Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-30

d. A. Stafford, one of the owners of the
STOCK on Little Cum berland Island, says
mat he and Mr.. Blalock, his c0partner,
VINO own the island, have about sixty
horses, forty cattle and 200 hogs on the
Island. Much OF the stock died last sum-
mer for want of water; among them q
FLOODED stallion they had'sent down there.
MT. stafford thinks they Will yet have TO
put down an artestan we'll for the stock.
There seems to be some conflict among
Inc people Of South Rome as to where the
post office should be located, should one
be established in that town. There are
now two petitions being circulated. one
by A. S. Johnson and the other by E. r.
Lu mpkin, each naming his store as the
location for the post office. 1t is suggest
ed that the citizens of the town meet to-
gether and decide which petition should
be Withdrawn.
FRIDAY an old man about go years OF
age was In Rome, having IN his arms a
| l6-months-old babe. The babe was
nothing but skin and bones, and the gar
ments that were on 1t were ragged and
dirty. The mother of this infant about
one week ago stole away from her home,
leaving her child In the hands of her
rather, an old man who is hardly able to
take care of himself. Since then the child
mas been very sick, ana If better attention
4 is not given it may die.
| DIR. c. Fl. Ramsey's residence at Thorn
asVllle was burned Monday night. The
building aud contents were insured in
| the New York Home as follows: On
building $1,000, and on furniture $500.
| An appraisement of the furniture saved
aggregates $l0S. DR.. Ramsey thinks his
insurance will very nearly cover the loss
/ on building, but thinks his furniture was
4 only about half covered, and that his loss
on this will be some $500 or $500.
In tearing down TO enlarge the upstairs
OF his store T. N. Green, Of Washington,
| found on Tuesday a most interesting old
volume. 1t is bound file of the Augusta
| CONSTITUTIONS list for the year 1865, with
full accounts of the doings of those
| trOublous days, detailing the fall of Rich
4 n'ond, the surrender OF Lee and the cap
ture of President Davis, etc. 1t Is sup
| posed that this volume is the property OF
Maj. J. FL. Alexander, of Augusta, as his
name is on the different papers.
| Tallahassee Shoals are situated about
| nine miles from Athens, and are consid-
cred the finest In the country. The water
| power is strong enough to turn all the
machinery in Georgia and yet they are
| lying idle and the mills are rotting down
for the want of tenant There has been
considerable business done at these
| shoals, but for the lack of enterprise the
the operatives lived are fast being num-
bered with the things that were.
In adopting the majority rule in the Sec.
ond Congressional District Convention,
which met at Camilla on Aug. %, the
| twO-thirds rule, which has been in force
for forty-four years, was abrogated. The
majority rule was adopted by fourteen
fifteenths of one vote majority, an ex.
tremely close vote. This was made the
test vote, as Mr.. Turner's friends favored
| the majority, and the friends of the other
| candidates the two-thirds rule. The dele
gates favoring other candidates did not
make the nomination unanimous because
they objected to the adoption of the ma
jority rule.
At Rome Friday the case of the county
of Floyd vs.. William Davis was tried be
fore Justice George A. H. Harris. This
was case for the possession of the
Howard and Broad street bridges, which
| lodged on an island on the Harper Hamii-
ton place during the April freshet. After
the examination OF number of witnesses
| and argument Of the counsel Judgment
was rendered ordering the delivery of the
| possession Of the bridges to the county Of
| Floyd. Davis claimed a right to hold the
| possession of the bridges for services he
claimed to have rendered in tying up and
taking care of them. The Justice, how
ever, ulu not agree WIFI nlUl.
| Dodge Superior Court has been in ses-
sion all the week, Judge Charles c. Kib-
bee presiding. The calender was taken
up each day and disposed of as far as
could be reached. Several cases were not
reached, and they will go over until the
close of the criminal docket next week.
The court has been busily engaged, and
| the dockets have been relieved of a large
number Of cases. There is one murder
case, that of George Johnson, who was
cured of his insanity and remanded back
from the asylum for trial, and there are,
we believe, about four burglary cases,
besides several out on bond. Very few
| bills have been found by the grand jury.
Salem Grange is located at Salem
church, in Banks county, and is one of
the most successful oranges in the coun-
try. All the farmers take deep interest,
and at their monthly meetings subjects on
agriculture are discussed. The children
and ladies are very much interested in it,
| and large numbers attend at each meet
ing. Committees are appointed who go
around and inspect the crops of the men,
bers and make suggestions on the man.
ner Of cultivating crops. Each farmer
belonging to the grange 10 required to
plant prize acre of corn or cotton. Mr..
j. II. Gpnnels has an acre in corn that
will make seventy-five bushels. Mr.. Neal
has an acre in cotton thatwill make two
heavy bales.
A serious cutting ARRAY occurred on
the corner of Hopkins and jackson
streets at Augusta Saturday night, be-
tween two negroes. Ben. Fuller, train
hand on the Augusta, Gibson and Sand
ersvllIe railroad, was standing on the
corner talking to Alice Scott, when her
husband, "Cutr' Scott, a car coupler at
the Georgia road, walked up aud de-
manded him to leave. Fuller immedi-
ately turned to go, but as soon as bis
back was turned Scott drew a huge
bowie knife from his belt and dealt him
fearful stroke, striking him in the
neck. Scott then walked off. A number
of negroes were standing near at the
time, one of whom took Fuller to the
drug store OF DIR. King, near by, where
his wound was dressed, and he was after
wards carried to his bone. The knife
used was an old fashioned bowie with
blade about six inches long.
FLORIDA.
The Bagdad gang mill started up again