The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-14

hancock county w lQOW NOu4c5 II
for Mexican War Pension.
GEORGIA.
The old Jail house at Buchanan has been
torn down.
The Toccoa marble yard will remove t
Atlanta Oct l.
John c. Brewton has been nominated fol-
the house in Twiggs county.
The first cast at the Standard scale works
at East Rome was made Saturday.
The Smithville tannery is in full blast
and is turning out some beautifully finished
leather.
The Hancock county confederate veter.
ans had reunion at Col Clinchs grove OF
last Friday.
T. A. Caps of Mount Airy has pur-
chased the property on which w. r. Bruce
now resides.
Tho persons who voted illegally at the
prohibition election in Baldwin county will
be prosecuted.
One or two very fine canary birds have
been killed at Mlllcdgeyille by the mos
quitoes during the last week.
T. s. DAVIS is adding some new machinery
TO MS mill at TOccOa. He proposes to make
large number of pillow stocks
Hon. James F. White is announced as q
candidate for representative for Hart
county IN the next general assembly.
The protracted meeting at Mount Zion,
Hart county, last week, resulted in an ac-
ceSslon OF thirteen 10 the me nbership.
Twenty-Five converts were baptized by
Rev. J. H. MCMILLAN at the close of his
meeting at Cedar creek, Hart county, last
week.
Work on the college building at Milledge-
vile is progressing finely, and the edifce
will soon be ready for occupancy by the
school
A young man in Taliaferro county
walked nineteen miles to see his girl and
did not start until after 2 o'clock in the at
ternoon.
A large OK dropped dead in the road four
miles from Toccoa, Wednesday, overcome
by heat. The OK was drawing no load at
the time
The jury commissioners of Morgan county
have completed revising the list Of jurymen,
and the grand jury is composed of III
names and the traverse jury 277.
The Georgia state agricultural conven.
ton meets at Newman to-day. There will
doubtless be a large attendance, as it is I'M
derstood that considerable important bust
ness Is to be transacted
Jasper Carter, who lives near Brentwood
retired a sitter the other day that had been
in constant use for thirty-hve years. Mr..
Carter is SO years old, and sits every day on
the first chair ever owned by his father
Lightning had a little spree on the tele-
graph wires about Buena Vista and Putnam,
at the last named place the posts were shiv-
cred into splinters, but all damages were soon
repaired and everything going on as usual
Ed Hook of the Augusta Chronicle is a
candidate for messenger Of the Georgia
electoral college TO carry the returns to
Washington. So is Editor Roberts of the
Sparta IshnIaeJite So is Z litor Anderson
of the Covington StGr-and SO are a dozen
others.
The case of Horace Bee, the murderer
now in Glynn county JAIL was to have been
tried before Judge Spencer Atkinson in
chambers, at Brunswick, Saturday, on
motion for new trial, but on account OF
the illness Of solicitor General Carter, the
hearing was continued.
The section Of country about Putnam
Marion, county was visited by an unusually
heavy rain Friday afternoon. The dam
that held the water from which the railroad
tank was furnished near that place, was
washed away, and other damages of slight
nature was done the railroad.
Two of the new stores erected by the
Athens building company on Clayton street
have been rented for the coming season
Oho wan 10 W dptol w OF
LaGrange as dry goods store, while in
another gentleman from Rome will open
large ready made clothing store
r. W. McGinty of Hazlehurst raised some
very fine peaches at his place two miles out
of town. He has about two and a half acres
in his orchard, most of them young trees
From one acre In trees, six to eight wears
old, he has sold S92 worth of peaches, and
he thinks he used as many more from the
same trees.
In Clarke county the dry weather is
causing cotton TO open very rapidly, and
pickers are at work in many fields. In the
drouthy streaks squares are shedding fast,
but, as general thing, crop prospects are
very encouraging. lmmedia, ely around
Athens 1t has been very dry, but neighbor-
ing sections have had good seasons.
At Macon, Stenographer Barnes has
finished taking in type writing from short
hand notes the evidence in the recent trial
of the Sheppard insurance case. The record
made 100000 words, probably the most
voluminous testimony ever given in Bibb
superior court 1t consists of nearly POO
900 more words than the celebrated Wool.
folk case.
There is no talk lately about the new
daily paper to start In Athens next fall II
is understood that 600 has been sub,
scribed and the editorial management ten.
dered to a well-known Journalist of Athens
who. however, declined the offer Hence
the venture hangs fire, but the money tc
start the paper can be raised at twenty -four
hours notice.
A stock company, consisting of A. c. Nc.
Lehman, j. f. Cook, B. Harris, w. II.
Clements and Frank Smith, has been organ.
lied for the purpose Of building "A hotel at
Scotland TO cost not less than 1000. The
land, three lots fronting on Railroad
avenue, wherein Everett, Blake and John.
son are now doing business, has been pur.
chased for the site Of the building.
j. K. Mercer of Leary has associated with
him III his mercantile business +. j. Black
burn, j. II. Futch and A. J. Dixon. In thi,
association Mr. Mercer has departed from
the old practice of salaried clerks, and take.
the gentlemen named in with him as part
ners, they TO receive a certain per cent. OF
the Let profits of the business, instead of a
specific salary, as usually prevails.
Pat Mansfield and wife of Barlow county
discovered some commotion in a hens nest
and on investigation found a large snake
cooled up with the old hen and her brood
Pat secured hoe and severed his snakeship
in twain. For several minutes they wer,
amused watching tho head half fight the
other piece, which was kept up with fnry
till death put an end TO the struggle
Hon r. p Griffith, who has represented
Oconee county for three terms In the legis.
lature, is again in the arena, but it is not
assured that he will have a walk-over thi,
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