The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-12

Pythias- $3.50 Paid for Tree.
GEORGIA
The Vienna post Office has been made a
money order Office.
The Perry and tort Valley Sunday
schools, 800 strong, were on picnic at
Americas Thursday.
The business portion Of Sandersville,
which was destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt
vita brick and made fire proof.
Manganese is now being shipped from
Tunnel Hill TO Pirtsburg aud other manu-
featuring towns in Pennsylvania.
Joe B. Bowen, one OF the oldest citizens
of Dolly county, has been living at his
present home nearly forty-one years
The colored fire companies Of Georgia,
fourteen in number, will hold their annual
tournament at Washington, July %.
Irwin county was out of debt and had
s., 742 10 in her treasury at the opening Of
the spring term Of the Superior Court.
Adjt. Gen Kell has received the resigna-
ton of NJ. II. Potter, Captain Of the sylvia
MIA Rifles. He resigns on account Of failing
health.
A man, rs years of age, is working on the
bridge across TallapooSa river, which Is
eighty feet high and gets about over the
timbers as actively rs a lGyear-old boy.
One of Andrews men who helpad to run
away with the Western and Atlantic loco
motive General" during the war, has APP
piled for position as engineer on that road.
]. L. Lewis, formerly of Decatur county,
who went to Texas some years ago, has re-
Gently been appointed Attorney for the G.
c. & S. +. Railroad company, at a salary Of
$4,000 year.
There is a man in Americas who has done
business there for the past thirty years, and
who in all that time has never been 70 AL
bany or Buena Vista, distance thirty-six
and twenty-five miles respectively.
Capt Reagan, a former conductor of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road,
is now in Florida making a fortune. He
recently made $75, 900 on a ST. 800 invest
ment in real estate during the BOOM
Annie Player, a colored woman living in
Wilcox county, has attained the age of ll8
years. She was the slave of R. n PLAYER.
She was blind at the age of 10 years, but
at the age of 1l6 she recovered her eyesight.
A negro train hand while unloading
car of lumber at the Americus, Preston and
Lumpkin freight depot at Americas Thurs
day, slipped and fell, bringing the heavy
timber down across his body and breaking
his thigh.
The latest enterprise for Macon is that of
H. NJ. Taylor and others, who will establish
grist mill in the lower part of the city on
the reserve. This will be an $4,000 plant
and will give employment to fifteen or
twenty men.
Miss Annie Mccormick, Of Hawkinsville,
can play simultaneously two tunes on the
piano and sing a third. She can sit with
her back to the instrument and play m st
beautifully. 1t is said that she can play
three different instruments at once
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road returned its property to the State
iiaaFsFT
to the Comptroller General are: Three
acres of land, $1,000; 6 bridges, 81, 600: 2
engines, SIT coo; 100 cars, S35. 900; 81 miles
of track, 100000. Total, 1921, 900.
A member Of a German ship building
concern was in Abbeville Wilcox county
a short time since, in search Of suitable
timbers to be used by his firm in the con-
struction of a vessel now under way After
considerable difficulty he found such a tree
as he wanted and willingly cane down with
$3.50 in payment therefor.
The storm Of Friday afternoon last was
quite severe a few miles south of Dalton.
The house of Mrs. Holland, a widow lady.
was blown down and one of her CHI ldren
severely injured by falling timbers Nearly
every tree IN her orchard was uprooted
The storm was also accompanied by a very
heavy fall of hail which damaged garden
truck in that vicinity TO a considerable ex-
tent.
Last Monday night some one broke open
the door to the store of w. B. THOMPSON
at Woodclif, but was frightened away be-
fore securing anything by the approach of
John Parker, who is the postmaster
there. and who had been called 10 by n
party 70 get his mail. Two registered lot
tiers containing So or $40, a rife worth sos
and several valuable articles would have
fallen into the hands OF the thief, bes des such
goods in the store as might have been
fancied by the burglar.
The gavel which Judge Brown, now at
Brunswick, uses to call order in his court
was made from bedstead brought over
from Paris years ago by Frenchman. 1t
Is handsome affair, and on the front has
a tablet with the inscription, ITO Judge
james Brown, OF Blue Ridge circuit, ADril
16, lSSl;n on the back Immediately under
the handle is another small tablet inscribed.
Presented by j. II. Whiten II was given
TO the Judge soon after he went on the
bench and it has been in constant use since
then.
Cubbege Williams and several others cut
a bee tree near Troupvile. The hollow,
which was tolerable large, was found to be
filled with honey and comb for a distance
of fifteen feet After securing the honey
one OF the boys cut into the tree above the
portion used by the bees and found a
rattlesnake three feet long. AS there was
no hole in the tree except the one which
contained the honey, the supposition is that
the snake crawled up the hollow before the
bees began to hive, and the honey comb had
effectuaLy blocked his exit
The annual session Of the Grand Lodge of
Knights of PYthias will be held in Atlanta
this year, commencing on May Is, and last
ing two days In attendance upon the
Grand Lodge will be eleven uniform rank
divisions from the following cities of the
State-two from Savannah, one from
Brunswick, one from Augusta, one from
Macon, one from Columbus, one from Rome
and two from Atlanta The drill will take
place at Grants Park. The prize offered
for the best drilled division is an eight
gallon, solid silver, gold lined punch bowl
of elegant design, which was purchased at a
cost Of $500.
A report creating some sensation has been
circulated over Terrell county that white
man had recently married a negro woman
near Chickasawhatcbee. Upon investiga-
ton, however, it was learned that both
parties are negroes. 1t seems that Green
Brown, mulatto with but a very slight
sprinkle of negro blood in his veins, married
Carrie Jordan, full-blooded descendant Of
Ham, tho ceremony being performed by
ParSon Peter Harris, colored. BY some
means the report got out that Brown was a
white man, but in truth he has never
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