Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
JEWS oFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA.
Mr.. Gregg has the contract for building
the new Opera house at Dalton.
John Ryan, proprietor Of the Central
hotel at Columbus, is critically i'll,
CLAY county has the poorest stand Of
cation that she has had for p years.
simpson g. Ledbetter, wholesale grocers
ofRoGe. have sold their entire stock 10
the Messrs. McGhee.
The Central railroad extended cour-
tastes to the value of $4,000 to the late
Georgia Press Convention.
News reached Athens Wednesday that
Fred Freeman, the supposed murderer OF
Mauldin, OF Toccoa, had been captured in
Missouri.
The members Of Friendship church
have had erected a new pulpit, which
adds very much 90 the inside appearance
OF the church.
William Adams and James DoweH
nave been running an incubator near
Columb bus, and finding it did not pay have
left for Denver, Col.
Col. John d. Attaway has made his
bond as County School Commissioner Of
Cherokee county and entered upon the
discharge OF the duties of the office.
Fort Gaines Advertiser: The day is
close at hand when the ours, fees,
hounds, pointers and settlers in Fort
Gaines will be worth dollar or be worth
less
Pulaski county has plenty of money in
the treasury to pay all court expenses
this term. The Treasurer's report shows
$500 on hand. The jurors and baiiifs
receive 81 per day.
About 5000 pounds OF wool has been
brought to the Hawkinsvilfe market. The
o1fn iC
country, and several thousand pounds
will be brought in next week.
Four Young men left Hawkinsville on
Monday last to enter commercial colleges.
Willie Bowen, Jimmie McGriff and oliver
Jelks went to Poughkeepsie, n. Y, and
Hugh Taylor went to Atlanta.
Bob Peterson has resigned the Office Of
Tax Collector OF Clay county. The Gov
ernor has ordered a new election. Sew
eral gentlemen, whose character is above
reprOach, are already in the field.
Robert Thompson, of Fort Gaines, had
the misfortune to get his knee badly
mashed between some of the logs at his
saw mills last Thursday. While the hurt is
not OF a serious nature it has greatly in
cOnvenienced himand caused him no little
pain.
A. W. Roberts and John G.. Heard have
been appointed Jury Commissioners of
Cherokee county for term of six years,
TO ill the vacancies OccasiOned by the
terms expiring of M. A. Keith and j. j.
A. Sharp. The box will be revised in
August.
Judge Kibbee is holding Pulaski Supe-
riOr Court this week, A few civil cases
have been tried and settled. The crimi-
nal docket will be taken up next Monday.
The grand jury, of which j. J. Kitchen is
foreman, adjourned Tuesday to meet again
next Monday.
The Council OF Fort Gaines is at loss
to know what course to pursue in regard
to the artesian we'll project. The Adver-
tiser sticks to its position that the best
ard cheapest way is to place wind mill
pump ON the derrick and raise water from
the well as it stands.
The annual meeting of the Cherokee
County sunday School Association, which
was to have been held on June and
3, has been postponed to Friday
and Saturday, July and 10, on account
Of several meetings coming off at the same
time and so conflicting.
James Mozart, an old man so years
old, was brought to Lawrenceville We'd
nesday and turned over to Sheriff Cosby,
under a charge of burglarlzing the house
of Edward Johnson, in Bay Greek dis
trict. 1t is evident that the old man is
not of sound mind. He was lodged in
Jail.
From all sections of Cherokee county
1t is reported that cotton is not coming
up like the farmers think it should and
many have replanted. Others are more
hopeful, and think poor stand is better
than late crop. The cool days and heavy
rains this week have been very damaging
to the cotton up.
In Clay county truck famers and melon
growers have had peculiarly hard time
OF 1t this year. Rats, the cold ana back
ward spring and excessive rains have all
had an injurious effect. The conse-
quence is that the melon crop is nearly a
month behind all previous years. j. E.
Graham's vines, however, are looking
very fine, and he claims that he has
plenty Of young melons now.
Pursuant to a call, quite a large body
Of citizens assembled in convention at
Trevitt hall at Dalton Monday, TO take
some action in regard to rebuilding the
Cherokee mandatory, which was
burned recently. On motion of Mr..
Berry. Messrs. Black, Maddox, Berry,
Lowry, McKamy and Barrett were APP
pointed a committee to solicit subscrip-
tons for stock from the citizens to re-
build the factory.
Cherokee Advance: A case involving
the present ownership Of a small negro
boy was heard and disposed of by Ordina-
nv Putnam last Friday. The negro was
remanded TO the care and custody OF Mr..
Lee Starns, Ball Ground, until debt due
by the negroes father was fully satisfied.
This case, of course, had no significance
IN the recent visit OF ex-President Jeffer-
son Davis to Georgia, or the present DEM
ocratic administration.
John g. Heard, brought to Can
ton last week an old Indian dinner pot
which was washed TO view in his field by
the recent big freshet, and is a great curl
osity. 1t is a siX-inch pot, holds halt
gallon and very light, resembling in build
common wash pot, except IL has no
legs. The flange around the top is notched
50 as 10 have the appearance Of the beads,
and the whole artstically and curlously
carved. 1t is well preserved.
Wednesday morning at o'clock, Mrs.
fabitha Nunnally breathed her last, at
the residence OF DR.. j. A. Nunnally in
Griffin. Mrs. Nunnally had been for
some time a sufferer from cancer on her
cheek and death, perhaps, was welcome
relief from her suffering. Al the time OF
her death she was 50 years OF age and had
been for years sincere Christian woman.
Her remains were inferred in the citi-
zeRs' cemetery Ia the afternoon.
Lawrenceville (Ga.) Herald: Several
years ago there moved from Gwin-