Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-20


-. Kevnoids Manganese Mines to be
ar,,ed- Sold Atsempt at Assassina-
~. at MacOn-A Test Case Over "a
railroad Pass.
GEORGIA.
racent freshet in the Alapaha river
~ resulted in much damage.
FORSYTH county has Pea Ridge, a Pos
~, Trot. a Shake Rag, a Wild Cat, aud a
T. Erog Town.
" CLAYTON, OF Gilmer county, has
nntlv set out for the season about
Es .e Ana tobacco planJs. This will probably
9ieId about 10000 pounds.
q qbora are two brothers in Lincoln county
no married two sisters; both have large
smiles of children, aud the children of
naa are all boys and of the other ali girls.
Thn farmers of Dodge county say that
notwithstanding the damaging effects of
,be storms the corn crop promises an
ebnndant Weld, but the cotton crop will
he emit of at least One-half.
wednesday a negro woman, Amelia
Tald4r, was visiting the house of Jim
nixon. at Fort Valley, and walked to the
water bucket for a drink of water. She
MI. and when taken up was dead, pre-
annually from heart disease.
The neighboring Sunday scoools around
1enauon church united with the Lebanon
sunday school ON Friday and held a union
1ncnic at Lebanon church. Appropriate
Sunday school addresses were made by
". A. D0dson, Lott Warren and Rev. A.
r Campbell. A large crowd was in at
tendance.
Rome Courier: The postal clerks Of the
Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad complain OF the poor accOmmo-
dations in the way of postal cars on this
road They are cOoped up in practically
the same cars that were in use when only
about nall of the present business was
dOue The mail oars on this road are no
doubt the cause of many of the postal ir-
reeularIties, as proper facilities are not
&4 gwen the postal clerks.
Del. W. Edge, of Macon, recently pur-
chased in MOntezuma a pair OF kittens
that may be looked upon as being quite
curious. The heads and fore feet are like
those of an ordinary house cat, but here
the cat ends and the rabbit commences,
tDelr nind legs and tails beiag those of
4 rabbits. They jump just as all rabbits do,
4 and there is nothing in their actions to
4 suggest the cat except the mewing. DR..
a Edse will send them to Atlanta.
On Thursday of last week a good num-
q Der OF sporting inclined citizens from
M Amercus and from the country between
N Americas and the Flint, went over to
81 Do0y on match dove hunt to meet
IA clubs from DoOly and Macon counties.
"a ihe two latter delegations were not there,
q but sumter had the fun all the same
III For Thursday nights supper they had
y dressed and cooked, and they ate
q them, ia doves. At the wind-up they
Ri had Dagged 342 birds.
4 DOlph Powell has discovered well and
s. spring Of chaly oeate water on the farm
# OF Mrs. FlOrine Holt, near this city, which
ne a nrt
family We're not aware of the valuable
III mineral properties OF the water, but re-
garded 1t as sort of drawback on the
# value oi the property, as the water is too
hsrdfor laundry purposes and of an I'M
pleasant taste. Mr.. Powell says that it
81 ga remarkable discovery, and might be
# turned to good account.
Col. W. Ii. Haekett, OF Atlanta, former
Ii ly Superintendent of the Manganese Com
"a Pauy OF Barlow county, is preparing to
W6rk the Reynolds manganese mines, two
anu nalf miles from New Bethel, on the
Rome and CarrolltOn railroad, in this
county, and one near Cave Spring. Sam
Ia Piles have been furnished to large Pitts
burg hrm, who have asked for d sample
carload that will go to them this week
They assert that If the ore In bulk proves
as good as the samples they viii take at
least 100000 tons of the ore.
r
Zens who spend a good deal of time on the
Muckaiee have some ingenious boats.
One man has built and tloated a perfectly
a!rught boat, one seat being placed
about eighteen inches above the edge of
the boat, with full set of springs and a
cushion on 1t. He uses it for fishing pur-
poses. Another boat, also air tight, is
arranged With ample room for a blanket
and good sized form, wherein a man
can lay down and comfortably float down
Ri stream. This man uses 1T when he gets
e extra lazy.
George I. Walker, of Schley county,
mas Tor several years been nominaly con-
lected with the editorial force of the
Amtricus Republican. Some months ago
Ve Buena Vista railroad gave him an an
nuaI pass. Recently Mr.. Cock eral, the
superintendent OF the road, was ON the
tralh and took up MIR. Walkers pass, al
Nslhg as reason that his connection
Win The Republican had ceased. Mr..
ri "aiAer sued out possessory warrant
UeIore Judge PlllsDurry to recover his
pass me case was decided in favor OF
akef. The railroad company gave no.
b tlce of appeal.
w Nednesday last a party of fox hun
WIS from IKE county camped out near
we ciIy limits OF Griffin, and while pre-
pairing 10 spend the night comfortably, a
Ia Imam near ny caught q line QOg
ueIonSlhg 10 Mr.. {. n. Gresham, and Sc
soie'y whipped it. On Mr.. Gresham's re-
mohstfating with her, she ran in the house
Su1 Jared him to come in the yard. He
VI A." ~ duu slapped her for insulting him.
a party OF men came up and interfered
"otuls time, and the affair was thought
s"eu until warrant was sworn out for
81 1 '' Nresham's arrest on the charge OF
"uIV win intent to murder"
townsville Times: Recently. Geor-
81 S. state School Commissioner, Mr..
IA Sa ISSUED circular TO the various
ro,ol commissioners in each county
a. ,! 'Ns them that, owing to the falling
wa"i5 ine whisky tax in the State, there
a,,,GW De a reduction OF about one
IN aau IA the amount of school fund
N narSl- county this year. 1t is known,
fror mat the State taxes derived
tm% whisky all go into the school
wbia. me large number of counties
rai, ,u ua'e gone dry have thus materially
sm," thls fund, which is already too
sou, calculation shows that Thomas
ton "! VIII lose about 5000 by this reduc-
year one VIII get about $500 less this
IA bibi,i Vi ner schools on account of pro-
N sec,,uh having gone into effect in various
''y''ohs Of tue State.
ri att. tnfee successive Saturday nights
niin,' have been made to burglarize
- uAGa's store in sandy Rottom a