Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
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Historic Tree on the BATTLEFIELD OF
ManAssas-Negro Gamblers Cause the
Destruction of Ono Of the Buiidings at
the Fair Ground at Albany.
GEORGIA.
The Acworth News has been consolida-
ted with the Marietta journal. Elam
Christian goes to Tallapoosa 10 start "A
new paper.
Sitton & Bro, who have done business
at Dahlonega for seventeen years, have
sold their store 10 j. Frank Moore and $.
III. Williams, who will hereafter conduct
the business.
Rev. Mr.. Edge leased his paper, the
Hampton Enterprise, to one i. B. Thrash.
The latter went to work and distriDu
all the standing matter and departed. In
this emergency MIR. Edge bad to take
hold In the eleventh bour, and get out
a half sheet.
At MilledgevilIe The barkeepers and
those in no way connected with any
CHURCH are circulating Il petition which
will be presented to the annual Confer
ence of the Methodist Church, asking that
body to return Rev. j. K. King, the pres
ent pastor, to that city III view OF the
great good ne can effect by his work. D.,
William Fl. Scott, usher at the Georgia
Luuatic Asylum at Mitledgevilie, in two
years and nine months has made 1,941
rounds of one mile each and has con-
Quoted 8, 1856 visitors through the buildings
and grounds. August, 1885, 400 visitors;
July, 1886, 404 visitors; August. 1886. 336
visitors: October, 1885, 3S1, making 1888
in four months.
Charles Farror, OF Brownsville, is one
OF the brag farmers OF Jones county. Last
year, wits two plows, he made torty-two
bales of cotton, and this year he will
make thirty-six and plenty OF provisions.
He says he is going to get new cotton
screw so that he eau pack bales heavy
enough to bring SIS, regardless OF how
low the prices tend.
Six hundred and forty signatures were
obtained in Macon Saturday 10 the petition
TO the Legislature to enact a law requiring
instruction to be given III all the public
schools relative to the effect of alcoholic
drinks on the human system. The petit
tons were carried arougd by three youths
representing the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union OF Macon.
A little daughter OF n. J. Paris, of
Dallas, found q 81 ss0nic badge on watch
was engraved the name OF j. II. Harris,
besides the usual square aud COMPASS.
The j. Fl. Harris, whose name ap.
pears on the silver badge, was member
of tue Dallas lodge, lived about NO miles
from Dallas and died in 1872. Tue badge
has been delivered to bis widow.
The shipment of cotton rrom Waynes-
boro to Nov. Is foot up &c, 4SSbales. There
is enough cotton in the depot yard and adj
joining warehouse tn count up the
amount to at least 1900 bales. This is
ABOUT an average OF past years. The cot
ton crop of Burke county will fall short o.
former years, as the seasons have been
very unfaVorabe and picking is nearly
over.
A wagon from Lee county was in Alba
ny Saturday half full of live cells. They
wriggled and squirmed in the mass, and
when taken out looked decided y snakey.
They sold like hot cakes, the country
darkies giving them the preference over
muiiet, the poor mans shad. There were
1uliy 800 in the wagon. They were caught
on a close-fngered trap and the whole
school must have been captured,
sunday, shortly after the train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, which is due in Macon at 2:l5.
left Cochran, some miscreant standing
upon an embankment shot into the first
class car. The ball went through the
glass, and, striking the easement of the
window, glanced off. A lady was seated
at the window and was badly fright
ened. She had q narrow escape from
being hit by the bullet.
Berry Freeman tcolored) of Burke
county, discovering that his cotton crop
would be short, concluded that what he
''lost in the jig he would made up in the
reel" So he added large quantity of
sand to one Of his bales, and sod IL to Mr..
Gray, OF WaynesbOro. The discoye Y
was not made until after tue money had
heen paid over for it, and Berry was
forced to disgorge. OF course he was
astounded, and could not by any me ms
account for sand.
News bas reached Dsblonega of the
death In Union caunty, just over the
Lumpkin line, OF Mrs. Rebecca pnillips,
relIct of Andy Phillips, well knnWn in
that town. She went out 10 milk COW
last saturday morning when suddenly
ahe complained that her head panied her,
and fell 10 the ground unconscious. She
WAS carried into the house and fingered
jn an unconscious state until sbe died
Sunday evening. just before her death
the COW, which had been healthy and
giving milk, also died.
j. f. Dayaine, Of Esom Hill, reported to
the police OF Rome Saturday that ne had
been robbed the might before OF $il5. lie
had been sent by his father, q merchant
of Esom Hill. with the money to Atlanta
30 pay some bills. He arrived in Rome
Friday afternoon and registered at the
Central Hotel AT night ne went out into
the crowd around medicine man aud 4
j. supposed his pocket was cut and the
money taken. The discovery Of the slit
in the pants ana the absence OF the none Y
was not discovered untli saturday morn
ing when he made his toilet.
Saturday morning a negro woman
named VIC Robinson, VINO lives on Mrs.
A. Il. Biggers' plantation, near Column
bus, locked her two little children in her
cabin and went of to work. 1t was NOT
long before the screams OF the children
attracted the attention OF the people on
the place, and when the door OF the cabin
was burst open il was found that the
youngest, an infant had been fatally
burned and the other so badly burned
that death will PROBABLY result. Tine
oldest child, it is supposed, had carried
IRE TO the bed in which the infant slept. as
the bed clothing were found to De on fire
Albany was awakened at O'Clock sun.
day morning by the alarm OF fire. ana il
was soon ascertained that the large frame
exhibition building At the fair grounds
was enveloped in flames. The structure
burned rapidly, and was consumed befora
the tire department reached The scene.
The building was the property ct the city
and trough IN disuse at present, was val.
uable. The estimate OF the loss IL So. 900
There is no insurance. Speculation il
rife As TO the origin OF the ii re httt the