The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Negro Killed on a Train on the
Blake.y Extension Getting Ready
for the Forestry Congress-A Scene
from Fairyland at an Atlanta Resi-
dence-A Missing Roman.
GEORGIA.
Camp meeting at Hinesville begins to,
day.
Pennington wants a NAL route to Nc
Intosh.
Brunswick has spent for quarantine pur.
poses up to date, So, ITO.
Fl. Mcintosh of the Albany Nelos and
Advertiser is a candidate for mayor of that
city.
The Masonic lodge of Forsyth made a lib
eral contribution to the yellow fever suffer-
ers at jacksonville.
Robert Coleman Ccolored), living near
Athens, lost his house and is contents, the
whole valued at $500, by fire a day or two
ago.
The loss by the burning of the Rockdale
paper mill foOts up $4,000 1t belonged to
the Stewart Brothers, of Conyers, who will
not rebuild.
A young man named Drew had two
fingers on his right hand cut off with some
of the machinery at Crockett's foundry,
at Macon, Tuesday morning.
Taylor Bros & Hall will erect an elegant
Office near the Georgia railroad depot at
Athens and extend and otherwise enlarge
the warehouses they already have there.
DR.. H R. J. Long of Athens, brother
of the discoverer of the value of auasthet-
les in surgery, is extremely H. and his
friends are almost hopeless of his recovery.
The new Baptist church in East Athens is
about completed, d has seating capac ty
of 400 The dedication sermon will be
preached on Sunday, Oct. 81, by Rev. Mr..
Cole of Winterville.
The mayoralty election for Athens is
creating some talk The two candidates so
far announced are Judge George c. Thomas,
a lawyer of prominence and DR.. ] Fl.
Hlnnicut, president of the University bank.
Capt. Seedlings of Townsville has ac-
cepted the position Of instructor in military
tactics and assistant to the professor in
mathematics of the University of Georgia,
at Athens He will take his position on or
before Nov. l.
All the new stores on CLAYTON street, in
Athens, have been rented. The contractors
in the city report good busine in new
dwelling houses, and the painters are as
busy as bees. Athens is fast climbing into
city proportions.
A movement is on foot at Athens to bring
about spelling match between the college
boys and the young ladies of the institute
1t is proposed to select twenty of the best
spoilers from the university to challenge
twenty from the Lucy Cobb.
At Athens Tuesday the funeral OF Mai.
j. j. Thomas was attended by an unusually
large cortege, testifying love and respect
for one of Athens best citizens. The widow
of Maj. Thomas is Frustrated over the death
of her husband, and is seriously ILL.,
1t is credibly reported that the late A.
II. Stephens, during his lifetime. educated
$50 boys and so girls, giving them all
collegiate education. He himself owed his
education to outside liberalitg, and the ex-
ample that was set in his case was product
i've Of good results.
James S. Warnell OF Hinesville has an
old relic which he values highly. 1t was
an old-fashioned powder horn, moth-eaten
and discolored by age. On it was carved in
large letters "a. c., 1S14n 1t was given in
that year to Mr.. Warnelrs fsther by Archi-
bald Clifton.
There is q lady in Atlanta who lost her
only child just one year ago to-day. He
was bright, beautiful boy to whom his
mother was devoted. Daring the year the
mother has never missed kueeling beside She
grave single day. On every day since her
boy was laid away she goes to that grave
with handful of flowers TO scatter.
George Hammond, the victor of the
spelling bee at Atlanta few days ago, is
lending his energies to organize another, in
which, however, that veteran and invincible
speller will not enter the lists. The bee is
for the benefit of the Methodist church at
Decatur, aud will occur at Decatur. Of
course big crowd is wanted to take part
in the contest.
The city council of Townsville, in revis-
ing the city tax books, added only about
SS5, 600 to the values returned by the own
ers. In other words, the property holders
of the town voluntarily gave in something
more than $4,000. 900 worth of property.
The colored people of the town gave in over
$1OO, 900 worth of property, and they gave
in at fair valuation, very few changes being
found necessary in the revision.
A conference between Hon. C. r. Pringle.
president of the American forestry con-
gress, Hon. r. B. Bullock, president of the
southern forestry congress and Sidney
Root, was held in Mr.. Roots office at At
lanta, Tuesday, TO make preliminary
arrangements for the meeting Of those two
bodies in Atlanta on Nov. 49, These meet
ings will be important, as it is then pro-
posed to amalgamate the two societies.
The residence and grounds of Mrs. John
I. Grant, on Peachtree street, Atlanta, was
like a fairy palace on the night OF the
arrival Of the family of Capt. Willie Grant
Over the doorway was an arch of fairy
colored lamps bearing the inscription,
WELCOME" while the gates to the grounds
were likewise Illuminated with arches
Along the railing of the fence were fam
beaus of gas, that were alternately high
and low, and throughout the flower beds
were scattered fairy lamps In profusion.
Reuben Holt Herndon, Familiarity known
as Judge Herndon, died at his home near
Decatur, Monday night, and his remains
arrived at Griffin Tuesday night on the s 20
train for interment. Mr.. Hernden was an
octogenarian, having just passed into his
four-score years. He was native of Vir-
ginia and his family is one of note in that
state. His uncle was that famous Lieut..
Herndon who went down at sea refusing to
abandon his post of duty. He was also a
cousin to President Arthur's wife. Mr..
Herndon leaves a wife and one child, a
daughter, who Is Mrs DR.. N. B. brewery
of Griffin.
Detective Bill Jones passed through AL
bany Tuesday. be had just returned from
Nashville, Berrien county where he had
been to testify before the grand jury in the
cases of Sol Joseph, charged with the burn
ing of Ii. II. lifts mill, and Louis Mix,
charged with burglarizing lifts commits
sary. Mr.. Jones reports that true bills were
returned against both Joseph and Mix. MIR.
Jones went to Townsville Tuesday night
to wind up some work there and he told
reporter of the Nei0s and Advertiser that