The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-02

Negroes of spaldins County.
GEORGIA.
West Point is 10 be lighted by oil 'ctriclty
The South Georgia college, at Thomas
vile, has lis pupils in attendance.
The freShet being over, timber has com
menced t. go down to Darisn again.
Benjamin Fitzgerald of Stewart count,
lost his barn AID six mules by fire Thurs
day.
The Waynesboro Masonic lodge has sen
SOS to the Jacksonville yellow fever sui
ferors.
The MethodiSts at Waresboro hare sd,
their old church, and will build new ont
at An early day.
Mayor Walker has offered q reward OF
s25 apiece for all yellow fever suspects
coming into Darien.
prospect Of coming out Of their trouble a
heap better than they expected.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Query, the pres
ent agent Of the Americas, Preston and
Lunpkin at Americas, VIII resign his posi-
ton soon.
The iifty-seventh session Of the Medical
College Of Georgia, at Augusta. will begin
on the first monday in November, aud ter
inmate on March l.
z. II. Galloway of Waynesboro, the pres
idential elector for that district, will, at an
early day address the citizens Of Warren
county at Warrenton.
John Dozier, son OF Ordinary Dozier of
Ellaville on Thursday, while feeding a
cotton gin, had his left hand caught in the
saws and badly lacerated.
The ladies of st. Andrews r. II. Society
of the Ridge, Darien, realized the neat sum
Af G1(l1 IN ha hut al fC thu fa,rax
fund TO be sent to Jacksonville.
Mayor McCathern of WaYnesboro on last
Monday lost one of his fine blooded Aim mt
colts, for which he would have refused 800,
though it was only few weeks old.
The arbitrator to settle the difference
between the G. and NJ. and the property
owners at Athens met Saturday, and valued
$1,000.
q. J. Hall of Brunswick has severed his
connection with the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad TO 60 back To
England to take possession of large eStatl
left him there.
At Marshallville Saturday fire broke out
on the cotton platform. l. is supposed to
have caught from a spark Forty bales
were DESTROYED out of 800. and the remain
der were saved By hard work.
Howell Glenn OF Atlanta, who is now in
New York, has an offer from the Standard
Oil Company of $4,000 cash for half in
terest IN his filter. He declines it, and
thinks he will make 81 100000.
The negro Ell Rhodes who broke Jail at
Crawfordyile some months ago, has re-
turned ond surrendered himself to the
sheriff. lie l. raving maniac, aud his
screams are heard all over town.
At Milledgeyille Saturday lighted cigar
cite in the mouth of a street Arab was the
source of a fire in some twenty bales of cot
ton on Hancock street. The excitement
was, as usual, intense, but the damage was
sniall-only about $50.
Complaints of damage to the cotton crop
from the invasion of the caterpillar come
from every section of Burke county. There
do no harm. The worm has stolen a march
on jack frost this time.
SO pleased are the people of Augusta at
Contractor Redmond's promise to have the
canal banks repaired and the mills running
by the opening of the exposition, that big
purse is talked OF, and President Charles
Estees Of the King mills says he will give
$1,000 himself.
At Crawfordville, Saturday, a drunken
brawl occurred in the streets, in which
Capers Mitchell and chair maker named
Lane, both OF African descent, took part
Mitchell was severely cut about the head
and shoulders, and stabbed iu the back.
Lanes skull was fractured.
While Mr.. Trowbridge, who superin-
tended the rebuilding of the Thompson's
bridge across Brier creek, in Burke county,
was standing on the piliug engaged in driv-
ing post, his watch d opped from his
pocket into e stream. 1t is an old keep
sake, having carried it some forty years, and
ne will gladly pay handsome reward for
its recovery.
The First Methodist church Of Atlanta
pays its pastor 200 and its choir 81, 100.
Other expenses run the total to about
$4,000 a year. This is 500 for each Sun
day. The basket collections average about
s3apsr Sunday. This is approximately the
cost of tho ten leading churches OF the city,
though many of them support missions
within that sum.
The Buchana an stock Of clothing, gents
furnishing goods, etc, at Americas, was
sold by The SHERIFF, according to announce
ment, Saturday. The bidding was not
very spirited. cIlly two or three participant.
ing. Tho entire stock was scid 10 Hugh
Brown Of Amsricus at S3,025. He pur-
chased the goocs for another party, The
stock invoiced at IS. SIS %.
A ysnuzlbeI' Of Augusta peop,s, and many
WIZ WON'O kte'o VII We i &AhhuSiO Ell route
fomo from HeuOeTso vile, are anxious to
know when they can return home. DR..
Foster, president Of tho board of health.
says those i'll Henderso vile cannot come
TO Augusta until the quarantine is raised,
which be hopes will be in about tan days, if
no now case of fever breaks out there.
The political sensation at Augusta is a re-
port that the ramrackers will put out u
legislative ticket at the lart minute this
week. Z. j. Sullivan, Silas Read and NJ, j.
Carswell are mentioned. They have not
authorized the announcements, but it makes
breeze among the regular candidates.
Registration is too slim fer much excite
ment or for such contest to succeed.
William Jordan, a negro who was ar
rested ut parien few DAYS ago for dis
turhlng the public peace, and sentenced to
the chain-gang for thirty, days, has been
identified 10y man from Appling county,
as q man who committed murder in that
county not long ago. Jordon acknowledged
II but asked the man not TO- give him away. ~
jordan is in jail awaiting further develop
ments.
The West View Cemetery Company OF
Atlanta has donated to the Confederate
Veterans Association Of Fulton county a
lot to be used rs burial ground for confed-
crate Yciorans. In consideration of this
gift tie nFsocieiion promises TO erect new
confederate monument, to cost not less til n
$1,000. Saturday subscription list "a
raise THIS sum was started with good sue
eos. lilo shaft, which will be twenty feet
high, has already been ordered.
OF the $l.900,CO Of ~ per cent. bond.