Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OfTEH TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

an Epclmpment-The Fulton County
Cotton Mill To be Enlarged.
GEORGIA.
man in Builoch has gourd six feet
lon.
Or. 0. l.. Alexander contemplates the
erection OF handsome residence at Reds
vile.
SIX drummers went ont to country
store from Hartwell IN one vehicle on
Tuesday.
In Bulloch county the weather is fne
snd cotton picking is progressing salts
iactcrily.
reunion Of all the old soldiers in Lin
coin county will be held at Lincolnton
Friday, Sept. "a.
jim Dukes, near Andersonville, has
five or six stalks OF genuine sea island
cotton growing on his place.
Efforts are being made to have Augusta
and Anderson, S. c., connected by tele-
graph and better mail facilities.
A war OF rates is In progress between
the two boats competing for the trade on
tue Fbntir Moutezuma down the river.
Dr.. P. Nell will soon begin the con-
structon OF bis new house at Reidsville,
as nearly all the material is now on the
ground.
tn to Friday only 515 voters have reg
i,t red in Columbus--245 OF this mum Der
are in the uptown district and 270 in the
lower town.
There has been quite revival in Mid
die River church, in Franklin county.
Fifty-seven new members were baptized
on Saturday.
W. o. Cooper, Of Oglethorpe county,
will be a candidate for DooTkeeper of the
Senate at the next session of the General
Assembly.
r. L. Hoxie, Captain United States En-
gineers. decides that the appropriation
for the Upper Flint must be expended be-
tween MOnteZuma and the Warwick
shoals.
Mrs. John Moore, OF GAINESVILLE, milks
one COW. They have a family of four per-
sons. Besides supplying the family with
butter, she has sold 156 pounds within
five months.
Work on the Nacoochee gold mine Is
progressing finely, and they are now
working some splendid ore. This Is one
of the richest mines in Georgia and has
paid from the start.
Monday morning last the entire force
of stone cutters that have been at work
upon the court house at Lexington for the
past six months, returned to Mr.. Nc
Uurdy's quarry at Stone Mountain.
The only real estate sold at public out
cry at Washington last Tuesday was the
John T. Geresham tract Of 248 acres,
lying near Little river. This was a Sheriff's
sale, and the land was purchased by L.
NJ. Green for 1886.
Tom Paulk, colored, and Josephine
Brown, white, of Irwin county, eloped
Tuesday night. They were arrested in
Valdosta Wednesday. The father of the |
girl passed Alapaha Wednesday In pur- |
suit. The end is not yet.
Considerable timber is being hewn on |
the t1mbered land adjacent to the Oconee |
river. Timber averaging one thousand
feet is quoted at from $12 to $l4. Should
the prices remain at the present figures
there is chance for the timber men to n
realize profit. r
Last Tuesday Mrs. Gus Fem, at Gum "
Greek, met with quite serious accident. W
The horse hItched to the buggy became b.
frightened at the boat and ran away. %,
throwing her out against tree and in I'll
juring her seriously. She is hardly ex-
pected to recover. m
Applications were made to the County In
Commissioners of Meriwether county last ii
Tuesday to have TWO new militia districts p
laid of; one from the Middle Ninth, the
other from the Eleventh district. The first A
would have the court ground at jones' Il
mills, the second at Lone Oak. h
The candidate Of the Democratic party ls
OF the Third Congressional district of Il
Georgia for the Fifneth Congress, will ad- p
dress his fellow citizens at the following b
places on the dates named: Vienna, Tues b
day. Sept. IA; Montezuma, Saturday. b
eept. IL; Oglethorpe. W Wednesday, Sept. y. a
A citizen in the western part of Frank. a
lin county called one OF his neighbop d
Justify just after the shake on TUESDAY e
night. On receiving an answer he sal: 81
come over to my house quick; theresa u
man in my loft" The answer came BAD: q
u can't come; there's a man in my lot." q
Since the articles about the Indian ell
ics around Scull Shoals number OF iet-
tiers have been received at Athens fom II
the North and West asking for fsr4her u
particulars. Thursday a COnnectcut .
man wrote for directions to reach tae SPOT n
as he intends TO investigate these curiosi- r
ties In person. e.
Columbus Enquirer Sum- We Learn %
mat Dir. Monroe Wise, a prosperous :,
Young farmer near Elba, Ala, was BIT "
Ten Dv rattlesnake while out gathering "
corn to feed his horse Tuesday morning =
ABOUT daylight. At last accounts he was -
10 critical condition, and it was feared u
mat be might die. Il
!, Montezuma Record: The cotton crop d
throughout this part OF the State is bound q,
70 De much shorter than the farmers an n
ucpated. Last Sunday we noticed thu
crops on the west side of the river, and h
one more picking will clean il up. All =
.le late cotton has been seriously Injured a
" dry east winds, and little can be ex- "
pected from 1t. "
sunday evening last the c0lored people a
VI the surrounding country for miles Il
Sa'nered in Lexington TO witness the v
Dapt!sm OF quite large mum err OF re- J
yenl converts. The administration of | &
ue ordnance occupied greater part OF O
.ae evening. The earthquake, 1t is said, II
fused the number to be larger than it "
''nerWise would have been. D
lAe ranks of batteries II and B, OF the Il
'ecofd United States Artillery. camped fC
'oout TWO miles from Atlanta. are being p
tecFulted to thirty-eigbt men each. When Il
ue companies came 10 Georgia they had a.
,S"B thirty-tvo men each. Lieut.. Charles CT
!, !; rarker is the recruiting officer. assist
u Dy Post Surgeon Thomas Artand. Bat d,
81! II BIAS its full quota, and the ranks OF d,
'Stlery are now being filed. r
AZ recent test of granite in Cincin- ia
,atl, sample from the quarry being "
,o.I near Lexington was pronounced d
elter Than all others save one from the 81
Woodstock quarry in OF
: Tginla. Tbqt stands pressure of &c
pgoo 10 10000 pounds per square foot, e'
nu the Lexington granite stood AZ, 900 dl
uunus: stone Mountain granite was a