Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
In PARAGRAPHS

a Negro Dies in Barnesville After Liv-
ing 1O5 Yesrs-Eigh Pins Found
I'm 1.-THE Gizzard of Chicken at Dawson
A New Gold Mine Discovered in
Cherokee County.
GEORGIA.
The fall term of Terrell Superior Court
will convene next Monday.
The firm of j. B. Bragau & Co., of Daw-
son, has been dissolved, j. b, Bragan re-
firing.
There is not single prisoner now in
Clarke county iail, and has not been this
month.
1t is said that bill of Injunction will
be tlled by those opposed to water works
at Dalton.
The Legislature will be asked to allow
Gainesville to establish public schools
and water works,
The cotton house OF Mr.. Hansford, in
Oconee county, was burned Tuesday
night about IL O'clock, and two bales
consumed. 1t was The work of an incen-
diary.
Mrs. A. i. Carver, Sr., Of Dawson,
killed a chicken a few days since that had
Gig teen pins in It's gizzard, some OF them
bent nearly double. The chicken was
perfectly healthy.
There Is a great demand in Athens for
mechanics OF all kinds, and a number of
buildings are delayed on account of not
being able to get carpenters, briekmasons
and plasterers TO do the work.
Griffin sun; 1t Well known by those
wac have tried the experiment that with
letters cut in piece 0f paper, as in IA
stencil plate, and wrapped around pear
or apple, the sun will print che letters on
the Irult.
Judge Fl. w. Hopkins, OF ThomasvIlle,
sas Bought all at the unimpr0ved prop
erty owned ny Mrs, John Lester in Fletcn-
erville, paying a good price for it. Last
week he sold whole block OF the same
properly back 10 her.
AT Columbus Wednesday DR.. Seth n.
Jordan ampu ated he foot of John W il
son (coored) John is the negro boy who
was cut near the knee by another negro
IN froiic about 3 month aGo. At the
time the wound was regarded as very
trlfling.
The subscriptions for the purpose OF
building ihe Methodist church Mt Elher-
ton have reached the sum OF IS. 600 The
other 81 GOO can certainly be raised in a
short time, ana arrangements will be
made to commence the work as early as
practicable,
The new college which is being built
Thomasyilte fer the use Of tbs eolored
pe0ple, and which stands juat hayon the
poor house, will be a fine building. 1t is
three stories high, ana viii be supple
with good teachers and ali modern seien-
tlhc apparatus.
An aged negro named Amos Hunt
died III Barnesville last Thurs.
day. lie was horn Ia Jpuss ceun-
W just l0a years age. Hunt
was the father of twentv-eignt children.
Twenty-three of them were living at the
time OF his departure. BoTn during the
revolutionary war, about 1851, the life OF
this cid darky extended through varying
scenes ana conditions.
Ed Orr, of DawsaR, has u. white raj
which seems not to love the bsckol
species of The tribe any too well. One
day last week a large black rat was
found in barrel aaa TIE white one was
turned Ia on 1t, Phe white rat Imme
diaFely attacked the other and for several
moments nerca warfare RACED bstweeh
the iva. but the former was finally VIC
taFleas and mover let up on its adversary
1ntil lie was extinct.
b. Ii. Brown, OF Dawson, has in his
possession several relies of tue late war,
viz: A silver fork taken from the haver.
sack OF dead Yankee on Dec. 81, 1862, a
canteen taken from dead Yankee at the
hennesaw Mountains, apoeSet-bOOk tak en-
from dead Yankee at Atlanta, pipe
that be smoked during the war, silver
dollar he drew as last payment before the
surrender and $1,000 for which be sold
his horse the day before the surrender.
James +. Smith, who lives near Bt
Burlington, IN CherQkee Gaupty, has sew.
cral fine specimens OF goll. bearing ore
which he picked NJ from eli the top OF the
ground on one of his lots o! land. There
y eYldepce, he SAYS, that there is a good
Ieppst Of gols ap his place, aRd be IN
ieads to deYelgn It and s'e what there is
in II, An adjpinlng laG Las recently been
sold to Col A. II. Mnovs, Of the Franklin
mine, aud The ore already taken 0ut and
1nilled shows il to be richer aud in greater
laying quantities tnan at the Franklin,
which il sn0 gn to be one OF the best pay,
ing mines in Georgia. The vein on Mr.
Smiths land is said 10 bs CO animation
ot the Franklin and MeDana Id lead, anC
nlso the one on the ad joining lot.