Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THEptvO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPH

An IA kA s. AZ a , tlS.
A Gentleman OF Macon Drops Dead at
Atlanta White apparently in the Best
of Hea,th-An Old Nam OF Griffin Who
Travelled Over III. Glore-WOrk of the
MOonshiners.
GEORGIA.
st. Smon's is very much in need Of a
doctor.
John t. Cooper is candidate for Mayor
of Atlanta.
The young men Of Cedartown are talk
ing OF organizing a gun club.
The State Holiness Convention will
meet in Milledgeville on Oct. IL.
The total reg stratjnn o, Baldwin cOun-
Nv is 1,b05, OF these 1S3 are negroes and
To- whites.
Col. Davis, OF Polk county, has leased
his Pine mountain mRrh'e quarry 10 r
Mr.. Clark, OF Atlanta. for i've years. lie
contemplates opening quarry soon.
Ninetv-one bales Of curtoo were badly
DAMAGED ny fire ut the Ge"ot at Athens on
Sunday. The loss is about $1,000. The
cotton was shipped from Madison by j..
W. Beardon.
Augusta and Richmond county never
knew finer day Tor the school opening
and the schools never opened with fuller
ranks or finer prospects than on Monday
of this week.
Monday the barn of Seaborn Jones, Jr.,
near Hamlet. Polk county, was discov-
erred to be- on ire, and no effort could save
il. Three mu.es and mare were burned
and also two wagons, a bug and about
5000 bundles OF fodder. TIL fire IS sup
posed to be Of incendiary origin.
Z. II. Copper OF CedHrtown, who is
sharer in an option on the Doughtery
mineral property IN Polk county, and who
is an expert Judge of minerals has, for
ore in which the property mas been
Thought very rich, and finds the ore capt.
tai quality and the lead good.
Az AuguteR during the month OF Sep
tembar ia prisoners were received by
,talier COlliRs--fifry-sa whites and
tify.seven cOlnred. One hundred and
eight we're Observation-Disclosures whites
and ftty-nine cOlOrcd. AT the nd Of the
m nth there were sixty remaining behind
The bars-siXteen whites and forty-six
cO0red.
There is r man now living III Griffin
who was born in the West Indies. His
mother was an African, and his father
Frenchman, who fought under Napoleon.
He goes by the name Of Williams, and
has been all over the world. having done
service on the United States mRn-of-
Constitution. He has picked up in his
travels a fund of information, and is
fluent and interesting tslkeT. He is
somewhere near so years old, ard says be
first came to the United States about five
years after the battle OF Waterloo.
A young married couple of Southwest
Georgia, who enjoy high sOciaI dlstinc-
non ali over the state. returned from
years hOGPymonn trip to Europe last
week, but did not calculate the time OF
their arrival at home close enough to pre-
vent the birth OF ine boy child on the
Air Line sleener en- route from Washing
ton, D. g., TO Atlanta. The palace car
conductor telegrapbed ahead for the rail-
road physician, who attended the lady
during the rest OF the journey. 4 wnol9
car was chartered,ln which she was made
very comfortable. and the happy parents
are now at home receiving cOngratula-
lions on all sides.
Monday night at 1880 O'Clock Rufus
Bostiok. Of Macon. dr0 ped dead NJ the
residence OF his niece. Nrs. Il. =. Evan,
IS Geor9i ia avenue. Albania. Nj. Bnstick
arrived in Atlanta a few days ago and
decided to move his family there. He has
been hunting for a suitable residence
" rent, and Monday visited various sec
lions of the city. He returned tn bis
1iece's home about dusk, and the evening
was spent in p,easSnt conversation. He
expressed b ms - as we'll pleased wirh
Atlanta. and said NJ W nuld return home
and arrange 20 move. lie appeared in
excellent health and good spirits, aud did
not retire 10 his room until late. Just
before getting inio his bed ne placed his
hands TO his beat and fell over dead.
Special Revenue Agent Chapman. In
whom S vested the power OF expanding
money for the surprrrSion Of illicit DIS
filling in the STATES OF Georgia, FlCrGa,
Alabems, Miss issIppi aud Louisiana, has
euhmitt"d his report to the Commissioner
Tor the month Of September. Cne report
shows nineteen seizures. thirty arrests,
and value oC seizures 81, 200. Moi. Chan
man Is assisted in mis- work by Mr.. w. W.
Colqutt. The Major says this report
SLOWS an Increase IN the business of
Illicit distling. September is always
considered dull month, and October,
NOvembe aud December the best months.
! y cember is always the month in which
most distilling is done. it being "Christ-
mas times" and mountain people
wouldn't know what 10 do without their
jug during the days Of joy.