Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
.r,v NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
III ToInIN PARAGRAPHS.

N Culyert at Atlanta
GEORGIA.
The Ouitman factory has commences
u onerAtiOns again.
q Mr.. Ware still holds the 1ors al tne
Il washington post office.
rho negro girl who was drowned In the
-,. Inc at Rome last week rose to the sur
N ~ tuesday and the body was taken OUT
Nc elizabeth EddIeman is suing the
~ Atlanta for $500 damages to her
c n5 on Formwalt street, caused by
81 6llng in. TAI,
81 raD+ 7 ]. Seay, President of the Hill
a ,7itv Gnn Club, OF Rome, has received
Sill for 1000 clay pigeons, "hicn VIII
n soon arrive.
v-ont Mcdaniel, son of II. T. Mcdaniel,
N "a n frst cousin to Gov. Nc Daniel, died
s W. home. near West End, Monday
81 Int The deceased was only sick few
81 lays. ,os
"a 14T Aaron on suspicion of being the MUIR
sorar If the boy at Toccoa last March.
Mr.. Nash happened to know Aaron and
ne was released.
MAYOR Hillver. of Atlanta, denies over
ri bis own signature the reports which have
haen published that he provided himself
with a barrel of whisky before prohibition
# went into edect'
The Northwestern Missionary Baptist
sunday School District Convention of
Georgia viii meet at Greenhill Baptist
church. cOlored, on Talbotton road, 5%
NJ miles from Columbus, tomorrow.
The COMPTROLLER General received Tues
FL dav the tax digest from Butts county, the
first of the year. 1t was credltable re-
mort. and showed an increase of about
$4,000 in the aggregate returns OF the
county.
A card from the Secretary of the First
81 Georgia Regiment OF volunteers an
nonnces that the reunion of the veterans
Of this regiment has been postponed till
Thursday, July %. 1t will take place at
ID Forsyth.
After tenderly keeping a warrant for
tour years Sheriff Sattertield, of Lumpkin
RI county, served it on the right man
Wednesday night. His name is Abe
# Woody. Of Union county, and the charge
"a is carrying concealed weapons. Woody
gave bond and was released.
At the Department. of Agriculture at
Atlanta Tuesday a section of cornstalk
grown in Southwest Georgia was received
which attracted much attention. 1t
measured 63{ inches in circumference.
# Its length, three feet, and its weight made
81 it suitable for base ball bat.
Mrs. Billups Phinizy, nee Miss Nellie
StOyall, of Athens, has written waltz,
s and dedicated 1t to the Sigma Alpha Ep-
sion Fraternity, chapter of which Is at
the University Of Georgia. The trater-
nifty is having 1t published, and it is now
in the hands of the publishers.
sensation came to the front at At
81 lapta Tuesday night, and puts the Kim
|& ball House bar again before the people.
NJ. J. Mabry, who has a license running
n
snip with the kimball House bar propri-
& etOrs, and now this establishment claims
that it will sell whisky and beer by the
quart until oct. 8.
At Rome Tuesday Edith Dozler was ar
IA rested charged with assault. She is
cOored woman about 10 years old, and it
81 is charged that she brutally whipped her
little ten-year-old grandchild one day last
week. The litcle girl ran to the river,
# pursued by her Grandmother with stick.
The girl threw herself in the river and
was drowned, saying that she would
rather die than endure her grandmother's
treatment.
James Miller, a young white man who
4 has been working in Stewards planning
mill, on Mitchell street, Atlanta, lost
niger Tuesday. Miller was working
with saw, and while pushing piece of
hard wood against it turned his head to
the piece of wood slipped and the first
IN niger OF Miller's left hand came in con-
IS tact with the saw. The saw was moving
al a rapid speed, and amputated the finger
" before Miller could jerk his hand away.
Tuesday weIl-known warehOuseman
"a Of Columbus said in reference to the
2 crops IN the counties tributary to Column
bus: 81 tell YOU our farmers need not be
reminded that the crop prospect this year
Ia u md NJ.
# Ing rams have done more harm than q
N drought could have done. The corn as a
rule IS small and premature. The cotton
M Is not Irull1ng well, and is putting out
m lew branches to insure a bottom crop.
81 Altogether there will be a shorter crop
IMAM usual t'lS year,
The Nurra's Missionary Society of the
IA eouiu b""-.a Conference of the M. E.
N ChultA south met at Gainesville Monday
anu viii remain IN session three DAYS.
heN. W. A. Gambler, of Athens, preached
lhe opening sermon at the M. +. church
al IL O'Clock. The statistics which he
Nj presented show the growth Of the work
ana Inc steady progress this society is
making A lady, who is one of the mis-.
s0harles sent out by this church, de-
h'ered sermon on the work in the after
Huoh' Judge James Jackson, of the
supreme Court made a speech I'm the in
leIest If the mission.
AL Macon Tuesday about a thousand
4ouhGs OF the fragments of the Fourth of
JuI! barbecue were distributed among
ule various institutions deserving charity
aoouJ the city. The prisoners at the iaIl
we're aple to enjoy the barbecue, even if it
was day after the feast, and the pau
ltrs at the hospital and poor farm, the
Nj N",Is 81 the Methodist Orphans Home.
auN also at the colored home, all had
1"1e m the feast. The crowd was not so
,1I-e as was anticipated. consequently
u's enormous amount OF food was left
Untouched. There is no getting at The
V'GIhS vet, but it is supposed the library
VIII make about ST, 900 clear above all ex-
psuseS' Besides, everybody rad a good
more. 'u0u'"nO
dialaou!er Powers, the injured engineer,
pe eG az the home Of his sls er, Mrs. Robert
s. M1eoGl at East Macon on Monday night.
Ia,, o"rrS was an engineer on the Wad-
auo Loulsyille branch road. He has
M h'' ''lng in Milledgeville. and to see
re,. 9"' his sisters in Macon he got a
# sts, vi days OF. Wnen be got to Carr's
N wiz ne mstoOk the place for Milledge-
| he ''o 1nl got off. Finding out his mistake
6 W. "v'empted to board the tram, which
fM VII hollon, and he was caught by the
z dras IN such a manner that he was
8 lef1se" along for some distance, and his
v crr. I"'," Rud LETT foot were both terribly