Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ruENEWs OFTHE TWO STATES
TOI,D IN PARAG tAPHS.

Told IN L n "a ~ tN2AA 49,
Ann Amputated on Account of
ls,oyd County's Confederate
.,arumept to be Unveiled May 1O-A
u,t municipal skirmish at Green's
borO.
GEORGIA.
col f. !. REAGAN, OF Nc Donough, mas a
law library valued at Sl,UVO'
Al Atlanta. Sunday, eighteen colored
reonle were baptsed in the Fourth ward
Col il. Jnnessis announced by the
Wavnesboro True Citizen as its candidate
for Governor.
Col. E. d. Northrup's excursion OF New
Vorrers 100 strong, was expected at
Rome yesterday.
A lady in Warrenton lost SO young
chickens from mercurial ointment "nlcn
she implied to their heads to Kill the llce'
The Prison Reform Association con-
vention. a tariff convention, and poul-
trv show are among the large gatherings
which Atlanta wants to scoop In tnls
year. ,,
You Sow a iull-blooded Cherokee In
dian, was in Toccoa WEDNESDAY. ne IL
- wears old. rather cOmPacuy quilt, ana
has long. glossy black hair. He lett bis
nation last June.
L. w. James, a student OF the Univef-
sitv AT Athens, has received instructions
in telegraphy one week, and can at this
time send and receive messages. MIR.
James is a son of Judge John III. james,
of salt Springs.
A party Of Monticello hunters, five In
number, went out on Murder creek, last
Saturday. and Killed 81 buck-rabbits,
some OF them weighing Six pounds,
mallard duck, / large owl, measuring
three feet from tip to tip, birds and 3
squirrels.
No case was made against Miss Mamie
Gardner, the pretty blonde, who was ar
rested a dav or two ago at Atlanta,
suspected OF Incorporating funds col
lected in the name of the Ladies' Home on
Marietta street. She was in the custody
of the police for several hours. She was
dismissed from custody at the request Of
the ladies'.
At Waynesboro Wednesday DIR. White
head, assisted by Drs. johnson and Belt,
amputated the left arm, at the head of the
surgical neck of the humorous, of Alfred
Brown, colored, who We some weeks since
noticed had been badly hurt by clay root
on Mr. Ed. Fulcher's place. Gangreen
had set in, and rendered amputati0n
necessary.
The consolidation of the light and water
interests OF Macon is talked of. A. e.
bOAfuHldO mas Ndu Iu6 SUBJECT uuuST CUu-
slderation for quite awhile. He has given
aeood deal OF time TO the study Of cleo
trio lights, and at last he feels justified in
purchasing the Brush system now IN use
IL Macon. The power of the dynamOs is
TO be increased.
There is a Stewart county girl who Is
bOund to make some man good wife.
She lives two or three miles from the
school which z be attends, and every morn
ing she gets up early enough to cook
breakfast and dinner for herself and
several younger sisters, and reaches
school by the time 1t begins. Her labor
does not mar her beauty, as there is not
prett er girl in the neighbOrhOod.
There is a warm fight waging over the
municipal contest in Greensboro to take
place next month, as it will decide the
fate OF liquor in that town. A "wet'' and
dry ticket will be put out. II the
latter wins. the license will be put at $l0,-
COO Greensboro now has six barrOOms,
ard BirchmOrs 81 Gillian, of MaXeys,
have rented a house and will open the
seventh saloon after April, when they
will c ose in OglethOrpe.
The store house of Bitch & Newton, at
Halcyondale, Ga, was entirely destroyed
by fire Saturday night. The stock was
nearly all lost. but the books and papers
were saved. The insurance on the build
ing was $500, and on the stock $4,000.
Messrs. Bitch g. Newton estimate their
loss at $1,000 over the insurance. They
will rebuild during the summer in time
for fall business. The fire is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
The monument to the soldiers of FLOYD
county, which was ordered some two
months ago, is now well under way, and
will be unveiled May 10. The design is
simple, yet massive, and rises IS feet
To-. es-.r, III
base of marble will be 6 feet square, the
others smaller, and the die rect. The
whole is surmOunted by a large urn,
which can be replaced by a statue at any
time for 500. The monument as now or.
dered Will cost $4,000; $500 have already
been spent upon the foundation, making
the total cost S., 200.