Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-15
rFUS IN THREE STATES.
oroRGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
ICsROIINA PUT IN TYPE.

1865.
GEORGIA.
soid that Gainesville is about to
have morning paper.
,,,avton Superior Court convenes the
AT Monday in March.
Tito number of new buildings are
nm IN and around Quitman.
rbera will be about 600 acres of melons
Ia within a few miles Of Fort Gaines
this year.
a. Albany Friday night fifteen dogs,
.or,aof them valuable pointers, Dit the
Jnet from poisoning.
Tina Putnam Rifles have accepted the
,cvit3tion 10 be present at the centennial
nl1 bration Of the Chatham Artillery, IN
savannah, May l.
CHARLES Tavlor's furniture store at
Macon was destroyed by IRE at 10 O'CLOCK
Yesterday morning; Mr.. Isylors sSo s5..
vas valued at $4,000. 1t was insured Tor
$1,000
negro at DUPONT had his foot crushed
~ lie train last Tuesday. DR.. Frank
Folks of Waycross, amDutated the leg
bslow the knee. The man belonged at
cambridge.
Hoe Bussey, of Valdosta, with party of
friends. caught a wild cat Saturday night
which weighed 80 pounds. They caught
one also on Tuesday morning and one on
Wednesday morning.
Postmaster Boyce, of AUGUSTA, has
been notified that the post Office will be
retained in its present location, and that
fbe ease will be confirmed with DR.. W.
81. Doughty for four more years.
McDonough Weekly: We heard good,
honest old farmer say the other day that
she was going to keep on voting for UNCLE
Arch Brown for the Legislature until he
got elected, if it took forty years to do it,"
little white boy who was struck by
the stream of water while Gainesville's
new fire engine was being tested, is in
more serious condition than was at first
imagined. He is now splitting up blood
and undergoing much pain.
Il. S. Holder has brought suit in the
CITY Court against the city of Macon to
recover $500 damages. Holder rented
room at the city hall, ana ella ms that the
building of a fence around Adams park
prevented him from using it.
( The J. Woods Pierce-J. Pierce Weaver
Injunction case was called by Judge Mar
shall J. Clarke at Atlanta, Saturday, but
continued till next Saturday because of
the absence of Mrs. j. w. Pierce on &C
count of unavoidable delays.
Two negro children on Hon. John T.
Dennis plantation, in Putnam county,
were left by their mother in the house,
and, while she was out, the youngest
child caught fire aud sustained injuries
from which death is expected to ensue.
Editor Revill has completed his bond as
Postmaster OF Greenville. What with
running a school, selling sewing ma
caines, conducting a newspaper. and
now editing the post office, Editor Revill
would seem to have little time for fishing
frOlics.
A genuine professional beaver trapper
passed through McDOnOugh a day or two
ago. He captured sixteen of these var
mints down on TowalIga river last week,
and was on his way to the headwaters OF
the Oconee. The beaver hides sell in New
York at 81 30 per pound.
Rev. w. FL. Cooper's new residence at.
Cuthbert was burned Saturday. 1t was
occupied by Rev. Rogers, pastor of the
Baptist church. His wife and some small
children barely escaped, saving nothing
but trunk or two. The house was in
sured for about $1,700, but Mr.. Rogers
household furniture was total loss,
which he will sorely feel.
The citizens in the vicinity of the
Rocks, on the Withlac0ochee, % miles
northwest of ValdOsta, were to have met
and repaired the burnt bridge Friday, but
the same fiends, who set fire to it several
weeks ago, went to the river on Wednes-
day night and burned the remaining por-
ton of the bridge. They also burned
another country schOol-house in the same
vicinity. There is no clue as to the
identity Of the guilty parties.
Some time ago negro died at Indian
Springs. There were some circumstances
attending his death that justified the sus-
pciOn that he had been poisoned. In
order to satisfy themselves, the Butts
county authorities secured the services of
an Atlanta chemist, who analysed the
dead mans stomach. Last week tine
chemist presented a bill for $500 for per-
forming the service required of him.
Judge Carmichael thinks the chemists
charges are exOrbitant and has refused to
pay the bill.
negro cabin on Ebb Lanes place.
near Franklin, last Saturday night was
the scene of a bloody killing. The negroes
had frOlic there, and, as is not unusual,
whisky was quatfed too freely. Along in
the night some words passed between
Miles Couch and his wife, who have lived
10 separation tor some time, and the wO-
man was slapped over. Her brother. Ike
Winchester, took it up, and fight with
knives ensued, resulting in the death Of
Winchester. He fell from a trightiul
cash In the throat, and died Ia a few min
u'es.
Saturday a goodly number of sporting
men assembled at Lafayette race course.
az Augusta, TO witness the race between
Ut. McGuire's sOrrel horse BOzart and the
Atlanta horse Squealer. The track was
not last and the race, a quarter-mile dash.
was won by the Augusta horse in 24L
seconds. The race was for $3.50 side,
ana 20 is said about 81 800 changed hands.
me race was close and exciting, and the
eplses were hardly six feet apart at the
nhlsn. Next Friday another Atlanta
morse viii be matched against Bozart,
y win 5000 wagered on each side.
hon, Lewis Arnheim, of Albany, saw
the Governor Saturday in the interest OF
= 5ae jackson Light Artillery, Of Albany.
mat company got some old Napoleon
sAhs from the Chatham Artillery, when
3 Iie last named Geceived new guns. The
Jackson Artillery paid $3.50 to have the
gums repaired. AS the guns are the pro-
perry OF the State, the jackson Artillery
MINK that the Governor ought to reim-
Nurse them for the money paid for repairs.
Vi Tor at least One-half the expense. Mr..
AIhheln wants the Governor 10 pay the
money out of the contingent fund. The
meut.
AT Atlanta, Saturday, Nettle Plez fled
81 action against the Pendleton Guano
company for $4,000. She says that her
/, ssuADand. squire Piez, lost his life through
sne negligence OF the company. He was
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