Savannah morning news., 1886-06-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
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Setter.
GEORGIA.
In the year ended June Maconites
mt S22O, 900 in new buildings.
The new organ for the First Baptist
,hurch at Macon will cost S., 800. A Iund
St $500 has been raised and will be forth
coming when the church is completed.
Thursday night Mrs. Ben Williams, OF
East Macon, arose in her sleep and walked
10 the door and unlocked it, and went
walking out and fell from the Veranda,
breaking her leg.
Mr.. Knott. of Oconee, was in Athens
Thursday with very large diamond that
he plowed up while planting corn. Mr..
Knott thinks there is money in the rock.
Iflt is worth anything it will bring him
fortune.
Mr.. Jesse Armstrong, 3S years ago a
citizen OF Washington county, but now of
Texas, visited his old home the past week.
In the early part of the 1910 decade he
merchandized in SandersVille with Col.
Z. s. Langmade.
Mr.. Abbott, a well-to-do farmer, LIVING
fourteen miles below Dublin, has never
taken but two doses of quinine in his life,
and cannot remember ever having been
sick. He has a wife and eight children.
and doctor has never been in his house.
A gentleman now living in Athens, and
who mas long since given up manipulat-
ing the pastebOard abOminatiOn, SAYS that
he once played poker from Thursday eve
ming at 3 O'Clock until the following Mon
day night at II O'Clock, without stopping
for sleep. This is probably the longest
game on record. The Athens gentleman
lost 500 during the game.
The case of Brown Bros, bankrupt, was
before the United States Court at Macon
Wednesday. Attorneys Proudft and
Wiiiingham were allowed S375 each, and
Duncan d Collier, Fort Valley, 5000. An
application for 81, 600 for tne receiver will
probably be allowed. There is some $l0,-
600 of the money belonging to the assets
OF the bankrupt concern in the custody of
the court.
Deputy United States Marshals and
Collectors n. II. Upshaw and Daniel
Boon captured still near Franklin, in
Heard county, Thursday and destroyed
200 gallons of beer. This makes the eighth
still which has been captured in Heard
county this year, and from the same
county United States Commissioner D,
McClendon has tried % men for violating
the Internal revenue laws.
The Barnesville Democrat headlines its
account of the anti-prohi oitlOn victory in
5palding county as follows: "For the
Sale-Grand Democratic Victory-The
Bible Vindicated-The Koran is Re-
manded to the Book Okworm-Moses and the
Prophets, Jesus and the Apostles are JUS
tilted, while Dr. Hawthorne and his Vile
SANDER of the Virtue of the Daughters OF
Griffin are Rebuked-Spalding Defeats
Prohibition by 239 Majority"
On Monday morning, when Mrs. j. D.
Williams, Of TrOup county; went to her
starch box to give. out the usual weekly
proportion to her washerwoman, she dis
a q Ia M a1In Cna a trnc n Ul
cOiled up in that receptacle. All hands
set TO and soon dispatched the unwelcome
intruder. Upon hearing this story by
staBder remarked that his snakeship was
probably of the RrstOcratic Order-he
wanted to be where he could be ''stuck
up"
There is little setter roaming around
Athens that seems to be perfectly heart
broken. she was owned by a gentleman
in Athens for long time, and was par
ticularly fond of her master, and wherever
be went the dOg could be seen following
close behind. She was given to another
party, and since then The dog seems to
know nothing about her master, and is
perfectly desOate. She can be seen all
through the day and night wandering
around the street, and viii not notice any
one.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Mr.. Hardy
grass, came in from DoOly county on
Tuesday last with portion OF mis- wool
clip of the season. He brought In nine
bales, averaging 65l pounds to the bale, in
the aggregate $3.50 pounds. The wool
was thrown off at Anderson's warehouse,
aud Mr.. Puts stuck the receipts in his
pocket and asked the buyers to show up.
Messrs p. e. Clegg Il 90. made him an
offer of 81 cents per pound cash. Alter
ward they raised the bid to 21.47 per
pound, and Mr. Pitts sold it TO Clegg q
Co for that price.
At Macon a movement is on foot to
erect a new church in front OF Wesleyan
Female College by the Methodists. There
is beautiful reserve there, withheld by
the city for park, and it has never been
improved. The money has about been
raised to improve il now. The work will
cost several thousand dollars, and when
it is done this will be one of the prettiest
places IN the city. The building OF the
church is IN the hands of several wealthy
citizens who viii! build 1t if the privilege
can possibly be obtained by the city. 1t
is hardly possible there will be any dif1-
Guilty IN the matter, as the place is at
present simply an eyesore, but Is capable
of being highly Deautihed.
On Ju 10 a petition praying for an
election in Sumter county on the prOhibi-
Speer. The petition had $40 signatures
attached to it. Before Judge Speer could
go through the books and ascertain If
the petition had a sufficient number OF
signatures 10 authorize him in ordering
an election, however, eighty-fYe of the
gentlemen who mad previously signed the
petition Withdrew their names, thus rem
dering the petition worthless, as 24O would
not be enough 10 authorize the Judge TO
order an election. should the prohibition
lists wish 10 try again they will have TO
start a new petition. 1t Is understood
that they will let the matter drop.
In the early history Of Dodge county
two brothers, j. 3. and W. T. Belts, en-
gagged in the saw mill business, locating
their mills a few miles north OF Eastman.
They were both poor, but they were ener-
getic, enterprising, honest aud industri.
Gus. A few months ago W. +. Belts and
his wife both died, leaving one little
orphan girl, Annie Georgia, and }. ;.
Belts has been appointed as her guardian
and also as administrator OF his brOther's
estate. IL is found, upon appraisemeLt,
that the estate Is worth S2O,OOO or S2O,OOO,
and little Annie Georgia is the sole helr.
With such a man as j. 5. Belts as her
guardian 10 manage this estate, by the
time this little girl becomes Of age sue
will have a handsome fortune. All OF
which shows what energy and industry
will accomplish.