Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OFTHE TWO STATES
TODD IN PARAG RAPHS.


from Two Fires at EatOnton.
GEORGIA.
The February term of Polk Superior
Court opens next Monday.
A girl baby in Brunswick, three weeks
old, already has two teeth.
W. D. Smith, the Bolingbroke burglar,
has escaped from Jail at Forsyth.
Near BlairsVille Carr Collins accident
ally fellin the fire and had both of his
eyes burned out.
Goss Mathews, of Oglethorpe county,
does not owe dollar, and has 100 bales
of cotton unsold on his farm.
Gen. G. w. Owens, of Millen, mashed
his hand very badly last Wednesday even
ing, but it is healing rapidly.
Col. Ms. Wallace, on Friday night,
caught the first shad of the season out of
the Ogeechee river, near town.
Since the death of D. NJ. McCleskey, at
McNutt postofiice, it is thought that the
office Will be removed from there or done
away with entirely.
j. G. Parker, one Of the brothers who
shot at eX-Deputy Marshal Cochran last
Friday, was brought to Atlanta Tuesday
on the charge of illiciJ distilling.
At Cedartown on Tuesday last many Of
the wild land lots advertised for sale for
taxes went under the Sheritf's hammer.
The price ranged from DC. to IS per lot.
Rev. Paul F. Brown, of Virginia, has ac-
cepted tbe call recently extended him by
the PRESBYTERIAN church of Brunswick,
and will arrive about the middle of March.
Near Cedartown. Monday, negro child,
whose mother resides on the premises OF
DR.. G. H. Harris, was burned whilst play
Ing in the fire, from the effects of which it
died Tuesday.
CoDoSe W alIxor aoIorad xu6iIo o,,ftiurr
timber in the park at WaynesborO, Mon
day, had the misfortune to cut his foot so
badly that it will probably be necessary
to amputate it.
An election was held in Clayton Mon
days for Councilman for 1886, and resulted
in the election of Capt. VIM. Pickett, Fl.
r. Cannon, w. S.W hetmire, d. T. Duncan,
and Amos McCurry.
The work OF tearing down the old court
house at Lexington has been commenced.
The old house was built in 1919 for $15,-
900. The new building will cost $4,000,
and is to be completed by Jan. 49, 1897,
In Albany Sunday Shelby Woodall, IA
years old, was accidentally shot in the
face by Willie Wallace, another boy. The
ball entered the right cheek and finally
worked its way out through the nose.
One night last week Bob Casey. of
Polk county, was pounced upon by I'M
known parties, who tried to rob him.
They knocked him down, but he regained
his feet and stabbed one of them, when
they fed.
Bob Sims, col0red, was found guilty at
Oconee court Friday of an assault with
intent to murder the family of George
Sims by putting lump of bluestone into
bucket of water. He is a negro boy II
years of age.
Miss Nora Stern, of Athens. has a most
wonderful musical gift. She is but a child
yet, and can take the most difficult piece
of music, that she never saw before, and
play it Oft without a single mistake. She
is equally gifted in painting.
Tuesday a mad dog was discovered at
the Jesse Waters place, few miles from
Albany. 1t caused considerable alarm
for awhile, and we understand bit several
head of cattle. After a long chase it was
finally Overhauled and killed.
At Athens, Tuesday, six of the largest
drays owned by Orr II Hunter were loaded
at the marble yard of A. r. Robertson
with the monuments of the Powell family
at High Shoals. The heaviest piece of
marble weighed 1000 pounds, and was
carried on four-hOrse dray.
Thursday night last there came near
being a cOnfiagratiOn at DR.. Thomas
residence at EatOntOn. The fire left in
the parlor fireplace by some means fell on
the hearth and then caught the mantle.
which was discovered next morning badly
burned, and still burning.
VIM. Bunkley, of Cumberland island.
reports hunting excellent this season. He
Jumped" ten deer one day last week.
Mr.. Bunkley is getting ready for his
spring opening for summer tourists. He
is arranging to build at once a nice sub
stantial pavilion on the beach.
A new pOstOfice, called Rover, was es-
tRhlshed last week at WillamsOn's, four
miles west of Griffin, with Robert H. Will
Hanson as Postmaster. The Office was
petitloned for as Grover, in honor of
Cleveland, but as there were several 9TH
Or petit ons ahead with the name, the G
was simply dropped.
Capt. Richard Hobbs, of Albany, went
TO Americas to invite the Ohio excursion
lists to the Artesian city. After extend
ing this invitation be buttOn-holed man.
and for a level half hour talked Albany
and artesian water to HIM, to finally find
out that he had been wasting his elo-
quence on an Americus cotton buyer.
In BOlingbroke the other day Master
George TAYLOR encased gallon oil can I'm
brick furnace for boiler, and while
urging another boy who was acting as
fireman to pile on the wood so as to ''get
up 200 pounds OF steam," the boiler burst,
severely scalding the engineer and fright
euing his little sister, the wood-passer,
nearly to death.
Charlie Dusenbery, OF Eatonton. on
Friday morning last, about O'Clock,
while lying in bed struck a match TO see
the time by the clock and threw the match
away on the floor, as he thought. He
soon discovered his bedding on fire. and
then knew that the match was thrown on
the bed. His early attention TO the matter
prevented a serious fire.
1t is rumored at Brunswick that a pri-
vate letter from Mr.. DuBignon lust re-
ceived states that the sale of Jekyl Island
60 the Jekyl Island Club has been COM
pletedf for 800, 000cash aud $75. 900 in bonds.
The safhe parties are interested in the ST.
Sim0n's hotel project, and the contractor
IL expected TO shortly arrive for the pur-
pose Of making plans and estimates.
y Travis II. Bond, for the last twenty
years a resident Of Atlanta. died Monday
after a briei illness, in the Goth year OF his
age. For eighteen years past the de-
ceased was connected with the general
Ofiieesfof the Western and Atlantic Rail-
ROAD Cppipany ia this city in the capacity
of collector, etc. ON Thursday last he was
stricken with pneumonia, the disease re-
sulting ia his death.
Col. u. y. Lawsne, who for many years
was connected with journalism in Gaines
Vile, and whose Office, the Soatbroa, with