Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
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GEORGIA.
Baldwin Superior Court will meet next
Monday.
1t is said that watermelons were onereo
Tor sale in McDonough Christmas.
Some of the wells at Thomaston caVed
IN during the heavy rain OF last sunday
There is need of the establishment on
a sami-weekly mail line between Franklin
and EnOn Grove.
The election for Mayor and Councilmen
Cor the city OF Waynesboro VIII take
place next N nday.
The spring term of Upson superior
Court will open next Monday, and Judge
James $. Boynton will preside.
Several families will move to Franklin
sbortIv. MostOf them will come for the
nurpose OF patronlzlng the school.
The citizens in the Harmony Grove
district voted on the stock law Wednes-
dav. and it resulted in banlshlng fences
from the district
Alta meeting of the Macon fire depart
nent L, NJ. Jones was elected cnlef l..
Vannucki first assistant and b. ID. Smith
sec0nd assistant.
The board of education Of Schley county
has decided TO pay teachers 50 per cent on
school accounts for 1885. Absolute con-
tracts are pad in full.
In the election held in Lsurens county
on the question of bridging the Oconee
river at Dublin, against the bridge" OBJ
tanned a majority of POI votes.
Tuesday was salesday at Waynesboro
and buggy equality not guaranteed) },
sold for fifteen cents, while chickens
came under the sherlt's hammer.
TIE first quarterly meeting OF the Metho-
1ist church tor the MilIedgeville station
will be held next Sunday and Monday
The presiding elder will be in attendance,
W. E. II. Searcy, who has been stenOg-
taplrer OF the Flint circuit tor nine and a
half years, has resigned that position, and
sit is sa d will devote his entire time to
fruitralsing.
The commission Of Postmaster Thur
man. of Griffin, expires next month, and
"A petition numer0usly signed has been
sent to Washington asking for his re-
appointment.
A negro boy jumped upon the rear axle
Of a wagon while it was in motion at
Mlnedgevlle w edHesday, and getting his
legs entangled in the spOkes of one Of the
wheels, 1t was broken.
The census enumerator of Athens has
made the discovery that the number Of
dogs has greatly decreased, and therefore
ana wearing better raiment.
Joe O'Neal, an old darkey living on the
outskirts of GAINESVILLE, was found dead
IN mis- bed Monday morning, his body
being frozen stiff. de was nearly 100
years old, which is supposed to account
for mis- death.
The county poorhOuse was burned al
Sparta Monday night. The inmates all
escaped, hut saved next to nothing. There
Is no Information as TO the cause Of the
disaster, but it is probable that it was
careless handling OF fire.
An election for Sheriff Of Laurens coun-
ty, to I'LL the vacancy OccasiOned by the
death of John E. Perry, mas been ordered.
+. b. HudsOn, County Court bailiff, and
d. Crawford ScarbOrd have been solicited
by their friends to run tor the position.
Mr.. Woodruff, architect of the First
Baptist church at Macon, will turn over
the plans tor the rebuilding Of the church
80 the building committee on Jan. 10. after
which the committee will be ready for
bids on the JOB of rebuilding.
At Logansyille, Monday, while John
Wade was riding his gay horse along the
highway, he attempted to check him
while turning SHORT curve, which caused
the horse TO slip and fall upon his LETT leg
breaking it in two places below the knee
The rfeCl Jake Dowdell, who was shot
IN Hamilton, Jan. 5, died Sunday last
Inc jury of inquest rendered verAct
thai Jake DoWdell came 10 his death
accidentally 10y a pistol shot fired by W
2 Sparks IN a { fficulty with Jasper Rob
ihson III 5. r. MurpheY's barrOOm."
At Lumpkin a few nights ago a Column
bus drummer named Lyons was assigned
to room at one of the hotels in which
tramp painter was sleeping. During the
night the painter left ana carried with
him the drummer's vest and fine gold
watch and chain. Officers secured the
country search of the thief, but he left
no clue behind him.
1t was rumored.ou the streets of Val
dosta W edne sday about dark that party
from FL rida was hid out near town aud
woulo charge the jail that night aud tore
N and lyuch the negro who shot SheT fl
Epperson, and it created quite a little
furry am NJ some of the officials who
sothold o.. the report. Precautionary
steps were taken to prevent such viola
ton OF the law, but the lynchers did not
appear.
The board of control Of the Columbus
hre department held its annual election
Monday, with the following result: Chief,
George j. Burrus of Stonewall No. 4; first
assistant chief W. S. Freeman, Of No. / !;
second assistant chief, L. Meyer, Of No. / I;
secretary aud treasurer. +. Z. Reich.
The report OF the retiring CHEF shows that
there were 70 alarms during the past
year. Ehe total loss was $l9,012 %, and
the total insurance $17 Do "a.
At Rome Monday morning one of the
prOprietOrs of the new Rome hotel, Mr..
Borem, got into an alteration with one OF
the walters. The head waiter. a negro
named Baker, soon took part in the alter
cation, and, jerking his hand from bis
pocket, struck MIR. Borem on the face and
read. intic1ng several terrible gashes.
W is supposed he used brass knucks, but
be deries this, and says the gasnes were
made by ring which he wore at the time.
re has been arrested and lodged in lail
hr Borem's wounds are not considered
dangerous, but are very painful.
The late census taken Of the school
children in The city shows that Athens
has about 1900 little ones Of school age,
and who are anXiCusly awiting Sept. ],
next, when they will have the opportu-
atY OF going 10 ''tho free school" Sew
eIal families have already moved to Ath.
ens for tne purpose of educating their
cnliL eb. They say that the public sys-
tenn ~ adopted Atlanta is the most
thorough they know. and that they had
rather send 20 such school at double the
price OF tuition than to the ordinary
coanty schools free OF charge.
David Ainsworth, s'epson OF Robert
springfield, livery stable man OF Dalton,
mas hr EN- missing since Monday He took