Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
Superior Court convenes at Sylyanla
hext Monday.
The hotel at Brunswick is again in pro-
cess of construction.
The net earnings OF the Brunswick post
Office for the last month were $42J.
The county treasurership 81 Gwinnett
county pays from $500 10 5000 per annum,
The estimate on the cotton crop in
GWinnett county now is that there VIII he
two-thirds Of an average crop.
The Governor has issued a proclama-
ton Offering a reward OF 5000 for tue per-
petrators OF tue Moore lynch!ng on Aug.
II last,
On account of the long dry spell water
is becoming scarce in some portions OF
Terrell county and stock are beginning
TO suffer.
Alex. sullivan, of Americas, shot and
Killed a wild goose Monday, az he was
hunting on the Muckalee. 1t weighed
nine pounds.
Prof. q. G. Carney died at Gainesville
Tuesday. Prof. Carney came to Carriers
VILE from Oxford during the summer and
took charge OF the East Gainesville In
stitute,
The pastor Ofthe Bryan Baptist church,
destroyed ty fire last Sunday week, says
he expects to be able to reblild IN a few
months. He will build smaller ediiice
than before.
Willie Whitehead. a cOlOred boy was
accidentally killed at ST. SimOn's IN Mon
day. He was driving an OK cart, and.
falling before the wheel, was crushed 10
death b. he heavy cart.
a misdrRval of jury in Cohee county
puts a stop 70 the sitting OF the superior
Court this weeL. Judge Symmes, how
S n N snafpb G1Rh hUEtnAgG
Is Is possible without jury.
"Not guilty" was the verdict rendered
by The jury z the case of 4 leck Simmons.
fbe negro charged with having attempted
To blow up the Chinaman Loo Ch0Bg with
dynamite al AU usra in August last.
Mat Castor, OF Jackson county, has q
chicken hat LAID and hajcGed seven eggs
at the age OF only four months. THIS
young hen Was ABOUT the size OF part
ridge when she came off the nest with her
young cuickens.
Taylor e HAWKING, OF Amercus, have
dissolved cOpartnership III the grocery
business. John Taylor having bought out
the interest OF &. G. Hawkins. be viii
continue the business and Mr.. Hawkins
will be head clerk for the house.
The peopls OF Madison have made UP a
purse OF $50 Tor Mr.. Callahan, the poor
Baptist preacher who lost ten bales of
y u
tenant, and has nine unmarried daugh-
tiers, proves bis need OF generous help.
D. Z. Bacon & Co. have commenced to
erect some OF their buildings al Rocky
Ford on the site recently purchased by
them for the purpose OF erecting planning
mills and sash and door factories. 1t is
said they purpose putting $4,000 worth
OF machinery alone there.
Willie Moran. lad l6 years old fatally
hrN l. De-
He was out hunting, aud IN attempting
TO get out Of the creek swamp. pulling
his gun after him, it was accidentally
discharged, the contents entering the
right lung about the nipple, causing
death in thirty-five minutes.
Friday night some one went to Thos.
Whatley's, who lives on w. W. Grubb's
place, about three miles north Of Liberty
Hill. After taking yoke OF oxen which
were in a stable IN the lot of TO the woods,
and tieing them out, they took his mule
of and tied 1t out in the same manner.
They then returned and applied tolch 10
his barn and stables. All the corn and
other things were burned with the barn
and stables.
Miles Livingston, Jesse Seawrieht,
George Virgins and Plat Keith. the
last three cOlOrcd men. went out opus
sum hunting Monday night. They
CdNEHN WV NlfsEH ulAihs anu the QOES tEEEu
coon up large tree. The hunters pro-
Oeeded 20 cut the tree down. When the
tree was falling q limb broke and struck
Plat keith on the head killing him in
stantly. TIE body OF the dead man was
hauled 10 Dawson in a wagon Tuesday
morning and taken TO the house Of his
brother, Tom Keith.
4 little daughter OF Mrs. ". f. penni-
man, Of Brunswick, met with a painful
noOh last. A cow, owned by Mr.. Penni-
man, from some cause, became angry and
attacked "a still younger child-a little
boy. The little miss plucklly essayed to
protect her baby brother, and was caught
on the norns Of the animal and thrown a
short distance INTO the air. As she fell.
she was again assaulted, horn striking
ana penetrating her cheek by the SIDE Of
the nose ana making an ugly wound. DR..
Bishop WAS called in, and the little one
bids fair u recover, though a scar will
doubtless dishgure her face.
Nancy Hightower, the former wife of
JORDAN HightOwer, cOlored. Of Hamilton,
has notified her children by letter that she
Is Sill IN the land OF the living. She left
Hamilton about eight years ago In COM
p2ny with some blind negro preachers,
ana NJ neither her husband or her cnild-
dfen mad heard from her Until lGgt week
they edppossd her u be deed. EHr hus-
band waited FOR her return whole year
and tEen took unto himsei arothCr spouse.
The displaced vile shows 40 deposition
to piSy martyr ana, like Rnccn Arden,
romsIh in ebsouriiy tse remainder of her
mOrts. .te, and Should she return she
will probably make taings lively for
Jordan.
Several suits for heavy damages have
b. en- filed in Fulton Superior Court. J -.
NJ. ArmisteRd, who has charge OF Ponce
de Leon Springs, brings two heavy dam
age suits. lie says that l.. Deceive has
damaged him in the sum OF $4,000 by
publishing libel upon him in the Allan
Ia Constitution of May -. 1886
in the shape OF card, in which he re-
ferred 10 Armistead as an unbluShing
sharper" a " greedy Shylock," a shame
less fellow" The card is reproduced in
the declaration, and taxes ArmisJead TO
task for charging people i've cents q drink
for Ponce de Leon water, IN direct viola
tiOn Of u contract made with Mr.. Richard
Peters, Ct the Atlanta street railway.
The other suit is for $4,000. aud is
against I'd. q. Peters, superintendent OF
the Atlanta street railway. Il seems
that Mr.. Peters " went for " Col. Armi-
stead IN an Interview in the Atlanta Con-
stitution some time ago, IN the course OF
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