The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Heavv-Weisht Who is Nevertheless
a Worker-A Company to go Into
che Ramie Industry at Thomesville.
GEORGIA.
There are 29S, 900 Baptists in Georgia.
Capt J. j. Northcutt, of Marietta, died
Thursday night
If nothing happens to the peach crop ir
Mitchell county, it will be the largest fol
years past.
The Confederate veterans of Talbot county
have organized an association. Its mem
bership is already forty-three.
The stock of one of the banks at Ameri
Gus is said TO command $3.50 per share. II
pays II per cent. on its par value, 500
The negro suspected of numbering a fel.
low-workman near Woodbury., in Spalding
county, day or two ago, is under arrest.
Farmers living west of Camilla report
very good seasons and that the present out
look for good corn crop is very fiattering.
There was an old lady 70 years of age in
Buena Vista Wednesday, who never owned
hat nor had one on her head until that
day.
At Rome, Friday, Wilks Barker, the Is
year-old son of c. S. Barker, was thrown
from a sulky and dangerously, perhaps
fatally, injured.
John Byron, one of the most successful
cotton farmers in Dooly county, sold 1000
pounds Of country raised hams to John f.
Lewis & Son one day last week, and put
the money in his pocket
At Atlanta, Friday, the proprietors of the
Overland Tea Company were acquitted of
the charge of cheating and swindling, the
allegation being that their prize package
distribution was cut and dried.
Mrs. Caroline Donalson's residence, at
cambridge, was burned a few days ago
The origin of the fire was probably a de-
fective stove fue. The loss of $1,000 is
partially covered by insurance.
DR.. G, B. Stricken, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church of Atlanta, has been
called by one of the wealthiest and most in
Auential churches of the West-the Grand
Avenue Presbyterian church of st. Louis.
The barn and contents-about 1900
bushels corn, hav, etc-of DR.. Bell near
Easom Hill, in Polk county, was destroyed
by fire Thursday night It is rumored that
they think It an incendiary fire. Loss about
$4,000. Reported no insurance.
The old railroad well at Montezuma.
which stopped flowing soon after the water
had been turned into the new tank, has
been opened by Mr.. Harrington, and is now
running again. 1t yields sixty gallons per
minute, about the same as it did before it
stopped.
A day or two ago w. B. Dicken, of Wat
kinsville, found young chicken with four
wings and four legs, all fully developed.
Mr. Dicken says his little girl, in cleaning
out an old hens nest, threw this egg against
the fence, breaking it, thus killing the
chicken therein.
Gen. P. NJ. B. Young, Of Gainesville. is
solicited to make the race for the Senate
and will probably announce himself. 1t is
generally understood that J. Watt Harris.
Jr., will be candidate before the conven-
ton from his district, Capt. 7. j. Lyon is
already in the field.
j. ii. Alexander, the principal druggist
In Augusta, has filed a petition in the Supe-
rior Court to incorporate the Alexander
Drug and Seed Company, and all of the
clerks are named as corporators, and will
have an interest in the company. 1t is
capitalized at 100000
AT Marietta the good feeling in real es-
tate seems to be continually cropping out.
as shown by the numher of transfers re-.
Gently made by real estate agents. During
the past three days about $4,000 worth of
property has changed hands, and some fine
improvements will be made.
At Milledgeville, Thursday, r. L. Holli-
way 6 Co. were closed out by the Sheriff
The assets and liabilities have not been
that the assets are covered by mortgages.
They ran two stores Bad collections and
dull trade caused the failure.
Lucy West, negro woman of Houston
county, weighs 2SS pounds. She is so years
OF age and can chop one acre of cotton a dav
and cook dinner. In the picking season abe
picks 300 pounds OF cotton per dav, and
when she was . years of age She picked 500
pounds or bale every three days.
A prominent Republican of Atlanta states
that an effort is being made to get ex-Gov.
Rufus b. Bullock to accept the nomination
for Governor on the Republican ticket. and
that be will probably consent. The con
vention to nominate State house officials
and an electoral ticket will he called to as.
semble some time in August.
Last Monday was sheep shearinC dav AT
the residence of A J. Snelson, in Meri.
wether county. Mr.. Snelson has eighty
head of old sheep and about sixty lambs.
making 40 in all. Each fleece will average
this year about three pounds. This makes
$40 pounds Of wool from the shearng. AT
25c. per pound the wool will bring $50
Sheriff Moftitt arrested four Of the par
ties alleged to have been engaged in Satur.
day nights murder at Brooks mill in Meri.
wether county. The two Messrs Hatchett
were discharged, the negro in jail at Green.
vile saying they had nothing to do with
the killing. Ryden and son were under
guard Thursday night. Some of the priuci
pal ones have fed
In compliance with a recommendation
made by the grand jury at the recent term
OF Lincoln Superior Court, the Ordinary of
that county has offered reward of 500
for the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff of
Lincoln county of j. II. B. Matthews
charged with murder. 1t will be remem.
bered that Matthews shot aud killed d. c.
Snelson here on the night of Nov. 3, 1887.
The Tallapoosa Street Car COMPANY. now
seeking charter, is represented bv the
following gentlemen: j. W. Head, J. B.
Culberson T. L. Dougherty, James Head.
ID. A Starr and Chas. j. Berry. The nett.
ton cites that the company shall be can't.
allied at $50, 600, with power TO increase to
$4,000, and shall begin work within two
years at the outside and sooner if the pop
ulation win warrant.
At Brunswick, Thursday, A. T. Putnam
lost $l1 in novel way. His pocketbook
accidentally dropped. aud falling open as il
did so, scattered his papers in every direc,
tion. Mr.. Putnam ran after the most valu
able Of bis papers, and while he was en-
gagged in capturing these a 81 and two e.
bills blew away before him. AS soon as lac
had secured the other papers Mr. Putnam
made diligent search for these bills, but
was unable to find them
At Atlanta Friday B. b. Crawford lcol
oredl filed damage suit against DR.. Charlie