Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHENEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

An Emanuel County Physicians
Prophetic Bantering When About
m Cross a Bridge-A Coiled Hoop
Factory Added to the Enterprises
Of ainesvilIe-Annual Meeting of
the sibley Manufacturing Com
pany.
GEORGIA.
RADIATION expects to have bank soon.
Tbere was twenty-one shad caught at
tbe Dublin ferry one night last week.
A. Giles. a pr-,<yinent merchant and
citizen of Americ IS, died wednesday Oh
sam Small was licensed to preach In
the Methodist Episcopal Churcn, oouIn'
Of Trinity church Wednesday nlght'
The Athens street cars hauled l, I9l
messengers on Memorial day. Ihls is IHe
largest number they have ever carried IN
one day. :.
Mr.. Little. a livery stable keeper IN
Harmony (4roVe. SAYS that a great many
horses are diving in Banks. Madison, ana
jackson counties from pink-eye'
At BawkinsvIlle Wednesday, In the
6remen's contest, Hawklnsville won the
first money, Cochran second III was
raining, but large crowd was In attehu-
ance. :,
great many dogs are dying in
Athens and vicinity. They are poisoned
or shot bv some malicious partles, sup
posed to be thieves. Several parties nave
lost fine dogs.
Hon. Edwards PierrepOnt, of New York,
ex-Attorney General of the United States
and ex-Minister to England, arrived In
Atlanta Wednesday morning. lie was
accompanied by his wife.
John w, Thompson, formerly OF Walton
county. but late of Laurens, while driV-
ing a timber cart last Thursday, at
Thompson's mill, fell off log and was
run over by the cart and killed.
Mr.. Joseph NJ. Brown, of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, is to bring before
the health and pleasure seekers the at
Effectiveness of Adairsville In pamphlet
form to be distributed free everywhere.
MIR. Hogue, of Washington, Is rebuild
ing his store at Gainesville, which was
burned last December. The workmen are
now clearing away the rubbish, and soon
a handsome brick house will be ready for
business.
Athens paid $3.50 for a rock quarry at
Litbonia, and MIR. Stanley, during his last
visit to it, refused 81. 900 for the property.
1t will bring many times that amount.
This was one of ex-Mayor Dorsey's in
yestments.
Col. j. A. Billups, of Athens, has been
invited by the citizens of Oglethorpe to
address them on the occasion of the lay
ing of the cornerstone of their new court
house. He will probably consent to be
with them.
Mr.. Huskey, who lived a mile or two
east of BluftOn, had his house and all
that was in it destroyed by 1re last Fri
h f,,,o nd fo r1iIE in a dos
titute condition. His neighbOrs have gone
to work for his relief.
There is a strong sentiment in Athens
in favor of the city buying the water
works when they are sold. The property
can be bought for about $4,000, and 1t
will pay a handsome dividend, besides
reducing the price of water.
The city OF Athens has compromised
the damage suits against the city, filed
by Messrs. Charles Stern, A. l.. Hull,
and DIR. w. A. Carlton, on account of the
building OF the water tower, for $500.
This sum about covers the cost Of the
litigants.
&C. Cameron, of Americus, says he
heard the whistle of the steamboat on
Flint river, two or three times last Friday,
distance of over 20 miles. The wind
was blowing pretty strong from the east
at the time, and he thinks it waited the
sound to his ears.
One of the silver candlesticks stolen
from the Catholic. church at Athens, was
found last Monday, concealed in one Of
she tree boxes on the sidewalk in front Of
Col. Child's lot. 1t is thought that the
thief became frightened and took this
method of restoring the property.
At Macon Wednesday j. w. Anderson
was appointed temporary receiver for the
stock owned by Mrs. A. CHASER. Mr..
Felix Camp. attorney for Sullivan, Drew
& Co. of New York, who have a claim Of
$500, and others for sums amounting to
about 1900, had the receiver appointed.
DR.. POlhill, of Millen, had his setter
stolen from him last week, but by tele-
graphing Immediately to Savannah, he
caught the dog and the thief, who had
stolen her. He would, in q short time,
have been in Florida, for he was making
hasty preparations to depart for that
State.
Wednesday James Rainey, owner OF the
livery stable in EatontOn, hired a valu bic
mule and buggy to a negro for the pur-
pose of carrying a drummer to Half
Acre. AS they we're crossing Parsons
Ferry at Little river, the mule backed off
Of the boat with the buggy and was
drowned.
Wednesday Mr.. Walter Irby, a fisher
man, while fishing in the river about four
miles from Macon, came across the body
Of a negro who had evidently been
drowned. From the blue shirt found on
the body, Mr.. lrby thinks that it is Jack
Cheney, the negro who was lost and sup
posed to be drowned during the recent
aood.
Nathan Hull, negro living in Clarke
county, had his finger amputated by DIR.
Lyndon. Nathan got into a fight a few
weeks ago, and accidentally put his finger
In another mans mouth and he closed
down on it with his teeth. DIR. Lyndon
says that gangreen had got into the
wound. This is the first case of gangreen
that has occurred in that section since
the war.
Wednesday a negro man. while engaged
IN ditching on Philip Breitenbucher's
place, when Is near West Foundry street,
within the city limits Of Atlanta. found "A
skeleton. This is the fourth skeleton that
has been dug up in that vicinity. The old
breastwOrks are near Mr.. Breltenbuch-
er's place, and the skeletons found are
supposed to be those Of soldiers who were
buried their during the war.
1t was reported at Athens Wednesday
chat John Harrison, the defaulting con-
stable from Athens, was found in mill
pond near Birmingham, Ala, with bull
Jet hole through his head. He was known
20 have gone TO Alabama when he ran