Savannah morning news., 1886-06-19


uounce the Result OF the Prohibition
ElectiOn-Baldwin County's PrOhtbi-
ton Contest Left to Referee.
GEORGIA.
There is said to be TOO Knights OF Labor
in Cobb county now organized into
lodges
WI. HarreIl, an aged and highly re-
spected citizen of Dodge county, died a
day or two ago.
The annual prize drill by the Dawson
Guards for the gold medal presented them
by j. p. Stevens & Co. will take place on
the afternoon OF July 6.
The following Georgia Postmasters have
lust been commissioned: Fourth class
oftces-Thomas Garner, Berkshire; I;
George Heard, Rocky Ford.
A Campbellite preacher and Univer-
saist will commence an argument before
the public of their different religious views
at jug Tavern on Jnly 7. The dis
cussion will probably last for three days.
The agricultural clubs of Cobb county
will meet at the court house in Marietta
on Saturday, June 26, to determine the
question of holding fair during the
month of August.
The faculty and students of the Middle
Georgia College in MiLledgeville are max
ing active preparations for commence
ment, which will begin July 4. AS usual,
large crowd is expected from adjacent
places.
Willis Hudson, under sentence to hang
on July 10 next, attempted to break Jail at
Fort Gaines this week. Some party fur
nished him with an AK, and by its aid he
made fruitless effort to escape. He was
discovered and the tools taken from him.
Gainesville reports a hopeful feeling
ho md
for the ore has been rather dull lately,
but will change for the better soon. Mr..
Silva has gone to France to make arrange
ments to ship in larger quantities than
ever.
Mr.. George G. Melton, of the Twelfth
district OF Terrell county, was in Dawson
last Monday wearing pair of white linen
bEeeches thai were made before the war,
over twenty-ti years ago. The breeches
are now as good as new and promise to
do much more good service.
Near Roswell junction last week
party of boys We're picking dew berries
when they came across an immense joint
snake. When it was struck it flew into
five or six pieces, much to the amazement
OF the boys. They succeeded, however, in
d1spatching all the life in the head Joint
before it came together again.
At regular meeting Of the Town Coun-
Gil of Eastman, held on Monday morning
last. charges Of neglect OF duty were pre-
ferred against Marshal Phillips by r. S.
Burton, Lon Shelton and A. H. Griffin.
After hearing the evidence the Council
sustained the charges and removed the
Marshal. Abe Giddens was appointed to
Gil the vacancy.
A new steamer is to be built to ply the
Ocmulgee between Macon and the Clay,
HUFF and Lawton farms. Its capacity
will be twenty to thirty cords ofwoOd, and
100 to 100 bales of cotton. The river is
easily navigated between the two points
for vessel Of that burden. 1t will proba-
bly, be built in Macon, and the money is
on deposit to pay for it.
On the night of June 10 Joe Reese, col
ored, convict that DR.. Nelms, of Smyrna,
had cooking for him, robbed him of 500
in money, $25 worth of iewelry, silk
dresses, ETC., and left. She was detected
by w. p. johnson, who had E. W. MedOck,
Marshal, TO arrest her. Ninety-six dollars
and forty cents was taken from her and all
the jewelTy, etc. She is now In jail.
The contracts for repairing and raising
the bridges at BrannOn's crossing, on
Brier creek, and for raising the causeway
at same place, were let to the lowest bid
der on Tuesday last, at the court house
door in Sylvania. Mr.. S. G. Jenkins was
awarded the contract for raising and
repairing bridges for $3.50, and Mr.. Jack
son Lariscy took the causeway raising
for $3.50.
w. F. Harrell, OF Eastman, sold to a
farmer of Laurens county few days ago
the first full suit of ready-made ''store
elOthesi' that the man had ever bought,
and he IS "a years old, well-tO- do In world
ly goods, and sells from $500 to 81, 900
worth OF wool every year. The old farmer
closed bis trade by remarking to Mr.. Har-
rell: You have done to me what no man
ever done befOre-sold me suit OF store
clOthes.' l always have them made at
hOme."
One OF the quietest elections ever held
in Dawson was that on the water works
question June II. There was but little
interest manifested in the matter and the
vote polled was comparatively small. The
following is the result: For water works,
ll5; against water works, II; majority
for water works. 80. Over two-thlrds of
the votes cast beng in favor of water
works, the Council is empowered by the
people to proceed as they see fit in the
premises.
Things in Oconee are getting red hot
over the Ordinary not announcing the re-
suit OF the election on prohibition. The
people who voted for prohibition are anX-
iOus for the result to be announced at
power to have it declared. One of the
bar-keepers has license until next Jan
uary, and the other whisky men think it
nothing but justice that they should run
as long as the other. The Ordinary has
not as yet signified at what time ne will
announce the result, and the people are
getting very anxious about the matter.
AT Macon the hard flint rock was so
difficult to bore through that Mr.. Clay
has been compelled TO abandon the arte-
sian well project, temporarily at least.
The probability is that the work will
hardly be prosecuted, as it seems almost
impossible to bore through it. No one
can guess at the thickness OF the strata.
There is now strong talk of having one
near the city hall. The ground is higher
there by good deal, and they may miss
the flint rock encountered nearer the river.
1t stands to reason. however, that they
will very likely hit the same bed, ana in
that case the experiment would only be
little more costly with no better results.
Still If they could get water there ITS
value would be Incompatible.
At Macon there is a small dog named
"hnep' that for the past three years has
been living in the Cherry street sewer.
He keeps in the sewer all day long and
runs about AZ night. He is familiar 10
any member Of the police force. lie is
exceedingly shy, and Tuesday night an