The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Atheniaus Exceedingly Generous
in Their Subscriptions to the Young
Mems Christian Association Building
Fund-An Americas Man Who Was
Born to be An Once Holder.
GEORGIA.
Campbell Superior Court is in session.
Bremen will have brick warehouse soon.
The new Baptist church at Danielsvile is
nearing completion
The Baptist church at Sumner will soon
be ready for occupancy.
The gold mines about seven miles from
Rockmart will be worked on large scale.
There were over 600 wagons in Ameri-
Gus Saturday from the different countie
around.
Master John Snipes, young man OF
Milledgeville, had his arm broken few
days ago.
The steamer Aid, now plying the Flint
river, is said to have made $1,000 in one
week recently.
The Baptist church of AIilledgeville has
undertaken to raise $500 for the mission
cause this year
There are twenty names on the black list
of Atlanta, only two of them beng those
of colored men.
There have been fifty thousand bushels of
of corn brought to Milledgevilie from the
West since Jan. l.
new post-office has been established in
the eastern portion of Sumter county, under
the name of Tucker.
An Infatuated bull gored mule to death
on Mrs Furman's plantation near Milledge-
vile day or two ago.
The Episcopalisns of Washington have
secured the services Of Rev. j. r. Ham
mond, of Virginia, as rector.
Capt. John F. Kiddoo, the newly-appoint-
ed Postmaster for Cuthbert, assumed the
duties of the Office yesterday
1t is rumored that Col Tom Harris, Of
Mallorysville, Wilkes county will be
in the field for the Legislature.
A scarcity of coal prevails in Albany
The railroads have not been able to furnish
transportation for the supply needed.
Five hundred dollars is the amount re-
ceived by the two entertainments gotten mp
for the benefit of the Home Guards of Madi-
son.
The Methodists of Mlledgeville will re
pair their present church structure instead
of building new one, as they contem-
plated.
The fish ponds at Madison have been CON
demned as breeders of malaria, sickness
and death. and will be abolished by order Of
the City Council.
injured Saturday by piece of falling tim
Der at the bridge being built over the Oconee
river at Milledgeville.
Maj. A. W. Gibson, former cotton mer-
chant of Macon, has secured a position at
Washington under the government at a
salary of $1,000 per annum.
A coil of hemp rope went over the Central
road few days ago that weighed 1920
pounds. 1t was for use on the artesian well
at the asylum at Milledgeville
The 9-year-old son of Prof. Query, a
portrait painter who is now a resident of
Washington, is said to make some marvel
ously good sketches for one of his years
The George Wilson Minstrel Troupe kept
in the middle of the road while i'll Milledge-
vile. They could not get hotel accom- noda-
ton, and some of them did not go to bed.
Mr.. Wrightmyer, machinist at B. B
trays mill on the line of the Brunswick
and Western railroad in Coffee county, was
killed by Pittman, another employee at the
same mill, Saturday.
Malicious mischief makers at Learv are
amusing themselves by breaking the panes
IN the windows of the church at that place
by shooting through them. Seven panes
were thus broken last week.
Seventy-fve hands are employed at
Miliedgeville grading the asylum grounds
The work is progressing rapidly, and when
comT leted 1t will be as pretty as any piece
OF lst dscape gardening in the State.
Samuel Morris, negro man living near
Browns Crossing, was robbed of SIS by a
negro preacher named Randall, OF Mliledge-
vile, few nights ago. The preachers pull
PIT now has iron bars in front of it.
DIR. w. J. Barnes has rendered his resig-
nation as Postmaster at Snelson. The ac-
ceptance of the resignation will lead to the
discontnuance of the postotlice at that
place.
Joe Mize. of Americas, has held the office
of Sergeant, Orderly Sergeant, Lieutenant,
BailiH, Tax Receiver, United States Deputy
Marshal, Policeman, Deputy Marshal,
Deputy Sheriff, Sheriff, and is now Tax
Receiver.
The school house at Concord. in Marion
county. has been burned. The majority Of
the people think that il was set on fire. while
few think that it caught from the chimney.
They intend to rebuild as soon as they can
get the lumber hauled.
A negro named Sam Wilson, who lived
III harrisburg, suburb of Milledgeville,
was run over by hand car near the (feor-
gia railroad bridge one day last week, and
had two ribs, backbone and collar-boue
broken. He is not expected to live.
Capt c. =. Crawford of Milledgeville
writes a communication to the Macon Iele-
graph urging the necessity of relieving the
Supreme Court Judges of some OF their
DutueLSt ny ulNlulnS tne state INTO two
judicial departments, with an appellate
court in each and with appeal TO the high
est court
The Albany NeiUS aud Advertiser, be-
lieves that alfalfa can be successfully grown
in Southwest Georgia, and in order TO hasten
and stimulate its introduction into that sec
ton proposes to give S25 for the best yield
of alfalfa hay grown on one acre during the
year 1888. The proposition is open to any
farmer in Southwest Georgia.
The mortgaging that is being done in the
Clerks Office at Milledgeville is startling
and shows a depressed financial condition
in Baldwin county, truly deplorable. The
money in the county treasury is exhausted
When the present court adjourns the county
will be some 81, 900 behind. The Jurors will
have to discount their script this court
At Atlanta Saturday night Porter and
Ed Stocks, brothers, and Charles T. Baker,
the lawyer, had difficulty on a street car,
resulting in Baker and Ed Stokes drawing
pocket-knives and carving each other.
Stocks nose was almost severed from his
face, but was subsequently sewed on again
Baker was stabbed in the left shoulder
A strolling negro woman preacher occu-
pied the pulpit at the negro Methodist
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