Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-11

S'Nl year.
Cartersville Courant; Cartersville's in-
crease in taxable property over last year
is only $4,000. And vet this is a prohi-
bition town. The attention of the Con-
sentative Club OF Atlanta is respectfully
called to this fact. We would also call
their attention to the fact we have over
$1,000 In the county treasury.
AT Blakeley Wednesday, at a mass
meeting, R. H. Lanier, of Damascus, was
nominated for the Legislature, without
opposition. Mr.. Lanier is one of the
| prominent planters OF the county, at
present one of the Board of County Com
missioners and will, no doubt, make
Early useful and creditable representa-
tive.
Tuesday morning George Davis rode
mule, belonging to Charles Catledge, over
a covered well on the place of r. A. Dan
iels, in East Americas. The covering
broke through, letting the mule fall to the
bottom of the well, 30 or 40 feet. the rider
| jumping off on the surface. A derrick was
procured, but the mule died before it
| could be taken out.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
/ have decided to make canvass for line
| between Atlanta and Macon, connecting
with intermediate cities apd towns, and
| If enough encouragement in the way of
| subscriptions for tickets good for CONVEX
sations on the line Is given by telephone
| subscribers IN Macon, Atlanta ard inter-
| mediate towns, the line will be built at
once.
| At the regular meeting of the County
| Commissioners of Terrell Monday but
| little business of general interest was
| transacted. A tax of 45c. on the $500 was
| levied for county purposes, which, added
| to the levy made by the State, makes the
| State and county tax for 1886 SO on the
$1,000. This is 80 less than 1t was last
year, and is as low as it has been any
| time since the war.
| At Americus Monday MIR. A. J. Bu-
chanan, wanting to light his cigar,
struck match against a small piece of
board between a pile Of bagging. In
stantly flash rose up foot or so In
| height, and ran over several rolls of bag
| ging above the board. Mr.. Buchanan,
with Bill Seals, went to fighting the flames,
which were only extInguished after the
| fbrous lint on the bagging was burnt off.
Last Friday Capt. G. Fl. Yancey's lit
! tie boy, with one OF DR.. Hunnicutts, was
| up in a tree at the Captains farm Ia Ha-
| bersham county. The two little fellows
| climbed out on decayed limb, which
broke off, hurting the former to the
| ground with great force and breaking one
of his legs at the hip. Young Hunnicutt,
with great presence of mind, grasped an
| other limb as he was falling and thus
| saved himself.
| At Jesup on Friday night last at u
O'Clock, John Saunders, colored, who had
been ill for some time, took what he sup
| posed to be a dose OF blue mass. it
| proved to be asSpanish fly blister oint-
ment, aud after "lingering IN great agony
until Saturday morning death relieved
| him from further suffering. The box
| from which the poison was taken was
plainly marked, and no blame can attach
I to aDy one but himself.
Additions have been made to the pre-
MUM list of the agricultural fair to be
| given at Idyl Wylde Park on Oct. Snext,
by the Union, Agricultural and Social
| Club of Houston county. 1t has been
! definitely determined that the exhibits at
this fair will be taken to the State fair at
Macon, and there shown as the club eX-
hibit In competition for the $500 premium
offered for the best exhibit made by any
agricultural club in the State.
John Leake, a negro boy about 10 years
| of age, was killed at the DObbins maya
zine mines near Gainesville last Friday
morning by q falling bank. 1t seems that
he was at work under slight embank-
ment when several huge Jumps fell upon
him, breaking his back, from which he
died a few minutes afterwards. The COM
pany is In no wise responsible for the ac-
cident, as the superiutendentha had warned
him not to go near or work under this
particular place.
The Ladies' Memorial Association are
raising funds with which TO purchase
monument to the Confederate dead at
Dalton. The intention is to convert the
common south of the Presbyterian church
into a handsome little park, and the monu-
ment will be placed in it. Already a neat
sum has been raised, but it is not sufii-
cient for the purpose, and therefore the
association proposes to give several enter
talnments soon and devote the proceeds
TO the monumental fund.
Jesup Sentinel: A worm six inches
long and two inches around, somewhat
similar to the tobacco worm, was brought
to us recently by friend. 1t has eight
Joints, and is of vivid green color. Both
extremities are covered by hard, yellow
shell and its head is furnished with pow
erful Jaws. On its back, near the head,
are eight tantacles, terminating IN claws.
Il is an entirely unknown species in this
locality and Is supposed to have been
evoluteG by the earthquake.
At Athens Wednesday evening quiet
looking man with bat under his arm and a
song book in his hand stood on the cross
ing of Broad and Jackson streets, and be-
gan singing lynn ana LDen commenced
his sermon. A large crowd collected, but
from the noise made by passing vehicles
his sermon was hardly audible. He is
Rev. MIR. Holder, OF Greensboro. formerly
of New York. He 10 not Salvation Army
evangelist, but has been q preacher for
eight years. He preached at the Metho-
dist church Thursday.
City Clerk j. l.. James has completed
the tax digest Of Dawson for 1886. 1t
makes the following showing: Value of
real estate owned by whites, $2l1, S04 80;
cOlored, $4,995, Household and kitchen
furniture owned by whites, $20,974; col
ored, 1888 80. Money and debts owned
by whites, Sl90.635 40; colored, $35 Value
of merchandise, SOL. 800. All other prop
erty owned by whites, SIS, $50 so; colored,
$G66. TOTAL $550,2l1 70. This lie an increase
Of several thousand dollars over last year.
Fort Gaines Star: There 10 an old ne
gro living in an adjoining county to this,
but who does mis- trading here, that we
think is splendid example which many
would do well to follow. He has. this
year, with two mules, made fifteen bales
of cotton, and corn, potatoes, sugar
cane, etc, In proportion. His store ac-
count is $25, having made money enough
from the sale of hOrso-collars, brooms and
foot-mats to clo.be his family and huy
almost all the provisions that they have
consumed. This coGnty needs a few
such.