The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-29
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


Negroes Mistake a Map for Build
er's Plans-Ordered Out of Elberton.
GEoRGIA
Concord church at Stockbridge was to be
dedicated yesterday.
The carpenters of Bulloch county will or
ganize union next Saturday.
Billie Kimbell has sold his place near
McD0nough to Nick Shiny for $1,000.
The subscription toward building a COZ
ton factory at Americas now amounts to
$37, 100.
The citizens of Loveioy contemplate
building new school house to cost not less
than 1880.
The negroes who burglarized Irwin, Cal
lahan a. Co.'S store at Washington have
fallen into the hands Of the law.
Will Mobley, nephew of Hon. C. F.
Crisp, was admitted to the bar at the ses-
sion of Stewart superior court just ended,
Jackson is a live town. She has a 81, 900
school building, a $780, O0 bank and street
railway from Jackson to the springs in con-
temptation.
Mr. Raiford, the street overseer Of
Americas removed couple Of old oak
trees Friday that had stood on the ublc
square for half a century.
A. Franklin has received an offer of $40
per acre for the old s. D. Heard place, near
Washington, but thinks that the property
is worth fully $l2 per acre.
On last Saturday night, while one of the
McDonough livery horses was out in the
country, some unprincipled person trimmed
his tail, greatly injuring its looks.
The Irwinton Southerner and Appeal
has changed hands twice within the last
two weeks. This time H. +. Carswell is
the purchaser. He assumes the manage
ment Immediately.
Near Social Circle a young man by the
name OF Dobbs Swing accidentally shot
himself through the hand and thigh while
toying with a pistol The wound, it is
thought, is not serious
Emmett A Heard, who lives about seven
miles from Covington, lost his gin house,
gin and about five bales of cotton by frs
Friday. The loss is about 81 900 The fire
originated in the lint room while the gin
was in operation.
AT Atlanta, Saturday, fifteen or twenty
ladies met at the residence of Mrs 4. p.
McBurney, on Walton street, for the pur-
pose OF forming new society, the object Of
which will be to open a non-sectarian
"home for the fIiendless.n
Since the establishment of the acid plant,
by the Americas Guano Company they
have been steady at work, both day and
night. Thursday some part of the
machinery broke and the work stopped.
Up to that time $1,000 gallons had been
made.
The board of directors of the Townsville
Building and Loan Association held a meet
ing Friday, and placed a valuation of $3.50
on each share not borrowed on. If there
are more shares offered for sale than the
surplus will purchase the shares will be
drawn for.
1t is announced that the SUNNI South.
Atlanta w no
cation of a regular Sunday edition, with
four extra pages made up of local and tele-
graphic news. |. E. Orchard, formerly
with the Constitution, will have charge Of
the local department.
A horse case involving s6s has been hang
ing fire in Lincoln superior court for several
terms on account of mis5rials and the other
day when the case came up again the judge
remarked IN a jocular way among the at
torneys that he would be glad to be allowed
to pay the money himself aud get rid of the
case.
Roadmaster REVERE returned to Ameri-
Gus Saturday from trip over the Ameri-
Gus, Preston and Lumpkin, bringing with
him the skin of snow white squirrel
killed in Wilcox county a day or two ago
The little animal was perfectly white from
tip to tip, and was quite a curiosity to
those who saw it.
The following notice has been posted at
the court house at Atlanta: Notice is
hereby given that the next legislature will
be asked to pass b II to regulate primary
elections in Fulton county, by providing for
certain restrictions now governing regular
state elections, and fixing a penalty for
fraudulent voting in such primaries"
The negro Charles Jones, who was lodged
in the Valdosta Jail last week for killing
another negro at Forest in Echols county,
is not such an innocent being after all, il
seems. Jones is an assumed name, and he
Is wanted in Florida for killing a negso
The killing OF the man at Forest, was not
such case of self-defense as Indicated at
first.
Application is to be made to the legisla-
ture for charter for state bank to be es-
tablshed in Valdosta The incorporators
are to be X. Y. Lane aud T. NJ Smith of
Valdosta, A. T. Mcintyre and w. H.
Mitchell of Townsville, and NJ. Y. McIn-
tyre Of Savannah. The bank will begin
business with paid in capital stock of
100000
Americas Recorder: We have lying upon
our table a specimen of shoe leather man
ufactured in Worcester, Mass, presented
to us by j. M Bryant, superintendent of
the national cemetery at Andersonville II
Is made from small scraps of leather and
paste pressed together, and will swell up
and come apart when wet From il the
soles OF cheap shoes are made.
Thomas Stewart, Jr., of McDonough suf-
fered a serious accident last Friday morn
ing. While taking load Of cotton t. tn,
gin his mule ran away, throwing him out
of the wagon, brealing his leg just "
the ankle. The bone protruded throut, al ne
flesh something more than an inch, and the
foot was turned up by the side of the log.
1t is feared that the foot will have to be am
putated
In the Office of the superintendent of
water works at Americas is large map Of
the city, showing the several streets and
the location of the different fire plugs.
Saturday a couple OF negro carpenters
stood looking at it. evidently puzzled as to
what it conld be- They were upon the
point of giving up the puzzle as a hopeless
Job when one of them exclaimed: "Oh, /
see what it am now; it am de plan of MIR.
Ships new house. Don't yer seep
Jacob Haas, cashier Of the Capital City
bank, of Atlanta, has returned from a trip
to Richmond, Va, where he met an attor-
ney who was engaged to help secure the
money which c. c. Nelson got from the
Capital City bank. Mr.. Haas says they
have obtained a verdict against Nelson in
New York and the money is in Syracuse.
A new claimant for the money, which Mr.
Haas is after, has put in all appearance.
There will doubtless be another law suit,
but the Capital City bank is confident OF