Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOAD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
DR.. Wooren's residence at Dalton has
been burned.
Gas will be turned on by ThOmasyllle's
new wO Ks this week.
The irst issue OF the HogansVllle Ga
sstg has appeared, and is neat and neWsy'
Hon. +. Y. 5. Denmark is the first law
Yer g.ho ever served as Alderman IN quit
man.
John K. Towers, principal keeper OF the
pauIlenuary, has been i'll several days At
ILL., a0meIn south Rome
CHuch county wants free bridge
across the Alapah3 river, and wants
IOVndes to help uer build lt.
q. N. Carter, chiet, and j. w. Walters,
assistant chief, have been unanimously
reelected by the Albany ire department.
Id Loyelace. of the Rome telegraph
office. had an oYercOaJ stOlen from MN
Monday. and in one of the pockets was a
so bill.
GOV. Conley was inferred at Augusta
tuesday, The City Council passed eulo-
eistic resolutions. He was an eN-MayOr
vi Jhe city.
A new mail route has been established
between O'Bien and Penuick, civ
county, with II. A. Pennlck, Postmaster
al the latter point.
The municipal election IN East Rome
Monday resulted in the reelection Of y.
il. New liidms as mayor, and the cleo
zion 0f Ii. b. Parks and w. 5. Crane as
cOuuCl,men.
sister Nj. Regis, of the Convent Of the
Immaculate Conception. at Atlanta, has
a house u ne rallied for the benent of the
convent. the rattle will take place on
Feb. y. Tae lists viii cose on Feb. l.
At fronc on W. j. Williams place, in
Packd2Ie county, Wood Strong and ---
I3carv, both color d, engaged in a fight,
and ZaChry was SO severely cut that he
died from the effects OF the wounds.
Strong has skipped.
MIR. WEIGH, the lessee of the new
Mitchell, reached Thomasville last Satur-
day. He Is giving his personal superW-
sion to the work of fitting up and furnish
ing the house. The work Is being pushed
with Jne utmost vigOr.
VaIdosta Times: A clue can be fur
u.abed which a good detective might work
up and uncover the Reayes murderers.
let some one try it for what it is worth.
Toe clue can be had by calling at this
office. The case merits an effort.
Miss Chew, of Augusta, has been one
az the charming bellies during the festiyi-
ties Of The HOLIDAYS at the United States
attracted especial attention by her ele-
Fanca Of dress and graceful bearing.
The fast train from Atlanta TO Chatta-
ho0-a which passed COhulta at 4:40
O'Clock Monday night ran into a land Slide
three miles north OF there. Snow and rain
prevented the engineers seeing the OBJ
euucCI0n until too near 10 stop. The
engine buried itself in the mud and then
turned partly over. No one WAS hurt.
The trade issue Of the Brunswick Id
r.tiser oBd appeal is in the form of
ardeomely-printed and finely illustrated
1Jmpbl t, setting forth in a striking man
uer Tia beauties, advantages progress
aud bright uture prospects Of the city. 1t
B., one OF the finest issues in the shape Of
"a trade pamphlet ever published III the
state.
Al Bremen Mrs. J. NJ. johnson placed a
calico wrapper around her WOrsted dress
10 do her house work. 1t caught IN fire
ana bl8zed above her head. Mr.. johnson
caught ner as she started to run, and,
having gloves on, he soon smothered the
FIRE, but burned both hands badly. He
had tied a veil on his head and over his
ears. IL caught and ne had to jerk it OH,
The caIalo ne of the alumni OF the Uni
versity of Ge0rgia, at Athens, from the
year 1885 90 1855. has just been issued
from the press. This catalogue embrace 8
the various honorary degrees that have
been conferred since 1888 and the list of
graduates of the University including the
class Of 1885. The DemOStheuian society
has set apart next Saturday as the memo
rial day in honor of the death Of Hon.
Robert TOOmbs.
l.. Cohen & Co.'s safe, on Alabama
street, Atlanta, was blown open and over
$4,000 in money was taken out yesterday
morning The robbery was detected a
o'clock. The safe was sitting within
seven feet OF the sidewalk and was
bursted wide open with gunpowder. The
nen who bowed it were professional
craftsmen and did their work with such
accuracy and cleveTness that they sue
ceeded in getting away with the money
before the robbery was detected.
At Grab-All, about three miles north Of
Clalk's Hill, the pin which connected the
engine and the tender slipped up and un-
coupled engine No. 4 Of the Augusta and
Rockville railroad from the tender. Mr.
t0mpklns, the fireman, not being aware
oi tAe pin having slipped, started 20 step
from the engine TO the tender, when the
engine uncoupled aud darted away from
the train. Had Mr. Tompkins not quickly
ana almost miraculOusly caught the
brake on the tender be would imme diately
aSye met his death beneath the car.
An East Macon Justice had before him
tuesday singular case. Three negroes
bought mule for $62 in partnership.
Jim Doolittle kept the mule Tor Cwo years.
fhen Alfred Lindsay kept him term and
turned MIN over to Bill simpson. At the
Ind Of his term it was found that the $62
was all that had been PAL and That one of
i1e negroes, Doollttle. had paid the bigger
portion Of it, Lindsay and simpson were
ia Geo. ton d Ia.