Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-22

a Calamity at Elberton.
GEORGIA.
About !. 500 tons Of guauo have passed
oyer the A. g. ~ s. this season.
The Young men of Sandersville will soon
9i canize a military company.
Partes from Tallulah VINO visited Sink
Inv Mountain sunday say that 1t has gone
down several feet.
A great deal of bottom land on the
Or,nee river and its tributaries mas Oeen
greatly improved by the late treshet.
II is sand that sufficient number OF
names cannot be obtained upon the petI-
ton praying the Ordinary OF Oconee coun-
" to hold an election on the proniO''ioH
question.
The petition to close up the stores at
Athens at 6 o'clock In the evening ,s, altel
Nav / is meeting with great success,
about all the merchants having signed
the agreement.
The infant son Of Hon. and Mrs. d. IT,
Turner is dead. The Congressman, sum
mOued by telegraph, reached the oed-slue
of the manly little fellow just IN time TO
see him breathe his last
W. l.. Norris, living on the farm Of j.
Il. Means, in Monroe county, was ploW-.
ing Wednesday, when the ploW strlklng
rock was so wrenched AS to cause the
arm.
The Catholic church of Athens was
robbed last Friday night. The thief took
the silver candle-sticks and vases, which
were made a present to the church by
some of its friends in Atlanta and Au-
gusta.
An election was held in Taliaferro
county Tuesday for Ordinary to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Ordinary
1l.og Law rtrb1 fsk milf tod in
election OF II. II. Flynt by 1874 majority.
There were only two candidates in the
field, Fl. II. Flynt and j. NJ. Murdln.
At Elberton Tuesday night, just as the
services at the Baptist church had closed
and the congregation began to move to-
ward the door, a crushing sound was
heard. and for a moment CONSERVATION
was depicted on many faces. 1t was soon
discovered that the floor on one side of the
house had given away and sunk about
one foot. Fortunately no panic ensued.
Much Importance was attached to the
sale Tuesday OF the property on the ex-
tension of Peachtree street, at Atlanta,
known as the Jackson property and
located about two and One-tOurth miles
from the centre of the city. AntI-prOhi-
bitiOnlsts said the property would not
bring half as much as it did two years
ago. AS it turned out the sales showed
very gratifying increase IN value.
Dougherty Superior Court has been in
session two weeks upon the civil docket.
No case of interest has been tried except
the JOnes-Tift case, Jones suing lift for
damages sustained by falling through his
tOll-bridge across the Flint about 10 years
ago. Jones sustained serious injuries, for
which be has demanded compensation.
This one, in which he gets verdict for
$4,000. is the third time he has been given
that amount,
AS the up passenger train from Savan-
nah, due at Forsyth about 5 O'Clock in the
morning, was approaching the depot
crossing at that place Tuesday under full
Roadway Will Leary, cOlored, ran and at
tempted to jump across the track in front
OF the engine. In jumping instead OF 60
ing across the track he struck on the cow
catcher and was thrown 20 feet or more
against the embankment, by which he
was rendered senseless.
Paul Yopp, an old negro living several
miles from Dublin, in June OF last year
captured a young partridge. He took it
home and placed it in the care of an ola
hen that had just come off with brood
of little chicks. The hen cared for the
little founding as tenderly as il it were
one of her own brood, and it seemed to be
eontented. The partridge is now grown,
but shows nv AEclInatiOn to leave the
poultry yard, and can be seen any time
at the home of the old negro feeding with
the chickens.
On Wednesday a committee of citizens
of MIlledgevlIle met Mr.. Henry Kreutz,
who, 1t will be remembered, was made to
leave that place because of certain utter
ances alleged to have been made against
the prohibition ladies during the recent
election. Mr.. KreutZ, it is understood,
emphatically denies having made use of
such language as attributed to him, but
admits having ridden at the head of the
negro procession. He desires TO return to
Milledgeville, in order that he may wind
up his business, and his friends have
brought about this conference that he
may be heard in his defense. The COM
mittee will act as a board of arbitration,
and give him patient and full hearing.
In Irwin county the public buildings
are in bad condition. The grand jury
says 1.-The Ordinary has been repeatedly
recommended to have the court house in
sured against fire; also the public library.
Repeated recommendations have been
made for repairs upon the Jail, all OF which
have been entirely disregarded. We pre-
sent the matter to the court and the public
generally, and recommend that legal steps
be taken at once to enforce this officer to
discharge the duties imposed upon him by
his Office" TAere is a balance in the
county treasury OF S343 50. The complaint
against the treasurer Is OF an unusual
character. in that the errors found in the
books are against himself and in favor of
the county.
An important point was decided by the
County Commissioners of Floyd Tuesday.
The road commissioners of the flooded
districts had not been able to inspect GER
tain roads completed by contractors, on
account OF the foods and when the waters
were down the work in many places was
demolished. and the road commissioners
could not accept the roads. The County
Commissioners Tuesday decided TO allow
road commissioners TO make full state
ment OF facts on each account, aud then
the contractor and the people are TO have
the right TO introduce oral testimony 10
show whether the road had or mad not
been worked. Upon the preponderauce
OF that testimony the case will be decided.
These cases are set for the first Monday in
May.
In Wilkinson county there is balance
In the treasury OF $6,893 6S, which moves
the jury to say that: believing full
treasury 10 be an obstacle TO the econom-
zeal management Of the public funds and
realizing under the depressed condition
0i our agriculture and other branches OF
business the necessity OF the most rigid
ecynomy in the public as well as private |
expenditures ana believing from the c0h-