Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OFTHE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAG RAPHS.

burglars Overhauled at Atlanta
Novel Singing Society Formed at the
Capital.
Darien is to have lodge Of Knights Of
Pythias.
Joseph Milligan's son was burned to
death near Bainbridge day or two ago.
The ceremony of laying the cornerstone
of Cochran's college building will take
place to-day.
An effort is being made to secure sut1-
Gent subscribers to ensure a telephone
system for Griffin.
The following gentlemen have been
elected aldermen Of McRae: A. ii. Hen
ley, W. b. Folsom, j. j. Walh, and D. IL
Gilmore.
The dwelling house of l.. W. Downs, OF
OcOnee county, was destroyed by nre
Friday night. But little Of the furniture
was saved.
DIR. w. f. Memmbler, OF Marietta, a
hunchback and spiritualst who was quite
a character in his nelghDorhOou, cleo at
Gainesville Tuesday.
The committee on hre department OF
the Macon Council has ordered 1900 ieet
of new hose. The hose ordered Is that
known as the Maltese Cross.
A lady of the Warrior district of Bibb
COUNTY anu WIS ~ w " ~ - W 4 Wv
mistress there, has fine black hair that
when braided measures exactly feet.
In Warrior district OF Bi0O county,
Monday, a daughter of Thomas Bonner,
in passing by a stove, tipped over d pan OF
hot grease, which fell on her leg, burning
1t frightfully.
": W. Kennedy got verdict for $3.50
in the Superior Court at Columbus, We'd
nesday, against the Columbus and West
railroad stock
transportation.
William Moore was engaged in picking
cotton at the old Tanner place, four miles
from Indian Spring, tuesday. The follow
block fell upon him, killing him almost
a instantly. lie was 20 years of age.
W. G. Rogers, of AbbevIlle, happened
to the misfortune of losing his pocket
book in Hawkinsville on Monday. 1t
contained $l06 IN money, tax receipts
from DOoly county and other papers.
The store of D. NJ. Ponder. at Jackson,
was burned Tuesday. The fire was the
work of an incendiary. MIR, Ponder had
a stock valued at ST. 800, with 800 lnsur-
ance. IL is not known how much insur-
ance was on the building.
Sunday morning Bose Morgan and j.
W. CloptOn caught large beaver in
trap on Col. W. A. MaxwelPs place, in
Sumter county. 1t weighed ~ pounds,
had web feet behind like a goose, while
the fore ones were like those of a coon.
Miss Braswell, daughter of Mr.. John
Brasweil, in the Warrior district of BIbb
county, who was badly burned few days
ago by her clothing catching fire, is i'm
proving. Mr.. BraswelPs hands, burned
while rescuing his daughter, is fast heal
ing.
Richard L. Burk, of Cedartown, has
been held TO answer charge of retailing
whisky without license. 1t is said that
he furnished the whisky that maddened
the brains of those who participated in
the ROckmart outrage on the day SelPs
circus exhibited there. He puts in de-
NAL.
S. F. Beckham has been elected junior
Second Lieutenant of the Qultman
Guards, of Forsyth, to ill vacancy
caused by the resignation of j. I. Nc
Ginty. The Guards have decided to &C
cepJ the invitation of the Chatham Artil-
lery, OF Savannah, to be present at their
centennial In May next.
A negro child, whose mother lives on
Capt. James Bragg's place, near LaWton-
vile, caught on fire. No one being pres
ent, the child was burned TO death, and
an old SOW which was on the place nearly
deVOuTed it. When found only the legs,
arms and head remained. 1t is thought
that the burning flesh attracted the hog.
Among the incidents of the recent very
severe weather, the Augusta EUenjHq
NelDS mentions the large destruction of
parlor vases in that city. In most parlors
the vases were half filled with water; the
water was frozen, and, as a consequence,
the fine vases were cracked and ruined
Several instances of the same kind &C.
curre@ N Griffin.
Randall Reeves, of the bearing district,
McDuttie county, recently cut pine tree
on MS premises into railroad crOssties. of
xvh Mr. RaAxraa do xHyhI ch ec,ftaraI
6X10 inches and feet long, for which he
received SIS 80. If the portion OF the tree
above the limbs had been cut into ties,
Mr.. Reeves is confident he could have
made 70 instead of 81 ties.
Capt. P. Z. Ennis, of Baldwin county,
has ARE Neal Taylor, cOlOred, who
killed nth, at SandersVille, some
time since, and atterward fed from jus.
tce. The Governor had offered a reward
Nof S1G0 for his arrest, which will be paid
Nyer TO Capt. Ennis. Neal Taylor was
tprned over TO Sneriff Wall, and now re-
poses in the Sandersville jail.
Sunday night John Dean, OF Paulding
county, was arrested for counterfeitlng
and is now in the Cedartown Jail. Dean
is charged with belonging to the gang
composed of stephens, who is now III the
81 Atlanta jail, BObO, a fugitive from JUS
tice. and others. 1t is said Dean made the
molds with which the counterfeit dollars
recently passed in Rome we're made.
William Mott, residing on DR.. j. H..
Nays place, near SandersVille, died on
I Tuesday from the effects of a gunshot
wound received several days ago. He
3 and young man by the name OF Jordan
= were working on gun barrel, and had
the end of the barrel in forge, when the
contents were discharged ard lodged IN
his body, aud resulted in his death.
Prof. Barilli has made up a society of
thirty ladies' or Atlanta for singing three
part songs. The society is called the Po-
lymnia club Prof. Barill has selected
ten cOntratO, ten sopranos, and ten sec
ond sopranos, and is training them in
.hree- Fart songs. 1t is probable that the
loeiety will consent to give a concert dur
ng the early spring for the benefit OF
ONE charity.
A negro man named Henry Monk was
irving PAIR Of mules in ochley county,
nd, standing on the hounds OF the wagon,
he lynch-piu tell out, throwing the negro
etween the mules, entangling him in the
caring. The mules ran away, dragging
enry for 30 or go yards, literally strip
ng his flesh from his bones IN some
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