Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ruESEWs OF VfITi TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Emory Colleges Graduates-The Two
sans Not to Visit Athsns-An Oid
campaign Badge in McDufife County
aY.ock of John wilkes Booths Hair
at Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
The Athens cotton mills are now doing
hotter than for years.
Twenty.nine young men viii graduate
from Emory College this year.
A citizen of MIllen found coachwhip
snake six feet long under tue head :. mis-
he'd The other day. He killed it.
The Governor has issued an order offer
INC a reward of $3.50 for the arrest of
Granville simpson, Jr., of Ebert county,
VINO is charged with the murder of GUY
Brown.
Jordan Smith, Of Morgan county, is
wanted for larceny after trust dele
gated In compliance with the Board
NJ Commissioners of that county, the Gov
7rnor mas offered reward OF $50 for his
arrest.
The trustees of the Albany Academy.
whose new and splendid school edifce is
about completed. are casting about for a
princiDal to take charge Ofthe institution.
No one but first-class man and scholar
VIII be chosen.
Df. hoy. VI httduld, mas IN MS posses
sion a small lock of the hair of John
Wilkes Booth. 1t is in the share of a
curl, jet black, and was clipped from
BoOth's forehead, where it had fallen in
the death struggle.
C. P. Hansell, j. W. Reid and W. H.
Mitchell, OF Townsville, visited Iamonia
lake Wednesday and captured alive an
alligator that measured Is feet. The
monster 'gat0r' was ruRout of mis- bed
and captured on the banks of the lake.
The late rains have made matters hard
for the Sumter county mItiers. The dam
at Mitchell 'ssmill In Americus has given
away, Cooks mil dam is gone, Parker's
weakening, and the cid Barlow miff dan
is breaking. The rain sthI continues to
come.
Rev. Mr.. barrett, pastor of the First
Methodist church, says there is no tOun-
dation to the report that the "two' SANS
are 10 visit Athens. A revival will begin
shortly at the Rucker compress. The SER
vices will be conducted by Rev. MIR. jar
Tett, assisted by Mr.. Watkins.
One Justice of the Peace and one No
tary Public were commissioned by the
Governor Friday. j. A. Chambers was
cOmmissioned-JHstice of the Peace for
the 53Sth district of Clayton county, and
Robert NJ. TrammeA n Otary Public of the
104Tth district ofFan1in county.
Sam Gray, the negro man without
eyes and without hands, has disappeared
from Atlanta and cannot be found. Sew
eral days ago letters were received in At.
lanta from the darkey's friends at Jack
sonyille, Ala, and search was at once in.
stituted for MIN, but 80 far witheut sue
cess.
At Atlanta, Friday, Deputy Sheriff Glenn
Green levieda mortgage Fl ia on the con-
tents of the saloon of p. II. Muller, in
favor of K. Fitchterfor 1926. Mr.. Muller
failed some time ago, and John Berkele
was appointed receiver. The saloon is
still open and will continue to do bush
ness until July 1.
There was a limitedseompetition on last
Friday between Bruce & Morgan and
KimbaH, Wheeler q Parklns, before the
Board of County Commissioners of sum-
ter county for the new court house TO be
erected in Americas. The board after
giving the plans a careful eXamiD al ieu
selected those of Messrs. Bruce IL Nor
gan.
The familiar presence of Fl. l. KimbAtl
has been missed from the streets of AT.
lanta and the business enterprises there
abouts for some months. He took his de
parture very quietly, but he has turned up
in New York and is engaged with some
insurance cOmpany. 1t is not stated, but
the impression is that If be is not now ne
soon viii be at the head of the concern.
Frank Barnett, oolored, who lives about
two miles and a half above Powell's mills,
is an industrious cOlored man, and an eX-
ample to his race worthy of emulation.
Like all negroes, when the war ended, he
had nothing. But by frugality. hard
work and honest dealing he has accuma-
lated considerable property. He Is esti-
mated to be worth fully $4,000.
The chief and officers of the various fire
companies OF Macon will petition Council
at their next meeting for fire depart
meDt supply wagon. for the purpose OF
hauling people or their goods, which are
jeOpardized by fire, to place Of safety
The wagon will be supplied with some
1,500 feet Of rope, with which to form a
Gordon around any burning building.
Judge StOYall, of McDufie, wears a
campaign badge which he wore TO the
great Wing convention in Macon in 1910,
1t is United States flag on white ribbon,
with the words columbia County, at the
top. and ''Harris0n and Tyler ON the
flag. lie was one of the delegates from
Columbia county 90 the convention and
has Kept the badge as a memento of that
famous campaign.
The Atlanta National Bank made a
shipment by express TO New York Friday
Of SIS, 600 in SILVER, put up in sacks Of
$1,000 each. Each sack weighed go
pounds, making a total of 1900 pounds OF
silver coin. Since the opening Of the cot
ton season. this bank has shipped $3.50, 00O
in silver to New York. Mr.. komare says
that this is the only disposition that can
be made OF surplus silver.
An uudenominatIonal mission Sabbath
school will be established at Albany on
Sunday next, under the auspices Of the
Young mems prayer meeting. Under this
name Albany has an excellent and in.
creasihg band OF untirng and devoted
workers who have accomplished much
good IN the way OF salient and effective
work. Their regular weekly meetings
are quite numerOusly attended.
The State Eclectic Medical Association
will hold its twelfth annual session in At
anita next Tuesday. The convention will
Dc in session but Oneday, as The National
Eclectic Medical Association meets in
DeGive's opera house the following day.
The state association has a fine member
ship, and the convention will be an i'm
portant one to that school of medicine.
The association will meet in the lecture
nall Of the Georgia Eclectic Medical Col
lege on Butler street AZ 10 o'clock.
At the annual meeting OF the Board OF
Trustees of Atlanta University Friday
Gen. j. r. Lewis was reelected vice
president, Prof. g. W. Francis secretary,
aud Mrs. Ware was elected librarian.
All the members OF the executive COM
mlttee were reelected, VIZ: Col. A. 70.
Buck, Rev. George q. CLANCY and Pfofs.