Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-20
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49, I'm EaAhnOAS4 A~e~s
~ Cant. Sage's Handsome Res
b,a an Hall County-A Judge Called
LIS Door at Night to Marry Run
CoupIe-A Mole Cricket Received
s Commissioners Henderson.
GEORGIA.
n,rdon Institute, at GAINESVILLE, opens
rtl $50 scholars.
WV |military band is on the eve Of organi-
v,ton in Atlanta.
~ha artesian we'll on Jekyl Island has
,,nady reached 100 feet.
aoinesyille has never had larger num-
~. NJ summer visitors than at present.
rba Fifth and Thirteenth Georgia regi-
mnts will hold their annual reunion at
Tlomaston on Aug. 20.
coinesyille and Wilson districts of Hall
Mnnty will vote on the stock law ques-
ron on Friday, Sept. 10.
The Pioneer Machine Works of Mr..
thomas Camp, in Midway, on last
Wednesday morning resumed operations.
The Colored Missionary Baptist church,
.brea miles from Social Circle, known as
Knox chapel, was destroyed by fire the
other night.
The Griffin Sun says that strong min
oral spring has been discovered In Griffin.
mat place will now perhaps become a
noted watering place.
A negro man on the Fitzgerald planta-
| tion near Columbus, and a negro woman
| near Boykin's landing were killed by
/ lightning Tuesday evening.
A colored child died at the Georgia rail
mad sbanties, at Social Circle, the other
night which was three months old and
was only eight inches in height.
In the neighborhood of fifty carpenters
and bricklayers have left Atlanta during
tne last few months and come to Savan-
nab where they have found plenty OF
work
Cant. Napier, OF the Walton County
4 Guards, was the first officer in the State
4 to tender the services of his company to
the Governor in case OF a war with
Mexico
1t is understood that Gov. Mcdaniel
will return to Monroe to live after his
present term of office expires. He has
not vet bought property, but probably will
buy and erect a handsome residence.
In Liberty county, for two months past,
the rain has been falling in perfect tor
rents almost every day, which has caused
much damage to the public roads and the
crops generally, more especially the
cotton.
A mass meeting will be held at Macon
tonight. The object is the appointment
Of a citizens committee for the purpose OF
looking after the public interest. The
meeting is an outgrowth of the Moore
Little affair.
Two hundred big fish of various kinds,
fourteen cells and turtle were caught
Tuesday afternoon at Cowarps landing,
on the Ocmulgee, by Jere Hollis, Bud
Bedingfield, Coroner HOdnett and Jim
ANDERSON, all Of Macon.
Early Wednesday night the dwelling
house on the plantation belonging to the
estate of DR.. W. A. Brown, about four
miles from Elberton, was destroyed by
FIRE. 1t was a valuable house and was
not insured. The cause of the fire is I'M
InOwn.
Two young bears were killed on j. w,
Stephens place near Albany Wednesday.
Mr.. Stephens and Henry Pope, with some
negroes, went driving for deer. The dogs
Jumped three bears, an old one and two
young ones, and the young ones were both
killed. A negro shot the old bear too, but
did not kill her.
Capt. Sage lost his handsome new resi-
dence in the lower part OF Hall county on
sunday night last by fire. Capt. Sage
had taken a great deal of pride in building
bis house, and it was tilted up with all the
modern Improvements. The loss falls
very heavy on him, as he was unable to
ave anything from the flames and had
mly $1,000 insurance, while his loss will
DOT up fully $1,000.
At COvington last Saturday night
Philip Fretwell playfully struck his
half brother, lear Murphey,In the breast,
which brought him to the ground in great
pain. The blow was a severe one, al
4 though given in play, and caused cOnges-
q ton of the lungs, which resulted in the
death of Murphey. Fretwell was
arrested and placed in Jail to await trial.
Both parties coiored.
Griffin News: MIR. d. Wing has closed
4 bis eyaporator and VIII leave today for
The North. He put up 1000 boxes, or So
/ WO pounds of evaporated peaches this
4 year, against 1920 boxes. or 10, 900
| pounds, last year. In the State there has
been PUT up this year only 1850 boxes,
against $500 last year, so the Griffin
| Yaporator has put up one-third more
lruit than all the rest of the State COM
Oned.
The DeKalb Chronicle is responsible for
aying that G. NJ. Gambler, of Decatur, has
seen squash growing on John Moore's
pace, In Dekalb county, which weighs
uiE pounds and measures six feet and
one inch in length and hye feet and nine
inches in circumference-the squash is
not yet done growing. Mr.. Gambler
,Qrller informs the Chronicle that John
Miller, OF Stone Mountain, has a water
melon growing on his place which
weighed 1l0 pounds and ounces.
4 Three bales of new cotton were received
ID Macon Wednesday. Willis +. Price
4 received bale from Hill Il Simpson at
DronWood. The first bale by wagon was
received by Davis Il BalkcOm. 1t weighed
20 pounds, classed as middling, and was
raised IN Bibh county by w. j. Burkett,
s d. enterprisng farmer in the East Macon
Hstlet w. b. Sparks received bale
uohl Z. Il. Welborn, one of the best farm
uslh Houston county. ltwas classed as
MIict good middliag, weighed 443 pounds,
and sold at see.
Commissioner Of Agriculture Hender-
Sou tcelVed from Warren county We'd
tsesuay a peculiar looking insect, with
iieet IKE mole and body like cricket.
t. rs ABOUT an inch and half long, and
ionno"n as mole cricket. 1t lives in
inv inv sronnd, burrowing in day and feed