Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15

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GEORGIA.
use hundred and TWENTY-FIVE couples
--srp married in Butts county lasU yea
U n. ScotTs residence, at NorW00Ou,
tss bqeu burned with It's contents / NC
total loss If $1,000, with no Insurance.
p. W. Grace, prominent ana i, Glgnlg-
esteemed citizen OF Macon, uieu 49, -
4., after a general decline IN healtn Vi
several years.
Mrs. ID. G. Joiner, OF HawklnsYille, mas
,.iaee of cake which was sent her by her
Sro-ber over II years ago. IL WAS cuu
fom his wedding cake.
q'ae CITY council of Rome has granted
the uetltion of the BARRIERS asking tnei1 U
mass an ordinance closing the parper
shops Of the city on sundays
fne COW and Jersey bull ate OF the
f.ar4s and bOughs of an evergreen Whlcn
warren Towards cut down ana tnfeW
.,so HE street at Macon Monday, and both
dled.
ms claimed that Washington, formerly
nd Fort Heard. was the first town IN the
tinted states that adopted the name OF
t5a Father of His Country" which 1t
did in ITO.
MRS. W. 0. Russ, of Butter, narrowly
s-caned being burned to death night or
tyyoalo. Her clothing caught IRE nom
crate. A col0red boy saved her life by
>saot1eriug the flames.
I'D Birdsong, colOred, was tried in the
Cs.rtv court of McDufie, Monday, for
Ann cotton upon which he had given
tTieg. and was convicted and sentenced TO
twelve months in the chain-gang.
In the City Court of Macon W Wednesday
Ioe Beasley pleaded guilty to the charge
rs9ro dealing. and was fined 500 and
costs. Charlie Freeman and Ben Bowers
were fined So and costs for betting on the
game.
Congress- adopted the constitution Of
the Omitted states on Sept. 3, l7SS, and the
7raDle Ut Georgia, assembled IN cOnven-
ian az Augusta, ratified it on Jan. ,,
r. and 1t went into force March fol-
lowing.
Tfot John W. Patterson has been fined
So ana suspended for three months by
tac Board Of Pilot Commissioners, IN
Dsren. for neglgentlY putting t0e Amer
uah schooner Satilla ashore in coming
oag the bar.
Judge Green Brantley and his son, z.
r. Bsantiev, are building new bridge
a.er ~ williamson swamp at DavisbOrO.
This creek is like a small river n the win
ter season, and the public viii feel more
lra when the new structure is COM
Malcd.
3 an old woman named Martha Wing
reld.WhO lives on BOyce kicklen's plaut8-
ZION, in Witkes county. was burned TO
death saturday night. The chimney was
byring, and in her Efforts TO extinguish
ah4 flames her clothes took ire, and her
Injuries resulted il death.
The attest base bah news is that the At
IStas have signed sam Kimber, the
4 aoer who did great work for the Nlr-
#Ifjgs toward the close Of the last season,
and Peak, the second baseman, who was
= aTded the best in the New England
Elslern League last season.
4 lohn CloWers, a drunken negro. shot
Daniel Clark, negro hackman of Macon,
- tae back il that city, Wednesday
ght while being carried home,
because the driver demonstrated with
MIN for promiscuOusly hiring his revolver
nom the hack. The wound IS not at all
dangerous.
= Joe @. Ellis, Of Houston county, IS not
p man TO be set back by cold weather.
0I londay, while the thermometer was
dancing around zero, his wagons rolled
up to AndersOn's warehouse, at Hawk
msVile, with y bales OF cotton. and Mr..
Ellis uas between 20 and 50 bales more to
buHg no.
A negro cabin, with everything in it,
ana a child months old, was b rued
near Suwanee, Wednesday, on Dixon
sBrowR's plantation. The child had been
left in the house alone about twenty-five
minutes wlen the structure was dis
covered in flames. 1t is thought the
CHILD clothing must have been on fire
Haen lett on the bed by it's mother, asleep.
esre8t surprise is expressed over the ar
resi- of Mr. Vandeck, of Gainesville, for
alleged embeZZlement Of the funds of the
6alResvhle match factory, of which he
S treasurer. He is the sOn-in-law of Pete
LaWshe- of the Gainesville SOutbT0R, and
g salC 70 be very wealthy The warrant
upoh which Mr.. Nandeck was arrested
was sworn out by ). Lawste. Mr.. Van
eeek is now in Gainesville awaiting trial.
Capt. John Il. Burrell, a carpenter and
contractor. 81 Athens, previous 10 a spell
of sickness last summer from which ne
has rot vet recovered, spent his leisure
nouns IN making colin for himself Not
having quite completed his work before
he was taken i'll, be, while on his sick
bed, slperintended and directed the put
hng Oh OF the handles and other finishing
toucues. The old gentleman has almost
reached the allotted three score and ten.
About bed time Wednesday nigst the
family Of J. C. Hilburn, OF CartersVille,
were startled by three pistol shets in rapid
fIccossi7D-the balls crashing through
ile wis dow glass IN the family room, and
fassing just above a bed upon which
some Of the family were sleeping. Mr..
NJ lburn is at q loss to understand the
thing, as 1t is strange that any one should
se 80 reckless, and he canlOt imagine
Why any one would wish to injure himself
Or family.
A man named StripliDe. in the Rutland