting Of Il. 4. Neal,
W. G. Oliver, BrecK burgess, Holbrooks,
Lelford, Guunels and Gambler, passed
through Athens Sunday en- route to Au-
gusta TO purchase guauo for the grange.
The Georgia Chemical Works furnished
the dele ates with free transportation to
examine their works. Salem Grange is
one of be best conducted oranges in tne
country. and all the farmers OF the county
take great interest In 1t.
The principal case before the City Court
at Athens Monday was that OF jaime 8
Il. Raiden VS.. Or. >. G. Benedict, for mai.
treatment OF broken loot. In October
1884, Raiden was a renter from the Paper
Mill Company. He drove bis wagon up
10 the paper mill TO deliver his rent corn.
AS he approached the mill the wagon
careened and RaIden was thrown out.
Mr.. Griffith, the agent OF the paper mill.
sent for DR.. S. e. Benedict. Raideu
claims that DR.. Benedict treated him for
sprain.
At Athens last Friday John Eberhart
was thrown from his wagon, and falling
on the side OF his face was picked up
badly hurt, but it was not at the time
thought that he was fatally injured. lie
wac conveyed to his home on Lumpk in
street, ana medical attendance sum-
moned. lie suffered a great deal. An
examination OF his injuries was made,
ana it was found that besides being in
ternally injured by the fall, both arms
were broken. Sunday Mr.. Eberhart
began TO grow worse, and toward even.
ing he sank rapidly, breathing his last at
$3.50 O'Clock.
At Atlanta NJ. J. Talbert, who was,Hp.
pointed administrators OF the estate df
Josh II. Edwards, the fireman on the
Georgia Pacific railroad killed near Biz
minQnam in DeceInher 1884 has bean