Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS or THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Horses Rush to Death at Cochran
stahbing ARRAY at Fort Gaines
A,otber Fortune In Georgia Bonds
rewarded to Mr. WOlffe-GeOrgia's
Member of the Democratic Congress
sionaI Committee
GEORGIA.
There are 80 prisoners in the Macon
ail.
A national bank will soon be estab-
Gshed at Madison.
The Oldest man in Macon is a negro.
His age is 80 years.
Hon. A. 0. Bacon is confined to his
nome bv illness caused from carOuncle'
Hon. Allen Gambler has been chosen as
me Georxia member Of the Democratic
Congressional Committee.
The Athens City Council has consented
TO appropriate $3.50 of city funds towards
improving the base ball grounds ior the
students on the campus,
A day or two since an Albany lady said
that during the war she paid $40 for one
spool of thread, $500 for a pound of tea
and gave $500 for simple glngham dress
The cut worms are unusually bad IN
Dougherty county this sprlng. Ihey are
the greatest enemies to the cabbage plant
and are moving on the onions and Irish
potatoes.
DIR. K. w, Watkins was called Tuesday
70 attend Bud Ward, about six miles from
Elliiay, who had been stabbed in several
places by Henry Hunt. An old grudge
was the cause.
Mike Samuel, who was injured at San
dersyille several days ago by falling
bucket while engaged in digging a well,
INN hpnO
carried to his home al Pringle.
Tuesday State Treasurer Hardeman
forwarded S135, 900 OF the new State bonds
TO MIR. Wolfe in New York. He also de-
Hvered $4,000 in Atlanta. the bonds
issued to date amount to 100000.
There was an enthusiastic meeting Of
gentlemen interested in the Brunswick
hotel project Tuesday, and $4,000 was
subscribed, which, together with Mil
banks $4,000, makes $4,000, leaving
$4,000 more to be subscribed.
On last Friday A, j. Thompson & Co.,
of Cochran, received a cargo of guano
from Port Royal, 5. c., which had been
Just a week on the road, and perched on
one of the sacks, when the car was OPEN
ed, was a beautiful hen, seemingly happy
and cOntented.
At Fort Gaines Wednesday Renor Jones
snd Ed. Nelson, both cOlOred, got into a
dispute when Jones drew a large knife
and sta bDed Nelson in the right breast,
Infiicting a CHASTITY wound long enough to
admit a mans hand, DR.. G. W. Brooks,
who dressed the wound, does not regard it
as necessarily fatal.
Lovett Powell started from saw mill
near Cochran on Saturday with load of
lumber and when he mad gone Onlya short
distance the coupling became detached
and his horses became frightened and ran
at a breakneck speed for about fifty yards,
when one OF them was thrown against a
pine tree and killed.
AS an instance Of the richness of the
gold mines around DahlOnega, an old
miner SAYS that the other day he was
offered S25 for his working suit of clothes
by gentleman who wanted to burn the
suit and pan the ashes for the gold con-
tanned in the suit. The offer was refused,
because he says that he can get more than
that amount for them.
Tuesday a countryman drove his horse
over newly built street car track in East
Macon. The horse begged to the girth,
and the owner took him by the tail and at
length got him out OF the bObble, when
the animal stumbled and rolled down the
embankment, turning over two or three
times. When he regalned his feet he
looked much embarrassed, and was CON-
pletely kalsamined with the red clay.
Col. F. G. wilkins publishes a card in
the Columbus ERqUjrer-StB, in which he
charges T. j. Watt, the present POstmas-
ter OF Columbus, with stupidity and in
competency IN the discharge of his duties.
Col. Wilkins asserted that he was re-
moved from the position of Assistant
Postmaster without cause, and challenges
Mr.. Watt to point to single shOrtcoming
OF his while he held the position.
CD. Trowbridge, "a former member ofthe
Stock Exchange. died Monday night at
his home, M. 5S7 Fifth avenue, New York,
after an illness lasting several months.
He had suffered from a complication of
disorders which recently assumed a drop
steal form. He had been unconscious for
few days before his death. Mr.. 1rOw-
bridge was born at Augusta, Ca, in 1851,
and when boy came To New YORK to en-
ter the office OF Charles J. Osborn, the ia
nous stock broker, who mad married his
sister. He joined the Gold Room In 1870,
and became a member of the Stock EX-
change in April, 1878. In his career in
Wall street he was associated with Mr..
Osborn, but on his own account was re.
garded highly for his many excellent
qualities. He sold his membership in De-
cember, although he retired from active
business about two years ago. He mar
ried in 1882 Miss Howell, a cousin of Mr..
OsbOrn's, who died in the following year.
A young daughter alone survives.