Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-19
ITEMS IN THREE STATES
oroRGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
HOC-AROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

.organization of the Giynn County Gun
"cInb-Burning OF q store Near val
e Clu A stolen Horse Recovered Az
ar Eleven Years-MeeCh9 Oh ooutn
to i Board of Equalization.
GEORGIA.
Il ,,...n ora Is to S0hewn logs at Jamaica
.raitlng shipment.
w. Methodist ladies are debating the
ii lne s;o, of holding a Missionary District
qE usgsice in Bone at an early day.
ra,, heating at Forrestville still contin-
luz and much interest is manifested.
n uee' yes have been converted and Joined
LIZ ,,Siorso,, e Hollis wharf at Brunswick
Il,rnTressing finely. 1t Will have 'front.'
u of 40 and a depth OF f2O-feet, making
oe aggregate wharf surface OF 0AoVo leet'
A. Macon work on the government
,nIldtpg has been stopped ana atmos4
arv one is inQuiring= ''What Is the
eve! that it does not goon4S' Hseems
lat everything stopped at once, and no
go knows what stopped 1t.
TN WigfaH. alias Brown, the negro
Twas ~, committed at W arrenton several
VIZ since for cattle stealing, made a
pSa!!norate and determined effort to break
t"1 an sunday night, and would have
ahaoeaded had he not been interrupted by
r. snpearanceof daylight.
por W. A. Gambler, q Methodist minis
- of the North Georgia Conference, and
Ill known throughout the State, who
~ bean stationed at st. Johns church.
InCnsta. has been recently appointed by
me Bishops assistant editor OF SneAnasn-
SiIle Christian Advocate.
At Ouitman Randolph Avera has pur-
I0k fv1sr 10 ntxsfs
4 t5rooks, store and will erect brick build
~ thereon. Phe lower story viii con-
rs n two stores and she upper story wild
s|o arranged for town hall. MT. Avera
links bewiIl commence woFk in a few
weeks
At the last meetingsof thesCfty Council
hi brunswick the report of Alderman
Pntman. on the subject of new, came-
.erv was agreed to. Col. Nesbit selassthe
gc;ty thirty acres of land, admirably 40
csted for the purpose, for $40 per acre.
The MAYOR was instructed to complete
the purchase.
Solomon Mcintyre, q worthy coloredt
man. of Brunswick, has lot near Burr
Winton's residence which he has planted
as garden. Last Saturday some one
rot over the fence and mashed up all his
Watermelon crop ON the vines Only one
was ripe. That was deSoureds the rest
WAS destroyed.
The GIvnn County Gun Club was re-
rarded as defunct institution, but a few
snterested gentlemen got together last
TUESDAY night and talked the situation
pyer. and after due deliberation it was
decIded to reOrganiZe. w. NJ. Bergman
WAS elected President and Il. W. Thiott
Secretary and Treasurer.
At Waycross Friday Mrs. W. j. Smiths
aitte girl, now under 2 years Of age, got
H. possession of a little one-barreled toy
f,stol which CHANGED to be loaded, and a
Sittle negro boy tried to get it from
her. but before he could the child fired the
bistol of, the ball entering the hand of the
Dung African. The little negro was not
burt much, but was scared nearly to
heath,
George A. Griffith, who was merchan-
Izmg at Henry Wisenbaker's, at the
fork Of tle Belvllle and Clyattville roads,
3hree miles south of NaidOsta, was burned
but last Tuesday night. He occupied a
store house by the roadside which
belonged to Mr.. Wisenbaker. Mr.. Crit
Ieth says be had an $500 stock and was
Insured for $500. The cause of the fire is
OF known,
Hampstead correspondence Quitman
rec Press: Candidates for the Legisla-
1ure are supposed to be lurking in the
woods around Moultrie. Tracks were
cen in the road the other morning and
9r- pronounced by experts to be regular
ld candidate tracks. AS time rolls on
llese fellows Will become tanner. They
III come out after awhile and show them
Ives in the daytime. And just before
be election comes on they VIII actually
fala up to a gentleman and ask him to
Ute for them.
Right Rev. Leo. Haid. D. D., Abbot of
Mafy's Benedictlne abbey and college,
oIlh Carolina, spent Friday IN Macon
o,lag al Pho Mono college. Right Rev.
AL Is distinguished gentleman and
presents an order about 400 years old.
t came to look at the college with q view
purchasing 1t and establishing in it's
tad a college Of the BenediCtine order.
rs understood, however, that he does
0l .aiah it a suitable place Tor such an
'Ltuuon, and Will not purchase it.
Near Macon Saturday, on the place of
le'srs. Ahels, a little boy came near
ieeting With what would have been q
0Iflbie Death. Messrs. Abels were in
ef ned moving grass, and the little son
oAe oil Them was with them, assisting In
y WORK. The little fellow was at work
ii tae reaper, when he was startled by
noise OF a rattlesnake, and looking
w ne saw very large one within one
o' oI MN, and in a twinkling the snake
aue astrike at MIN, but fortunately he
s'eu his mark, striking one of the blades
We reaper, cutting has head Oft, which
uouotsayed the little boys life.
rory Games Tribune: An old man came
W W"h last Saturday morning about
Iue tue crowds were rushing in to
u1dsoh executed, and on being told
~ lHe hanging had been postponed got
angry, and remarked: IL think it's
onaule; here it is, / have rid thirty
lines since midnight to get to see that
,ouei hung, and now they amt gwlne
lang MIN. It's justa sin and a shame!
o,,s "nsl 1t Is" and he stuck his spurs
n,-5. uSA an men deep into his poor old
.aros. ranks and struck a gallop for the
t, III 't UadlrOon, wbere he secured quart
M Oustnead," and soon afterwards
40 40 seen IN one OF the wagon yards
D with MS bottle about empty.
ssS 'l nsl9,n Clipper: A small, one-gal-
NM s,uuIy coon came to town on last
ma aAu matted in front Of Bakers
ins5,, "Inife string OF ''streaked and
iteJ ouspenGers, which We're eX-
na,t az IAe doorway. Thinking him
di1 a0'eetVed he took down a pair, and,
sta9f 'uem carefully, put them in his
ests 'lu walked off to seek new con-
p,ht Inc neat little transaction
Gg. 'ue eye Of Mr.. Charley Hundley,
t p"9 sizing in front of the drug store.
M ~, enDryO thief coon found himself
thu ,Usoues' lie preferred whipping
p5 Uncertain pleasures of the chain
nfafs al i