Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-25


WORK on DaltOn's new opera house has
beeu begun.
Daren, up to this wrltlng, IS without
,o,rd of health.
commencement day at Lucy Cobb In
ettute, at Athens, As June ..
The spring term of the Superior Court
If NcintOsh county convened yesterday.
Tbe rice planters about Darien are now
verv much pleased with the crop pros
poets.
Dalton is on building boom. Several
handsome new residences are in course of
construction.
Dick Thacker, while loading lumber at
Toccoa Thursday, had the second finger
on his left hand mashed nearly off.
Al Dalton the Cherokee Manufacturing
Company, recently burned, will be re-
buiIt at once, with a capital of $4,000.
The disease known as pink-eye is pre-
vailing to considerable extent among
me horses in the 66th district of Burke
county.
The class of 1886 of the University at
Atbens have finished attending recita-
hons. With this week they begin their
dual examinations, which will last ABOUT
am0nth.
Georce Blumenthal, OF Athens, had a
hen win a brood of young chickens stolen
rom him. After being gone week the
hen returned home ana Sunday morning
was found clucking at the gate TO have it
opened.
More than One-tentb Of the voters of
Burke county have tled a petition with
the Ordinary asking for the holding of an
election 10 determine whether or not any
alcoholic, spirituOus, malt or other in
toXicating drinks snail be sold or bartered
LAM n no III mi al
tv. The Ordinary has issued an order call
ing the above election on june y.
On Monday evening last a little negro
boy named Tom Crumley, about 10 years
of age, and who has been for some time
working for Or. Oliver, OF Waynesboro,
went into the stable and commenced to
worry the DOCTORS horse, when he received
a fearful kick in the right eye, crushing
in the maIar bone. A finger could easily
have been laid in the wound, which was
dressed by DR.. Oliver. At last accounts
the boy was doing well. He will lose the
sight of his eye, though, should he re-
cover.
Saturday Waynesboro had a storm of
wind and dust. The blow seems to have
been general, but did little damage about
WaynesborO. In different sections of the
county, fencing, trees, and old rickety
outbuildings were blown down. One gen.
bbIudu NuOsS uOulo Is Ill bu6 C6N6uby-SeC-
Ond district, says that the winds reached
the terrifcness of a cyclone on his farm,
sweeping everything in its path. He
says it was going in an easterly direction,
and does not know the extent Of the dam
age done beyond his place.
Information reached Atlanta Sunday
night from LongView, a station on the At
anta and Charlotte Airline, of the fatal
injury of white man VINO says that his
name is Walter &. Brown. 1t appears
that Brown was walking on the track, 60
ing north, when train overlook him and
be was thrown a distance of IS feet.
When picked up and carried to a house
in the vicinity it was found that several
ribs were broken and many injuries sus-
tanned to other portions of his body. His
death is looked for at any time, as his in
juries are considered fatal.
Jesse Moore, son of DR.. 3. W. Moore,
Of TOccoa, was on his way, Wednesday,
from Franklin, n. g.. to Toccoa. He
was on his way to the Palmetto State,
where he was to be married in Walhalla,
at 10 O'clock Thursday morning. But the
rain came down in torrents Wednesday,
and when Mr.. Moore, in company with
his friend, Charles NJ. Wells. arrived at
the creek just above the falls, they found
II impossible to carry the buggy across.
Nothing daunted they took out the horse
duu UluuGGu lHLD Tue CItGh. WHICH bQGy
had to wade or swim and footed it to
TOccoa.
The public free schools of Dougherty
county begin on June 1. The colOred
population OF the county get about three
quarters of the public free school fund of
Dougherty county, which will be about
5000 for this year. The amount is regu-
lated by the proportion of white and col
ored children VINO take advantage OF the
opportunities offered by the system. The
white population has never seemed to
take much interest in the matter as the
free schools opened in and continued
through the summer, time when rest
and recreation are more important TO the
children than few dollars towards edu-
eatlonal expenses. n
Rome is on a building boom. Glover e
Hight have commenced the erection of
three two-story storehOuses. Z. ID, For
syth is building a fine twO-stOry brick
storehOuse, and Battey & Hamilton have
torn down their old building preparatory
10 the erection of a fine twO-stOry brick
building. All three are on Broad street.
R0undsyille Il Bro. have purchased an
eligible lot on the corner of Howard and
Franklin streets and will at an early day
erect a cOmmOdiOus three-stOry brick
building. Jack King has the plans and
specifications for a handsome residence
oh HOWdIu street. IN East rome 1lafIln
Graham and Tanner are building neat
residences. Other valuable improvements
are contemplated. and altogether the out
look is promising.
At Macon late Saturday evening
Charles II. Russell left his store and
walked few doors up the street to Hap
by Mixes barber shop, on Cotton avenue.
As u medtating he stood before a large
mirror for a few moments, and then.
snatching a razor, be cut a deep cash
across his left wrist. He then sat down
and held the bleeding arm until he tainted
from loss of blood. Some one discovered
ms condition and sent for Mike. who
bound up the wounded arm, and called
~ Officer McCaherty, who was near by.
me officer carried him to an upper room
over his store and called a physician.
pr. Winchester quickly responded and
dressed the wound in proper manner.
Later be rallied and talked Of the deed
lie said that be was not treated well at
nome, and had not long to stay in this
world. he will probably come around all
light.