Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-17
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Rome has 107 telephones.
BALDWIN county's prohibition electlon
occurs next Monday.
The Sparta IShH8del5te is strongly op-
,,osed TO President Clevelands civil ser
vice stand. -.
Abe PeII. the blacksmith, who fell from
q forge while at work last week. anu WAS
badly burned, died Monday.
Thomas D. Stewart g. Co., OF McDon-
offers to exchange a pound OF meat Ior d
ough. mound OF cotton, payable next rail-
The ladies of the Columbus Memorial
Association will hold a meeting on Weo-
nesdav to arrange for the celebration Oh
April 26.
John Davis, the Chattooga county muir
derer. who was sentenced to Imprison-
ment for life, started for Dade coal mines
Monday.
Butts county farmer says he has lost
800 ON his cotton crop this season py not
selling 1t as soon as picked ana prepared
for market.
The stock OF drugs belonging to W. r.
FenRer IL Co., of Rome, has gone INFO the
hands OF a receiver. Dr. " A. Are'lII
has been appointed receiver.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick. Postmaster Of W arren-
ton. received a note day or two ago re-
questing him to send, by c0lored girl,
one antelope and two stamps.
Judge Van Epps has adjourned the City
Court of Atlanta for one week, the attor-
news having cases in the supreme, oupe-
Yior. and DeKalb County court being
unable to attend.
At Emory College, at Oxford, the ami
yersary of the Phi Gamma SOclety occur
red Monday. and was celebrated by an
address from ii. s. Stevens, of Atlanta.
j. B. Stewart, or Griffin, was saskatchewan.
Bud Dunaway, the young man who was
struck by the Georgia railroad engine
near Atlanta Sunday morning, was much
better Monday, and the physicians at the
Ivy street hospital feel confident OF an
early recovery.
Fire got in the woods near Mr.. H. W.
Whitehead's farm, in the I2lst district,
on Friday, and did good deal OF damage
to timber. In fighting the fire Mr.. White
head fell and had his knees and hands
burned-nOt seriously, however.
lobe jackson, the Gainesville dyna-
inter, slept in Atlanta Sunday night.
jackson arrived at Atlanta Sunday after
noon and Monday morning soon after he
left dozen policemen found it out and
began hHating for lobe, bat they were
500 late.
Col. T. G. Nolan, of Henry county, is
preparing map of Henry county, which,
when completed, will contain every land
lou Ia IuE GOuuJfN pIORGIIJ nuuADClV0 anu
showing the ownership and exact situa-
ton of each lot. 1t Will require years
work to complete the map.
Judge Harris has passed on the motion
for new trial by John Smith, who was
convicted OF murder and sentenced to be
hung in Heard county, and granted an
order Overruling the motion. The case
now goes TO the SUI me Court. Smith is
now confined in f. Stt:a county Jail.
uuaaars Of
were returning from the funeral of Fred
Beall, Monday, fine horse in the field of
MIR. Armstrong, Of Geraty Il Armstrong,
attempted to Jump the fence and join the
dashing cavaliers. He fell upon the pick
cts and was almost instantly killed in his
ambitious attempt.
Frank Netherland, who resides near
Mechanics Hill, died Friday night.
During the late cold weather he became
intoxicated and lay out one night with
his feet and legs in water. They were
frozen when be was found, and gradually
the flesh has been falling from his limbs
Death has at last put an end to his suffer-
ing.
Augusta. &C Chronicle: The fact that Hon.
John S. Davidson, of this.city, has been
mentioned in the press of the State as a
possible candidate for 0ubernatorial hon
ors has been noted in the Chronicle.
Monday be was questioned upon the
subject, and replied that he had not treat
ed the mention Of his name seriously at
all. He was not a candidate Tor Gov
ernOr.
A sparro " hawk swoOped down on an
innocent canary bird in a cage which was
hanging in the sun at Augusta Monday
from the third story of q residence on
Broad street. The hawk made a desper-
ate effort to capture the prize, and before
the servant could drive it of he had sue
ceeded in pulling the head of the poor
canary OF aud flew away.
In the year 1884 Jim Taylor, a negro,
was fined SIS and costs by the Mayor OF
Dublin for disorderiy conduct while in the
store OF j. L. Smith. The case was taken
up and finally went to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has recently sustained
the court below, and this week Jim was
arrested, and will be required to settle up
or join the involuntary street brigade.
One of the two negroes poisoned by
drinking tea made from the root of white
sassafras, at Warrenton, died Saturday.
The other is still very SICK, but is now
considered out Of danger. The negroes
were made i'll while working ON the new
railroad being graded from Macon to Cow
ington, and it is said that about 100others
have been stricken, becoming perfectly
blind and their limbs paralyzed
Macon's fire company No. has received
an invitation from Hawkinsville's Pu-
laski fire company No. 1, to be their
guests at their tournament on March %.
1t is not known yet whether No. will ac-
cept. The prizes are: First test, prize
for first, Sl25 in gold; for second, $50 in
gold. Prize for second test: First prize,
500 IA gold; second. S25 in gold. Prize for
best time to engine, first $50 in gold;
making S275 in gold offered in the five
prizes.
ellis Harris, Of Dublin, negro who
used TO bgure quite prominently in poll
tics. and who made the race for represen-
tatiye on the Republican ticket in Lau-
rens county several years ago, was last
week sent TO the almshOuse. He has
been afflicted with dropsy and other dis
eases for some time, aud, receiving no at
tentiOn from his race, he had reached
point near starvation. His legs had
swollen until the skin burst. and worms
had eaten into the flesh. Since he went
10 she almshouse there has been great
Improvement in his condition.
Turner Mckenzie, doing night work
IN railroad yards az Atlanta, appeared
at his hOmea mt 5 O'Clock Monday afternoon
while intoxicated, bundled his furniture
OF wagons and told his wife TO follow him
10 another house which he had rented.
Despite the mothers protests her infant
child. which was dauuaruuglv M