The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-01

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

plowed fourteen crops.
A mania for fine horses has taken hold Of
Lexington's citizenship.
Col. George s. Jones, a prominent citizen
of Macon, died Friday night
Bainbridge had a surfeit of mad dogs last
week Nobody was bitten.
The Macon Presbytery will meet in the
the Presbyterian church in Albany April
II.
The annual election for Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of Greensboro occurs next Satur-
day.
Chambers have broken out among Texas
ponies on J. NJ. lifts plantation near AL
bany.
1t will take Sc. 900 shingles to cover the
houses to be built in Lexington III the near
future.
Pike county was carried by the Anti
Prohibitionists in Fridays election by over
800 majority.
There is considerable excitement near
Antioch over the discovery Of the gold mine
in that section.
E. T. Fleming has been nominated for
Congress by the Republicans Of the Eighth
Congressional district.
A man from the country near Blachshear
fell from his buggy last Monday afternoon
and fractured his lower jaw.
The negro women and girls in the suburbs
of MarShallvIlle pass away tie time Sunday
afternoon playing base bali.
The Columbus Guards have abandoned
the idea OF getting up competition drill
this summer on account of the military en-
campment at Brunswick.
There is a probability of the family of
the late w. G. Nelson of Greenville, com
ing into possession of a handsome property
IL l.. i. \ L.. -,
The river bridge damaged by the floods
at Fort Gaines Tuesday will 10 rebuilt. The
west pier gave way, and one span of the
lattice was precipitated into the river.
Five miles above Davisboro Friday Rich
mond Hill tcolored), 40 years old. in the at
tempt TO cross the track, was run over by
the eaSt-bound passenger train and killed.
Three fish ponds, near the Double
churches in Muscogee county, the property
of Mr.. Aaron Land, were broken by the
heavy rains. The ponds were well stocked
with carp.
The river rose so rapidly in Dougherty
county Thursday night that a good many
cattle were surrounded with water and cut
off from the main land before they were
aware of their danger.
A literary society has been organized in
Newton, Baker county. The object is to
q y
Club A number of standard books have
already been purchased
Hon. J. T. Olive, of Lexington, went to
Atlanta Wednesday morning last to press
his candidacy for Supreme Court Reporter
an Office recently made vacant by the resig-
nation of J. H. Lumpkin.
Smith Bros, of Lexington, have ordered
the lumber a let the contract to Contrac-
tor Lester for the building of huge ware
house for the storage of cotton and guano
on the lot back Of their store.
A citizen of LaGrange, who has examined
the buds for himself, thinks that about 95
per cent. of the fruit was killed by the re-
cent cold snap. Reports from elsewhere
agree with this view of the situation
A gentleman from New York, now in
Florida, with large capital, writes that he
will visit Fort Gaines ana Cuthbert some
time in April or May, for the purpose of
selecting a location in which to do bank
ing business.
There were 635 bales of cotton sold in
Cuthbegt Wednesday. Arthur Hood and
J. J. Mcdonald were the sellers and J. L.
Sanders was the buver. The prices paid
were 9c. and 9}4c. The two lots brought
about $4,000
There is talk Of building factory in JEFF
ferTon. Enterprsing men are discussing
to subscribe stock. II is proposed to use
the water power Of the jefferson mill as it
is thought to be sufficient to run both
There have been three vacancies in the
postmaste rshIp al Dawson within the last
three years from death Capt T. NJ Jones.
exOrdinary Of the county. and at the time
of his death Postmaster, was the third to go
his death having occurred last Tuesday from
consumption.
No Legislative candidates have as yet an
nounced themselves in Clarke, although a
number of names have been suggested.
There will, doubtless, be two or more ca :
didates in the field. Capt. John White
seems to be popular favorite Col. T. w.
Fuckers friends are also trying to get him
10 run.
There is young man in Athens who is
keeping up the largest correspondence with
the fair sex Of any one in Georgia. He III
serts notices in Northern papers for lady
correspondents ana the mails come crowded
with letters from them. The young man is
terrible masher, and has rare time an
swering the letters.
At Lexington during the high winds Of
Thursday Of last week, while E. H. Salmon.
was standing talking TO a friend and hold
ing his powerful horse, 'Stonewall Jack
son. fence blew down and struck the
horse, causing him to make plunge which
gave Mr.. Salmons' arm such a wrench a,
TO throw it out of place al the shoulder
joint.
Blackshear was visited last Tuesday by g
man who said he was 73 years of age, but
looked TO be 60 and in speaking of old PEG.
pie he referred 70 his father and grand
father, both of whom reached the age OF
90, and finally remarked that he must have
been related 10 Stafford Davis who lived tc
be 113 as his father was q Davis and his
mother Stafford.
Rev. l. W. Waddell, of Cuthbert, has
gold watch which was brought from Irelan,
TO America by his great-grandfather il
1743, and has been in constant use eve
since It has been successfully used by fou
generations of Presbyterian preachers
Notwithstanding its long service il is
splendid time keeper and bids fair to serv
several succeeding generations.
The Athens Banner Wdtchnian men
toned last week that a church member an
a railroad official, on the upper end of tn
Northeast road had been guilty Of thing
not in accordance with the rules Of III
church. The matter has been thorough
investigated and the official vindicated.
all grew out of discharging an employee c
the road, and TO be revenged he started tn
damaging reports.
Capt. Banner Of Atlanta, saws that 70
$4,000 he can not only give Athens a
abundance OF the purest artesian water. bu
will also convey it to all parts of the cit
through pipes and furnish as many fir