Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
wy. OF THE TN - STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Aged Citizen of scriven County
RrutalIy Beaten by Gang Oh "hi'e
,,.n-The Trial of Woodrow.

r,eetiuo will be held in Waynesboro
.-1dav NIGHT to organize volunteer mill
tary company
~, the completion of the shell road a
,,egc,e club will be organized at Bruins
rick bv about twenty young men.
Il mas been decided to carry an artesian
- n,pe into the union depot at Atlanta
'or the benefit of the travelling public.
same OF the negroes OF Albany are very
o,nch exercised over the talk Of war
nth Mexico. They are afraid they will
be drafted.
ON Tuesday next the grand encamp-
roont and on next Wednesday the Grand
iodre of Odd Fellows of TINS State will
convene in annual session in Atlanta.
The property of Coweta appears on the
,.x returns to be $243, 600 more than in
iSS5 and that in spite of the fact that the
county has shrunk 5000 acres of land.
Hpnrick Smith, who has been working
At the Harris brick yard at Albany, is
wanted in Baker county under a warrant
charging him with selling mortgaged
nroperty, and has been arrested.
Joseph Burt, of Forsyth county, was
before Commissioner Paight at Atlanta
Snesday charged with violating the reve-
rue laws. He was discharged, the evil
dpnce not being sufficient to convict.
Some months ago it was published in
tha Atlanta press that large piano man
nfactory was soon to be established in
Atlanta. The item has gone the rounds
Of the country and Atlanta has got good
deal of advertising, but the piano factory
ia still nursing.
Newman is another Georgia town which
must be mentioned as being alive to it's
onDortunities. just now there are build
,ngs in construction which will cost not
less than 100000. The people are build
ing tasty residences as well as substan-
tial business houses.
Lists are being circulated on the streets
of Atlanta for signatures as members of
the Conservative Citizens Association
of Fulton county," The lists are being
signed up rapidly, showing that the move
ment is popular, and that the people are
willing to indOrse it.
At Sylvania Tuesday Kizzy COlding, a
young mulattO girl, was arrested for
stealing u Counterpart from the store of
Beuno Plleffer. She was arraigned be-
lore Judge Joan H.Han, Jr., and although
ably defended by counsel, was bound
over to the Superior Court tor trial.
Sheriff overly, of OcOnee, passed
through Athens Tuesday with Joe
" ard, who Is deranged and on his way to
the ASYLUM. Ward mad accumulated a
little capital of 1000 by hard work and
economy, and was induced TO invest it in
the mercantile business in Atlanta, where
he soon lost his last cent. 1t so preyed
on his mind that he went deranged.
AT Macon Tuesday the County CommIs-
siOners received bids from five firms for
building the new Rolf Home hospital.
The bids were all much higher than was
l., .1so1s h. low
est hid, Ingall and Giles again receiving
it. aud Amason, Jenkins and Phillips for
accepting. They think the county is unable
to spend so much money on it, and so the
matter stands.
At Athens Tuesday two well diggers
were blasting IN Pugh Tayl9r's well when
one of the blasts failed to 20 off. They
concluded to take the Uamping out and re-
charge the hole, and while taking out the
tamping a spark lgnited the powder and
made very loud report. The two men
at work in the well were hardly hurt at
all. The only reason that can be given is
that the tamping only blew OIt and their
heads were not over the blast at the time.
Bill Simmons and Riley Capers work
at Gibeau's, In Macon. On Monday, Sim
mons received a postal from his mother.
He was sitting down reading, and Capers
ing MIN to decipher it. This angered SIM
mons and he cursed Capers, and then Ca
pers retaliated, and Simmons struck him,
when Capers drew his big bowie knife. On
Tuesday morning Recorder Patterson
charged him So for reading a one cent
postal.
Samuel Kraft, the old veteran of two
wars, lett Atlanta Tuesday for Blrming-
ham Kraft has been in the city for sew
eral days and has been we'll provided for
blythe Confederate veterans, who obtained
for him a pass to Birmingham, from
whence ne will make his way to Texas,
where he has two sons. The Old mans
race is nearly run, butte says he hopes to
llye TO see the day when the old Union will
again whip Mexico. Kraft wears medal
made from cannon captured in the Mex
lean war.
Thomas Lightfoot, an old citizen OF
scrlven county, living up ia the Eight
eth district, was called out from his
house by white man named Irving Tay-
LOT, accompanied by one or two kindred
spirits, and violently assaulted with a
club. One Of his eyes was knocked out
aud he was otherwise seriously wounded
Inc cause of the attack is unknown. The
|arlike Taylor, his fellow belligerents
having deserted him, was arrested and
h tned before the magistrate, and being
committed to the Superior Court for trial,
4 was brought dewn aud lodged in Jail at
4 Sglvania.
D. +. Hargis. of Kingston, during his
recent trip to FLOYD county, stopped over
llgnt with Mr.. Davis, who has in his
n possession ring, a curious relic, which
Ne obtained in the following manner: He
Gays Just after the battle Of Franklin,
rem, friend and himself were walking
across the scene. The dead and dying
we're all around. Passing among the
saiieh braves, they saw ring shining
brightly on the little finger of handsome
man, whose life blood had ebbed away
anu Wnc was lying stiff and cold in the
arms of death. Each asked the
ULler to take it off. Neither had
wy. .ae aeart to do it. Finally Mr.. Davis
via MS friend il he would take it off he
"OuIu give him quarter. The business
SSsPect OF the case induced this friend tC
W 81. Inc ring Is of coin silver, flatteneC
- Dp IN ths shape OF a heart, and on II
engraved theSs words: I'D. l., Nor
tS oou, 20. X, l04th Ind. VOL, March 2j
w. Mr.. Davis wants to give this ring
s /" nose who have a right 10 1t, and II the
aeSuEes OF Mr.. Norwood see this notice
Tuu Will correspond with j. +. Hargis
ni,usston, Ga, they can get the ring by
dty e'iN000 VI 'Ne'' iO0A
hn, James Woodrow, the renowned ev
AuohIst, will stand his trial before the
sasusta presbytery, at Greensboro. The
go' 'on or the presbytery began yester
h. !, ana II is expected that the case viii
W. called Immediately This will ba Dr