Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-23

GEORGIA.
There are 1000 tax defaJllters in Glynn
county.
Ju6re Nathan Hussov died al his home
near TalhUttOu on FRIDAY.
I. 5. Martin, LEADING merchant Of
MarshallVille died Tuesday.
Antioch camp meeting begins tonight.
and will continue uotiI Tuesday next.
IRE is not white man in Mcintosh
county who wants TO so 20 the Legisla.
ture.
Rev. W. j. Howard has accepted the
oall to the passionate Of the Sc cond Baplist
cDurcn Of Columbus.
Over 100000 bushels Of rice will! be
shipped from the Aiiamaha this year if
the storms don't come.
Americas is going to have a cotton
compress. The machinery has arrived
and workmen are engaged in putting 1t
up.
At Columbus the operatives of the
Eagle and PhTnix mills nave contributed
$243 for the and Of the Charleston suffer
ers.
lshmacl LonCn, cOlOred. will run tor the
Legislature in DOugherty county. lie
VIII, oicourse, be overwhelmingly snow ed
under.
sam Davis, VINO stole gold watch
from Joseph NJ. HOdgson. ut A thens, on
Aug. 20, was arrested Monday and the
watch recovered.
Efforts to have prohibition elections or
fered IN Laurens and Marion counties
have tailed, and they VIII continue dry
little longer.
\ cumor that Judge William Gibson, OF
Augusta, mad married in Wilkes county
Friday morning, upon investigation,
proved to he false.
There is green pine stump on Dr..
Dykes place, few miles from LeXing-
tn, that the tree has been cat from thirty
i've or forty years
AT Rome Monday the public schools
opened. At the white school 400 children
presented themselves. At the colored
school 25O pupils were enrolled.
The store Of NJ. c. Minis, in Dawson,
has been closed by the sheriff levylng a
mortgage ii. ia. on his stock. the d. ia. be-
Ding in favor Of j. X, Mercer & Co.
At the Executive Office Tuesday a com
mission WAS issued to l. II. Sheppard as
Justice Of the Peace for the NInetY-hrst
district, q. NJ, Washington county.
A revival is in progress at the Baptist
,church a Rome, conducted by the pastor. |
DIR. K. b. heaGden. Great interest is
manifested, and number have already |
ijOined The church.
The first Of series of games OF base |
Ihall was played at Rome Monday alter
hoou between the Clippers, OF Atlanta,
and the Rome club. The score stood: |
Rome S, Clippers 3,
Tina Kinnebrew, a negro girl about 10
years old, was raped by young negro
man just outside the city limits OF Rome
MONDAY. The negro escaped. The girl
was severely injured.
Az Cnlumhua NOuday ,,;,rht a. -
mittee appointed for the purpose reported
that S3i6 had been collected to aid in !
pay ing OFT the debt of 5000 owed by Broad
street Methodist churcn.
One OF the negro preachers in Darien in
forms his hearers every night that they
have bat few more days to live: that
sept. % is the day for the world to come Ia
an end. He makes many of his hearers
believe it.
The negro Baptsts OF Macon are now
PREPARING 10 erect monument to the late
Rev. Henry Williams. fund for that
purpose is being established and every
cnlored Baptist ia the city is expected to ..
contribute.
J0hn AllgGOd, a white driver, was / ;
thrown from wagon a the Northeastern ,
railroad dcpot at Athens Monday. and a ,
bale OF goods, 100 pounds, fell on him. ,
crushing him senseless. lie has since re- :
Vived somewhat.
Around Dalton the crop prospects are {
exceedingly me, The cotton yield will l
)e about as usual. The corn oroD Will .
make two-thirds of the usual crop. The
respects are very encouraging and trade
n Dalton is quite lively. .
Joe Rogers horse ran away in Beuna =
ls'a IN saturday, throwing him 5
rom tire buggy and breaking one arm y
md cutting an ugly cash on his forehead. h
Mrs. Rogers was also thrown from the b
buggy and badly bruised. +
The commissioners appointed bv the d
Qurt finished the recanyass OF the vote
Act IN the OcOnee liquor election last n
iaH. lne result ~ fOrty-uine for probi- a
.ltlOn, We more than the first announced 1 '
his is he election there mas been such a f
contest over. :
Near Adairsyile man named Smith. v
n state of mental alteration through Il
ONE business transactions cut hjs throat a
md Jumped into Games mill pOnd and 5
rOwned himself. 4 handkerchief was g
ound tied around his neck. The BODY n
vas fished out. Il
Mrs. W. A. McCalman. of Haraison "
ounty, came very near getting bitten by "
rattlesnake last SATURDAY evening about -
ark. She was at home sitting on the "
oorstep when the snake crawled up to II
er feet. The reptile was soon dispatcDed
y MIR. MoCalman's mother. c,
Near Clay ton a very serious anrav DC. u
urred in Tennessee valley, Ia which Miles OIL
cruggs, colored, was fatally stabbed In u
number OF places by Gus Scruxgs and u
oe Gibson, colored. The parties have ii
ed from justice. DR.. Smith was sum. t.
loned to tue wounded man and reports II
le wounds fatal. b.
On June 10 Capt. john Giles, or GILES. v.
He, planted patch OF corn, aud on sat. j"
rday, sept. 10, he gathered il. To-day ~
g had some OF It ground aud ate new corn
read ninety days from the seed. THIS ~
a0ws what thorough going farmer may ~
ccompiish on the ierU,e lands of Middle =
eorgla. W
The Legislative race in Oeonee is fear ~,
lily mixed. Mr.. Gordon has withdrawn. nj
az b0,A the Messrs. GrifGth are IN The u,
ED. while IL rs reported that Hon. Wei. -,
on Price has re-entered the arena. this -,
me 10 stick. II he again wItbdrRw s A
ldge James X. Lyle will take M me ~,
iuntlet, II he docs not do 80 anyway. 81
Jim Bradley, who was convicted in q,
:eene County Superior Court in 1884 of be-
re murder of James Petty, and vvns G.,
ntenced to the peuitentary for llfe,diei va
lew weeks ago m the Dade coal mines.
s ne was convicted solely on circum-
aniial evidence, he was sentenced tothr
'niientiarv tor life. Before diving ne ~
aQe a FUN confession Of "a is tvutIf a