Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS oFrdE Two STATES
TOLD IN PA8AG 6APHS.

GEORGIA.
Jackson county court adjourned wed
nesday.
There we're only 80 deaths at Dalton
last year.
A bear and dog fight will occur at Nc
vile to-day.
A lodge of Knights OF Pythias is to De
organized at Albany.
A post Office has been established at
Dover, Scriyen county.
The stables behind the Long building at
Sparta were burned Thursday.
There are now over two hundred chill
dren attending school in Dawson.
gentleman of lrwinton has offered
300 for twelve feet square near the court
house in that place.
During the year ending Feb. 2, 1886, the
expenses OF the county oil houston
amounted to $11,US0 81.
jackson county has over $4,000 in her
treasury. She don't owe cent, aud is a
prosperous county in every way.
The Bibb County Commissioners met
Thursday and accepted the deed TO her
part of the Rolf donation from the city OF
Macon.
The Berry school house, some four miles
from Dawson, was DESTROYED by fire on
Friday night last. lncendlarism ls sus-
pected.
At Pucketts station, on the West Point
road, Friday, negro employe, James
Armstrong, while coupling cars, was
crushed to death.
Thursday falling stick OF timber
struck colored stevedore OF st. Simons
across the ankle, crushing the bone. 1t
will be necessary to amputate his foot.
The Mountain City Fire Company, of
Rome, has decided not to go to jackson
vile on Feb Is. The other companies will
decide for themselves at their next meet
ings.
Rev, H. P. Myers, agent for the Ameri-
can Bible Society Of New York, organized
the Scriven County Bible Society Sunday.
The society will soon have $50 worth of
Bibles on hand to sell.
A. H. Miller obtained several bills of
goods at Atlanta on representations that
he WAS going to start restaurant, PACKED
them up and left the city with them with
out paying cent for them.
A negro man named Ferdinand Harley
met his death from drowning at the mouth
of Abercorn creek, in bingham county,
day or two ago. He fell from a fat and
sank before help could reach him.
The motion for new trial in the Thorn
ton-Conley case was argued before Judge
Marshall Clarke at Atlanta Friday night
oughly before giving his decision.
A new post office with the curious
name of Sirrom has been established at
the residence of Morris Dawson, in
Emanuel county. Hon. T. M. Norwood
reversed the name of Morris and made it
Sirrom.
The registration books for the coming
prohibition election in Pulaski county
were open five days, three at HawkinsVille
I
tered. Many failed to get their names on
the books.
Hon. j. W. THAR, of Baker county, has
purchased through j. W. Walters. $50
acres of land from Mrs. G. M. Clark on
the suburbs of Albany, and will erect
thereon a neat residence. He will make
il a model stock farm.
NJ. P. Galloway, who owns a large
plantation II miles from Albany, has set
aside 1000 acres, which he is dividing
into farms of fifty acres each, and gives
away every other to any family who will
improve 1t and live on it. They are being
taken rapidly.
The large wooden stables of j. f. Castle
berry, just in the rear of the Howser hotel
and near DR.. Burts drug store. at Daw-
sonVille, was entirely consumed by fire
Thursday. Strange to say, the mules,
harness, etc, were saved, even after the
roof had fallen in.
Cattle and sheep in the ranges in Dooly
county are doing well, aud the outlook is
better than for years. The years of 1893
and 1884 were very dry, followed by cold
winters, and the death rate was unprece-
dented in DOOly in the recollection of the
oldest inhabitants.
An Albany dry goods clerk filed an
order for the wife of one of the railroad
crew at Rivers, and also wrote long and
very tender epstle to his girl, who lives
at the same place, but he mailed the mer-
chandise TO Miss Claude, as he sent his
love letter to the lady who should have re-
ceived the merchandise.
The drill is down 1850 feet In the arte-
sian well at Americas, and the casing
about 1880, and Mr.. Sloan says it will be
almost impossible to get the casing down
any further. So far efforts in that direc-
ton have proved unavailing. The drill
goes down slowly, and the outlook tor
water is very discouraging.
Thursday was the day set for the trial
OF a young man, named Treadwell, in the
County Court of Terrell. He was charged
with attempting to commit a detestabe
crime. He had demanded a jury trial and
was under bond. When the case was called
Treadwell tailed TO put in an appearance,
and steps were taken TO forfeit his bond.
The two youngest saw mill men in Ell
nngham county, are Ben r. and Jacob
W, AGED respectively 16 aud IA years,
the sons of 5. e. Helmy. They handle the
lsrgeGt logs with apparent ease, doing ali
their own firing and engineering, and de-
Ginning the proposition of their father 10
hire = man they frequently saw 10000
feet day.
A gentleman in Washington lately came
into possession of $25 very UNEXPECTEDLY.
His grandmother's estate was settled up
nearly thirty-eight years ago, and he was
notified by one Of the lawyers in Wash
ington not long since that there was a
balance OF $25 belonging to the estate,
that no claimant had appeared for this
money, and that he was the rightful own
er. 1t was paid over to him.
u A young man OF Guyton hired a horse
and buggy TO take "A young lady to a
party, telling the livery stable man he
was only going three miles in The country,
when In reality il was nineteen. This The
owner Of the horse and buggy learned
after they bad left, and jumping on
horse he followed. Arriving at the house
he took possession Of his property, and
returned, leaving the pair to get back as
best they could.
j. 5. Reard0n, OF the apprentice gang Of
the savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
road, came near having his life crushed