Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-21
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

and Sister Burned simultaneously in
crawford County-A Carrier Pigeon
Reaches Home After Long Flight.
GEORGIA.
There are about 200 visitors at Cumber.
land.
Hail stones as large as plums fell at Ma.
con Saturday.
Brice Bush, an old and respected eiti-
zen OF Oconee, died few days ago.
A turtle Weighing $50 POUNDS and 124
eggs were captured on the beach at
Cumberland recently.
An attempt will be made to secure the
German Fusllier band, OF Charleston, S.
c.. for the week of commencement at
Athens. This Is one OF the finest bands
iu the country.
Dave Johnson shot and killed Emanuel
Ware Friday afternoon on Mrs. Wards
plantation, In Putnam county. Both par.
ties were negroes. The difficulty was
about negro gIrl.
The stock has been subscribed to build
large mill at the Georgia railroad depot
at Athens. A gentleman has already
made the plans and specifications and
work will soon commence.
At Montezuma the steamboat company
have let the contract for building a lock
in the mouth Of the canal at the railroad
bridge, 50 that the boat can run up into
the town to load and unload its cargo.
The largest safe ever brought to Au-
gusta was being moved along Broad street
Saturday. Its weight is $4,000 pounds,
and requires aniron track and large force
of hands to move it. 1t Will be used by
the Georgia Railroad Bank for safe de-
posit vault.
VWiI1yTne 80 nxIo
county, died Friday morning about nine
o'clock. She was sister to Mayor j. B.
POyner, of Crawford, who died Thursday
evening. Mayor POWER and Mrs. Will
kins were he5A earied at Crawford Satur-
day evening.
At Marietta Friday Hon. N. B. Knight,
formerly Judge of Blue Ridge Circuit,
was married to Miss II. K. Harrison, of
Virginia. The Judge passed the meridian
Of life more than a score of years ago ard
has just become benedict, His friends
were much surprised.
Postmaster Blain, of Brunswick, has
added so lock boxes and 10 drawers to
the post office for the convenience Of the
public. This recent addition makes in
all 200 boxes and 30 drawers of the latest
approved Yale & Town patent now in use
In the Brunswick post office.
Old Tom johnson hauled a load of ber-
ries and vegetables thirteen miles to
Macon on Saturday in cart drawn by
one steer. At a. IN. he struck Fourth
street, and the steer, just to try himself,
ran away and scattered the old mans
cargo to the four quarters OF the earth.
At Atlanta Saturday the retail liquor
house of Floyd Il Smith was placed in the
hands of temporary receiver, Glenn G.
Green being put in charge by Judge
MARSHALL j. Clarke. HARRISON Bros. a.
Co. moved in the matter, and it was at the
request Of that firm that the receiver was
appointed.
There have been 204 students this year
1t the University at Athens, 1872 in the
college and II in the law school; 1873 take
the English course, Latin 40, Greek &c.,
mathematics 1874, history 13l, drawing 81,
engineering II. agriculture 4, laboratory
l6, agricultural chemistry 40, and book
keeping Il. In the college and its
branches are 1864.
at EIberton Friday during a severe
thunderstorm lightning struck the barn
Df w. G. Smith on Heard street, splitting
The corner post to the ground, passing
thence to the residence of Col. ID. p. Oglss-
by, about 200 yards away, il severely
shocked Miss Alice Oglesby, who was
sitting near an open window, thence to
the residence of DR.. A. G. Mathews,
shocking Mrs. Mathews slightly. The par
ties are rapidly recovering.
The bones of about forty Confederate and
Federal soldiers were buried Saturday in
West View cemetery, Atlanta, in the lot
where the monument to the blue and the
Eray is to be built. The bones had been
gathered from various places about the
city where the brave men were buried
when they fell in battle. The bones were
- al l..
Of the graves brass buttons, bullets and
pieces OF shells were found. These relics
Of the war are now at the West View
cemetery office.
r. S. Taylor, formerly postmaster OF
Athens, who is now living with mis- SON.
in-law, Mr.. Burren Hill, in the lower
part of Richmond county, has gotten into
trouble with some negroes. Mr.. Taylor
was whipping negro girl for some cause,
when the mother OF the girl came up and
asked him TO stop, when Taylor struck
her with his gun and broke her arm.
About this time little brother OF the
girl came up, when Taylor shot him, put
ting over 100 shot In his leg below the
knee and causing an ugly wound. No
arrest made yet.
At Atlanta May 10 sergt. S. W. Beall,
in charge of the signal service Office &,
turned loose number OF carrier
pigeons bound for Keysport,
n. j. He has just received
a letter from K. H. ConOyer. the owner,
stating that one had reached him. 1t was
trapped on the way at Rochelle. Va, June
Q, and reached Keysport June Ga dis
lance OF 725 miles. As soon as this bird
gets in good condition it will be shipped
TO Key West, Fla, and released. 1t will
have TO make 1,140 miles TO get home.
The experiment VIII be watched with IN
terest. Conover has complimented Sergt.
Beall by naming this pigeon after him.
Lafayette Messenger: The man who
can turn Cedar Gown Cornelius down must
get UP ealy. Some one was telling him
Of stopping at hotel where the beef was
30 tough mat he could not cut il, nor
when he took It up in his fingers could he
bite it. tOh," said Cornelius, "thaps
nothing. stopped at hotel in Rome,
and the beef was actually so tough /
couldn't stick my fork in the gravy" On
another occasion man was telling him
that his wei digger had done bad job
for him. The we'll was so crooked ne
couldn't dnw water out OF 1t. NV by"
said Cornelius, ''you don't know what a
crooked wei is. | was running steam
saw mill inAlabama and had well dug.
and the maj actually dug it so crooked
that he fell 'ut OF it,"
A very interesting case was tried before
Judge SPERM the United States Circuit
court at Macon Saturday. IL seems that
Hurst, Milbr n Co. had brought suit
against John ID. COley, Of Pulaski cOun-
~, for tue recovery OF certain papers m