Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-29

HNHeFs along tDe proposed IOulS VI tuS
Dad. ana lor-a' TINE intricate compllca-
lions seemed more than PROBABLE tor The
parties Interested on both sides. a ! this
has been settled, however, and work on
the road Viii now progress rapidly.
Moses Martin. Of Buford, prominent
citIzen in that portion of G"lnnett
county, q oaBidate for Doorkeeper of
the House Of representatives., aud is
backed up by a strong list OF friends. he
wasa member OF Company a Forty
second Georgia regiment during the war,
IN eljch struggle ne enlisted at Its incep-
ton and through which he fought and re-
NAMED at the front for four years and up
to March IA. 1860, when. at BentonVilie,
n. c., he lost bis left leg.
] THe subject of a street railway will be
! considered the next meeting of the City
/ Council ot Brunswick. The parties who
ask for renewal OF the old charter Tor
/ street railway propose TO build railway
/ to the back landing and to run a boat In
connection herewith to st. Simon. and
a tramway thence to the NV hotel on st.
j simon, and that they propose TO have all
! THIS Ilne completed during the wear 1888,
and the remainder of he streets covered
/ with railway track in twelve years.
/ A. .. Harper, Of Ebert county, has
hcld OF cotton containing thIrty-nine and
one eighth acres, from which he has al
ready picked something over 10000
/ pounds. He SAYS he is confident that be
| will get thirty bales altogether, as there
! is considerable amount of cotton now
| open in the field, and a great deal more
/ VT TO open. He cultivated this field with
one horse and used about 200 pounds
/ Of cotton seed compound per acre. THIS
! field IS common upland, and most of IL
has been in cultivation for about ten
years. He thinks ne has lost ab0nt three
bales OF cotton on account Of n bad stand.
Col. |. W. Avery has just published
another ed ton OF his History OF Georgia,
which will be Immediately put upon the
market. The sales OF the first edition ran
! to between 1000 and 5000 copies. the
/ book was first published by subscription
and sold at 81 30 per copy. 1t Will now
! be placed for the first time in the hands Of
the book sellers, ana will be sold at the
! reduced price of SO per copy. The new
edition was called for by the constant de-
nand tor the book, which covers the
! period from 1850 TO 1880, and goes minute
| y into the period before the war. the
slate Of Georgia in the war, and the Pc
| rlod Of reconstruction.
A man II med J. p. Harmed, claiming
to be the advance agent for Across the
Continent" arrived at Atlanta Tuesday
| from Birmingham and showed an order
from Agent Drake. of Birmingham, for
sixty tickets, theatrical rate, upon which
to bring his alleged troupe TO Atlanta.
Harmed came over on a theatrical rate,
| but bought no tickets for his alleged COM
pany. Mr.. Aieck Thweatt called on Mr..
Deceive Wednesday and asked il Harmed
represented company OF sixty people,
and was informed that he did not. Mr..
DeGIVe said that Harmed called on him,
and wanted to rent the opera house TO
give mesmeric performances with his
wife. He was told that $50 a night was
toe figure. and departed, but did not re-
turn. Harmed has gone to Macon.
Mrs. Erwin Hayes, alady 20 years
old, living in jackson county, on the
Athens and Jefferson road, fourteen miles
from Athens, met with an accident Sun
day night mat resulted in her death the
following day. For some time Mrs.
Hayes mind has been affected, but no
restraint was kept over her. Sunday night
| the LADY was wandering around the house
with lamp in her hand, when, 1t Is sup
posed, she either dropped the lamp or it
! exploded, scattering the oil over her per-
son that at once became a sold sheet of
! flame. Tee family heard her screams and
| rushed to her rescue, but it was too late
to save the victims life. Her clothing
was torn of, but her body was feariully
burned. Mrs. Hayes fingered in great
agony until Monday, when she died.
few nights ago the cook OF s. B.
Whipple, of Cochran, was robbed of $50
in silver under the following circum-
stances: She is an old colOred woman,
and has been cooking Tor Mr.. Whipple's
family for number of years, and without
sir. Wnipple's knowledge or that OF any
one else, she has from month to month de-
posted small amount IN q bag in the
| bottom OF her trunk until it reached the
comfortable sum OF $50, which the old
soul said she bad lald up for that
prOverblal rainy day." but the
lynx eye of the thief was on her,
and on the night in question, while
the poor old soul was arrang n for thesu
per, some one slipped into ner house and
stole her hard earned treasure. She mad
her suspicion on certain party and was
hopeful OF recovering her money, but
wnen she failed To verify the susp ciou
she gave way entirely ard more pltiable
object OF ahject despair cannot be imag-
med. Cruz ned by the certain knowledge
Of her Inability, through age, to ever recu-
perate her lost tortune-to her it was a
iOrtune-she pines and grieves that she
must be buried as pauper. and her ais
tress enlists the sympathy of the hardest
heart.
one of the most remarka BILE instances
OF a Tetentiye memory Known in Og1e.
thorpe county is that of William WilnIte,
cOlOred, a resident of the county poor
house. Bill is blind and has been since
Ooynood, caused by the enlargement OF
the forehead, almost covering up his eyes.
lie is better known as Band Bill, and
makes his semiannual visit to LexIng-
ton TO see the town. He can, without
single mlstaAe. tell each and every one
who mas lived at the poor house during
his long term there, covering more than
twelve years. Their names, the date Of
their arrival, giving the day, ETC.. of the
month and year. lie can Iell the number
OF deaths which has occurred, the
cause, also the date aud day. OF deSth. He
knows the streets Of Lexington, and many
OF them are billy, rough, and nave "A num-
Der OF Steps and terraces, better than
many who have lived there longer, and
win MS long cane needs no other guide TO
20 and come wnen he peases. But the
most remarkable thing about Bill is his
sense Of touch. He can tell everyone VINO
has lived t1ere any length of time by TAX
ing hold OF their hand with his and teel-
Ing for the various marks Of his different
acquaintance. lie recognizes some bv
wart, mole or scar, or perhaps some
enlarh ement OF the finger joint.
w. A. Hardy Is a resident OF Oglethorpe
county. A braver soldier never fought
IN the Southern cause. He belonged to
ErwIn's Artillery, OF Wilkes county, and
was conspicuous In handling her cannon
during all those dark DAYS" IL was IN