Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TUE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
summers municipal election occurs
Wednesday.
The removal of the telegraph ONCE Kills
the signal station at Crawford.
whole family OF young people living
near Bairdstown will get married soon'
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
at Brunswick have just finished carpet
ing anew their church.
WILEY Baldwin, OF Dawson, has WHO
rat Gagged. 1t appears very dOclle ana Is
very playful creature.
There are about $500 of town taxes SUN
uucolected at Washington. Executions
will be issued Immediately.
Jake Dowdell, the negro shot at Hamil-
ION. was still alive Thursday, but the
brains were oOzing from the wound
The new tank at the depot at W ashtng-
ton is about three times as large as the
old one, and has capacity of 1880 gal
Ions.
Col. Jack Terrell, formerly OF the Mar
shaU House, savannah. is the newly
elected Clerk of the City Council OF Balm
bridge.
The dwelling house of s. NJ. johnson,
who lives not far from White PIalns,
caught fire accidentally, and was entirely
consumed.
The new building back of the Metho-
dist church at Jefferson is being htted up
for school purposes till the institute can
be completed.
The Brunswick Rifemen are preparing
for grand time on Jan. 10. The COM
many will have a public parade, target
practice, etc.
Hoe W. Cain. of Summerville, has de-
slined the appointment as United states
DEPUTY Marshal in the fourteenth district
Of DoOly county.
The Ordinary of Ebert county issued
in the year 1885, 131 marriage licenses
50 of which were issued to oOlored people
and 40 TO whites.
Alfred Hudson, while working j. A.
Furpin's sausage mill at Amerlcus, ha9
the middle finger of his left hand cut OF
at the first joint.
Miss A. Underwood, daughter of Rev.
John L. Underwood, OF Camilla, has been
elected bV the trustees as Principal OF the
Leesburg High School.
Prot. W. B. Hinton, of Smithville, has
declined the presidency of the male col
Iege at Cuthbert, and accepted the school
at Spring Vale, Randolph county.
The Dawson Baptist Sabbath school or
eanized last Sunday with 10 teachers and
Il pupils. The pastor OF the Baptist
Church was paid his full salary last year
by Dec. 1.
In the parlor at the Arnett House, at
Dawson, the other night, were five young
men not one of whom chewed tobacco.
OF three other gentlemen bOarders, only
one was addicted to its use.
The County Commissioners of Terrell
have passed an order for public road
running from the Keith place to the
Cuthbert and Albany road. They refused
an application for a road near BronwOOd.
W. A. Legwen having resigned the
postmastership of the Office at Crawford
vile, Mrs. NJ. 4. Brooke has been ap-
pointed instead. Roger Brooke viii take
charge of the office as Mrs. BrOeke's as
sistant.
Mrs. Beatrice Fl. PoDe, a daughter of
the late Judge e. Y. Hill, Of LAGRANGE,
has been promoted from the $500 grade 10
class one 81 600, in the First Auditors
office of the United States Treasury.
Henry Morrison, colored. while out
hunting last week in the neighbcrhood of
Col. w. H. Mattox, in Gilbert county, let
his gun fall in jumping over gully,
which was discharged, killing him
almost instantly.
The Governor offers 500 reward for
DockIe Carson, who killed Jennie Smith,
his sweetheart, in Macon county, few
days before Christmas. Dock was jeal-
Gus because she smiled on another, aud
proceeded to murder her.
The lum0e barge which got loose from
those in charge on the OOstanaula river
in Floyd county, Tuesday, was captured
Wednesday by the steamer Crawford.
ne lum Der was put on board OF that
steamer and taken back to Rome.
Gen. ToomDs' residence at Washington
has been closed. No conclusion mas been
reached as vet by mem hers OF the family
As TO what disposition viii be made of the
place. 1t is a general wish That some
members OF the family will soon occupy il
Thursday the steamer Aid picked up
little negro child on the bank of the river
near the wreck of the Chipley. and took it
to Columbus. 1t was still alive, but as
yet its mother has not been found. 1t is,
no doubt, the child of the woman who was
drowned.
Anegro named Samuel Clark, employed
at St. Simon's Mills, accidentally fell
from the trestle near the mill on Saturday
of last week. He was struck in the alb
dOmen by the end OF a deal. infiicting in
ternal injuries from which he died early
on Monday morning.
FLOYD county Is to have an election on
the first Tuesday in February, to deter
mine whether the present local road law
for Floyd county shall remain in force.
Fhe election is held under and by virtue
Nap act Of the General Assembly of the
STATE of Georgia, approved Dec. "a, 1884.
Eiserton Gazette: If the man who sold
Us five dozen rotten eggs, just before
Christmas day, don't come in and make
them good, we will teach him what the
penalty is for cheating and swindling. II
he had given the Old hen a few more days
TO set on them, he could have had chick
ems for sale instead OF eggs.
Postmaster George Ware, Of Washing
ton, is endeaVOring TO get up a conven-
lion Of pOstmasters in the Eight Con-
sressiOnal district. There are ~ OF them.
he will try to have them meet in Wash
ingtOn. The object is TO send delegates
20 The National Convention OF Postmas-
lers which meets next month in CHICAGO.
During the past year Sl47,O53 worth OF
property was destroyed by ire in Atlanta.
The cost Of the department was s45,0l6 %.
OF this S3j,0S9 "A we're paid for salaries
and expenses, $4.100 for lot on Pryor
street for No. 4 engine. $4,000 for one new
Amos keag engine, $500 for one new hose
reel. SjIl 90 for horses, etc. There are In
the department four steamers, four hose
reels and one hook and ladder truck"
Heavy rains Saturday and Sunday has
PVT th river on regular room, and
water is plentiful in the suburbs OF Mon
lC2uma. Tuesday and "Wednesday 10 was
impossible % cross at either the upper or