Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OF THE TWO STATES
THE roInIN PARAGRAPHS.

A Tight Rope W lher
Cou ..,,o a Trip Over Talluiah rails
TO ~ and Macon to be Regularly
nacted by Telephone
GEORGIA.
,,,a,no Superior Court has been ad-
Paul94i ayar until the first Tuesday IN
tourned o'ei O
August u;o1 has added ia new
Inc I % the roll of the Methodist church
names 10 tno
in Waycross. H.,
!" rinht thousand and seven hundred DOL
EEu'.b ~ timber was cleared out or
narlen last week.
~ snence, the Coroner OF Warren
D. n ia 6ead. Isaac d. Fuller has been
..ononted in his place.
'fpororts continue to come in from every
nTf in the State OF great damage TO
orons from the rains.
rho Augusta District Conference Will
~ Of WarrentOn tomorrow night and
me- pn+ir1e in session four or five days.
large numbers of people are passing
.sL1nS6 Austell on their way to salt
ssn.inys TO spend part OF the season at
he latter place.
The farmers OF Baldwin speak in very
aosnopdent terms of crop prospects. sam
rms saws the county Will not average
.bree bales of cotton to the mule.
An engine separator and yoke OF oxen
,.1ltnronyn the bridge on the Appalachee
LIVER, near Ii. A. COrither's store near
s,5ens Monday. The machinery was
damaged
Amos Gates. husband Of Jane Gates, Of
Atlanta. whose mysterious disappearance
vas Dublished few days ago, has been
bsald from. He is in jail at Jesup. The
rsnse al mis- arrest has not been learned.
Near Cornelia Sunday night, on Hasle
oraaE Deputy Marshal q, w. Grant
saizpd one large copper still and destroyed
sL,nt 500 gallons OF beer, and caught two
men. scrot Blair and Monk LoWdermilk.
Mr.. Frank MinhiRnett, an old citizen of
Milton county, died very suddenly on last
Friday. He was the father Of Mr.. F. }.
NmnInne.t, President of the Roswell
Manufacturing Company, and was es-
TENED BY all who knew him.
sunday night, when the passenger train
m the Central road as flying swiftly
along. between Orchard Hill and Griffin,
some one threw large rock into the first
class c0acn, smashing window and
binds. Fortunately no one Occupie d the
seat next to the window, and no dana ge
vas done the passengers.
lQa MOIIioOu DbtiJs buO SlSfSn-y SdI~Oiu
girl who disappeared from her home, No.
loo Thompson street, Atlanta, Saturday
afternoon, has not been heard OF yet. al
though thorough search of the city has
been made tor her, The girPs parents are
4 Inclined to believe that she has gone TO an
\ aunt's, WlO lives near East Point.
The wife of NJ. b. Griffin seven miles
from Macon, was injured by lightning
4 Sunday. The bolt struck the stovepipe
and ran down, burning one foot so badly
as to disable her. She was rendered I'M
CONSCIOUS, but soon revived. Her son, a
boy Of fifteen, was also knocked senseless,
i but recovered with no serious injury.
The Austell Chair Works, OF which
Bessrs D0bbs and ShelVerton are the
pr0priet0rs, are running on full time and
employing a large number of hands. They
manufacture many styles OF chairs, from
the PLAIN split-bOttOmed to the handsome
parlOr rocker, and are receiving orders
from different parts of the country for
their goods.
There IS man near Griffin who has
been married three different times, and
boasts Of having under his roof six differ
ent families OF children. His last two
wives we're widows with children, which
makes lis nome like young colony Of
many grades of relationship. The old
man keeps a register of the names, date
Of birth and the family to which they be-
long.
AtAtlanta Tuesday Judge Anderson,
In the Police Court, fined white man by
tde name of Robinson So and costs for
beng drunk on the streets. Judge An
deioOn, in Imposing the fine, told Robin
son Il be would produce the name OF the
Il party from whom he purchased the liquor
ne would remit toe tine ard place it upon
lhe man VINO sold him the liquor. Robin
s0h SAYS mat he got drunk from drinking
h Naihh's Elixir. lie says that he pur-
chased the mixture on Decatur street, but
aoeS not know from whom he bought it.
There is living near Whitesvllle, Harris
county, Thomas HARRISON, whose wife,
t9'eh months ago gave birth TO triplets,
I'VE boys and one girl. Cleveland. Hen
4 tricks and Queen Victoria. These little
UIe' were healthy and vigorous and grew
rapidly. few days ago all were attack
"a Win cholera infantum, and on last
thursday night Hendricks died, Friday
aofhinS Cleveland, and early Friday
nlsul queen Victoria, only thirty-hve
1Oufs from the death of the first to the
y g OF the last. They were buried AT
0AitesYIlle in one grave.
Ifol' Leon, the tight rope walker, who
- oa!eu 10 do the grand act at an early
lal IL Inc way of walking a rope across
S1S cuasm OF TaHulah Falls, reached At
anla A0nday from a trip TO the falls,
Muefe ne mas been to take look at the
surroundings and see if the feat can be
ttslui lue0. lie reports that be can make
o1e Walk II the Young Mems Library AS
'oauon VIII subscribe $50 to pay for the
u,"'u ana guy ropes. He saws tnat he is
s ~ 10 perform the feat and is salts
sOu llat ne can do 1t successfully if the
''4ufed SUM is appropriated.
u pd,0"ln Superior Court will meet next
r'vuuay' An unusual amount of i'm
dm.anI business will come before this
SoI. ~ VIII be held IN the new court
cgio',. solicitor General Whitfield is cir
r'nu% d petition to Judge Lawson TO
h,pone lhe session of the superior Court
,o Jn ,..he thld Monday in July to the
1''u Nohuay IN August. The object OF
an Po'' pohement is TO give the farmers
Nv yrpoI UNITY to night the grass, which,
~ .'7Du VI The unprecedented rains OF
ham Pss. lew weeks, has got the upper
/ eoo,' vi Ihe crops and must be DESTROYED
i n,, vi II Will destroy the hopes of the
II ~ many signatures were obtained.
n, l ne people Of Cumming and surround
rati o.uhry are making extensive prepa-
ltr','imr9 ior The annual reunion OF the For
a,u"u Georgia regiment, which takes
e. pu July y. At a meeting Of the vet
Est,SSou last Friday night Hon. Henry l..
- sun was selected to deliver the adj
Lrcs'son' welcome and Hon. IL. Z. Bell,
IN ol The Survivors Association.
L. ps"oNe Ihe response. One company of
'uIleenlb GeOrgIa ragiment will ba