Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-22

Swamps of D0nEherty County
GEORGIA.
A petition against creating a county
court is being circulated in Echols and
will be forwarded to the Legislature.
Macon county Superior Court convenes
in Ogleth0rpe to-day. Judge Fort will
preside there instead of in Meriwetber
county.
The Messrs. Gignilliat, OF Mcintosh
county, lost just 1000 bushels OF rice on
their up-river plantation by the last July
freshets.
The lady members Of the Baptist church
or sumter have organized n society the
object Of wHich is TO aid in raising funds
to build house of worship.
A school house in the Morven district
OF Brooks county, known as the Gum
Pond school house, was burned on Sun
day night last. The burning is thought
to be the work OF an incendiarY. A school
house on the same ground was burned
about twelve months since,
The Atlanta ProhibitIonIsts are regis
tering rapidly for he city election, which
takes place the first W ednesday in De-
cember The registration books will close
on NOV. y. In order to register man
must swear he has paid all legal
taxes which have been required of him
since 1871.
There are a great many deer that run
The river swamps within few miles OF
Albany. AS many as five have been seen
feeding in one herd. The hunters OF the
city are making preparations Tonnage In
hunting them, Those who ought to know
say that there are more in Dougherty
county now than for twenty years.
The Democratic primary for Thomas
county officers saturday passed off
s1Ef 4. VI
Sheriff, }. A. Hurst; Clerk, J. W.
Grower; Treasurer, Gilmore Singletry;
Tax Collector, Pleney Heetb; Tax Re-
ceiver, Jamesi +. Mccain; Coroner, s.
A. johnson. 1t is IA victory for the old
ticket.
At Atlanta Saturday petition for a
charter for the Southern Marble Company
was filed in the Supreme Court The in
corporators are james =. Harrison, G. y.
Horne, ". b. Wiley aud George Taylor.
The capital stock is $250000, with privi-
lege OF increasing 10 5000, coo. 1t provides
that 100000 shall! be paid in before cOlO-
mencing business. The office of the COM
pany Will be in Atlanta.
The case OF the State against Jerry
wilson, charged with murder, and which
has been pending in Brooks Superior
Court Tor several years. has been settled
by the Solicitor General under the ap-
proval Of Judge Hansel. Dir. Wilson
pays fine ofeght hundred dollars. 1t
is rumOred that Jerry will return to
Brooks county on a visit and it is also
said that be las accumulated / consider
able fortune in a foreign land.
W. F. Marsh, OF Americus. has q petri-
fed BAN which was found III Dolly county
many years ago. 1t has a hole running
through the centre where the marrow
was in the bone and is quite curiosity.
He has also pencil drawing of the posi-
ton aud iortihcation of the Confederate
troops while at Portsmouth and Norfolk
in 1851, which is supposed to be the only
one In existence, as there were only TWO
drawn by Mr.. Hobbs. and the other one
is thought to have been destroyed.
David Fender, OF Clinch county, died
several days ago. He was near 100 years
old. His exact aye, IL Is said is not
known. He was soldier in the war of
1872 and drew pension frem the govern
ment up to the time OF his death. Years
ago, before the war, he made his own
coffin out OF solid fat lIghtwood and laid it
aside for future use. One merchant has
sold him as many as two sets OF trim mings
for the casket, the second being pur-
chased after the first had routed out.
A little over q year ago E. G. Kramer,
Of CarroltOn, missed package OF guAno
notes, amounting to 500 or $500. The
day they were missed they were spread
out on table in his Office, and when they
could NOT be found it was "a mystery to all
IN the Office how they disappeared. Not
long since Mr.. Kramer received "A letter
from Monroe. Ga, with the address writ
ten IN good style. Wondering who could
be writing to him from that place, ne
opened this letter, and 10 and behold when
he came TO examine the contents there
were the missing notes, all IN good shape.
A meeting OF the bar was held at Macon
Saturday Ill the Superior Court room tor
the purpose Of organizing q bar associa.
ton. Mr.. w. j, Hill, IN behalf OF the
committee. reported constitution and
bylaws. After the adoption Of the reuort
committee, composed Of Messrs. Hail,
Lanier, Patterson, Hill and j. l.. Harde-
man, was appointed 10 nominate officers
OF The ASSOCIATION. The report of the COM
mittee which was adopted is as follows:
President, T. j. Simmons; First Vice
President. George w. Gusion: Second
Wee Presid"rt, q. l.. Bartlett; Secretary.
Glen. 2. Steel; Treasurer, Thomas viii
liD2ham. The Executive Comm ittee con-
sists oI Messrs. b. NJ. Davis, A. Prouddt
and W. Is. Hill.
Harry Spencer, who shot himself in the
head, while stopping at Presc0tps Hotel
IN Naid0sta last spring, died from the
effect Of the wounds several weeks ago at
his home in Baltimore. J. VIII be re-
memb ered that he was seen TO shoot him.
self while pacing up and down the second
story 'front.' veranda, and that the ball
entered the brain. He was apparently
dying for day or two, and that then be
rallied, and IL seemed as though he was
going to get well; that he 40 far recovered
as TO be able to 20 home with his parents
with apparent comfort. When ne lett
Vaidosta be walked around the town and
told some friends that he would be on the
road again soon. He was a drummer.
After his death in Baltimore a post
mortem revealed the fact that the ball
had shattered into several pieces and
lodged in the brain, producing large
abecess.
The candidacy OF Emmett Womack for
the judgeship Of the Stone Mountain cir
cult, provided the county of Newton is
made part OF said circuit, recalls an in
cideut IN his career as Solicitor General
OF the Flint circuit. About three years
ago Herman, the magician, his wife, h is
then business manager, George Zenal d,
and the three Lorelli brothers took "A
sleeper at Augusta, and. while passing
through the county of Newton, happened
TO be laying sOciable game Of cards on
one Of the lutte tables ia the car. They
were using 2jc. silver pieces for counters
or checks. Nr. Womack heard OF this,
and bad the party indicted for playing and