Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rBF, NEWS OFrHE TWO STATES
TDuD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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GEORGIA.
The bond OF the Athens Postmaster is
$4,000. .....b,,.s
ed at Rome.
Vonr hundred and seventy dollars is all
mat is needed to complete the new scheol
blAldiug at Albany.
Henry Sullivan, a car coupler, was
Killed bv cars at Augusta TUESDAY ne
was horribly mangled.
Tom Moody, colored, was sent to jail at
rofnmbus Tuesday in default OF S4OO
bond for false swearing.
f. Tabin refuses to reconsider his
rosipnation as member from the Second
watd OF Inc City Council OF Augusta
The work on the rebuilding of the First
Bantist church at Macon has been some
what DELAYED in consequence OF the lack
Of lumber.
Seth TAYLOR. employed at the Muscogee
mills. at Columbus, lost one OF his fingers
tuesday by having his hand cut in the
machinery.
Tomorrow is the last day for DR.. Arm
strong to take action in regard to mis- con-
yietion. 1t is understood new trial will
beasked for.
A Georgia geologist says there are guam
titles of diamonds waiting to be discnV-
cred somewhere between Atlanta and the
Savannah river.
The Governor has offered a reward of
5000 Tor the arrest Of Andrew johnson,
VINO is charged with arson in Dougherty
county, last month.
Two artesian wells are contracted for
on Cumberland Island, one for Mr.. Car
negie, at Dungenness. and the other for
Mir. Morris, at the Stafford place,
mysterious yelled lady has begun to
haunt the Macon freight delivery depot
at the Central railroad. When asked
what she wants she replies, Nothing"
The application of Augusta's new gas
company for charter was heard before
Judge Roney yesterday morning. The
granting of the charter was opposed by
the old company.
There is quilt being made by family
near Forsyth. and it is padded with cotton
made by slaves "a years ago. The head of
the family, who is now 81 years old, was
then sprightly boy of Is.
Messrs. Jeter & Bush will at once put
up their wharf and warehouses at Bruins
Wick, The contract has already been
given out. The warehouses, two In Rum-
Der, will be 50x150 feet each.
The FLOYD Rifles have received an in
vitatlOn from the Rockford III Rides to
attend a banquet on Feb. %. The Floyd
Rifles will themselves have a banquet on
that date, and cannot, therefore, attend.
j. M. Coleman, the ex-Savannahian who
was assassinated at Seattle, W. T., last
Aweek, and mention of whom has been
made locally by the NEWS, once resided
at Brunswick and his family still owns
property there.
WIS McCombs, Marshal of Milledge-
VflIa hna inst rnRnNnrpn thFAa 6Iamnnda
and oLher jewelry lately stolen from the
residence of G. Nj. Wright. The tibet, a
negro girl formerly hired by MIR. Wright,
was also caught and jailed.
W.P. Bussey & Co.. of GAINESVILLE,
will add a grist mill to their already large
milling interests The machinery. en-
bracing all the latest Improvements in
that line has been ordered ard the mill
will be in operation 10 ten days.
1t now transpires that the lady who
came TO Atlanta TO see Barton, the con-
vict, is his wife. She lives in Missouri.
Tuesday she left Atlanta for New York.
where Barton's people live, to obtain
money TO pay her husbands fine. Barton
declines to talk.
A gentleman in Brunswick recently
purchased $50 acres of land in Camden
county, on the little Satilla. near Spring
Bluff, for $3.50, cut $1,000 worth of timber
of of it. and the other day sold the same
land for $3.50 cash, and thinks it was very
cheap at that price.
Nonew election will be held in Clarke
county on the prohibition issue, unless
the local hill passed for Clarke county is
changed by The Legislature, which Is not
probable. Tue bill to order a new elec-
tion requires petition signed by one-half
of the legal voters of the county.
Manager Cohen. of the Augusta Opera
House, was at Atlanta Tuesday to enter
suit against Mr.. Strak0sch, Mana or of
the English Opera Company, for cancel
ling an engagement in Augusta. Under
advice Of julius Brown, Mr.. Strakosch
COMPROMISED with Mr.. Cohen for $3.50.
At Macon j. 9. Higgins has entered
suit against w. b. Petty for $4,000 dam
5 ARES on account of the action of the latter
IN closing Higgins bakery last SatQ@ay.
Higgins claims that Petty's bailiff forci-
bly, elected him from his own premises
and locked the house IN an Illegal manner.
The funeral of g. B. Roberts occurred
at st. PauPs church, at Macon, Tuesday.
Among the pall-bearers were men noted
in the history OF MacOn's commerce. They
were Henry J. Lamar, 6. B. Turpin, r.
Il. Brown, K. Kirkland, George C. Free
man, E. g. Graniss, e. Winship and w.
Y. Singleton.
lub next IeTbillAeF DuileIln VIII De
issued by the Department OF Agriculture
about Feb. 20. Ii will contain a large
number Of analyses. The fertilizer busi.
ness in Georgia is still on boom. Up to
the present date about 100000 tags have
been issued. representing 100000 tons Of
fertilizer.
Last Wednesday @. L. Smith, of Mon
roe, found a very raw and ugly wound on
the shoulder OF his tine black horse. The
SKIN was eaten of in a square of fully
t0ur Inches. Potash or some kind OF
eaustic preparation did the work, and
some unprncipled creature was mean
enough to apply it.
Alter an absence of eight years, during
seven Of which he never rode On a rail-
road car, Henry G. LafAar. OF Shellman.
Randolph county, visited his old nome IN
Macon Tuesday. he says Macon looks
IKE new city altogether, and II is hard
70 realize the Macon OF olden time IN this
spruce and spanking city.
Al Macon Tuesday night Burt Ramsay.
proprietor OF the Elite skating rink,
ouldered his skates. like the Arab, and
silently Yanoosed. Mr.. Ramsay was UNI
successful IA the venture, and left in-
0ehted 70 Mr.. Petit $3.50 and to the city
$)o license. The building that he erected
: worth the $3.50, 80 nobody will be seri-
ousy injured.
Ihe members OF the bar OF Gainesville
nave organized a bar association, and
elected IL. H. Perry President and j, Il ,