The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

at Washington-A Macon Negro Who
is Trying to Rival Rip Van Wrinkle.
GEORGIA.
A beer bottling works is to be established
at Americas.
Laurens county has sold its bonds issued
to build a bridge at premium Of Sl,2OJ.
Contributions for the cyclone sufferers at
Lumber City are being solicited at Bruins
wick.
The steeple of the Presbyterian church at
Toccoa was badly injured by lightning
Tuesday night
C. A. Bell contemplates starting a straw
mating factory at Americas during the
coming summer.
G. F. Daniel, formerly of Clarke county,
now of Texarkana, Tex, is clerk of the
court at that place.
Congress is to be petitioned for more
liberal appropriations for clearing and clean
ing out the Ocmulgee and Altamaha rivers.
The cat crop is represented to be better
than it has been for several years IN Bull
loch, Liberty, Bryan and Tattnall counties.
A negro man by the name of Percy Jones
was accidently shot on Carlton q Reaves'
plantation, in Clarke county, Monday. The
wound is a very dangerous one.
Another false packed bale of cotton has
been reported from Bremen. Germany, and
it came from Harmony Grove. There We're
220 pounds of seed in very light bale.
J. j. johnson (colored), of jackson county,
has a cow that gave birth to three calves
last week. Two of the calves were drowned
by the recent rains, but the third is doing
well.
At the last meeting of the board Of direc-
tors of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Americas Charles r. Hardy ten
dered his resignation as General Secretary,
to take effect April l.
The Brunswick Rifles will offer some
handsome prizes for the competitive drill Al
the coming encampment. The Baptist con-
vention and the laying of the cornerstone
of the hospital will occur the same week.
The sign Marc Anthony q Co." on
Peachtree street, is one which always
catches the eye of visitors to the city. The
fact that Marc Anthony is in the grocery
business in Atlanta is going the rounds of
the press.
What is supposed to be a Confederate
gold dollar was found in an ash shed in At
1anta recently and sold for $50. 1t Is said
that only six such coins were issued by the
Confederate government and If genuine
this specimen would be worth $780,
At Griffin Monday night negro named
- Eppinger was walking along by the
Drake residence when some unknown
scoundrel shot at him five times, one shot
taking effect in his left breast, making
fearful flesh wound, though not necessarily
dangerous.
Samuel Spencer, President of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, has recently con-
tributed handsomely to the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon Club House, soon to be erected at
Athens. Mr.. Spencer was one of the charter
members of Chapter Beta, of the University
of Georgia
Various conjectures have been made as
m will ayf
TO replace the bridges destroyed by the late
freshet. They range all the way from
5000 to S10,0 900. The Ordinary makes ar
estimate, based upon reports, that it will
cost $500 to $4,000.
A young lady of Americas has suggested
to a Recorder reporter design for crazy
quilt which is entirely new and quite
unique She says that she intended to cut
squares in the shape of the different States
of the Union, and putting them together
make pretty map of the United States.
Late Monday night a negro boy named
Willie Hicks, a sweeper at the Macon Oil
and Fertilizer Works, went to sleep, and ON
suddenly awakening approached the ma
chinery in a sort of dazed way and laying
his hand on gin was rudely awakened to
his full senses by finding his hand almost
torn from the arm.
Frank Willis, Of Richmond, Va. is at
Washington on a visit TO his half brother,
Col. Samuel Barnett. Tuesday he donated
to the town of Washington SIS, 900. Five
thousand dollars Of this amount will be used
TO build public library building, $4,000
to furnish it with books and $4,000 will be
used as an endowment fund Tor library
work.
The City Council of Brunswick has ac-
cepted the proposition of Engineer Bowditch
to make the survey preparatory TO putting
In sewerage. He is to receive 81 ,025 for his
work, and gives written guarantee and
bond that 4his system will work satisfac-
torily. His plans and specification will be
SO thorough that any home engineer can do
the work.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Monroe county met Tuesday for organiza-
ton, and Col. o. IL. Bloodworth was elected
chairman and Col T. X. Talmadge secre-
tary They have issued a call for mass
meeting of the party on April II at the
court house, to select delegates to attend
the convention which assemblies in Atlanta
on the second Wednesday in May.
The Democracy of Houston county met
in convention Tuesday, and appointed the
following gentlemen as delegates to the
State convention to select delegates to the
National Democratic Convention at St.
Louis: Sterling Neil A. l.. Miller, A. S.
Giles, DR.. r. c. Bryan, President Cleve-
land, Gov. Gordon, Senator Colquitt and
Mr. Crisp were Endorsed by the resolutions
adopted.
Capt. w. +. Lawrence has bonded tract
of mineral land in Rabun county, near the
line of Habersham, twelve miles from
GAINESVILLE, upon which number of rich
gold veins have recently been discovered
The mine is situated IN what is known as
the LaPrade belt, and there is great
abundance of ore, which is unusually rich,
is being estimated TO be worth from $40 to
$50 per ton.
The latest news from Banks county is
that the floods have played a great havoc
there. The mill dam of K. W. Neal was
washed away. G. l.. Carson's mill dam,
gin, press and everything around the gin,
are now enroute 10 the sea Wright's mi
on the Hudson, was rot damaged Nearly
all Of the bridges in the county are either
gone or damaged. 1t has been the haviest
flood for years.
The bridge gang that went ahead of the
construction train on the Americas, Preston
and Lumpkin road, TO crib up the wash
out in Sumter county on Saturday, found
several large water snakes all wrapped and
twisted together in such manner as to
form large ball. The snakes were all
alive, and it is supposed were carried there
by the current. There were all killed by
the men.
Near Wrightsville day or two ago a