Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-08

GEORGIA.
The Pandora, the University College
ornnal. will appear promptly June l. in
81 Athens.
The stores in ElbertOn all close at 6
4 ..clocki in the evening now, so as to give
& he clerks time for needed recreation.
the Crown Cotton Mills Company of
DaIfon IA putting in new machinery and
otherwise augmenting their capacity.
A. Rome work is progressing rapidly
al, the military bridge at the foot
VI Rroal street, and it will be completed
. in few days.
A son of Daniel WHEELS. of Ebert coun-
~ was accidentally shot in the side few
davs ago, infiicting painful If not dam
ger0us wound
Peal estate seems to be advancing in
rlbert county. A quantity OF lands were
snld nj public sale last Tuesday at from
$40 to $50 per acre
state Librarian Harralson has sent to
other state L librarians, for exchange, the
acts OF tSS4-S5, and the I'D volume OF the
SuDreme Court decisions.
DR.. w. A. Brown, a prominent dentist
at Il bart0n. has been stricksn with pa
ralysis. and his physicians consider him
in an extremely critical condition.
At Sparta, Rev. j. b. .Moreton has a
ponv that drinks milk like pig, eats
voung chickens like hog and rats like
cat. These are its fav0rlte articles OF
diet. and it prefers them to oats and corn.
There is a merchant in Athens who has
not taken stock In twelve years, and hence
has no idea whether he is making money
or not. ae says if he is losing ne don't
want to know it, and if his business pays,
it is all 0. h.
At Sparta Thursday, James Rogers
robbed mis- bee hive. From the upper
story of fifteen he obtained thirty-fOur
gallons of honey. He will shin part of
this. He has been offered So gallon for
it in New York.
Charlie Arnold, the young man who
died OF cOnsu mption at Athens tnIs week,
left James Conner legacy of $4,000 in
mis- Will as a token of his regard for that
gentleman and the kindness of Mr.. Conner
for MIN during mis- long illness.
r. B. Peterson, the Tax Collector of
Clay county, has sent in mis- resignation.
He gives as a reason for laying down the
honOrs and emOiuments of Office, that his
aye and infrmities are such tnat he finds
himself unable to discharge his duties.
MS. J. b. LaSalie, of Gainesville, has a
piece of cracker, similar to the "hard
tack" that the Confederate soldiers sub
sisted on for four years, that Is 20 years
officer of the mdn-Ot-war Zero. 1t is well
preserved.
The grand jury OF Whitfield county
says: I'VE nave had the good effects Of a
prOhibitnry liquor law in this county for
about two years, and We cannot refrain
from expressing our APPRECIATION of the
law and estiying to its good effects upon
the general welfare of the county.
Whitehead killed Hardeman at Athens
about year ago, and a great many of
the shot went through the leaves and
branches of a little oak tree in the rear OF
where Hardeman stood when the fatal
shot was dred. The tree has budded out
again this spring, and the new leaves are
full of shot holes, the same as last year.
By order of GOV. Mcdaniel. the follow
ling NOtaries Pubic were commissioned
yesterday: In Hancock county, JOnn
Carr, One Hundred and Fourteenth dis
trict. and j. Z. Aubrey, One Hundred
and Eleventh district. In Jasper county,
James henderson, Two Hundred and
Sixty-second district; L. r. Malone, Three
Hundred and SiXIy-hfIh district, and 3.
W. PurifOy, Two Hundred and Ninety
fifth district.
Thursday a small party from Rome
went to Maj. WOOlley's farm on the Rome
railroad, near Kingston, to spend the day
aud search for Indian relics. At one
lidCS Ou tue Adtlu IL a pltCS ludJ lOOAS as
II 1t was formerly the burial ground of
the Indians, aud many SUCH things as
pieces OF pottery, arrow and Ratchet
heads, human and animal bones are
found IN large numbers. This place has
been visited by hundreds since the
freshet, who have carried Off these relics
ia large numbers.
About one year ago Hon. James Fl.
Blount appointed James Lambdln, to a
scholarship at West Point. Al the same
time be was examined, there We're four
other young GeOrgiSns who underwent
the same ordeal. Only three Of them were
able to gain admission on tue merits OF
their examination. At tho first OF this
year another examination was held TO
determine who should rise to the next
class. he alone, OF the i've from Georgia
stood the test, and is standing alone as
the Georgia representative.
The mysterious murder at Macon of
sam DickersOn, the negro porter, is still
discussed. Outside Of police circles,
opinion is divided as TO whether he was
murdered, or whether he fell while drunk
upon the top OF the hyltant at the apex
Of Triangular block and thus killed him.
self. One of the shrewdesU members OF
the police force has given toe case much
study aud time, and he is emphatic in the
opinion That he was slam, though tue
Afabu pioW may not nave becu luttnueu
70 be followed with so serious a result.
Laurens county comes TO the fore with
an unusually heavy mortality among its
otilce-hO ders. La January, 1885, Elijah
Benton Was elected surveyor. la July of
tile same year he died, aud j. w. Bark
well was appointed by the Ordinary pend
my an election. In August, 1885. Ira +.
hillman was commissioned, ne having
been elected. On May >, 1886, b. II.
Blackshear was appointed by the Ordi-
nary, Hiliran having died. Joel r. Per-
~, sheriff Of the county, died early in
1885, aud IN February j. q. scarborough
was elected To succeed him.
Perry had a miraculous escape from FIRE
one night last week. On entering his
store ia the morning g. Ii. Moore discOV-
rIed that rats, or some other agency, mad
vet hre 10 large paper box full of
matches some time during the night be-
lore The box OF matches were sitting on
shell directly under a large quantity of
matches done up in one dozen packages,
lhe outer coverings of which were smoked
ana charred. The matches in the box
that ignited had the heads all burned of,
put the stems we're hardly scOrched. just
"uat caused II TO go out without further
damage - a mystery that no one can
solve, AS every surrounding was favorable
TO confiagratlon.
While out hunting near Kingston some
a -