Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OFTaE cWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

killing of an Engineer Near ROme-A
Needle Neoessitates the AmputatiOn Of
a Little Giri's FoOt-A Negress of
Athens. with a Frog in her Arm-Mad
Dogs StiIl ON the Run.
GEORGIA.
Monroe county is out OF debt, with
balance Of 81, 800 in her treasury.
The Jewish citizens of Macon will have
a Purim masquerade ball on the evening
Of March 10.
Last Saturday morning Black Rock
mountain, at the base of which Clayton
stands, was covered with snow.
The Knights Templar are warned
against a man named IL. Clay Sale, OF
Louisville, Ky. Sale is said to be fraud.
The dogs in the flatwoods about Rome
are being poisoned by some one. 1t is
thought to be the work of sneak thieves.
The Methodists of Forrestville have pur-
chased the Chapman place for parson-
age, and will make considerable improve
ments upon it..
Librarian HARRISON has sent three bush
els Of cayenne pepper seed to his Union
county farm to be planted. He wants to
try the experiment.
Mr.. MoGinty has bought 8 acres of land
just above the oil mills, at the N. Il. de-
pot, at Athens, to build his shops. The
land is opposite the Elevator Mills.
The old post office of Ooeola, between
McNutt and jug Tavern, has been re-es-
tablished. also a new Office named Elder,
between Watkinsville and High Shoals.
d. T. Barley. while coupling cars on
the East Tennessee road, IN East Rome,
Tuesday night, had his left hand mashed,
neoessitatIng amputation of the thumb
and two fingers.
1t has not been settled as yet that Ath-
ems will have spring races at the fair
grounds, but Mr.. Dorsey says be will
bring out several good base ball clubs and
let the people witness some fine match
games.
Mad dogs are becoming very numerous
in Sumter county. Last week one was
found on Judge Harper Blacks place
which bit three people the same day.
Another near Preston bit four hogs for
MIR. G. G. Wise.
The Athens post Office only lacks about
$500 OF being made a second-class office.
The government will then furnish another
clerk, and also pay rents. Postmaster
Burnett says he thinks he will soon bring
it up to that standard.
John Coker, of West Dougherty, went
hunting last Saturday. He fred ten shots
and killed twelve doves, six blackbirds,
one crow, one rabbit and a turkey buzz
Iua L
buzzard to save a lot OF young pigs.
Robert j. McAtee, of Knoxville, who es-
capped from the Sheriff week before last,
in his night clothes, and remained in the
woods in that condition for tour days, has
been rearrested, convicted of lunacy, and
Saturday was sent to the asylum.
There is a negro girl in Athens who
claims that she has a frog in her arm that
travels up and down her arm from her
wrist to her shoulder. She says that an
other woman conjured her when she was
young, and the frog has been in her arm
ever since.
Considerable excitement was created
at Eberton Sunday evening by mad dog
passing through the town. 1t attempted
to bite several persons. and knocked one
little girl down and ran over her. No one
was hurt by it. though it bit two hogs in
tbe town that will probably be killed.
= A crowd of TOeoea young men we've AZ
raigned before the Mayor Tuesday for in
dViging ia the innocent sport Of Logging a
: d ovid of negroes. One boy Mead not
guilty, and came clear. The balance
plead guilty, and were fined SO 80 apiece.
Other cases brought up made the total
receipts amount to about 500.
Mrs. Matte Thornton, a chambermaid
at the KimDall house, at Atlanta, was
OutrageOusly assaulted on Mitchell street
by two negro men about O'Clock yester-
day morning. Only the loud screams of
the lady and the quick response of a pa
trolman prevented the addition Of another
outrageous crime to the criminal history
of Atlanta.
At Tallahassee Tuesday the appeal in
the habeas corpus case of Michael Kurtz,
alias "Sheeny Nike" came on to be heard
before the Supreme Court. The argument
was opened for the petitioner by Hon.
Frank Pope, Esq, his counsel, who was
to be followed yesterday by Col. John L.
Walker, of counsel for the State of New
York.
At Macon daughter of Tom Foster
stuck needle in her foot last year, ana it
has given her constant trouble ever since.
OF late it grew 50 bad that the physician
decided to amputate the foot, and Tues
day Drs. Williams, Mattaur and Gibson
performed the painful operation success
fully. The little one is doing as well as
could be expected. The amputatiOn was
made near the ankle joint.
At Atlanta Tuesday night q farewell
reception was rendered Rev. F. M. Hay
good at the First Baptist Church. He
will in few days leave for White Oaks,
Nm. where he will do missionary work.
Mr.. Haygood is an uncle Of Rev. Atticus
G. HaygOod, and is well known all over
the State. For years, owing to his adj
VanCe0 age, ne has uOue very HJIlG ACllNe
work, but mas filed various pulpits when
called upon.
At Rome, Tuesday, Adele, the 7-year.old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gornman,
was playing ia her yard with other chill
dren around fire, during the absence of
the family. Her dress was ignited and in
a moment she was enyelOped In flames.
Her cries attracted negro woman, who
succeeded In smothering the flames, but
not before the child was painfully and Sc
riously burned. 1t is thought, however,
that she will recover.
At Americas, Tuesday, Carrie Cosbitt,
a colOred house girl in the family OF DIR.
Bust, was severely burned. While stand
ing before the fire her clothing caught.
She rushed into the open air, which tanned
the flames until they nearly envel0ped
her whole person. Finally assistance
prevented her being burned TO death on
the spot. Dr. Hawkins reports her inju-
ries very serious, but not necessarily
fatal. Her mother liVesin Hampton.
Alvin f. Call, OF Lowell, Mass, is to be
tried in the United States court, at the
March term, on a charge OF sending OBJ
scene literature through the mails. While
In Dalton, Ga, last July, Call mailed a
letter to w. o. Hardy at Winchester, n.
II. The letter is as bad as could be writ
ten. Post Office Inspector Lamson ar
rested Call, and be was tried before the