Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-16
GEORGIA.

Albany has already received over 1000
bales of cotton this season.
Une hundred bales q cotton have been
sold il Gainesville up to date.
A revival meeting will commence at
the Perry Methodist church tomorrow.
Ut. Goode, a lawyer OF Cochran, for
merly of Jetfersonville, died day or two
ago.
Until Nov. street car tickets on the
Athens road can De purchased at 4c.
each.
In Washington county, for the Office of
Tax Receiver, there are seventeen candi-
dates.
Judge Carswell has adjourned Emanuel
Superior Court 20 the fourth Monday il
November.
Eggs and chickens have been very
scarce in the Perry market during the
past month.
Hon. W. G. Brantlev. of Blackshear, it
is claimed will he the youngest Senator OF
the next Legislature.
The Little River Baptist Association
will be held with the churcn at a bbeyile,
commencing tomorrow.
The post office money order business at
Cochran has, in the last nine days,
amounted to over 81 800.
Lawrenceville is provided with three
steam gins and tbs sound OF the whistles
Indicates that work is going on.
The SylVania railroad is erecting shop
at the depot at Sylganla in which to have
repairing done 10 It's machinery.
D. c. Bacon. of Savannah, has purchas-
ed ten acres OF land at Rocky Ford. and
will erect large planning mill thereon,
The fourteenth annual session Of the
New EbenezeT ASSOCIATION viii convene
with the Baptist church at Eastman to-
day.
Last Friday one Of Dawson's merchants
collected tnirty-hye cents that had been
owing to him eight years for piece of
meat.
drought this fall the turnip crop in Gwin-
nett county will be almost a complete
failure.
At Social Circle Wednesday E. S. Green
bad his right arm badly torn up in GIN
Fears are entertained that it will have to
be amputated.
The adjourned term Of Barlow Superior
Court will convene Monday. Several i'm
portant criminal cases Will be disposed
OF at that term.
negro thieves, with children to educate.
are t1ocking to Athens to get the benefit
OF the free school system, and burglarles
are on the increase.
j. 6. Marshall has been appointed as
Sheriff Of Terrell county. to nil the va
cancy in the Office occasiOned by the
death OF W. n. Thornton.
Hon. Pompey Strickland, Justice OF the
Peace for the l,222d district, @. M, Daw-
son county, has rendered his resignation
Of that office to the Governor.
III Dodge county calfs horns became
locked in those Of its mother and In en-
deavorlng to diseutangle themselves both
animals bad their necks broken.
The grist, lath and shinge mill of J.
Fl. HillhOuse, al Paulhan, Worth county,
was burned day or two ago. Mr.. Hil-
houses loss is about $500, with no in
surance.
Gov. Mcdaniel left Atlanta Wednesday
20 make an official visit 20 the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Cave Spring. He was
accompanied TO Rome by Col. Towers,
whose guest he will be.
A meeting was closed at McBride's
church, IN Scriven county. the first of last
week, which was very successful. Four
teen members were added to the church.
Rev. j. p. BazemOre did some earnest
work.
Capt. John j. Seay, OF Rome, has re-
ceived letter from MAJ. Singleton, in
which he stated that the work on the Cos
tanaula had been approved, and he only
awaited orders from the War Department
TO commence.
1t has been rumored for several DAYS
that negotiations were pending for the
sale of the cotton seed oil mills of Macon.
1t Is now understood that the trade has
been closed, aud full details will be made
public in few days.
While a number OF communities in
Houston county are suffering for water,
both for man and beast, and having. in
some instances, to haul it several miles.
the supply in the wells at Perry shows
no signs OF decreasing.
j. ID. Geise, of Bronwood, made this
year 10 bushels Of corn on two and half
acres and go bushels Of oats on one acre.
After harvesting the oats Mr.. Geise then
planted the land in potatoes, and gath
cred from IL 100 bushels.
W. y. Butler, former editor OF the Ell
bertOn Leader, has left Elberton for An
niston, Ala, where be takes charge Of the
Daily Watchman. W. NJ. Grogan, who
was connected with the Leader some time
ago, has now assumed full charge OF it.
Young Chastain, who stabbed and killed
Cain Linton, colored, last Saturday night,
has not yet been arrested. The killing
occurred one mile from ThomasYilie. Iu
the edge OF the woods. ChastaIn ESCAPED
10 the woods shortly after the homicide.
Mrs. Blunt Mosley, OF Putnam county.
is dangerously i'll from the effect Of y
scratch from the bone of a squirrel that
she was dressing for dinner some three
weeks ago. She accldently scra ched one
of ner fingers with fragment OF bone,
which irritated the whole limb and pro-
duced blood poison.
At Bueua Vista, a few evenings ago,
come negroes were shrOuding a dead man
when sill IN the floor gave way, which
so frightened the live darkies that they
dropped the dead man, and one OF the IN
jumped out through the window, while
the others tumbled over each other
through the door. Nothing could induce
them TO return, as they said spirits were
about.
At Macon Thursday the grand Jury
handed IN special presentments, urging
the pushing forward of the new govern
ment building, as the present quarters
are totally unit tor the transaction of
business. Judge Speer expresses gratih-
cation at The motion, and promised to for
ward copy OF the prssentment to the
proper authorities in Washington. The
grand jury was then excused for the term.
At Eastman a day or two ago A. NJ.
Shelton and VIM. b. Sapp quarreled.
bapp, with a knife with which he had
been whiting, made a movement as
Ia.