Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
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rlID IN PARAGRAPHS.


A'' Ueio3s freaks Down n ar Rui-
s. ,,l.nta's Efforts to Secure the
@ .e Fair Ground,
GEORGIA
The English sparro" - oecoulns qol'e
81 ,..llca ia Athens.
taared at Button that so much
81 j. - r,use cons idera5le sickness
pex fall. ,.. ,.,,,u .,
49,, ,>ill probably open a branch house
al Athens ,o.,,;,,o.
4,t tn Rome from Gadsden 10000
0 broom handles.
mia BmAton school continues to in
M -.,.. Its mum oers OF pupils. Fifty names
sre now on the roll
ilon. p. W. Meldrim, OF Savannah, has
- missed a commencement at Athens
.ince he graduated.
o,,. check factory at Athens has been
tor.d with tin, which greatly lessons
|K Ts chances for a tirst-class ire IN that
Eli locality.
&I p,rties who know the condition OF the
E ,rlHs in southwest Georgia say those
oI.olnd button are better than. any they
uaye seen.
W,termelons are plenty and cheap in
Ein4ton A wagon load had to be hauled
i,r, nome the other day, there being no
/ demand for them.
,bgre is q fruit jar war among the
doaiors at Athens. The prospect or
snort fruit crop makes them anxious 10
/ unload while they can.
Miss Bessie Waddell, Of Columbus, has
beeu elected a teacher in the public
scnooIs OF Montgomery. She has been
teaching in Columbus several years.
The hicvcle track at Star Park, Column
hus - the finest in the whole country,
excepting ingfeld, Mass, so the visit
mo Hheelmen say. The club will proba-
Nv make an effort to secure 1t and the
grounds.
The Orlando, Fla, Knights OF Pythiss,
who passed through Atlanta several days
ago en- route to Toronto, Canada, where
tbeSupIeme Lodge has just closed pleas
ant session, passed through Atlanta again
4 Tuesday en- route home.
Dave Mason, the colored boy who was
Il shot by Fletch Barnett aud jim Pinkard,
while at the negro trollc Saturday night,
died at TallapoOsa Monday The guilty
rarty will have hearing before Judge
Brauham this week, as court is now in
session.
HARRISON Superior Court is now in ses-
sion. There are large number of cases
4 on the docket, and court is likely to con-
uuue two weeks. Fhere are three or four
4 railroad cases to be tried and ten or twelve
railroad men are in attendance as wit
nesSes.
Dr.. w. l.. Jones, of the Southern Gull
III tvatOr, who has just been elected to the
char OF agriculture and natural history
at the university at Athens, LETT Atlanta
Tuesday for Athens. He will accept the
position rendered him and VIII move his
FL family at once 10 the Classic City.
AT Elberton, Tuesday, Dock Mattex, a
eoioFed boy about twenty years old, had
preliminary trial before Judge Carlton,
Under charge Ofrape. His victim was a
colored girl about twelve years Old. The
evidence seems conclusive against him.
He WAS committed to the Superior Court.
Rev. Mr.. Cook, the young evangelist,
has again begun series of open air meet
ings IN Factory row, East Macon. He is
4 meeting with brilliant success in his min
81 STATIONS. He started out on his own
book, unknown and uneducated. but his
III Gsc0urses carry the force of conviction
IA with them.
The tax digests Of the counties are COM
8 ing in every day to the Comptroller Gen
eral Some show an increase in taxable
q property, While others show a decided
E falling of. Four counties reported Tues
day. Douglass shows falling off of
4 S46 $50, Liberty gains $17,2i5, Towns
n gains $3.50 and Harris shows an in.
crease Of $1,000.
Campbell II Jones, of Macon. keep
81 weasel. The meek little animal has been
III the means OF furnishing several weazely
III paragraphs in the local press. Up TO
date be has succeed in digesting fOrty-tWo
81 -whiskered rodents, each one nearly
81 twice as large as the weaZel, besides in
81 Vulnerable innocent and unotfending
nj English sparrOWs.
Ill AT Saudersville on Thursday last two
negro boys about IL years of age got into
E difficulty on T. f. Browns place, in
FL W0lch one struck the other on the head
with a spade, fracturIng the skull most
terribly. Dir. Hollifeld, who attended the
injured boy, considers him still in criti-
cal condition, although he appears to be
improving.
As northward bound freight train
loaded with melons neared Rutland on the
southwestern road Tuesday a heavily
III loaded car suddenly gave way In the
centre and crushed down on the track.
fortunately no serious damage was done.
passenger train being almost due, the
81 engineer oosed his engine and sped away
coward Macon and gave notice of the
wreck
IN Maj, Kline, Of the Central railroad, says
lnaJ the cars are loaded down with the
uelVh trade. Growers seem to have Sc
cured better rates than formerly. Other
branches Of the truck business are not
oo'Ig so well. Growers find that fruit
& anu melons pay much better than vege-
,aDie', so they are banking on the latter.
byron SHIPS nifty TO sixty carloads per
"eeh' aud still they come,
DOCK Mullins, OF Athens, has a little
I1'Veen-mOntbs-old child that was seri-
uusly Durt Saturday evening. The child
wa sItJlnS In the baby carriage IN the
poruco and the little brother accidentally
81 SUIusO the carriage over, throwing the
u"oF DOWN the door steps. DR.. Lowry
S was called in and found that the Child's
b ;;@ol "as mashed on the side, which will
" d" probability cause its death.
~ 'amet Nc Mahan, Dave Hollis and Alvin
eG'oIca' three Of the gentlemen VINO were
n.eu N'W each by Recorder Anderson for
'.'@llns he prohibition laws at Atlanta,
a1'e Hied bills of exceptions and their
WSa,es VIII 20 to the Supreme Court
81 IaeSNrS' eehumann and Werner have filed
NgH bonds, and as soon as Judge Clarke
6sgS Tue bills Of exceptions they viii be
so gu m the clerks Office and the cases
d.a letter was received at Columbus Mon
10y nom Prof. q. NJ. Dews saying that he
a+ purchased half interest in lighter
t business Ia savannah, which necessi-