Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-23
cF0RGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OFTHE TWO STATES.
p moI,D IN PAKAGR4RHS.

1r0svrtle-A Negro Boy sSRuu Frac-
pS' PSI Of SandarsviIIe-A Boy RAled
cav IN Milton sCO1IntY-A Wild I
9.n.t Bay Near DOuGfasViife.
GEORGIA.
~, GOWN gton and Macon railroad au-S'
II ~ viii soon have q lineof telegraph j
i - Macon to Monticello
ha,3av q. Frank Oliphant purchased
AS oI~I y. Alexander the Middle Geor- I
q e;n,es newspaper at Thomaston.
+,vo.story residence of Z. 6. Mid
I nc at BarnesWitle was burned a 4
4 a o.. or two ago. The insurance aggre-
etes $500 -,,
F,-!avington the granite columns have
=, sat IN front of the court house, on
~ tho lower Will rest, and it is being
i pidlv built.
l,,hert0n Gen. Phillips, while play
insp ball Tuesday, was accidentally
,ni, on the forehead with a bail and
ot.d.enseless for awhile. 1t is feared
MA skull is slightly fractured, though
II i, improving.
4 r,inesyilIe's police force was kept busy
,ra-k. One day there were Blk ar
- all charged with being drunk and
'r5eyly. The total number of arrests
H. rho week was sixteen and the amount
"A ines IN posed $50.
X| I,, . 4
t,ro additional counties were received
.3nesJay. The digest of Baldwin
TTtv shows an increase IN taxable
r,arty of SI74, 9t2. GlyDn county makes
H. handsome showing of $l63,32l in
erease.
Pursuant to an order from the Governor
h. Mcintosh Light DragOOus- of Darien,
4, saturday, July II, held an election for
1octain. resulting in the unanimous Sc
- an efficient young officer during the.
At2 war.
Hon. ]. f. DeLacy, of Eastman. left for
FYwknsylle Wednesday to hearTthe-case
"A nnInyson VS.. Pierce. in which ne was
aDpointed auditor by Judge klbbee. The
e. involves about s., 600, aud the settle
04ut of the complicated accounts of a,
saw mill business.
Milton F. McA1ister, of Habersham
bounty, who was placed intuition county
5aB. charged with perjury, is believed tod
h. crazy McAlfister has made things|
Exceedingly unpleasant fOTthe inmates of 4
#he Iail since-his confinement by scream 4
h. and crying all the time.
Rev. sam W. Small, the Atlanta evan
aeIst leiI Wednesday afternOOnfOT W FAR
fensburg. Mo-, where he has along en-
aqgament. together with his c0-laborer,
tDe Rev. sam Jones. Mr..Small was at
bone only day, bat during that time !
net many of hIs,Old friends.
Gor6on has.now 246 votes and Bacon 81.
Fwo counties remain to hearfr0m, Wilkes
bud walker. Wilkes will probably go-tor
60rd0u, increasing his vote to 80, and
Nalker for Bacon, making his vote "a. L.
nathan, Burke and Barlow counties
sole for Gordon, he will have three-fOurths I
b the convention.
At Atlanta Wednesday the revenue Of
fcers brought IN G. G. Higgins, of Heard
county, charged with the Ofense-of Illicit
6stIiling. He was. captured some weeks
aEO bat succeeded in making his ESCAPE,
from the officers. The officers also.
brought IN Nick Leatherwood, OF Murray
county, also charged with Illicit distil-
jug.
Brunswick Herald: 1t costs 14c. piece
30 ship watermelons Oy the carload to,
New York, Notwithstanding the eqIkali-
zatI0n OF the gauge, and it costs 129Sc. a
pecet0 ship them by ocean steamer.
fns would seem TO leave very little mar
n except in the beginning Of the season
The producer. Lots of people would.
b5 glad to grow melons for l21 &c. piece. .
At Americas Tuesday morning, as the,
egroes employed on the Americas, Pres
II and lumpkin road were going out to-
fler work on the lever car, one of thed
tn tell Oft in front and the car passed
ger him. Or. G. A. Brooks attended the
pan, who was severely injured internally j
ud unable 10 get about. No bones were
broken, but his injuries make his reCOv-
trY doubtful.
At the Executive Office at Atlanta the
esihatmn has beenreceiVed Of j. K. Van
cren, as Notary Public 359th district q.
p, OF Jones county. He also tenders his
eslgoaton as member of the board or
fancalion Of the same county. He assigns
reason for his resignation that the
teall oil MS partner has so Increased has
p0slless engagements that he finds him.
Per unable 10 look after the duties of pub
nc ONCE. Both designations were ac-
eped.
novel social event, made so from the
lacJ OF the age OF the parties Interested,
occurred az Atlanta Tuesday, at No. 10
lagnoila street. This was the marriage
0e0rge W. harr to Mrs. Julia p. Ev-
rtl. MI. karr is II and his bride IS.
W. Aafre son, who 10 30 years of age,
va q daughter and son OF MRS. Everett
vie aMonS The witnesses,tO the marriage.
ue couple VIII dispense with the usual
-aIfIsSe tour and VIII continue to live ID.
atlanta.
1naties Roberts, the coIored milk car
%' lOf l.. r. Brown, of SandersVille, had
soylsh difficulty with VIII Gordon, atl-
VoioIeU boy, on IhurOay fast, WHICH
,' feared Will result seriously. Gordon,
coming enraged, struck Roberts with
opaoe and cleft his skull some two
nones, rendering him senseless and max
]s 1t necessary for him to be carried
,Ne' Roberts has become rational, but
20 amending physician thinks the INJURY
4ay result fatally.
'ue hine-year- old, son, Lester J.. Hard
"n' oi W. f. Hardman, OF Milton coun-
ro vas allied III. a shocking manner by a
bor;. me cow was considered perfectly
tro,' aud had frequently been driven
H. lug pasture by a rope attached) by
In ~ ',"e fellow and others of the family.
h. n 'u's occasion he was discovered by his
ror'a, WIN the rope wrapped twice
4 bon,G ii ms body, having been dragged for
b. 'o Yards, bis neck broken, and he
ouu!hg condition, living only few
T Tl'vu's after being discovered.
lg''''" Aihsyille News: Mr.. S. b. Reid, of
kepm C'eek, has ieh at the News mu-
BAR Of oaiI OF what appears to be the
kamoa SWINE, ana as large and about the
b. II "lape OF c0coanut. 1t was found
EFjtyr,'e,IIi, yei swamp in 1880 by Mr.. Miles
B. "gl'a'U - VI Wilcox, and the question
hss "nd1 Is itY' The oldest inhabitant
lello. yer seen anything like it. Some
aD aII;, uae suggested that il is the cud of
nnd ts"Lpr, but II Is biz enough for the