Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OFTHE TWO STATES
TIE c,I.n IN PARAGRAPHS.

cride in Durance we IL 80. ~,
Dl.i',,,y-Nswton County Votes Tor no
N"ul ','..9-.wainsborO Negroes HNc'te"
f.1 Case of CO"jurinG-A Child fa-
W. burned in CowetA.
GEORGIA.
w., ..,, Illicit distilleries have been cap
L'5 in Heard county this year.
lui ,-;t, Council OF Atheus has appro-
ine al 400 tor the purpose OF buying
lI'".'',C morse trucks for the floneer HOOK
Pa Ladder Company.
NJ Weuborn, near Lithonia, killed
T. ~ ,rsre in mis- FISH pond which meas
p.uI feet f0lo inches in height, over
sol rom tip to tip OF wings.
''V ~, ,ba regular quarterly meeting of the
AI .u Agricultural society Messrs.
gVl.sW Walker. W. c. Willy and Joseph
SSJaarrs.ta,d were elected delegates TO attend
s-aI,,i.annual convention at Carriers
vile. A.. o.oo,,,or
On Hays. Mr.. Byron kea boarded her
AA.'IioIa and died before the boat reached
" I. cbico. a. Mr.. Kea was valuable
AP.,a,, NJ lola and had been in bad health
for some time.
A., election for fence or no fence was
lin newton county, which resulted in
pe, ,naior,ry Of ia in favor of no fence.
npJ ci.iricts OF this county had pre-
's,,|5iv secured stock law. The vote yes
'.r5ovmskes the entire county for STOCK
law.
Al Augusta Thursday, while Mr.. James
,,aninaid was on a telephone pole near
+hs lower market, repairing the wires, II
, rps struck by lightning, which shocked
Tm cnite severely. He was. for some
,,n,a uuabIe to use the limb, but later IN
t,n afternoon was all right.
At DublIn the election held for munich
noI officers resulted as follows: For
novor. T. B. Fuller. Jr.; for COuncilmen,
? Vi. Arnan, Lucien Q. Stubbs, f. ii.
PnIcn. John q. McRea and X. II. Walker.
There being no opposition to the ticket
me election passed OFF quietly.
negro named Henry Craig killed an
other negro on the plantation OF Mr.. DICK
Young. in Harris county, the latter partof
last week by splitting mis- head open with
a hoe. Craig made his escape and has
not been arrested. II was thought That
he was in this city Tuesday night.
Andrew Jackson, the colored horse
syanper. has lust finished nine months
sentence in the Clarke county chain gang
Andrew claims that he served five days
the court and had the records eXamin ed
and found that he had served over his
time
Wednesday there was a general election
for fence or no fence in Jones. No def
mite returns have been received, but it is
supposed that the county went no fence
by a small majority. Previous to this
half the county, by a local law, was with
out fence. and the sentiment of the county
was that way.
The ten.months-old child OF Galloway
Thompson, cOlOred tenant on Capt. j. r.
McCoium's plantation, in Coweta county,
fell in the fire a few days ago and was so
terribly burnt about the feet and legs that
Its lie is despaired of. One foot has since
dropped off and the other will probably do
SO. Amputaton of both limbs at the knee
will be necessary, even if the child sur
wives the burn.
The Supreme Lodge of the knights of
PYthias holds its annual session this year
in Toronto, Canada, on July 10. The dele
gates from Georgia will be Adolph Brandt,
Of Atlanta, and Il. r. Richards, of Sayan-
nah. 1t is believed that the session will
last full week and probably longer.
Every State and Territory in the United
States is entitled to two representatives
The attendance, it is thought, will be
about IT'S.
A course Of sprouts Is needed in Sandy
Bottom, a Macon suburb. Thursday night
one OF the late cars ran over a beer keg,
which had been placed on the track, and
Was knocked wild western crooked. 1t is
frequently the case that bricks are placed
on the track TO throw the cars of. Others,
being sharper, place solid flint rocks near
go le fn h. . h..
haps when the run OF occurs they are in
hiding near by, and in few minutes they
crowd around the car to assist in getting
Ii on the track and then claim ride.
1t IS estimated that the storm of
Wednesday night of last week damaged
Dodge county at least $50. 600. The tur-
peuune and saw mill interests throughout
me county were greatly injured, while
'he growing crops were cut off AT least
One-thlrd. Horne's mill was washed
away and there is absolutely no trace of
Inc dam left. Rush BrOs' mill, on Lime
stone creek, IN Pulaski county, just across
the me OF Dodge, is a complete wreck.
bemorys mill, on the same creek, was
carried away and is total loss. Nobody
was hurt.
key. w. S. Ramsay, OF Dublin, while
spending night at Cochran some time
SINCE was robbed of handsome gold
"a'cn, $5S III money, a gold collar-huttOn,
y pair OIL galter shoes and a pOcketknife.
me watch was a bridal present from his
i LAT! and was highly valued. The tibet
, p.y IN Jhe room chair, by the aid OF
"hlcn ne Is supposed to have gained an
unl5aUce INTO the room, and an iron
"euse'"hlch, 1t is believed, he took along
so 49, weapon IN case the Colonel happened
w. a"ahe' The Mayor of the city tele-
taPueu 10 Atlanta for and secured a de-
tecuye, but the Whereabouts of tho thief
IS unBnown. From his peculiar feelings
sue next morning the Colonel is impressed
WIN Tue Oellel that he was chloroformed.
oWalnsbOrO Forest: EVERYWHERE Won
LIZ people, Dlack and white, who firmly
oeHeVe IN witchcraft and coniurinp. (
vas, , Of genuine conjuring now exists near
,M ~ the subject being a cOlored girl.
n mn eue uarkles assert that she Is laDoring
roI'-a5 spell put on her by a young
mn,,,s man. They say he gave her some
tbot W keep Tor him, and maintain in
N.Y.. "cV lies the secret of the ''spell.O
ber vi her neighbors visit
hair "thout putting money in
w UIiI shoes. The girls mother
S I,rl NOT employ a doctor to attend to her
- tIer, but has obtained the services of
(no1ne lork' root doctor, who claims to
r cVom now to drive off spells. Great ex-
tbsy ,H eL exists among the darkies, and
i1rSsr swear vengeance against the con
pamhb1i%eIher Flndicator: From an old
sea tP ba, before us, published in 1857, we
w,tn 'uat IL. V. johnson was Governor.
Bsho"S salary OF $4,000 year. David j
WIZ was President of the Senate and
Rob ,e'%" ~ H. stiles Speaker of the Housr.