Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-21

The Athens cotton seed oil mill makes
twelve barrels Of oil day.
The Putnam Rifles, of Eatonton, added
six new members to their roll last Tues
day.
The quarterly conference of the Metho-
dist church at Washington, will be held
Monday.
An Athens mother quilts shot in her
bows pants TO break them from wearing
out their knees.
The yarn factory to be built at Angus
ia by Coates & Co., will be erected and
ready for business by Oct. l..
There are a half dozen merchants in
Harmony Grove VINO sell in excess OF
100000 worth of goods per annum.
Pink Shropshire. who lives near Rome,
killed an owl Wednesday which measured
four feet and eleven inches from tip 10 tip.
Morris Pharr, Jr., sent his application
for the position OF postmaster at W ash
ington to the authorities in Washington
City last week.
Mr.. ClOwdis was married to Miss Conner
and ur. Helm 10 Miss CiOwder at Rome
Thursday. They had run away from their
homes at Floyd Springs.
The eighty-fifth anniversary of the De-
mOsthenian society OF the University at
Athens occurred Friday. K. p. WhaLleY,
OF Newman, delivered the grafton.
Col, James NJ. Smith, OF OglethoTpe,
one of the les~ees of convict labor, aas
recently cOmpls ted some Improvements
at his camp IN the shape OF new stock
ade and bulldog.
In selt-detense a young blacksmith
named Long, Morgan county, found it
necessary TO use club on n drunken man
named Sullivan, armed with kniie. Sui
nVan's injuries are OF a dangerous nature.
A turkey OF Warrentown was attacked
on public road near that place
day or two ago by a negro and negress,
VINO decapitated him. No arrests have
been made as yet and no details of the at
fair have yet been received.
Near Washington. Thursday. a girl
about 5 years old, daughter OF Thomas
Sisson, tell into a spring, and when found
had been dead for some time. The little
child was missed and a search for her was
instituted with the above result.
r. L. Felts, a grocer of Warrentown.
has assigned. The assignment was made
to E. p. Davis. The Liabilities are
$I.624 "a OF this amount 1896 is preferred
to the following creditors: Estate OF Louis
+. Felts $96, r. II. Fowler $3.50, w. IL.
Heath $45J.
There we're only two deaths among the
convlcts during the month OF January,
one at tue coal mines aud one on the Og'e-
thorpe camp. The nealtI OF the conylcts
is reported as excellent at the presenl
TIM, despite the severe cold weather dur
ing January.
A Florida exchange remarks in all Sc
robustness that il is delighted to learn
that Or. Ii. b. Kemme. OF Washington,
Ga, has purchased several hundred ducks
oil very fine species and will 90 Into the
Embarrassing business on an extensive
scale at st. Andrews Bay, Fia.'
A young man OF TattnalI county asked
for his sweet heart and secured be con.
sent OF the parents To the marriage, which
was ARRANGED TO come of on a certain
night. La tue evening ui tie preceding day
he ran away with tue glrl, carry ing heT 70
Stark, Fla, wnen ne abandoned without
marrying ne-.
Villa Rca wants a paper. The town
has twenty business hpus 5, besides TWO
harness shops, hree blacksmith shops.
one cabinet shop, one livery stable, tWu
frst-class hotels, two churches, a Nj a
sonic hall, one grist mill, two planning
mills, tnie e gin, beef market, a sehOOi
anu two good sabbath schools.
The news that c. W. sullivan had been
Jailed at WaycrOss Tor passing counterfeit
money was received at Baxley with sur
prise. sullivan was born and reared IT.
Appling county. He Is Well cOnuec ted
aud has penty OF this worlds goods. For
some time be has been dong a successful
mercantile business some 10 or u miles
from Baxley.
A newly-born infant was found Thurs
day buried in Lon kelly's garden at La
fay ette Ann SIIer, MS step-daughter and
unmarried. vas arrested under a warFant
charming her with causing It's d at5. Al
Inquest was held, aud sne Was bound over
to court. Tuesday, as she had become
seriously Ill, she was released from jail
on $50 bond.
Tao negroes named Henry Noble and
Jim ButfOrd got intO hgnt a few nights
ago in tie Broad river district OF Wilkes
county. in which Henry got several very
severe lcks with a big stick and his
clothes cut in several places, while Jim
Bufford got ris throat cut, the life just
missing tie jugular vein il his neck. He
is in a critical condition. Henry's wife
was the cause Of the fight.
There are now three claimants for the
dead body resting out in We-tview Gene
terry. Atlanta. under a marble slab on
which J. W. Pierce has been cut. The
taird claimant was added TO the list FRI
day. Mrs. Weaver, OF Indianapolis, claims
the dead man as her husband. Mrs. J. W.
Pierce. oil Texas. claims the dead man as
her husband. Toe Chicago Inter- cedA
he was wealthy citizen.
Rev. sam Jones was booked to deliver a
prohibition speech at Miiledgeville yester-
day. He will preach in Atlanta, at thu
First Methodist church, Wednesday night
He will leave for Chicago next Friday
evening. Mr.. Small Is now IN Chicago.
leading two services q day, one az Fame
hall and the other at M0ody's tabernacle.
Tue union meetings proper Will begin o.
Fab 2stn large skatinz rink, Into which
1000 cndlrs nave been placed.
Washington G0zetfe; An Infamous
printed eircu ar was received In the mat
here YES erday. They would have been
etopped by the Postmaster under the
Uniied States law against ODsc-ne litera-
ture had be known what the circulars
were. rhe author is a. greatly stepped 20
intamy as any bushwnacker We ever
heard Of. Tue shaib that has been hurled
falls harmless 10 the ground, aud its en-
tire effect is 10 show nov greatly deprayed
a human being lts authoris.
A few nights ago W. A. Rorie, who
lives several miles from Washington, lost
Ave geese. Only one old gpOse was lett,
and she had the family up by times next
morning. she led "a IN the direction tnr
others had been carried. Mr.. Rone found
a trail. and following IL No aseertained
that a negro named Peter smith had
passed along that say with nVe neal-
haa