Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-25
GEORGIA.

The Warren Mining Company are erect
gn0 stamp mills attheir gold mine in War
zen county,
The Oglethorpe Hotel Company, of
brunswick, will receive bids until June
On for the erection Of hotelto cost about
$4,000.
Mai. S. 81. Neal, OF Carroll county, is
now 81 years old and has over 100 grand
children, but he still retains considerable
Vigor OF both body aad mind.
wednesday State Treasurer Hardeman
maid a warrant for$14, $50 SO TO the luu attic
asylum. The money was part of the ap-
preparation for the support of that instr
tuition.
William WaddeH, a Paulding county
moonshiner, was brought to Atlanta
wednesday by Deputy Marshal McDou-
aid. In default Of 5000 bond he'was sent
TO jail.
In the City Court at Atlanta Wednes-
day a new trial was granted in the case of
Krogg VS.. the West Point road. When
the case was first tried Mr.. Kroggreceiyed
a verdict for $4,000
There are some fine beds Of stone near
1rwinton which would Drove valuable for
building material. 1t is soft enough to
saw, or cut, and after being exposed to
sir a short time becomes hard.
j. L. Cobb, OF Murray county, 20 years
OF age, plead guilty at Atlanta Wednes-
day to illicit distiliiRg. Judge McCay
said the prisoner was an old man IKE the
court, and he would suspend the sentence.
The Spalding Greys, Of Griffin. have re-
ceived a-check from Frank Bloodworth,
Of Savannah, al old war member Of the
company, for $40, to be placed to the
cHedfB.of the fund to buy new uniforms
with.
There are four turpentine distilleries
and ten saw mills IN operation on the
Wrightsville and Tenuille and the Dublin
and Wrightsville railroads, with a pros
pect for three or four saw mills near
Dublin.
Rev. B, 81. lucy, of Irwinton, has been
called to the pastOrate OF Sisters church
IN Washington county and has entered
upon hisduties. He Hiled the appoint
ment of that church on the first Sabbath
Of this month.
In Sumter county Lem Parker's farm
hands, wages hands and choppers went
on strike Saturday a week ago, and
have remained on the strike ever since.
MIR. Parker is running it alone and says
he will show them that he can get there
all the same
The Etgerton Hotel, at Macon, will, on
Buly |, pass into the hands of Crosby IL
Moore. The children of the late Judge E.
4. Brown desire to carry out the plans of
their father in this particular. Messrs.
Crosby IL Moore will make many i'm prove
ments i'll the house.
Several of Hawkinsville's sportsmen
had big time a day or two last week
chasing a large black bear. The bear
was seen by several parties, but the dogs,
it seems, never succeeded in coming up
with MIN. BruIn was seen-a time or two
m bO MD 70 nf Mr 4
At Brunswick the pilot boats Glynn
and Kate are being fitted up for fishing
on the banks for snappers and black fish.
Each boat wiz be fitted up with ice chests
and will go prepared To freeze hsh csught.
The boats Will supply the Brunswick
market with all the fish wanted, not only
for the city but the interior.
At Macon Wednesday Col. William B..
Johnston caught out of his artificial lake,
with rod weighing seven ounces, a scale
carp that measured "a inches and weighed
Spounds. The fish was three inches long
when placed in the water three years ago.
1t will be frozen in block of ice and sent
to the Fish Commissioner at Washington.
1t is estimated that the stock of cotton
held In Atlanta now is in the neighbor-
hood of about 5000 bales. OF this about
1000 bales are controlled by local mills
and the remainder is held for a better de-
mand than now exists. The 5000 bales
are controlled by two or three firms,
who make specially of the cotton bust
ness.
At Atlanta Wedn esday morning a seri-
GUS accident occurred on the Central rail
road, near the Humphreys street crossing.
While freight train No. 81, q. II. LittletOn
conductor, and II. z. McAlpine engineer,
was passing over a switch, a car about
the middle of the train jumped the track.
TWAS followed by others, until eleven lay
piled upon each other. They were badly
broken up. The accident was supposed
TO be caused by the tracks spreading.
Judge Calhoun, Ordinary OF Fulton
county, is sending out election blanks for
the election to be held July to settle the
fence question in Fulton county. The
books for registration, will close Saturday
next. A majority of the districts Of the
county have already voted upon this
question and gone for 'NO fence" The
vote cast on July Z will settle the ques-
ton In the whole county, and residents of
all of the districts will be allowed to Ote.
Jack Ryan, the Lloyd street restsu-
ranter, of Atlanta. who found loaded
Confederate shell Tuesday in digging a
we'll at his home, unearthed bayonet
Wednesday. The bay0net was near
where the shell had been, but was nearly
foot deeper. Parts OF the scabbard were
also found, but the leather dropped to
pieces when handled. The brass parts
were preserved with the bayonet, and the
letters on it show that it belonged to a
Union soldier.
Charlie Bishop, the manager OF the
soda water fountain at Longs drug store
at Athens, came very near being burned
to death yesterday. He had been cleaning
his coat with benZine, and in attempting
TO light a cigarette the match ignited his
clothes, and in a second the blaze reached
above his head. He had the presence Of
mind TO keep his mouth shut, so that he
could not inhale the flames, and ran out
in the street and threw himself into wet,
muddy place, which soon extinguished
the flames. Charlie was badly scared,
aad his hair was ged around the edges.
Clark Maddox, young white man VINO
has been working at the East Tennessee
shops at Atlanta, broke his collar bone
Wednesday afternoon by fall. Maddox
was going from the shops into the city
about O'clock, and when he reached
branch near the lower end OF Pryor street
found it 50 high that he could not cross
without using fence as foot bridge.
Maddox was not an experienced renee
walker. but made the attempt and sue
ceeded In falling OF. In his fall Maddox's
left collar bone came IN contact WIN the
fence and was broken. Maddox landed
In the water and got good ducklng, De-
sides the fractured collar bone.