Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-26


Three more barrOoms will be opened in
Darien.
During the cold spell, mules tail was
frozen OFF at Reynolds.
WaynesbOro declares herself much in
need of a good town hall.
A chicken with brass pin in It's craw
was recently killed in Greensboro.
The best butter, fresh and sweet, is sell
ing in Athens at % cents per pound from
country wagons.
Mrs. Julian, who wrote the famous let
ter to the wite-murderer, Beck, Is now
teacher in one of the Gainesville colleges
Greensboro has a matrimonial club. The
young men pay So initiation Zee ana $I
monthly as dues. When member mar
ries he gets 500.
Hon. Thomas Hardeman has been
Obliged to decline an invitation TO denver
an address before the State Agricultural
Convention on the 9th of February.
Mrs. Walter 5. Dozier, nee Miss Susie
Geise. OF Terrell county, has very pref
ty china cup and saucer lis years old.
The cup is round and has no handle to 1t.
j. w. Downs. Jr., has been appointed
Postmaster at BowdOn, in place of Judge
Shellnut, who has held the office the most
of the time for the last twenty-five or
thirty years.
banded. The company has been In weak
condltl for some time, being held
together by a gallant few, who tried TO in
still life into it, but to no purpose.
Mrs. Ann c. Hart, grandmother of T.
II. Gignilliat, G.. W. Gignilliat and the
late VIM. Robert GIgnilliat, died in Da-
rien at the residence of eX-MayOr Holmes,
on Thursday night last, at the advanced
age Of So years.
A shorthand reporter and bOOkkeeper
named Fitzgerald went to ElbertOn few
days ago and wrote an insulting postal
card to L. o. h. Martin concerning his
wife. MIR. Martin caught Fitzgerald and
gave him an unmerciful basting with a
hickory stick and told him to leave, which
he did.
Robertson, a marble dealer of Athens,
has piece of marble, the veins OF which
can be traced into perfect picture of a
woman. The face, eyes, nose and hands
are plainly discernable. Robertson says
he believes that the marble was once
living being, but that it petrifed into
marble.
Richard Greer, son of Corporal Greer,
well-known Athenian, has in his posses
sion the fine gold watch owned by the
Corporal in his lifetime. There is just
twelve letters in mis- name, and he had
them placed on the dial OF his watch
each letter representing the hours. His
name was John Cox Greer.
The White Star line, Of Rome, will
shortly make four trips to Gadsden and
return per week. This will be done to
give additional mail facilities to people
along the river and meet the requirements
of increased business that will follow the
blowing in of the Round Mountain and
Coosa farmers which is expected soon.
Henry Easley is the name of a culprit,
under the charge of simple larceny, con-
fined in the Jefferson jail, for stealing a
Bible from a church. He is a preacher,
and has prOfessed sanctitication. There
are two other prisoners cOnnned IN this
Jail, charged with horse stealing, await
ing the February term of Jackson Supe-
riOr Court.
AL Perkins was in CarrOllton on last
W ednesday evening, and had while there
$500 in his coat pocket. He left town be-
tween . and O'Clock for home, and when
near Ben Browns he missed MS money.
He Immediately returned TO town and
made known his loss, and search was in-
stituted uD and down the road and the
places he had been in town, but all IN
vain.
A Carroll county calf saw the corner
of a roll of greenbacks sticking out of its
owners vest pocket the other day. A
short time afteTward be saw the calf
munching a ten dollar bill, and feeling in
his pocket discovered that a ten and five
dollar bill was missing The calf was
killed and the five dollar bill recovered,
but the ten had been cheWed into doll
rags.
Sparta Ishmdeljte: There isn't a man
or woman on earth that can read the sup
posed address on some of the letters that
are received at the Sparta post office.
There are a number Of people in this
world that don't know how to write and
a ,afrs..
bility to find it out. In such hands, the
pen is indeed, more dreadful than the
sword.
The iron of the Athens street railway
is now laid as far as the Hon. Il. b. Rus
sePs residence in Gotham, and the cars
will this week make regular trips to that
point. The road viii be extended at once
as far as Prof. RutherfOrd's, but at pres
emit only three trips day made that far
at morning, noon aud night. There is
talk about organizing company to make
park and summer resort in the oak
grove just beyond this point.
One of the meanest thefts perpetrated
in Stewart county occurred on Wednes-
day night at the home Of George Sims.
There was party at the house, and
number of young people had assembled
from the surrounding country. While the
party was in progress some sneak thieves
stole all Of the best buggy brides, lines,
traces and other parts of the harness from
the buggy blouse, which was near by. 1t
was not done as a practical joke, as none
OF the missing articles could be found
near the premises.
The famous Madison springs are owned
by a company Of Athenians, who spend
quiet and pleasant month there every
summer with their families. The waters
Of Madison springs have been noted from
the early settlement of this section, and
long before the war was a popular resort
for the elite and wealth OF not only Mid
die, but SeabOard Georgia. or late years
finer hotels and more romantic scenery
have drawn away the crowds, and only a
few old citizens now avail themselves Of
the advantages Of these springs.
A negro woman serving sentence OF
four months imprisonment in Stewart
county jail for assault and battery gave
birth 20 "A male child Tuesday night. She
received all the attention that ner cOndiJ
ton required and mother and child are
doing we'll. a petition for D.r pardon
was forwarded TO Gov. Mcdaniel last
week, and In all probability she will soon
be released. She named her boy Griilis
Holder, after the sheriff and Deputy
Sheriff Of the county, who have been very
kind 70 Der during her imprisonment.
prpnonlv rho haat crau of patfou awar