Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHETWO STATES FOLD
IN PtRNG:k+PHS.
A Sheriff Cows De~p, r@tr rrisonsr
sat NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fan Out in
GwineIt County mud One Cuts Another
to Death.
6tOKGIA.

There Will bc railroad barbecue in
(ull0den to-day and an "uterl ainment to-
night by the Cui'o len IRA matte Club.
Mercer University, at Macon, opened
Wednesday with the brightest prospects.
There were 103 students, 3G Of whom were
new.
The GAINESVILLE Regis e. has been en-
lsrged to eight pages. !ua Register has
dong been one Of the fl, em0st apPrs OF its
section, and it is now better than ever.
There is an oak tree at Alexander
whose circumference is thlrty-lw0 feet.
1t is supposed to be several hundred
years old, and will doubtless hold its
hand as to size with aoy tee in the
state.
Rev. Wesley Brannon. Of Pike county,
Is carry ing on a protrscted meeting tor
the ConRreeatinnalisis, at the Ea t Amcri-
Gus church. He has written for Mr.. Bas-
sett. OF Fort Valley, to come to ms assist
auce.
Seven divorce cases have been broE ght
to the October term Of sumter Superior
Court, and will probably be sounded. OF
these five are colored and two for white
people. Three OF these are for parties
named Harris.
The registration books for Sumter couu-
ty were closed last Saturday with ,203
names registered. or this number 500 are
white and 434 colored. THIS leaves over
half the voters OF the county DISTINGUISHED
In the Gubernatoral election.
Robert Meyer, an enterprisiug Penn
sylvanian, having purchased the Dill saw
mill in Wayne and 5000 acres of finely
timbered land on the e., G. and F. road,
will make his first shipment OF 500 feet OF
lumber to Brunswick this week.
The Bloomington (IH.) Bicycle Club
has under consideration a trip from that
point through Kentucky. Tennessee and
Georgia to Florida on the wheel. The club
is making inquiries by mail concerning
the condition OF the highways to be trav-
ersed.
DR.. j. j. Clifton, who is well known a 8
zone OF the oldest short hand writers IN
this country, has been appointed by Gov.
Mcdaniel as a commissioner TO act in
about tue same capacity, under recent
act of the Legislature, as the especial
examiner" in former times.
At Columbus burglars entered the
house OF Sallie Gwinnet, a white woman,
Tuesday night and stole three trunks from
room adjoining the one in which she was
sleeping. The trunks contained clothing
and other articles valued at about $500.
The police are at work on the case.
Holly d Co., of Fort Gaines, have been
annoyed by rats OF late and decided to
capture some of them. Wednesday night
they baSted their trap well, and on going
TO 1T the next morning found it jammed
full OF large rats. Examination proved
that eleven OF the pets had been Gagged.
What a glorious feast Chinaman would
have of these!
A negro girl about years old was Killed
Tuesday afternoon by negro boy ABOUT
g years OF age, at Murray Il Nelson's saw
mill, seven miles north Of Perry. The
children were lett at home, aud in that
home was little pistol that they found,
and were playing with when the killing
occurred. The girl was shot in the head
and died almost immediately.
So dry is everything around Cochran
THAI fire broke out Tuesday from Il burn.
ing stump in Peacock & Overbp's corn
field and burned the green grass and corn
shucks like IL was ''rough' pIney woods,
and t1e fire was near 3 nrgra's house,
threatening that, wien lar4e fOfcts of
men put out the ire. The hrlA rad been
worked by negro who hda not cultivated
the land.
Albany would have serious problem
TO solve ii it were not tor her artesian
wells. The long continued DIR u 4ht has
dried up wells and cisternS. ami not oaly
do people have TO haul waller IA TIE city,
but the country people are fp' oel 10 maui
wafer To their places. IL wound not be
bad idea for the County Commissioners to
bore four wells in he county. one no!tb,
one east, one south and one west of the
city.
Wong Chin Foo, the New York Chinese
editor and politician. who is known and
quoted from Maine to California as au-
fhority on ChInes Sc matters, is a cousin of
Noung Choy, the grocer, and Woung
Shappan, The laundryman OF Brupswick.
Tine family name, which in Chinese
always comes first, is the same, though
ats Brunswick photography differs from
that OF New York by tue Introduction of
an extra IL.
Usiy's &rist mill, near the line Of Schley
and Taylor counties, was burned Satur-
day night last. In connection win the
mill was gin house containing five bales
OF cotton and several hundred Dushels of
cotton seed, a press aud an immense
amount OF toll Germ aud wheat, whic0 was
also burned. The fire is supposed 10 have
originated through carelessness OF EN-
ployes. The loss is estimated al from
$1,000 to $4,000; no Insurance.
At Atlanta " ednesday Fred pope was
arrested on the authority OF warrant
from Flovilla, in Butts county, charging
MIN with kidnapping little ''kd' of 8
OF years OF age, the 6tepson OF man by
the name of Blackwell, who resides at
Flovilla. Pope says that the boy was
gwen by his mother to HIM. The BOY and
Pope were carried back to Butts county,
where Pope will be made TO explain his
connection with the transaction.
Asa CLARK, OF Fort Games, engineer on
The Fort Gaines train, uses overal!s III
working about his engine ana has been
leaving them in IA little room at the depot.
Having some work 10 do ON his engine
Jew days ago he decided 10 put them on.
Imagine his surprise and fright when
little bird flew out OF one OF the pockets.
On examination he found that the bird
had Matched her brood there and they
we're remaining in comfortable quarters.
Fort Games star: There is a certain
tlicr OF the soil ~ this county who has
given up all hopes OF being wealthy. He
says he tired cotton raising and lost
money. This year he planted watermelons
aud the people quit eating them; planted
a fail turDp crop aud it won't rain, aud
has NOTICE If starting a soap factory 20
see IL the people Won't quit washing. We
VIII nos give Htn any encOura cement to
start newspaper :or fear people will
quit reading.
The Atlanta Artillery Com pany met
Wednesday night and perfected orgaui-
eaton by the election OF The following of
bcers: George 8. Forbes. First Lieuten-
mt; ". G. Phelps, First junior Lieuten-
ant; A. NJ. Parkinson, Second Lieuten-
ant. Maj John Jones was elected Cap