Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
United States Prisoners Escaping from
the Fulton jail by Half DOzens-
No Change in the Factory Situation at
Acknowledgements Aroused on the
Question of Pare Water.


GEORGIA.
Marion county pays about 100000 for
guano every year.
The Gold Leaf is the name of neat pa.
per just launched at Villa Rica.
Rev. Mr.. Foster, OF Whitfield, has been
selected as pastor Of the Baptist church
at Spring Place.
A large quantity OF cotton is stored at
Swalnsboro by the merchants waiting
transportation by the railroad.
The Town Council of Elberton has passed
an ordinance prohibiting stock from rum
ming at large IN the corporate limits.
In Ebert county crops Will not be as
large as was expected. The average is
put down at two-thiTds of a full crop.
Thursday, at depth of 420 feet, the
lJekyI Island artesian well commenced
flowing at the rate of $50 gallons per min
ute.
Mrs. Warehouse, of Buena Vista, fell
into the fireplace in fit few days ago
and died from the burns few hours
later.
Cotton in Clay county this season,
though at least twenty days later than
usual, is showing fine sample and com
mands fair price.
By Tuesday at noon the civil docket of
Thomas superior Court was disposed of,
and everything was in readiness to take
up the criminal one.
A stock company at Jasper has been
organized to build $4,000 hotel near the
mineral spring of Mr.. James Simmons,
two miles from Jasper.
H. d. Turner mad his right hand badly
mashed and three OF his fingers cut off in
setting cotton gin at Mr.. " heless' at
Augusta on Wednesday.
Tuesday night last Fluker's gin house,
a lew miles from WoOdville, was burned,
together with eight bales O. cotton. No
Insurance; loss about l,eO0.
Guy Talbot, who lives about ten miles
east OF Columbus, lost his residence and
all the contents aud all the outhouses by
fire on Wednesday about noon.
The grand jury of Aprling county find
that the books OF several OF the county
Ulcers are not well kept, neatness and
correctness being both lacking.
There will be an open grange meeting at
Pierce chapel. in Muscogee county, Nov.
b. Past Master Gillison, of the State
Grange, will be among the speakers.
There should be society in Americas
for the prevention OF cruelty to animals.
There is scarcely day but that some in
stance of it can be witnessed on the
streets.
At Macon, workmen have begun again
on the United States court house build
1ng The concrete foundation has had
1lme to do a good d al OF hardening DUR
ing the delay.
A pet deer escaped from its owner at
Americas tuesday afternoon anu was
chased through the streets tor some time
by horde of small boys and dogs before
Ut was captured.
The interior of the Sixth Methodist
church at Atlanta is to be improved at an
expense Of $1,000, and the name of the
church changed to Merrist's avenue
Methodist church.
The Lexington Echo and the Washing
ton Gazette, two OF the best weeklies pub
llshed in the South, have reduced their
size without tmpairing their excellence
an the slightest degree.
The Muscogee County Sunday School
Convention will be held at Shiloh church
Dn the first Saturday in November. Rev.
*. ii. Harris, of Columbus, will deliver an
address on the occasion.
Tuesday night, Oct. %, there will be a
mass meeting Of the Atlanta voters at
the county court house, for the purpose
OF nominating candidates for Mayor. Al
6ermen and Counoilmen.
Sim Harper, cOlOred, who was con-
Nicted OF rape in Clay county In October.
1885, aud sentenced to imprisonment in
ane penitentlary for tweaty years, has
died of typhO-malarial fever.
A buzzard, towering in his pride of
place." spied dead snake on the croouer
ground at Smithville the other dav and
ewoOped down ana swallowed him at one
HOutuiul. The snake was nearly three
feet long.
A little colored child was found dead in
its bed on the plantation OF j. b. Hancock,
near Jefferson, ON Wednesday morning.
IL Is supposed TO have been smOthered or
crushed 10 death by its mother While both
were asleep.
In the City Court at Columbus Friday
Judge Ingram ordered the Sheriff to dis
tribute the money in his hands from the
sale Of the star Park among the creditors.
il was decision against the original
stockholders.
At Newman Thursday, a thiYteen-year-
old son OF W. X. Ballard, while feeding a
gin let his hand get caught by the saw.
Ills hand and arm We're ieariully multi
9ted and WAS drawn SO far IL the gin that
his lower jaw was torn OF. He died from
the effects of the injury.
The case OF Davis against the city OF
Suthbert, which has been pending in the
United States Circuit Court for some
time, was dismissed last Friday. Davis
really mad 10 case, and failing to appear
at three successive terms OF tue court, his
attorney consented TO "a dismissal
There is little or no change in factory
circles at Augusta. The same number
were at work Friday as the day before.
The knights are all anXiously awaiting
the arrival Of the member of the Execu-
1--WE Committee with funds. The store
Keepers are uneasy and equally ANXIOUS.
The Bateman-Faginc contest IN Houston.
over the Representatives. election, is as
suming huge proportions. ltis reported
that there are live hundred witnesses 10
The side. Col Bateman has applied for a
mandamus from Judge simmons TO have
the recount made. II will be several days
before anything Is done.
Al Monroe Thursday Mack Harvey. a
little negro boy employed at Carrolps
Brick yards, got his arm caught in the
cOgs Of the brick machine. The ma.
chinery was stopped in time to save his
life, but not until the arm had been
crushed 10 the shoulder. Medical aid was
SOON on the spot, ana the arm amDutated
near the shoulder.
At Americas Thursday j. f. Proctor. a
printer in the Recorder Office, attempted
suicide. He bought a bottle of stryeh.
nine, telling the druggist he wished 10
Kill dog. He told his wife 1t was qui.
nine. He took one swallow, she saw the
+. label aud knocked the bottle out OF his
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