Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-17

,s.E4 or I'd y TWO STATES
.,,',I..aIN PARA GRAPHS.

.+..nEa-A Lady weighing 30"
ID. Falls Through a Grating a2d
a-,ously mi ured-EOrrible Injury
81 -. BOY at nj onroe
GEORGIA.
.ooording to the tax digest there are
IS Ao'C1'''',fessionaI men in Terrell county.
plr nsnd stand in the park at Dawson
Tue certainty. The ladies have IL In
81 cbarse. v,,.,,:o,a hoo.or MO
nj meeting at Graves, In Terrell
n oornry. ast Friday.
Harm has sold his residence and
a. "a ,aras of laud near Dawson to Sandy
sysroher for $4,000.
= - reDorted that Sinking Mountain.
# o- Tallulah, has lately, and all at
necs sunk about 46 feet.
0,.a hundred and forty th ousand dollars
ha,ne invested in buildings and other
avements IN Rome and her suburbs.
" ;.hin the last four weeks there have
,,or 1Ipwards OF 25 interments in the Ros-
I'll cemetery, most OF them victims OF
tuX.
T. Baugh, of Gwinnett county. is
hsrced with horse stealing, but all at
.aTrts TO arrest him have proved fruit
less.
IL com nneueed and finished. W as dedi-
- At Harlem on Sunday last, Rev. a.
Green. officiating.
Sapoia sentinel: If you have promised
N nav for YOUR paper with chickens, eggs
ond wood bring them on at once. We
need something to eat.
Gen. P. NJ. B. Young, of Cartersville,
consuI General at st. Petersburg. Russia,
Sas obtained a THROUGH for 60 days, and
viii return home about Oct. l.
IA The amount OF taxable property re-
B Arrnad IN Terrell county this year Is s L.
6sS -04. an increase over 1885 of $2O,3S0.
81 ThIs does not include wild lands.
I'll Col ", r.. Bonner, of Gordon county,
mas q curiosity IN the form OF a colt with
nv feet the ifth one growing on the in
sid4 Of the right front leg just above the
81 ankle lOlnt.
81 Al Lawrence Tuesday John Moore dealt
81 William West blow with billiard cue
4 which. it was at one time feared, would
! oal.ee death. They quarreled about money
matters. Moore is out on 500 bail.
a Last Friday George, the ten-year-old
81 sop OF apt. w. G. Dillon, of Dawson, fell
u distance of % feet from one of the large
oak trees in the Captains yard. For
u tuuately he sustained no serious injuries.
IA A department Inspector was at Dublin
last week for the purpose OF investigating
an alleged robbery of the mails. He eX
messed himself as being satisfied that the
charges alleged were wholly without
foundation.
q At Homer Wednesday Bin Smith, col
oged, aged IS years, was committed to Jail
4 for attempting to commit a rape on the
n two-y ear-old child of Mr.. A. l.. Prultt.
Smith says be came from Athens. He
Re pr-ifn wi ap n w taI
4 and waved trial.
a A Perry drug firm has a crop OF stra-
s monum which is being raised for medi.
cal purposes. Hundreds of people have
FL visited the lot in which it is growing, and
every one is surprised aud disgu sted at
E the tact that it has the exact appearance
and characteristic odor of '"imsOn"
IA weed.
81 In Webster county young man found
"a rabbit nest in the field the other day and
set a steel trap there to catch the RABBIT.
He went 10 it Thursday and found a rattle
NJ snake bard and fast. IL was feet and 4
inches in length and s inches in circum-
ference. 1t had eleven rattles. 1t was
dead when found.
At Montezuma Wednesday night, be-
tween L aud l O'Clock, the residence of
Dan Wells was destroy by fire, tle oriEin
Of which IS unknown, but is supposed TO
have been a defective tiue. The loss Is
about 5000, and the insurance Sl,T0O.
Ar. Wells lives about three miles from
Aontezuma on his farm, and is engaged
ID mercantile business in town.
small cyclone struck the OothcaiOga
valley, Gordon county, in the neIghbor-
Rood Of \. NJ. Blake's, last saturday
morning, Glowing down a good deal OF
lencing, trees, etc, and crossing the
~ ~ -
Boaz, where 1T blew down mis- hay barn
aad number OF trees. 1t also damaged
tae crops IN its path considerably.
Il, 1. Butler, OF CarrolltOn, had his
ieii wrist put out OF place on Monday
evening by falling on it. He started to get
over lhe fence which inelOses a patch on
oscar heeses place, a paling broke and
Ne lel back GA his arm. The wrist was
geicSiy pulled IN place by some one VINO
happened to BE- near and he was carried
70 me residence OF Mr.. Ray, where DR.. W
". F1as was called and attended him.
Eastman Times; The Incorporation of
Eastman oagAt TO be extended 80 as to
'aAe II at least a portion OF the hill on
tbe south side of the town. Here IL A sec
tP'n a. thicE.y settled as any other por-
,ou except Of course Railroad avenue,
sldl Is Tee Iom town tax, and YeL tnose
w i've bhere enjoy AL the rights and
privileges Of citizens OF the town. 1t is
SotllAg Dat simpte Justice to the tax
R'y eIs OF Tue town that this hill should
0tuug1J into the limits.
Ia Connection with the genera! subject
reform At Atlanta, in which the sale Of
,stl'i Is made prominent feature, it Is
sl4ttd on The streets that as soon a.
ne p'oaiotClon question is definitely set
80 movement viii be made to close
" "lA"fa saloons OF the city. IL is
10 .eN oy The advocates of this measure
"a "DIaFd rooms are becoming too
'gu4r WIN the young men Of the city,
,ar ,aal 5ae same is corrupting in It's
r. -.s minister's and deacOns Of the New
s - Nt' association are Invited TO at
81 Mn. sf'ien meeting to be neld VITA the
# - - 'Aullst church, Cochran. Ga.. COM
IN 'Ns 't friday before the tilth sunday
M by rT7 N AeNt. This meeting was called
500 "'n oauonal Committee OF the as
emu Tor the double purpose OF dis
tior. 4Hd i9Hsidering important ques-
h.. a'' Al ne same time % examine the
pls..4 '.es' building, now nearly COM
a. hat place.
slt ...IAS tne thunder storm last Monday
,,l.a, stake, little sou OF William
s.r.aI' o' Dawson, AGED five years, was
Taa 'nu instantly killed by lightning.
Oh ,bat elbow was siIulhg by column
t,a ny p.'"da when the lightning struck
On t,o and passing down struck n lm
~, Nv ueau with fatal rp5ulLs Two nthar