Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-28


A new Baptist church is to be built at
Vienna.
The Methodist District Conference for
tbe Americas district convened at Ogle-
thorpe Tuesday.
one day last week 5. j. Field gathered
trom mis- garden on Merritt's island two
csbbages weighing 42L pounds.
as. Stanley will take charge of the
commercial hotel at Athens June l. He
has leased the hotel for.tive years.
Mrs. Susan NJ. Hooker, mother of
state's Attorney Hooker, died in Sumter
county on May Is, in the 10Th year Of her
age.
A four masted schooner, the Francis G.
Yarnell, of Philadelphia, the first of the
kind ever seen at Darien, is now loading
there.
Al Athens the senior class of the uni
yersity nave completed their recitatiOns
and are now busy on their final eXamlna-
tons.
The Holiness Association of the North
Georgia Conference met at Griffin Tues
dav. About thirty delegates were in at
tendance.
The artesian well at Cedar Key has
reached a depth of 800 feet without strik-
ing water. The drill has been in solid
rock for over 500 feet.
A young man by the name Of Drawdy
had three fingers accidentally cut off by
a saw at Whites shingle mill at Long
wood few days since.
The Millen Gun Club have ordered 1000
clay pigeons and five traps. They are
now laying off the ground, and will COM
mence practicing next week.
d. P. Rocks, of Sumter county, shipped
several crates of beans to Indianapolis,
Ind. last week and realized So 80 per
crate, and paid So 60 per crate freight.
Joseph l.. Miller, who accidentally shot
himself some weeks ago while out hunt
ing, died from the effects of his wound at
his home in Houston county on Thursday
last.
Four large catfish were brought to
Rome Monday by Terrell Speed, trapper
and fisherman. The largest weighed SO
pounds, the second 43, the third 80, and
the smallest 81. In the 43-pounder was a
sucker about II inches long.
DR.. R. w. Fuller, of Blackshear, sue
cessfully removed splint three-eighths
of an inch long from one of the eyes of
the 8-year-old daughter of j. r. Wood
land on Tuesday. The splInt had been
in the cbild's eve for three months. DR..
Whatley assisted in the operation.
The vegetable business about Welborn
was almost complete failure this season.
Only 4C5 crates have been shipped. and
the crop about exhausted. Very few
were planted, because the transportation
companies would not guarantee better
transportation than they had heretofore.
Among the journalistic enterprises of
Atlanta for year or two has been the
Sunday Telegram. edited by Charles t.
Logan. This is the paper, it will be re-
membered, that it was announced the
Rev. DR.. Armstrong of st. Philips was to
take charge of, or to take an interest in.
For some reason this arrangement fell
through.
About two months ago an Italian ar
rived at Darien and put up an unpreten-
tious fruit stand. He has managed to
keep it pretty well supplied with the diff
ferent varieties of fruit all the time, and
his cash receipts now amount to from $15
to $50 per day. This is a remarkable in
stance Of how business can be success
fully developed by perseverance and at
tention.
Lizzie Smith, a colored woman, who
lived just outside the corporation, south
of Madison, was struck and instantly
killed by lightning about o'clock Mon
day evening. She was standing in or near
the door, when the electric bolt struck her
on the head with the above fatal result.
She is represented as having been an in
child.
The Board of Capitol Commissioners
held its regular monthly meeting Tues
day. There were present besides the
Governor, Commissioners Alexander,
Cook, Thomas and Howell. The super
vising architect presented estimate No.
16 for $34. $40 80, which was read. exam
ined and approved and ordered paid. The
board tbeu adjourned to meet Friday,
a n m nm no
Friday afternoon j. T. Ogletree, who
lives near GAINESVILLE, mounted his mule
after the days blowing and rode off to-
ward the house. From some cause the
mule threw Mr.. Ogletree and hurt him
very seriously. Mr.. 0gletree SAYS he has
no knowledge Of how he was thrown nor
how he got to the house, nor anything till
he woke up Saturday morning. He
walked TO the house, but has no recol-
lection of it.
The Epson Guards have received their
handsome new uniform. 1t is quite an
attractive one. The cap is a regular he'll
met, adorned with rich red plume and
trimmed with gilt. The coat is made OF
dark navy blue goods, with treble row of
brass buttons in front and trimmed in
canary and gold bands. The pants are a
light navy blue color, with gilt stripe
down the full length. The company now
number % rank aud file.
The average shipment of vegetables per
week from PanasOffkee is from 1000 to
1000 crates. One shipper has sent Off 800
crates of cabbage. From March l to
April 10 there was shipped by freight
from that depot 4, 1870 crates and barrels OF
vegetables; by express 5000 quarts straw
berries, G27 barrels cabbage and 2,490
packages OF other vegetables, making a
grand total of shipments from this place
OF 1890 packages.
A few weeks ago a mad dog got into a
hock OF goats belonging to j. Il. Gate
wood, of Americas, and bit 10 or -. A
lew days back two of these goats eXhib-
lied signs OF rabies; they were penned up
by Mr.. Gatewood, and were dangerous.
Al the approach Of a person they would
rush at them, bite the fence, and try 10
growl Ike dog. II q stick was thrown
INTO the pen they would seize il in their
mouth, shake II like dog, and try to
growl. Mr.. Gatewood had them killed.
The firm OF Rushton d Dixon, proprie-
tors Of the Rome ice factory, will be dis
solved, and the factory will become the
property OF a corporation known as the
Rome Ice Manufacturing Company. Be-
sides the gentlemen above mentioned. the
company will have in il Messrs. w. j.
Cameron, President OF the First National
BANK Of Birmingham, and Il. II. Pierson,
President Of the birmingham Ice Manu-