Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-01
| GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
xpyysOFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


-, the Primary in Burke County
Two Illicit Distilleries Seized In
YurEa County - Death of Former
CLERGYMAN of AIbsny-A Brother Sc
,ras the Conviction OF 3 Brother for
Larceny
R,pfYton has received Al bales Of cotton
up to date.
The entire outfit OF the Rome Bulletin
xvili be sold at auction Sept. II.
II ia nrobable that steam saw mill
sill he located near Button in the near
4 future.
T. 6. Fortner was nomIn ated for Repre-
sentative from Johnson county by large
4 majority.
Rev. B. W. Bussey will preach his
4 Arst sermon IN Brunswick at the Baptist
4 church Sunday
IF. Butler was accidentally killed by
Charles Bierman while shooting bats near
Augusta Sunday.
The Democratic Convention of Carroll
nominated Y. w. Harper and Lindsay
Holland for representatives.
Gas ana water pipes are being laid rap
idly in Brunswick and the system will be
in iull operation by Oct. 1 next.
The veteran politician, James Blue
colored, was nominated for the House by
the Radicals in mass meeting at Bruins
wick Monday.
Miles g. Horne, the capitol contractors,
have plenty OF stone cutters and are re-
ceiving applications daily. The recent
strike only caused few days delay.
Brunswick dirt is worth something. A
4 corner lot on New Castle street recently
sold at the rate of S108,900 per acre, and
dt was bought by an old resident, too.
"A. West, Vice President OF the East
and West railroad of Alabama, was in
Brunswick Saturday. 1t Is not known if
his visit was other than one Of pleasure.
BY the common consent of the. business
community, the great need of Albany is
TO have increased banking facilities, to
meet the growing demands of the coun-
try.
1t is stated that Capt. John w. helms
will soon move to Atlanta and will soon
rent out his home place near Smyrna. A
second attempt has been made to burn
him out.
AP. Coles, Jr., OF the firm OF Coles,
Simpkins & Co.. Of Brunswick, has just
returned from Europe, where he has been
arranging for the shipment of cotton by
his house.
William Turner, delivery guard of the
penitenuary, has carried to the camps
over 5000 prisoners. land has never lost but
two men. He will be a candidate for as
sistant keeper of the penitentiary.
Gen. P. NJ. B. Young, Consul General
to Russia, will return to this country
about Sept. 10 on ninety days. leave Of
absence. He will be in Georgia about
Oct. to ''shake" with his legion of
friends.
Hon. NJ. L. Mershon, Judge of the
Brunswick circuit, has resigned, to take
effect on oct. 1. proximo, and will, it is
said, remove to Orlando, Fla. Judge
CORTLAND Symmes and Hon. John G.
Nichols are applicants to fill his uneX-
pired term.
At Cumming Saturday John G. Nichols,
of Atlanta. appeared against his brother,
DR.. f. ii. Nichols, of the same city, and
succeeded in having him convicted of lar
ceny after trust. Judge Brown made
his sentence as light as possible, giving
him one year in the penitentiary.
In April last little Ashley Johnson, son
of W. f. johnson, received a severe blow
on the head at Ponce de Leon Springs by
piece OF iron flying from the roller
coaster. He suffered great pain, and for
many days 1t was thought he would die.
Saturday piece of dead bone was removed
from his head.
In Rabun county Monday the revenue
officials seized two Illicit distillers.
Another party of officials seized one in
Lumpkin county, and Col. Chapman, OF
the revenue department, received notice
from Deputy Collector Ware, in Gaines
vile, that he had seized ana destroyed a
contraband still.
Rome is infested with band of burg
lars. Saturday night one of them secreted
himself In the store of S. S. King, and
N Ia wi r.
dollars in money and sack of flour. Last
night another found his way into the
wareroOm of g. j. Briant and tapped a
barrel of whisky, drinking all he wanted
and letting the balance run out.
While digging a post hole in rear OF
JH. Golfers residence on Calhoun street
at Atlanta Monday the workmen came
across human skeleton, which was I'M
earthed entirely by enlarging the hole. A
brass button was found near the bones,
and this induced the belief that the bones
were all that was left of a soldier. The
bones were gathered together, placed in a
box and sent to West View cemetery.
Two negro convicts at work in a cut on
the Georgia Midland, about one mile
south Of the Pine mountain and just
within the Talbot county line, were crush
ed by land slide one day last week. One
Of them was killed instantly, and the
VlneT, IL is TumOTeu, Da5 SINCE uleu. An
inquest was held and the guard exhoner-
ated, a. according to the evidence, he
warned The men in ample time for them
tob&'o escaped had they been 80 dis
pose This makes three fatal accidents
Oh the road.
Albany was deeply panied Saturday
morning to learn of the death OF Rev. ".
B. Dix, who, after many weeks OF Illness,
aied at Union Springs, Ala. Mr.. Dix was
carried TO his old home in Alabama about
aweek since. and it was hoped that the
cnange would prove beneficial, but he
gradually sank and died Friday. The de-
ceased has been the pastor OF the First
baptist church in Albany for the last two
years, ana though he had barely attained
DIS majority he discharged the duties in
eumbent upon him in manner worthy OF
older heads.
The result OF the primary election
Burke county for members
" the Legislature is: John Il.
1efkIns, Of Perkins, Junction, received
on yotes; Carlton Talbot Belt, OF Belt
wood, received 224 votes; Judge Joseph A.
nnewmake, OF Alexander, received 2lS
votes. The above named gentlemen re-
ceVed handsome majorities and were de-
UaFed the Democratic nominees Of Burke
county. Judge X. 0. LovetC declined to
run and, of course, WAS not considered In
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