Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-22


GEORGIA.
The public schools at Brunswick open
Oct. 4.
There is one wild cat and two bllnd
tigers in Brunswick.
Judge Mershon expects to remove with
his family to Orlando. Fla.
Considerable domestic wine is being
made in Stewart county.
There Is not single brick court house
in the Bruins wick judicial circuit.
2. W. Alexander is i'll nigh unto death
,at his home at Marietta. H. Is one OF the
best editorial writers IN the South.
The Ordinary orders an election IN the
Florence district OF Stewart on Wednes-
day, Oct. 13, to decide tue stock law ques-
tion.
Mrs. co. Solomon contemplates erect
ing a new store on the east side of the
public square at Lumpkin, where the
Masonic Hall once stood.
Eleven bales of cotton were bought at
Richland on Monday with $50. TIE cIti-
gems Of that thriving village understand
fnancierlng as we'll as base ball.
Judge Symmes holds court in Clinch
county on Monday, Oct. 4, in Appling on
Monday, Oct. IL, in Wayne on Monday,
Oct. Is, and in Pierce on Monday, Oct.
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The grand jury has recommended that
all OF the old records of Glynn county be
transferred to new books, and Clerk Of
the Superior Court K. A. Nelson is now
at work on the same.
An Indian chief, captured by Capt.
Cook, arrived at Brunswick on the David
Clark Monday en- route for ST. Augustine.
The chief travels at the expense of the
United States government.
There are two licensed barrOoms in
Florence, one of which expired Saturday
and the other in six weeks. When the
last one expires prohibition Will be In
effect throughout the county.
Bishop Weed will leave Augusta with
his family to-day for a Northern visit.
He returned to Augusta on Friday from
Florida, and was accompanied from Sa-
vannah by his brother, Joseph Weed.
The Cum berland Island season closed at
least six months before 1t ought to have
done, on account of the want of proper
mail and transportation facilities between
this famous sea resort and Brunswick.
T. Harry Oates is the manager in
charge of the "MusIc House of the
South" at Augusta, succeeding George
y. Robinson, deceased. Mr.. Oates has
been connected with the house for several
years as tuner.
At Byron B. W. Bateman, after having
vainly wrestled with five successive BIZ
ennial Democratic county conventions
for nomination to the Legislature, has
.annOunced himself an independent can
didate for the lower house.
The Dalton Memorial Association gave
"a festival Friday night, realizing So
They propose erecting a monument in
the little park near the PRESBYTERIAN
church, on Thornton avenue, in COM
memoratiou of our heroic dead. when a
sufficient sum shall have been raised
Sunday William Gardiner. a carpenter
in Augusta, left Tor Charleston. and when
the train passed Summerville he was
missed. The train went back few miles
and found Mr.. Gardiner on the ground.
He had fallen off the platform, and fortu-
nateiy escaped with only few bruises.
George Usher. OF Lumpkin, has a tur-
key hen which has certainly done good
years work. she frst set on twenty-one
eggs, fifteen of which she laid herself.
She raised seventeen turkeys from the
twenty-one eggs, and during the time she
was raising the brood laid sixty more
eggs.
There is to be held at Brunswick In the
near future meeting OF each and every
aspirant 10 the Mayoralty. The object
OF the meeting is for ali candid tes to
come down in favor Of the one who will
house the best platform for the citv's in
terest.
Joe Adair was shot accidentally by a
negro man at Griffin Saturday afternoon.
1t seems the negro was squirrel hunting
and Mr. Adair, who was hidden from
sight. made some movements in the
bushes which the negro mistook for a
squirrel and blazed away. The wound,
while not serious, is quite painful.
At Atlanta, on fat cars In the yards of
the Georgia railroad, are five stone col
umns tor the new capitol. The columns
are % feet inches long, and are TO be
used In the Washington street front of
the second floor Another column for the
same purpose is on the grounds at the
capitol.
Prominent musicians are taking steps
TO organize first-class military band in
Atlanta. 1t is proposed to make the band
second to none in the South. The mill
tary companies Of Atlanta will doubtless
aid to support 1t. Atlanta is perhaps the
only city OF $4,000 In ha oitants in the coun-
try that has no military band.
Bob Reynolds, the celebrated chicken
thief, who has just completed term of
imprisonment IN the Glynn county iail
for chicken lifting, was delivered up 10
the Sheriff OF Wayne county Thursday,
aud carried to Savannah to answer an in
dictment found against him by the grand
jury at Jesup. charging him with having
broken into freight car OF the Savannah,
Florida and Western.
The sold Horse" sale occurred at the
Southern Express Company's office at
Macon Monday. One bidder paid 6j cents
for cake that was baked for a college
girl six months ago. Others made SINH
lar investments, while one lucky individ-
ual secured a pair of gold earrings and
breastpin for 81 30. A silk dress brought
small sum. while a sack was opened
that revealed suit of clothes all covered
with bloOdstaips.
At Gainesville j. G. Garner, hack
driver for Col. HI. p. Farrow, OF Porter
Springs, shot at Il. w. TaylOr, proprietor
Of the Arlington Hotel. at 8 O'Clock Mon
day night. using 3S.oallbre revolver.
Mr. Taylor had elected Garner from the
front room OF the hotel, and was return
Ing to the Office when Garner shot. The
ball went between Taylor's legs into a
column oil the arcade, then glanced, go
ing into the wash board and on MO the
dining room. Garner left AT once, on fast
time, for parts unknown.
The Red Bluff Agricultural Club, OF
Server county, held the usual monthly
meeting at the club house asst saturday.
Tue subject for discussion was The
best method Of gathering corn" A large
number OF the mem bers were present and