Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-08
Georgla's POcketbOok.

Work on Brunswick's gas and water
works will be commenced on or before
Feb. 1.
j. w. Peacock has retired from the drug
hrm OF Hicks, Peacock & Hicks, and left
Dublin.
The directors of the Gate City National
bank, OF Atlanta, have declared dividend
Of per cent.
j. A. POlhill, druggist, of Waynesboro,
mas sold out his stock Of goods there and
will reopen at Miilen.
Mrs. K. Smith, dealing in general mer-
chandise, OF Waynesboro, has sold out to
Z. e. Smith and retired from business.
5. c. Lawrence, of the law firm of
Mathews h Lawrence, of Millen, has
been appointed solicitor Of Etingham
county court.
II. II. Linton, tax collector of Clarke
county, has closed his books. There will
be great many more executions issued
this year than heretofore.
At Hawkinsvile j. W. Lindsey q Co.
and j. a. & CIV. Bagby have sold their re-
spective stocks of goods TO d. c. Joiner
and retired from the mercantile business.
Hands are now at work matchmaking
the roadway between the tracks of the
Athens street railroad. 1t Will cost the
company nearly as much as to build the
road.
At the Cochran post office during the
last quarter between 5000 and 5000 letter
stamps have been cancelled. The money
order business reached nearly $1,000 for
the same time.
Philip Cohen, retail dry goods and
clothing dealer of Rome, was closed up by
toe Sheriff Wednesday by the foreclosure
of mortgage for $4,000. The liabilities
are about $4,000.
At the Sherif7s sale in Worth county
Tuesday lands sold very low. One lot OF
2l5 acres near Ty Fy sold for $50, and an
other whole lot, some where in the track
of the ''big cyclone" sold for $25.
At Greenville Tuesday the old DeLacy
shoe shop corner, with the house upon il,
was sold to r. Nj. Render for $500. Before
the railroad was built to GreenVille $50
would have been a good price for this
property.
John Oberry, Of the late firm Of Oberry
d Rutter, of Cochran, has sold out to his
partner, Jerry Rutter, who will hereafter
conduct the business in his own name.
Mr.. Oberry has returned to his old home
in Virginia.
The firm Of Arnold & Stewart, OF Lex
ingtOn. has dissolved, Mr.. Stewart with
drawing on account of Ill health. o. II.
Arnold will continue business. G. W.
smith, OF the same place, will take in
Sheriff Edgar Maxwell as partner.
All the fancy work and stone trimmings
will be omitted from the new court house
at Lexington, so as to bring the cost of
the building within $4,000. There will
be no injunction issued against the build
ing committee, as it will be Of no avail.
The firm of l. II. s. l.. d. COlsOn, near
Savannah river, in Burke county, doing
goods levied upon and placed in the hands
of a receiver a few days ago. The matter
has been settled and the business will be
continued in the name of l.. ID. Colson,
one Of the late firm.
The failure Of j. b. Irwin, OF GFeenville,
turns out to be little larger than it was
at first rumOred TO be. The liabilities are
So 200, nominal assets between sc, 600 and
s., 900. There are preferred claims 10 the
amount of $1,000. Thos. NJ. Clarke & Co.,
Atlanta, preferred for 1000; Carter &
Bradley, of Columbus, $400; J. NJ. De-
Lacy, of Greenville, 5000; Woodruff. of
Columbus, for the remainder of the $1,000.
Attorneys fees are also preferred.
Several business changes are reported
at Harmony Grove. 4. 5. Cherry, of the
firm of Z. Z. Key Il Co., has sold his in
terest to John ID. Barnett; Gunnels,
Power & Co. have associated II. o. Wilt
ford with their firm; Williams g. Hard
man will handle hardware and stoves in
stead of general merchandise; G. W.
Hood, one of the oldest and most success
full merchants, and now of the firm of c.
W. Hood d Son, speaks of retiring from
mercantile life.
j. N. Jones, OF Cochran, has sold out
his stock of goods to Taylor Brothers,
who have added it to their stock in Whip
ple's block. At Cochran T. H. OVERLY
mas sold his interest in the business of j.
L. OVERLY IL Son to his brother, j. H.
overly. and the business will still retain
the original name, and will be conducted
in the building lately occupied as the post
office, etc. L. H. OVERLY has moved one
mile in the country, where he will farm
on the c. d. Woodland place.
An invention 30 be used in -four mills
has been perfected during the past year
by Geo. S. Burnap, Of Marietta, and is
already working in several mills in that
vicinity with very satisfactory results.
Mr.. BurBap says that the Nv hipper'' Is
for use in both merchant and custom
mills, and is designed to make cloths on
boiling reels work TO their full capacity,
thur saving -four to the mill and its Gus
toners, and making unnecessary the pur-
chase OF expensive machinery for this
same object.
Inc OIkduALakluu VI TIE hlUd0B hTtGBfdn
Ice Company was perfected, under the
terms Of its charter in Albany Monday.
The charter gives the Albany stockholders
three directors aud the Northern stock
holders two directors. An election OF d.
rectors was Deld and resulted in the elec-
tion OF Nelson Tiff, II. II. Tiff and John
Mock, upon the part of the local stock
holders, and George b. Welch, OF Wash
ington City, and ". Z. Smith, Of Albany,
upon the part Of the Northern stockhold-
efs. The BOARD OF directors then unani-
mously elected Judge D. II. Pope, Of AL
bany, President Of the company.
j. b. Irwin, Keeper Of a general store at
GreenWlle, has made an assignment 10
Joseph IL. BloodwOrth. The liabilities
are s., 900 and the nom nal assets reported
10 be between $1,000 ana 81, 600. MIR.
BlOOdwOrth, 10 whom the assignment was
made, is a resident Of Griffin, who, some
months ago, went 20 Greenville 10 take
charge Of the collection Of the Anthony
warehouse RuanO debts, and since his ar
rival has boarded with MIR. irwin. Mr.
Irwin, up TO q short while ago, was City
Treasurer. About a month ago, when
the first rumOrs Of his embarrassment be-
gan TO float, he mad In use about ST., 90 OF
the city's money. Since that time low
ever, he has made a iull settlcmen gith
the Board Of Aldermen, who accept his
resignation, and elected Young Gre am
10 ON the Office.
Albany Ne,os and advertiser. Several
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