Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NM, NEWS OF THE TWO SKATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

BALDWIN County Negress Who rs Not
IKE the Burnt ChiId-Fears of Fa-
-, tncoupter at Lovette-Accidental
tilIfng of a Negress in Scriven Coun-
ty.
GEORGIA.
The North Georgia College at Dahlone-
"a is without a President. Hon. D. W.
iewis' place has not been hlled.
Hon. d. M. Roberts, of Eastman, has
announced his intention OF becoming
candidate in the next election for senator
from the Fifteenth district
d. q. Hfllyer, Jr., of Rome. has been
appointed to position in the treasury De
rartment. He stood the civil service eX-
animation at Atlanta last year.
The appointment of Eldridge Cults,
Youngest son of Col. A. S. Cults, of Amer
ieus, to the place of official stenographer
Of Ocmulgee circuit, is announced
The Baptist Female Seminary at Games
VILE, since the death OF President "HAs'
remains without head. The Rev. A A.
Marshall is filing the place temporarily.
The mill dam at Blackshear's mill on
Buckeve creek in Laurens county, broke
on Wednesday night last, and great
many fish are being caught tnere IN con-
sequence thereof.
If is rumored that John Coffee, the Mer-
rift murderer, is lodging back and forth
from a barkeeper's residence two miles
north Of Harmony Grove 10 some gfOg-
gerry in Madison county.
Gov. Mcdaniel has reappointed Hon.
James NJ. Bellah to be Judge of the Coun-
ty Court of ChattoOga county. The ap-
continent is to last until the next meet
ing of the General Assembly.
C. Nj. Summerlin's barn at Sandersville
was burned a night or two ago. A COW
and two hogs were roasted to death and
horse was probably fatally burned.
Theft and incendiarism is suspected.
At Rome Monday, Lucy Lemons and
Adelia Thomson, the female shOplifters,
appeared in the Superior Court and plead
guilty to simple larceny. Sentence was
deferred. Both women wept bitterly in
court.
1t is said that Harmony Grove and vi
entity will 90 almost solid for Col. Cand-
Ter for Congressman for the Ninth Con-
gressional district. But it is thought
that Judge Brown win be the black horse
brought out for the final contest.
The house and lot ratified by the Sisters
of Mercy at Atlanta Monday WAS won by
A. f. PIckert, V. S. Whitesides, r. Nj.
Cheshire and an unknown gentleman in
Augusta. each gentleman throwing A.
These gentlemen will now either throw it
Qff or sell out.
Monday Gov. Mcdaniel received a cir
cular from the Governor of Kentucky an
nOuncing that pleuro-pneumonia no
longer existed among the cattle in Ken
lucky, and asking that any existing
quarantine be raised. Georgia did not
quarantine against the Kentucky cattle.
Eugene Beck, the Rabun county wife
murderer VINO is in Jail at Gainesville for
safe-keeping, has been drinking hard late
" and causing considerable trouble with
his fellow prisoners. His case will be
reached in about ten days in the Supreme
Court. He speaks hopefully of getting a
new trial.
Mrs. Caroline Watson, widow lady
66 years of age, living in Johnson county,
has recently cut her third set of teeth.
She has been without teeth for 10 years,
and when her gums became sore she was
a. loss to know what caused it. She
had them Ianced and In a short while had
full set of pretty white teeth.
1t being johnson county's time next to
name the Senator, already there are six
candidates in the field, viz: John A.
Douglas, M. I'll. Mason, A. +. DAILY, John
Rhvner, Z. 5. FOrtner and James h.
Hicks. All have a large following, and
the primary election to determine the
nominee of the party promises to be
spirited
At Macon the renters have formed an
association as an offset to the LandlOrds'
Protective Association. This Organiza-
ton proposes to force the landlords and
property owners to keep their buildings
in a better state of repair and to reduce
the rates of rent 1t is said that some of
the best men IN town are with the new
association.
At LawrenceviIle Saturday, while W.
Fl. Harvey, Postmaster, was at dinner,
Porter Wimpy, cOlored, broke into the
post office and broke open two registered
letters, and took from them the money in
closed, which, fortunately for Mr.. Har-
Yey, was but So. This was in one, and
nothing but some deeds for the clerk of
the court IN the other.
Gainesville has one female colored pen
siOner. Her husband ran away during
the war. joined the other side and died in
the army. After long delays she was
placed upon the pension rofl and drew
about 1000 the first time for back pay.
She is quiet and unassuming old colOred
woman She bought house and lot with
part Of the money.
An accidental explosion of gas occurr-
ed at the furnace of the Cherokee iron
company, near Cedartown, Saturday
mOrning, seriously and severely burning
Joe WoOlley and AtrOn Alexander, col
ored. Both were employed as top filters.
Prompt medical attention was given
Lnenl. anu hopes are entertainer LOT LDelf,
recovery. Considerable damage was
done to the ton Of the furnace stack.
The amount paid the agent Of the
Wrightsville and Tenrifie railroad, at
Wrightsvllle, as express on jugs during
the months of October and November,
1880. amounted to ABOUT 800 per mouth.
Making an average of the number and
size OF the jugs, also the prices Of the diff
ferent grades of whisky. 1t is estimated
that over $1,000 went out of johnson
county during those months for whisky.
At Macon Monday MIR. Balloon, of the
firm of Davis u Balloon, was alarmed by
something like pistol shot in the rear Of
the store, and rushing back he found that
barrel Of Georgia syrup, sitting on top
OF another, bad burst, through, as was
supposed, the generation Of gas by fer
mentatOn. and The foaming liquid to the
amount Of $40 or $l2 was surging over the
door in linked sweetness long drawn out.
The hardest rain and the first thunder
storm of the season visited Macon Mon
day. Hours and hours the rain poured
down, making the cutters aud sewers
roar like mountain torrents, and the new
crossings were a mass Of mud. The river
was on the rise already, and is now stead
lly creeping upward. Walnut creek is
said to be very high, and it Is said that
The n1o1IUhaH fauIa prpffV a