Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-17

Commissioners
GEORGIA.
rso Milledeeyile Union is making q
Liant light for prohibition.
Tbisis the year that manned soldiers OF
r,-.,i, receive their Communication ior
lost lnlDs'
T,e civ Council of Atlanta has de-
5oatad A resolution to pave West Peach
tree street with Belgian block.
r. ia estimated that 1900 valentines
,age rassed through the Atlanta post OF
fcs within the last three days. And 5uO
are held for postage
Tine Governor has issued commission
IN j. c. Scarboro, Sheriff Of Laurens
conntv. TO fill the vacancy caused by the
dealt Of Joel r. Perry
Batnd McChael returned to Columbus
.rom Eu,aula Monday, with Fletcher
Dsnlv aud JOnn Lee, the negroes charged
Sith the murder Of Porter Cave.
pbe chair OF natural history and agri.
orlture in the university at Athens Will
h. hlled in July. The salary will be $1,000
a wear. with residence at the experimental
farm. -.
North Carolina will probably be given
charge OF the pubic schools OF Athens. as
he SHOWS the highest Endorsements OF any
of The applicants
The cattle men in Bryan cOuHty lost
heavily during the recent cold snap. The
cattle going in on tue ice in search OF
water, fell, and not beng able 10 get up,
died where they fell.
It has been discovered that the $4,000
school bonds voted for by the people of
Athens are only To erect buildings, and IL
will take about $4,000 more TO buy seats
and desks and furnish the academies.
;. Ii. Rumph, the nurseryman, mad two
barns burned at bis home near Marshall
vile Sunday evening with their entire
contents, consisting of corn, peas, fodder,
etc. His loss was about $1,000, with no
insurance. 1t was evidently the work Of
al inCendlary.
While James Latham, a liveryman of
Atlanta, slept Monday night thief
Opeued a window in his apartment, and
with a long wire ished out a par Of pants
and appropriated ST, 1855 contained in one
of the pockets. There is no clue to the
Identity Of the thief.
There are now two 1Ourishing schools
in Fairburn. the academy hRs an at
tendance OF sc, and gradually increasing
land the one taught by Prof. L. n.
Rhodes and Mrs. Brassell has an attend
ance OF 80. There are also two well at
tended cOlOred schools.
lu6 udIk6 DtlUuki0k W Guo HI6dulGf
Laurens sank at Ra0ul station on Thurs
day morning last, having on board 500
SACKS OF guanO. The barge was tied along
side the boat, and. during the night,
sprang a leak which was not noticed by
the Waterman until just before II sank.
The city Council of Columbus held a
meeting Monday and authorized Mr..
Baker, Of Birmingham, to arrange plan
for numbering the houses in the city. The
plan which Mr.. Baker proposes to adopt
Is the same as that IN use in Philadelphia.
The Council is prompted in this move by
the belief that it will not be long be-
fore Columbus will get Tree delivery.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board OF Capitol commissioners will be
held at the Executive office on Thursday.
Architect Edbr0Ok arrived at Atlanta
Yesterday from Chicago, and full board
Of commissioners is expected. The bust
ness OF the meeting will be routine work,
such as passing upon accOuLts rendered
for material furnished and work done ON
she capitol.
Buchanan Bonner: Miss I. ID. Summer
lin. a daughter OF our much esteemed
citizen, Mr.. j. j. SummerIin, shot ana
killed wild turkey last week, which
weighed about 10 pounds. She made a
"biind," took gun and hid herself and
when the turkey came up and went to eat
ing the bait prepared for him, she took de-
libeTate aim and shot, and when the
smoke cleared away she saw she had got
her game. That shot was the fifth she
had ever made.
Rev. f. M. Haygood, will soon leave At
lanta for White Oaks, New Mexico, where
be will engage Ia mission ary work. His
wife Will probably go as representative
Of the WOnen's Baptist Missionary. So
ciety OF Georgia. Mrs. DR.. Stainback
Wilson, President of the Society, has is
sued an appeal to the members OF the so.
ciety throughout Georgia for contribu-
tons to fund 10 be devoted to sending
Mrs. HaygOOd as a representative OF tue
WOmen's Baptist Missionary Society in
New Mexico.
Thomas Twilly, son of A. H. Twilly, Of
sparta. deceased. 10 years OF age, has
built small stationary engine. The cyl
inder is inches long and 21< inches In
diameter, with everything in proportion.
Tie boiler is ? feet long, 1 foot in diane
ter, mas whistle, steam guage ana all
the attachments needed TO run IL. 1t runs
with as much speed as any engine, with
the power 10 run a sewing machine at
full speed. His brother William made one
the same size. They run both together
with one boiler, and the power runs a
grindstone 20 grind an ak.
The wOrkmen in removing the upper
noor Of the old court house at Lexington
iound that II had two floors besides the
ceiling. The first was laid, then covered
over with sawdust, then the top floor was
put down. This, we suppose, was TO
deaden the sound. On removing the top
moor the workmen discovered the effects
VI ore. Charred planks were found over
tAe Ordinary's office. A man made the
remark that IL was fortunate the FIRE
went out, for some one might have
thought that IL was set in order to have
yhe court house rebuilt. There was some
eeiing ongendered over rebuilding, and
WIS would have been plea for them 10
make capital out of it. The records of
lVl years would have been destroyed.
T.. cooper, OF Rockdale county, was
sceidaatally killed Saturday while top
ping trees ip bis yard. He was standing
ON a ladder cutting the top Of n tree off,
ana When be had cut 10 sufficiently as he
q lought, he went down TO get out OF the
way OF II; but the tree not falling, he
went back up the ladder, and told his
nIe' who was standing in the yard watch
lng nun, 10 20 in the house for fear she
would get hurt. He commenced cutting
, again, and directly his wife heard
Ne top falling and went out to see IL, and
yuma ner husband dead. IL Is not known
helher the top knocked him down or
,ei ON him after he had gone down. The
ytck part Of his bead was torn of by the
gov, lie was killed instantly. He had
0,en married only short time.