The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

ciety-Ex- Congressman jeff Longs
Son Mysteriously Disappears.
GEORGIA.
The Dodge county fair will open on Mon
day next for, three days.
C. II. REVERE of GAINESVILLE lost his barn
and its contents, worth $500, by fire last
Tuesday.
A. Binswanger of Macon died Thursday.
He was for many years well-known mer-
chant there.
S. w Bachman proposes to organize n
horticultural and pomological society for
Whitfield county.
DR.. Steifer, an old and prominent physi-
clan of Athens, is now lying at his home at
the point of death.
George c. Thomas. a prominent lawyer
announces himself through the papers as a
candidate for mayor of Athens
Duncan DuBose has bought Mrs John A.
Stephens residence at Washington, for
which he paid s., 500. The lot contains nine
acres
Neither of the two suits for 5000 each
against the Central railroad on the docket
of the Houston superior court will be tried
this term.
The expenses of the election in Bibb
county were $40. Clerk Smith, of the board
of county commissioners, paid the mana
gers and clerks Thursday.
The eighth biennial couclave of the Kappa
Sigma fraternity, which was to have been
held at Valdosta Oct. II, Is and 10, has
been postponed until Nov. IA, Is and 16.
Galloway and Carthers, independent can
didates for the legislature, were elected IN
Walton county over Felker and Edwards
the nominees, by majority of about 100.
John L. Anderson of Pulaski county, who
was recently appointed one of the six guauo
inspectors for the state, will make his head
quarters at Toccoa, having been assigned to
duty at that point.
1t is reported that Thomas Colclough of
Augusta intends to contest the will of his
brother, Michael Colclough, who died last
month and left an estate worth about $780,
600. Thomas Colclough was allowed S35
month during life.
1t is thought now that the Republican
party of Clark county will be hopelessly
divided in the future. The refusal on the
part of large faction of them to support
their nominee has caused breach which
cannot be repaired.
At Cumming, Wednesday, Hon. A. D.
Gambler, democratic nominee for the Ninth
district, spoke to a large crowd of Forsyth
county citizens, in the court house. He
spoke principally on the tariff and gave his
position on the Mills and Blair bills
Washington Gazette: Any one would
take Washington to be Hill country; as We
have Hill for doctor, a Hill for a dentist.
a Hill for a farmer, Hill for a hotel
keeper, and two Hills for merchants. Wash
lngton Is decidedly the better off for her
Hills
Hon. e. Y. Hill brought to Washington
Tuesday the first bale of cotton in the
county packed in pine straw baggIng. 1t
is pronounced equal in every respect to the
Jute bagging, and all rejoice in the prospects
OF its knocking the spots out OF the jute
bagging trust.
Fred Herring of Lawrenceville has a
scuppernong vine, only eight years old,
from which he has sold $25 worth of grapes
this season. He has given away a large
quantity to visitors who called on him. 1t
has not missed bearing good crop a single
year since it was two years old.
A negro boy about years old was burned
TO death at Heard's place, near Danburg.
Monday. The child and a smaller one
were In the house by themselves when the
chlld's clothing caught fire. He ran out of
doors but was burned to deaf before help
came. There were no grown people present
at the time.
w. ]. Duke of Orchard Hill lost his
pocketbook at Griffin Wednesday. 1t con-
tanned $500 in notes and $50 in cash. He
laid 1T down in the Griffin Banking Com
panys once while transacting some bust
ness and went off and forgot it, and when
he returned IN couple Of minutes it was
not there. A negro who had been around
at the time is suspected of the theft.
Ed. Long, son of ex-Congressman jeff
Long of Macon, has been mysteriouslv
ahsent since Monday. He had considerable
money on his person when last seen. His
father thinks he has been deceived of.
robbed and murdered. Ed Woodson
tcolored) was put in the barracks Thursday
for safekeeping for stealing He is sus-
pected Oh having connection with Longs
disappearance.
A report reached Columbus Thursday
night OF peculiar and fatal accident which
occurred at Jernigan, fourteen miles from
Columbus. party of negroes were out
coon hunting early in the morning, and
freed coon near a cotton field The tree
was cut down and fell upon a negro bow
who was picking cotton in the field, killing
him instantly. The falling tree also killed
a fine coon dog.
The property of ex-Tax Collector L. A.
Pollock Of Cochran, which was levied on by
the sheriff to satisfy fl. ia. issued by the
county commissioners of Pulaski county.
was sold at public cutlery before the court
house door In Hawkinsville Tuesday The
property consisted in part OF two town lots
III Cochran, a small stock of goods in that
place, farm lands, stock, etc., and brought
the sum of 81 ,023 66.
The election of Hon. Martin V. Calvin
for the fourth consecutive time as a MEM
Der of the legislature makes him the Oldest
member of the House in point of service.
He Is, indeed, the only man of the IT'S
elected in 1882 who has served consecutively
since that time and who now goes back for
a fourth time. He is in the race for speaker
pro tenn. He prefers this honor to that of
the speakers place, for he can hold it and
still keep his positions Of responsibility on
the committees Of agriculture and education.
On Wednesday last serious cutting
scrape occurred at Ridleys store, near
Zebulon. John Gregory and Jake Reid
were eating oysters, and Reid, who was
clerk in the store, refused to extend credit
to Gregory, by instructions from Gregory's
father. This offended Gregory and he
reached around a third party and cut Reid's
throat. Mrs. Ridley grasped the arteries,
and held them till the doctor came, or Reid
would have bled to death Reid is In quite
critical condition and will probably not
recover.
Another Jail delivery was effected at
Eastman Wednesday night, all the prison.
ers escaping save one, who refused &c leave,
alleging that he was guilty Of no crime
Six negroes and one white man got away
The iron bars of the cage in which they
were confined were filed off 50 as to make
an opening sufficiently large through which
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