Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-28


Writing.
GEORGIA,
Covington boasts gun club,
The September term Of Newton Superior
Court convened last Monday.
The fields are white with cotton and
there is no excuse for lOating now.
Capt. VIM. II. Atwood will probably
visit Tattnall and Liberty counties before
election day.
New scenery and a new drop curtain
have been placed in Springer Opera House
al Columbus.
The citizens Of McDonough have sub
scrbed to the Georgia Midland railroad
10 date $l2,4 AGO.
Col. Cooper Nisbet. NJ Dade county, is
q candidate for speaker OF the House Of
Representatives.
Some of the city fathers OF Darien want
the liquor license put at $500 instead of
500 or even $500.
Bishop Beckwith will make his vista
ton to the Rome parish on the second
Sunday in November.
Tom Clarke, OF Meriwetber county,
came to his death one day last week by
drinking too much ice water.
Albany received 1,224 bales Of cotton
Saturday. This 10 unprecedented IN the
history of Albany's receipts.
w. II. LipDitt, OF Worth county, il
dead. He was q member OF the gallant
Cobb's Legion during the war.
Howard Jones, formerly sleeping car
conductor from Cincinnati to Louisville,
died Friday night in Gainesville.
Henry county's returns for the present
year amount to $19,799 %. against $l9,-
l22 o. for last year, an increase OF $6I7 %.
Talbot Superior Court has adjourned.
Two negroes, Wash Maxwell aud Henry
Thomas, were found guilty and sent up
for burglary.
A lady in Athens in attempting to kill
chicken cut off its head back of its eyes
and ears. The chicken, strange to say,
still walks and eats.
IL the prices will only jump up a little
and remain steady for awhile the rice
planters on the Altamaha will come out
all right this season.
1t is now thought that the Episcopalians
Of Darien will succeed in securing a rec
tor for st. Andrews church before the
winter season fairly opens.
Darien Will soon have one of the finest
shell roads IN the South. 1t is four miles
long, and 1t has all been splendidly graded
and most of it has been shelled.
Maysville is one of the best trading
points on the Northeastern. The mer-
chants, are all good business men and are
eelling'a large amount of goods.
The MilledgevIle Chronicle is out in a
mammoth trade issue, which reflects
credit on the office and bespeaks the en-
terprise OF the merchants of the old capt.
tai.
Wilson & Nipper's new engine, in
Hampton, exploded Thursday evening
from the carelessness of the engineer not
keeping a supply of water. No one was
injured. acct
Mrs. Ingraham. of Savannah, and Col.
W. K. Collier, of Fort Valley, died in Fort
Valley and were inferred in Oaklawn
Cemetery Saturday, the latter with Ma
sonic ceremonies.
The Blade, published in Athens by
lPIedger, has been SUSPENDED and will be
moved to Atlanta and run in connection
with the Defiance, a paper published in
the Gate City. Bishop Turner Will con-
duct IT.
Pink Price, the successful stock raiser
and farmer OF Oconee. has taken charge
OF the High Shoals Factory store. AS he
has quit raising cotton. Mr.. Price need
not neglect his farm to attend to this
business.
The Republicans OF Mcintosh took no
part in the Republican Senatorial Con-
ventiOn. They were not even represented
Now, II this means anything. 1t means
that the c0lored people OF Mcintosh will
support w. II. Atwood.
George d. sesse will commence suit
against the Sylvania Railroad Company
in a few days for $50 damages. He charges
L. {. Moore, engineer, with not stopping
passenger train at station WoOdcliff,
after being waved down.
Maj. Mike MintZ, OF Banks county, is
nearly seventy years of age, and never
has been summoned as a witness or seen
fist-and-skull fight. Maj. Mintz has
represented Jackson and Banks counties
several times In the Legislature.
The store OF Everett & Gregory, in East
Dougherty, was destroyed by Dire at about
3 o'clock Saturday morning. The stock
OF goods lost was valued at 800, on which
there was no insurance. The origin of
the fire Is supposed to have been incendi-
AIRY.
At Jefferson Saturday Andrew Camp
was lodged in jail, charged with the MUIR
der of Alex Loyal. the two men en-
gagged in a terrible fight, when they re-
sorted TO their pistols. Wnen the smoke
cleared away Loyal was found dead on
the ground.
AT Townsville, an old colored woman,
Susan Adams, who is entirely dependent
X,
on the ladies who were raising funds for
the Charleston sufferers and said she
wanted to contribute what she could u
the cause and handed them 25c.
Reports from Taylor say that farmers
in that section OF the country asr very
despondent. and many OF them will un-
doubleday have TO sell their mules TO pay
out this fall. The weather has been very
fine for gathering OF their crops, aud by
the middle OF October they will have theil
crops housed.
Mr.. Bogenshott, the contractor for the
masonry OF the two bridges at Rome. has
found "A large quarry a few miles out OF
tue Rome railroad, and has made arrange
ments TO work it at once. lie SAYS the
rock is we'll suited for the work, and he
will thus be better able to get it regularly
than in the past.
Borey Wallace, a negro working on
Beall's Cocker place, in the western part
OF Doueheriy county, was bitten on The
foot nv rRttie6nake yesterday morning
DR.. ". l.. DAYS, u Albany, was sent Tor.
and reached the suffering man az soon az
possible. He says he left bis patient do
Ing well, and thinks be will recover.
Prof. Charles Cox, of LAGRANGE, has
received several hundred mineral speci
mems from the Agricultural d ,partmenl
oi the State for his beautiful museum
He mas been DrOmiged Valuabla CDnttubtt