Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
! VEE \ JEWS OFraE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Toomsboro Egg shipments Bryant Upt to
Something at WashingtoH-Two Mnr-
der Gases to Come Up in Dodge Supe-
rtor Court-Death ut SandersvilIe
which Turns = Stabbing ARRAY Into
Murder.
GEORGIA.
The turpentine farms in Dodge county
are now running full blast.
There are over dozen newspapers pub
lished within twenty-five miles of Coving-
ton.
The Herald wants Brunswick to make
an effort to have the State fair held in that
city.
Mr.. Fried, of Macon, will probably build
the new EatontOn Jail from plans of his
own.
j. E. Bryant is at Washington. D. g.,
said to be Matching up some secret
scheme.
The local option election in Glynn is
not likely to come of sooner than mid
summer or fall.
Col. Bob Oliver, of Americas, is an APP
plicant for a COnsulship at one of the
Central American ports.
The second annual encampment Of the
department ofTennessee and Georgia, Il.
A. R., VIII begin at Atlanta to-day.
In Rockdale Superior Court Haywood
Strong. murderer, has just been con-
victed and sent to Jail for five years.
Maj. Lachlan Mcintosh, of Georgia, has
been assigned to very pleasant place in
the Geodetic Bureau at Washington.
Hon. j. Nj. Pace, Mayor OF Covington,
has been presented with a handsome gold
headed cane by the citizens Of that place.
At Albany, W. aesday, some OF the
lawyers came n =, having lively scrim-
mage in Justice court at the court
house.
Lieut.. Oscar j. Brown, instructor of
cavalry tactics at West Point, is expected
in Athens soon to visit his sister, Mrs.
DR.. Lyndon.
The negro, Doc Moultrie, who is charged
with burning the barn of John Morell at
Sylvania, last week, was tried in the JUS
tice Court Wednesday and committed.
The Baptist Church Society of Macon
has received the remaining $4,000 from
Mechanics Insurance Company, Brook
lyn, of the $4,000 on the burned building.
n. B. Baum shipped last week from
Toomsboro It's dozen eggs, and had on
hand up to Tuesday this week $50 dozen.
Mr.. Baum ships on an average 100 dozen
per week.
Wednesday / long, lank-Iooking coun-
tryman was in Athens wearing an officers
suit of Confederate gray. 1t brought back
the days of old to the soldiers who follow
ed Lee and Jackson.
The old office at Osceola between Nc
Mutt and jug Tavern, has been opened
again, and a new Office called Elder, be-
tween Watkinsville and High Shoals,
has been established.
Wesley Vandergriff; white convict
from Plckens county. died Wednesday
while plea for pardon was being laid
before the Governor. He was serving
10 years. sentence for murder.
Hon. Seaborn Reese, of Sparta, return
ed home last Sunday, accompanied by his
sister, Miss Eula Reese. He is detained
from returning to his seat in Congress by
the sickness of his little son, Augustus.
There are two brothers in Sumter coun~
ty who are said to be twins, and yet they
were born in different years-the oldest
having been born in As and the youngest
in '49, and they are as much alike as two
peas
LJohn J.. Moore, of Lawrenceville,
= slashed a negro boy in the neck with
knife at Atlanta, Wednesday, because he
had no match to give him when asked for
one. Moore, who is white man, was
arrested.
Parties from Columbus are beginning
work on new ice factory, located near
they will dig their own wells, and will
enter extensively into the manufacture Of
the frozen product.
In Scriven county negro boy was driv
ing along in acart, when large pine tree,
which had been burning for some time at
the base, suddenly fell across the animal
crushing him to death. The boy, strange
to say. was not hurt.
Forward gardens in Dodge county are
not likely to result in anything OF more
consequence than to necessitate the pro-
prietors thereof TO replant. Those who
were not in hurry TO plant can rejoice
for one time at least.
Julius Gardner has an egg that is quite
a curiosity. The yolk is perfect, but in
stead of being surrounded by the white it
is stretched for several inches, like a
string attached to the yolk, with thin
coating Of shell on it.
Nearly all the Swede and English emil
grants that we're brought to Clarke coun-
ty, several years ago, have gone to other
parts. All OF them became dissatisfied
soon after they landed, and did not pay
back the money advanced to bring them
over.
Crawford Parker, the man who shot t.
A. Lanier, in MIllen, just after Christ
mas. and who was to have been tried in
the Justice Court Wednesday before
Judge u. II. hill. JI.s WdlNSu cAdHlud-
ton and gave bond for his appearance at
the Superior Court.
Thomas Smith, an alleged counterieiter,
had his commitment trial before United
States Commissioner l.. NJ. Erwin at Ma
con Wednesday and was held in default
of bonds. Smith passed spurious silver
dollars by making &c. ana lOc. purchases
and obtaining change.
ON Friday night last some OF the noto-
rious gang OF Eastman pilferers effected
an entrance into the kitchen Of A. y. Sex
ton and stole therefrOm about 90 pounds
of flour, 40 pounds Of butter, 10 dozen
eggs, quantity of meat, and numerous
other articles Of eatabies.
The residence Of James jackson, at Da-
visboro, Just completed, was consumed by
fire Wednesday. His smOkehOuse full OF
provisions and supplies was also burned.
The loss is quite heavy, as nothing was
saved except a few pieces OF furniture.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
DIR. w. y. Fleetwood sold for the Rock
Warehouse and Compress Company, at
Hawkinsville, Monday. 300 bales OF low
middling cotton 40 ~ cents. This big
lot of cotton was bought by j. 6. Raun q
Co.. export buyers. and brought about
$4,000. Two hundred and forty-one bales,
or over $4,000 worth OF the lot was owned
by Robert " Bowen.
A. gaudaraviIfe Saturday Sam Emanuel