Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEwsOFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

nasnerate Fight to the Death Between
TWO Snakes in Meriwether County in
which One Swallows the Other-se-
vere Denunci alton of Failures to Pun
tsh Incendiaries at Bainbridge.
GEORGIA.
The Atlanta wheelmen have succeeded
In organizing permanently with sixteen
members.
Miss Noble, OF Rome, has received
letter from the wife of ex-President Jetfer-
aon Davis, In which that lady says: "My
husband begs me to tell you that he has
been Frustrated ever since his return from
bis tour Through Georgia and Alabama
with bronchitis and ophthalmia, and he
fears. dear as the object you propose to
him is to all our hearts, that he VIII not
be able this summer to go so far, With
best wishes for the success Of your enter
prise, and Offering, if you think they will
Aid you, fifty OF his autographs"
Tom Blackstock, Of Warren county,
went to Aiken, S. c., TO bring home his
father, whose insanity he had been APP
nraised of by telegram. On arriving there
he found that the latter had been commit
ted to the asylum at Columbia, and he
returned home without accomplishing
the object of his visit. Mr.. BlackstOck
reports that his fathers insanity is of a
violent type. Before being arrested he
attacked white woman, seriously biting
her and Wrestling from her arms her child,
Thicn he stOutly affirmed was his. Ne
kotIations are now pending for the return
Of Mr.. Blackstock to this State, and on his
arrival he will be committed to the asy-
lum at Milledgeville.
Last Saturday the people Of Warner
vile. Meriwether county, witnessed
contest between king snake and an
adder, about equal in size, not very large.
They were discovered on the piazza at Mr..
Meningitis. The king snake was
wrapped around the adder, tied in hard
knots, with the side Of the adder's mouth
in his. Both snakes were oblivOus TO all
notice taken of them. They were carried
on sticks hundred yards to the store of
Messrs. McGehee u Jones. After a
struggle of six or eight hours the king
snake lOosed his hold and the adder, much
exhausted, made an effort to get away,
but his enemy renewed the attack and
swallowed him. This was witnessed by
quite numher of persons who were
much interested and took particular
notice Of the battle between the snakes.
Public opinion Is divided in Meri-
wether county respecting the mental
condition of J. A. Cartright, the gentle
man committed to jail last week for the
killing of W. T. johnson. While some be-
lieve Cartright deranged, others consider
that he committed deliberate murder.
Last Friday Mr.. Cartright could not be in
duced to keep on his clothing in the Jail.
Saturday his brother got MIN under better
control. The young mans grandmother
was adjudged lunatic several years ago
and sent to the asylum. He had been
acting in an unusual manner a short
time prior to the killing, and saying that
some one was plotting to rob and kill him.
He has never carried pistol until the
notion took possession of his mind that
some one was seeking to harm him. He
has always been peaceable, temperate
and Industrious. No quarrel is known
to have occurred between him and the de-
ceased. The insanity dodge mas been em-
ployed so frequently, however, that many
believe that Cartright is attempting to
play off as crazy.
Prof. White gave the State University
students the following information about
Tallulah falls during the recent visit of
his class to that resort: "That the 1allu-
lab river, in which are the Tallulah falls,
is formed by three smaller streams; that
the falls are in Rabun county. the ex-
IRENE northeastern corner OF the State;
that below the falls the Tiger Tail creek
flows into the Tallulah just before the lat
ter joins the Chattooga and forms the
Tugaloo, which unites with the Broad to
form the Savannah. The rocks at the falls
are a kind of sandstone, belonging to
what is known as the Laurentian system.
Here we stand on the Oldest rocks of the
continent. In the past ages the river has
cut it's way through the immense mass of
rock, the peculiar formation allowing
this to be done until 1t has reached its
present channel. The gorge was there
tore formed by erosion, and is not of vol
canic origin. No change has been OBJ
served In the stream since the first white
settler looked down on it from the cliffs
above. From this we may get an idea of
the immensely of geological lines"
The Bainbridge Democrat prints the
following card: "There have been many
incendiary fires in and around cambridge
during the past decade. At last one of
the incendiary wretches has been caught
up with, tried by jury and imprisoned
for life. For so much let us be thankful.
OF all men or women the incendiary is
the most damnable. The thief, the rob-
Der, the murderer are all gentlemen in
comparison. Well, the negro, Tom Nell
son, set fire to Mrs. T.. 7. YOung's house.
That was clearly proven; but it was also
clearly shown the grand jury that Tom
fired the house with the consent of
the owner, Mrs. f. L. Young. In
fact Mrs. e. 4. Young bribed Tom
to commit the crime, in order that
she might profit by the insurance
upon the property. Notwithstanding
Mrs. Young's position in society, and her
strong connection, upon the finding of
the true bill, her arrest was ordered. But
when the Sheriff went for her at her home
in Thomasvile she had fled. Why don't
the county OF Decatur and the State of
Georgia offer a reward for this female fire
tiend? This is not her first experience, l
learn"