Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-02


GEORGIA.
There are but few vacant stores in Da-
rien just now.
Noodville, Woodstock, Bairdstown and
Pendeld all have Greenback clubs.
LII & J. Il. Pittard VIII nave COM
modlOus store built at WinterVile.
Col. Marcellus E. Thornton has made
failure at coal mining, and wants re-
eeiver.
An adjourned term of Rockdale Supe-
nor Court will begin on the fifth Monday
III March.
Capt. Jonn R. Tuck is erecting public
work shop, both wood and blacksmith, on
Chalky Level.
Wat Wray, of Greene county, is ship
ping large quantities OF hay to Athens
from has farm.
At Atlanta hackmen are compelled to
keep lights on their carriages burning
after nlghttall.
At Macon Sunday James Walker was
cutting wood, when a splinter struck his
leye, knocking it out.
Thurman, who gave bailff the slip at
ATLANTA day or two ago, as described III
the NEWS, has been recaptured.
Thero are merchants in Athens who
keep little brown Jug in the back part
DIR. Campbell, oti Athens, says before the
war he knew farmer in Southwest GeOr-
gia who made $500 per hand raising to-
bacco.
The court house at Jouesboro has been
condemned on account of cracking walls
and other evidences that a collapse may
be expected at any moment.
Madison county Gas one country bar
room TO every 100 votes. Daniellsville,
the county site, is dry but there are four
teen barrOoms in the county.
Out OF fifteen cases which were carried
to the supreme Court from the Northern
circuit, Judge Samuel Lumpkin's de-
cisiOns were affirmed IN fourteen.
A recently returned Georgian from
Texas, now in Blakely, says that country
will do very we'll for men and dogs, but
that its HI on women and oxen.
The company that owns the Athens
water works is now constructing a set at
Selma, Ala. The water will be supplied
from two cistern wells 10 inches in diam
eter.
Efforts are being made by the ladies of
Grace chapel, Macon, to erect a more
ponmodious and imposing house of wor-
min on the lot directly in front Of the
chapel.
There is a gun owned by gentleman In
Athens that was captured by Sergt. Jas
per from the British in fight in South
carolina. The gun has 1715 marked in
the stock.
There is a newly married negro in
Athens who sleeps with large knife IN
der his pillow, and has a habit OF getting
up In the night and fOurisning the weap-
on around, threatening to cut his wite's
throat.
At Macon Sunday Capt. John Hurley
fell down flight of stairs in his resi-
dence. He fractured his collar bone and
several ribs. DIR. Matteaur says the
wounds will confne him to his bed for
several weeks.
Owing to sickness of counsel the trial
which mad been set Tor Tuesday to test
the legality of the whisky licenses, in
Blakely, issued by the Council OF the
past year, was postponed until Wednes-
8 day OF the present week.
Colonel John Chastine, a resident of
s the Indian Territory, is at Clayton per-
+ fecting some Indian claims of Rabun and
adjoining counties, and is going to carry
a company of emigrants back with him TO
the Territory next week.
Bose Daniel, colored, formerly of At
4 lanta, and who escaped from the chain
gang at Cedartown some six years since,
was arrested in Memphis, Tenn, last
week, and has been returned and placed
at work at the ore mines five miles east of
CedartOwn.
A negro boy in Athens, about II years
old, recently married woman OF twice
his age. Both the boy and his friends
now affirm that he was conjured by his
wife, and was not responsible for what he
did. The boy is afraid to quit the woman,
4 as he says she will bewitch him if ne does
80.
Toeooh II viokoru oF Tooooa ofFars
500 re ward for the arrest and delivery of
POney q. West TO the Sheriff of Franklin
county, Ga. He is 40 or 90 years old.
The last heard of he was in Athens,
having left home with woman named
Rachael Kimball. There are four in
T aictments against him.
A Mr.. Wood, of Gwinnett county, ar
rived at Conyers Thursday, and Friday
sold his horse to A. b. Osborn. He lett
the same day, and up to this time nothing
4 has been heard from him. The neighbOr-
4 hood in which he lived was thrown into
considerable excitement over his sudden
4 and unexplained departure.
&C. Hampton has just sold four acres
4 Of land near the Northeastern depot, at
4 Athens, TO Mr.. McGinty. In the past
twelve years this land has increased in
Il value 800 per cent. 1t was bought at $40
per acre, and the most of il has been sold
Of the Northeastern railroad is the cause
OF the increase In value.
1t is said that one of the Sparta mer-
4 chants, whose premises are sometimes in
vaded by the predatory town cow, has
fallen on this method OF retaliation: When
one OF the intruders works her way into
his ward he has her driven into the lot,
MIXED and then turned adrift. This beats
living into a rage and filling the offender
with shot. The town COW ought to be
made TO pay as she goes.
Hon. Charles Il. Crisp has filed an APP
plica;ion with the Second ASS slant Post
master General, asking that the mails be
carried over the Americas, Preston and
Lumpkin road. No immediate action
can be taken as the Postmaster General
IA comforting with the Post Office Com
mittee ofthe House as TO an apprOpria-
ton for the mail service generally and
disqualification must wait until an under
standing is reached
While cutting briars. few days since,
on Josiah B0swOrths place, near Snap
ping shoals. Dick Stewart found a drum
mer's valse, containing several boxes OF
cigars, samples Of coffee, harps, and sew
eral linen collars. One Of the cigar boxes
had The name Of sims Stailings on IL. The
valise had been in the weather so long
that everything is badly damaged, the
leather beginning TO decay. NO one can
q a.. III. hs NrsFata