Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,rwsOFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

D.9ress Poisons the Coffee OF Her
rmpIoyers at JacksOn-NSrrow Es-
-. at Syivania from Being Tickled
- the Fangs of a Mathematician
8 Cent \ Glass at ROmo.
GEORGIA.
ralisferro county ex-Confederates Will
.oId a reunion this summer.
Tna adjourned term of Twiggs county
mi will be held in Jacksonville Mon
day.
The vote on the question of bonding
rbomasville for water works has been
nostponed till June 80.
twenty indictments were found by the
Grand Jury last week against violators of
The law in Scriven county.
The citizens OF Graham and Johnson
vile have united and are now building
ore of the best churches in that section of
the State.
handsome Baptist church will soon
no erected at WrightsvIlle on the vacant
lot opposite the BlOunt residence ON Mar
Gus street.
4 q. ]. Tooke was dragged to,death by a
mule near Perry a few days ago. The un-
fortunate man had become entangled in
the harness while attempting to dis
mount.
During the IdSO Blk u1UuLus VI Tue pres
ont year the United States government
will spend $75, 900 in Atlanta. An aver
age of $4,000 a month. The money will
Se expended on the United States bar
Jacks.
II is estimated at Baxley that on &C
count of changing the gauge of the rail-
roads il will be about Is days before the
mills that accept contracts to deliver
lumber can do so promptly. Therefore it
is possible that they may shut down for
at least two weeks, or until about June
10.
The bootbIacks of Baxley are now re-
quired to pay license of 81 per month to
nv their trade. This is done partly on
account of so many OF them being on the
streets, crOwding around people and yell
ing ''shine" until they have become a
nuisance. About six or seven have paid
the license.
Captain William Taylor died at his resi-
dence in Hawkinsvile Wednesday after
an illness of several days. Captain Tay-
lor was rs years of age, and was one of
The oldest residents Of Hawkinsville. Be-
fore the war, and for a short time since,
ne was engaged in running boats be-
tween Hawkinsville and Savannah.
r. d. Smith, of DOuglasville, was mar
ried to Miss Sallie Lowe, of DiabietOn, at
that place Tuesday. Wednesday Mrs.
Smith, through mistake, drank an ounce
of spirits of turpentine, which immedi-
ately threw her into commissions, which
continued for seven hours. and was still
in a very dangerous condition at last &C
counts.
At Butler, Wednesday, while Mrs. G..
c. West was feeling in her husbands vest
pockets for a match, a rattlesnake meas
urng over two feet in length dropped
out. The lining was torn, and it is
thought that the snake was colled under
it. Col. West thinks it got into his pock-
ct while he was out fishing over two
weeks ago.
new steamboat is to be placed upon
the Coosa river. The boat will be stern
wheel, 165 feet long and will hauve a ca.
pacity to carry 200 tons. The speed of
the boat up stream will be u miles per
hour and down 20 miles. She will have
three boilers made of steel IS feet long, ~
inches in diameter and steam capacity of
173 pounds to the square inch.
At Rome Wednesday the beer war was
carried into the retail trade by one house
flooding the town with dodgers announc-
ing reduction OF beer to 1c. per glass.
This is the first cut by any retailer, and
whether or not 10 ~,iIi be met by the other
houses remains to be seen. There is now
counters, as those who drink it have been
buying it by the key. The great consump-
ton of this has greatly lessened the calls
tor whisky.
A negro girl by the name Of Lottie Stew
art. employed as a cook in W. II. Ham,
mond's family at Jackson, poisoned the
coffee for breakfast, Wednesday by put
ting matches in the coffee pot. Mr.. Ham
mOnd and his wife both partoOk Of the
coffee and were poisoned, and both are
quite sick from its effects. Mrs. Ham,
mOnd is under medical treatment, having
partaken Of the coffee more freely than
her husband. The girl was arrested and
committed to Jail.
An old lady by the name of Miss Ca
milla Floyd. who was sent from Butts
county about twelve years ago to the
asylum at Milledgeville, has been returned
to Butts county as a harmless Iunatic,
and is now in jail at Jackson. She saws
that she has a sister living near Indian
Springs, also one living in Vinevill
Macon. and that she would know them il
she cOu see them. she remembers all
about Indian Springs, and going to the
asylum, and that it was wrong 10 send her
there. She seems to be perfectly harm
less, and anxious to see her people.
Thursday night. as Alex. Harrington, OF
SyiVania, was returning TO mis- nome from
the court, night came on before he reached
there, and as he was walking along the
road within 200 yards of his house he was
startled by the whiz OF something which
brushed his leg and came near upsetting
him. By the peculiar noise which fol-
lowed he at once recognized the fact that
be had gone uncomfortable near a huge
alligator, which was occupying the high
way just at that time. Calling for ne
gro, which was employed by him, he pro-
cured light and his shotgun, and dis
patched the monster which measured
teet and inches in length,