Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TUE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

I
o.r,,veIl-A Drunken Negro Ter
,oriles His NeiGhborhood in Oco-
nee County.
GEORGIA.
ouhltc cutlery at Macon Tuesday,
Ks 600 worth OF property was sold,
'.osllv on tax b. tas.
r,age Johu McRea, OF Montgomery
20 and Mr.. Duncan, of Houston. are
.ae race in the Third district for Con-
gress. co.., ;...i,,,,,
-.y9udld MICA NINE on his place. 1t is in
serv line large pieces, and as clear as
glass. r,..-,..
5oc led oODen the public schools on sept.
Two-tenths OF one per cent. mas been
levied Tor school purposes.
The Ouitman Guards have new fatigue
.onsard fatigue jackets, aud are ready
az work. They are preparing 10 attend
the centennial aC Savannah.
Tho Needy and Sankey meetings ct Al
,anta which we're begun last Friday,
oIosal TUESDAY afternoon, and the eyang-
\ sts have gone to their work II Nirgi-
MIA.
Hon. y. E. Harris thinks it probable
that Macon will get the chronological
scTool. provided the city will give $4,000
annually. with from $50, 700 to 500 900 from
oruer sources 10 begin with.
There was a terrible dog fight at Athens
sunday night. There were about fifty
docs i'm the fight aud only one was killed.
The russ maze by the warllke cannes
could be heard for several blocks away.
Mrs. Mary B. johnson, who died near
Coviprtun last week, was over 81 years,
phi7-
dren. A. grandchildren, 1l6 great grand
children aud one great-great grandchild.
Mr.. England. who has been out pros
Meeting tor gold in the branches around
Athens found several PARTICLES. AS soon
as the weather will permit he will try an
other place and thinks he can ind enough
10 make 1t an object.
1t was reported in McDonough Tuesday
that Island shoals bridge, Swapping
shoals bridge, NiX's bridge. Meningitis
bridge and veral smaller ones in the
county were washed away last Monday.
The aggregate loss to the county from
these disasters will not tall far short OF
$1,000.
In rendering his resignation as Chair
man Of the De mOcraJic Executive Commit
zee Of toe Seventh district, Col Joseph A.
Blance says that 1.-THE reasons that IN
duced this action will Oe made manifest
in the near future" This is held to mean
that Col. Blance will antagOGlze Con-
gresham Clements.
The old cemetery, which has for so
many years held the bodies Jf some OF the
frst citizens OF Athens, is rapidly losing
its character as burial ground. Many
bodies have recently been removed to the
beautiful cemetery on the banks OF the
Ocouee, and friends and relatives will
soon remove others.
Rev. Stephen May, colored, was lodged
in Early county Jail Saturday tor stealing
a sack of guano from Messrs. Smith Il
James warehouse shelter on Friday
night. The capture OF it was due solely
10 the high grade OF the fertilizer, as 1t
was followed two miles by the perfumes
emitted from 1t, with no other clue to COM
mence with.
on Tuesday night Of last week at Good.
mans ferry, on Ocmulgee river, Dan
Pope. cO0red, the ferryman, finding his
cabin surrounded bY water from the
swollen river, attempted to carry his wife
and three children ia batteau 10 place
of safety bat the batteau being upset the
mother and children were drowned. This
ferry connects Butts and Jasper counties.
A Lexington, Monday, at the depot
Route Mail Agent Reid came very near
benz killed. In throwing out the mail
bag his foot caught OF something, and be-
tore ne could catch he fell headfOremost
out of the mail car door on to the plat
form. rolling of 1t on to the track, the
train being still in motion. One or two
men standing near pull d him out Instant
ly, and thereby saved MS life.
The President OF the State Agricultural
Society has appointed the 10 lowing COM
mfttee TO act with Judge J. I. Henderson,
c0mmi ssiOner OF agricu ture, in regard to
the proposed grange and agricultural en-
campmpnt. Mark w. Johnson, Atlanta;
]. Il. Fannin, LaGrange; T. j. Lyon, Car
tersYlll W. l.. Peek, COnyeTs. Judge
Henderson has called meeting Of this
committee for Saturday, April 10, at 10 a.
m.,tp be held at the Department Of A ri
culture.
At West Point, Monday, William Col
l'ns sent out his mail rider. Charles Par
ker, one-legged boy, with double team
10 convey the mails to FredOnia, Ala. On
feacnng Oceligee creek, three miles from
town. ne attempted to cross The ford. The
current being swift it swept the horses
and conveyance down stream, drowning
one Of the horses. Parker narrowly e.
capped with his life. Ed. johnson, being
near, rushed and cut the other horse
loose and saved him and the mails.
Relief is being distributed to the food
sufferers at Macon. A poor man named
MeFin. VINO lost all but his wife and two
sick children, received 50, which be quick
y expended Tor bedding. Flyn more was
then gwen nim. The widow Of Jack Rives,
one OF Tia drowned men, is a cripple. and
since the tragic death Of her husband
almost an imDecile. she received $l5. but
seemed past the power of realizing tue
D-nent, and went of labbering hysteri-
cary with the lose SO jinging 10 her
baud.
Mdcon's supply Of pure drinking water
y one Of her chief prides. the city water
WORKS obtain their supply from TUFTS
springs. The well recently bored AZ the
new nee works ~ capable OF yielding . l6,-
gW gallons 81 remarkably pure water per
lat. Tuesday morning spring II
wonderful capacity was reported to have
o.en discovered within four miles Of the
CITY. This spring, 10 h. said, Yields more
wafer tndn all the fuU's springs COM
4.n-d and forms a large creek within
y" feet Of where the immense volume Ot
water flows out.
Floyd Griffith, living on Robert Moor's
plantation, IN Oconee, Monday got on a
spree and ran every body living near him
uut on their houses and had the whole
uel-h0ornood ia a terrible state OF eE.
llement. After dark some one went %
MS house and called him % the door. He
Pl' ked up an ak and started for the door,
Clt-lng the party on the outside and
a"ofe be would XIII him. The party on
lne outside. who is still unknown, fred
OurruFn tho flenr afuflrfuu ElpuH IN