Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-06

Tragedy.
GEORGIA.
A brisk snow storm prevailed at Dalton
last Saturday.
The Brunswick athletic club has forty
eight members.
j. w. Roberts and 1. G. Marshall have
bought the Dawson Appedt.
Macon real estate has increased some
O,OO0 in value this year.
Judge j. 3. Estes wants to succeed
Hon. A. d. Gambler in Congress.
The Colored Episcopal Church at
Brunswick will be dedicated tomorrow.
A gentleman says that he knows of at
least 30 new houses to be built in Athens
this year.
The girders of the second story Of the
First Baptist Church at Macon were rals-
ed Thursday.
Fifteen thousand brick have been re-
moved from the ruins OF the Ralston Hall
fire at Macon.
Capt. Henry lost $1,000 ON the sinking
Raoul, few days ago.
Griffin has a new industry. 1t is a
picket wire fence factory, and is located
at the Beeks' gin shop.
John w. Elks, who escaped from Pu-
laski jail few nights ago, was recap
tured and is again in jail.
The burglar captured at Fort Valley is
believed to be the one who robbed DR.. Bur-
rOughs' safe at Brunswick.
Frank Edwards, one of the model
farmers OF Oglethorpe county, has in
vented corn and pea planter.
Albert Nichols, of Gordon county,
eighty years old, cuts and splits one hum
dred rails day, and works every day.
T. j. Wells. the owner of the single
mill near Millen made 81, 800 shingles last
week, and packed and delivered them to
the railroad.
Property sold before the court house
door at Dublin remarkably low Tuesday.
Lots of land containing 2O219 acres sold
for So and So.
John Green Brown, of Houston county,
sold in HawkinsVille last week 1000
pounds of well-cured country hams at
l252 cents per pound.
The City Council of Augusta has repeal
ed the sin perpetuity" clause of the water
rent ordinance, and adopted an amend
ment comforting the right for 20 years.
In Mcintosh county the rice planters
are blowing and preparing their fields for
planting, seemingly not whit discOur-
aged by the failure of last years crop.
Union county has bought a pauper
farm and is now engaged in building a
home thereon for her helpless poor. Union
will also let a contract for the erection of
a new jail.
The story to the effect that a negro dri-
wing mail hack between Mt. Vernon
and Neville had his throat and the mail
bag considerably cut up Friday while on
his way to the former place, is untrue.
A young lady in Brunswick recently
received from friend in Minnesota a
a
ice palace on it. In return she sent a
bunch of flo rers grown in the open air.
An election for Councilman in the Sec
ond ward was held in Augusta Thursday,
and Maj. George W. Crane was elected
without opposition to the seat made va
cant by the resignation OF James Tobin.
A Macon policeman carries a rubber
eraser in his pocket, and when he visits
the jail and prisoner wants chew OF
tobacco he pulls it out with the remark:
i'Certainly; it isn't very good, but it lasts
we'll, bite of chew"
L. r. Cason, one of Toomsboro's best
merchants, shipped last month over $3.50
worth of eggs. Hen fruit in that locality
Is more than abundant. Wednesday, N.
B. Rawls. of Irwinton, shipped 400 dozen,
for which he received $50.
The tax collector of Coffee county has
placed in the hands of the sheriff OF that
H.
wild lands for taxes for 1885. The lots
contain each 400 acres, aggregating 46, $50
acres. They will be sold in June.
f L. Fielder, of Perry, has discovered a
process that promises revolution IN the
art of copying. This preparation win
transfer an accurate impression of writ
ing, however old, and with whatever ink
made. He proposes to apply for patent.
AT Atlanta, Thursday, the grand jury
began an investigation of the case of Bud
Williams, the negro whose feet were
frozen in the stockade. About 40 convicts
were taken to the court house to be ex-
amined as witnesses in the case.
There is a man in Macon who is con-
sidering the adVisability or building a
bridge across the Ocmulgee at the foot OF
Second street, and Of buying up the prop
eTty on the East Macon side. Should he
decide to carry out his half-formed plans,
De will reap rich harvest.
The capitol contractors have ceased
work for repairs OF machinery, and to in
crease the capacity by an extra boiler.
When they start out again they will put
IN an additional force of 80 men, making
200 in all. They will push the work to the
utmost from now till next winter.
Jas. Sheffield, Of Irwinton, says that
within the last fifteen years he has sold
$4,000 worth Of corn. Mr.. Sheffield has
corn. fodder ana l0tS OF cotton 10 sell
now. He says that IN one year, farming
on 1850 acres of land be made 1000 pounds
! Of meat, and sold $500 worth Of corn and
fodder and meat.
Last night on the Commercial hotel
register appeared the names OF @. +.
smith, from Newman, and e.. Il. Smith, of
Washington. The two names were reg
istered one under the other, and the par
ties we're not acquainted. 1t is very sell
dom that two men OF exactly the same
name register at the same hotel.
Judge Ryan, OF the County Court OF Pu-
laski, has rejected all the bids for building
the wooden portion OF the iron bridge at
Uawkinsyile. The committee appointed
bv the grand jury had decided that 81, 800
would be sufficient for the work, and
when the sealed bids were opened, the
lowest bid was found TO be $1,000.
John Fosset, living in the upper edge of
Dodge county, made about 200 bushels Of
corn last year, but now he hasn't 90.
grain. Some one told Mr.. Fosset that If
he would distribute matches through his
corn while putting it in the crib, il would
keep the rats of. He did 80, and the re-
suit was that one day last week the whole
business was consumed by IRE.
Before the adjournment OF the morning
session OF Morgan Superior Court, We'd
nesday, the regular business Of the court