Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-14

Einv-one per cent. of last years fires in
Georgia is credited to incendlarism.
Martin & Payne are starting up new
.ow mill on the mountain above Toccoa.
There is a young man about 90 years old
- Athens who says he lives on 30 cents a
week.
If has been rumored that a certain man
ubo lives near TOccoa is one OF the heirs
~ a fortune of $4,000, 900 in England.
The Athens Ice Company shipped a car
load of ice Friday to New Holland
springs, and it reached there six hours
alter leaving Athens.
The tower of the Brunswick water
works begins to assume large proper
lions. 1t is now forty feet high, and when
completed it will be at least seventy feet,
in height.
Hugh Taylor has purchased seven
eigbths of an acre OF land in front OF DIR.
Hamilton's residence at Athens for$1, 800.
He will commence building residence on
it at once.
Ling Sing, Chinaman, will leave Athens
soon. as he says he don't get enough
washing to keep him busy one day in the
week. He does good work, but don't
seem to take with the public.
Samuel May, aged 65 years, died last
Sunday evening at his home in the south
ern part of Berrien county. During his
lifetime he is said to have split enough
rails to have fenced Berrien county.
At the Calhoun gold mine in Lumpkin
county, Saturday, the dirt caved in the
open cut aud killed one of the miners,
James Lewis, young man about Is years
old. who had been at work at the mine
about three weeks.
There are 100 less polls on the Glynn
county tax books than,hst year, although
the population has increased at least
1000 IN the aggregate. The failing off is
due to great many transients being in
neighboring counties working the E. G.
and +. railroad.
Fl negro man, wretchedly deformed
with rheumatism, and limbs 80 badly
Drawn that he could not walk, was
dumped in the street at Athens Friday by
the Watkinsville mail line. He said he
was from Union Point, and had travelled
through the country on charity.
In the settlement on Friday of Tax Col
tectOr Massenburg with the County Com
missioners of Bib, that officer turned
over $73,0 45 in cash and 1919 AZ errors,
as the amount of taxes for the year 1885.
The insolvent list fOOts up only 1924 OF,
much of which will yet be collected. This
is perhaps the smallest insOlvent list of
any county in the State.
Last Saturday Miss Clara Hatcher,
about ten years old, discovered an alliga-
tor three feet long in Bobby Gaskins'
fowl house. She seized a billet OF wood
and struck the saurian several blows on
the head, which resulted in its death.
Mrs. Gaskins owns a drove of young
ducks, and it is supposed that the gator
had called to sample them.
The district meeting of the Atlanta dis
trict eOnVene5 in Decatur Wednesday
HH.E l. u. ~
Rey. M. II. billiard, of Atlanta, will con-
duct The first service. The preachers are
earnestly requested to send IN the names
Otdelegates from the quarterly and church
conferences and also the names Of all To-
cal preachers in the district who will at
tend.
Joe Adams, of Cedartown, several
weeks since received a small scratch on
his leg, which gave him slight trouble for
awhile and then developed into violent
case of erysipelas, and has been a source
of extreme annoyance and pain, combining
him closely to his home, the limb be-
coming swollen to alarming proportions.
He is better now, however, and in tair
way for an early recovery.
At Macon, Capt. Denton, or the street
force, has been repairing a 6-inch iron
water main at the Intersection of Cherry
and Magnolia streets. IL has been evil
dent for some time that there was break
at that point. After digging down to it
it was discovered that the water,
which began passing out through little
hole, had gradually eaten away the iron
and the overlap of the iron collar at the
joint until notch is gone out OF each,
which is as smoothly cut as IL done with,
file. Capt. Denton will preserve the
piece Of piping as curiosity.
Jap York, one of the,ysung menengaged
in the riot at kOekmart last fall, in which
doe Hulsey was murdered. was appFe-
hended atihissfather's home last week by
Giles A. Lane and taken to Cedartown,
and is now in jal. The arrest WAS made
MISUNDERSTANDING. The State had offered
reward of $l0o each for Jap, John, and
Thompson York and $500 for Cam pbell.
IL Is claimed by the relatives 0fJap York
that he had decided to give himself up,
and would have done so in a few days.
Jap is the youngest OF the boys, and
doubtless was tired ofbeing fugitive.
For years back it mas been the custom
when garnishment is brought against
the wages due the employees OF the various
railroads that certified copies were to be
served on the President OF Incorporation
garuisheed. For instance, the Central
railroad must be taken to Savannah, and
the East Tennessee to Knoxville. Bhe
new law changes all this. Instead of the
principal suit being brought locally, and
the punishment proceedings at the Dlac
of residence or some distant point, the en-
ire proceedings are placed under the
Jurisdiction oil the courts in the district
where the action is brought.
A terrific wind, thunder and rain storm
visited Polk county Tuesday evening,
creating considerable damage, especially
In belt through the county from north
to south. In Collard valley the
rain fell in awful torrents and
washed down fences where there
were no streams. At Fish creek
the amount of water failing in a given
time was never known before equaled.
About tue station the yards TO dwellings,
were three feet in water, while the little
creek aud raVines contained rushing vol.
umes OF water that swept fences and all
else portable before them. Lightning
conducted by the telegraph wires the
ground wire being on struck the depot,
demolished the telegraph instrument,
set the depot on fire, and split telegraph
poles for mhe. The flames atthe depot
were soon extinguished.
In Rome. Thursday, was a Mr.. King,
on Barlow county, and two boys, one OF
whom was Albert Furmount. Albert
was suspected OF stealing S0bil from
John Kennedy. also Of Barlow county.
In order 20 ascertain whether or not the
boy stole the money a clever ruse was
ndopfad inc hrou Uhf the bOV. with