The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-06

The Corner Tree of Three Counties
Blown Down.
GEORGIA.
There ls one house in Athens that uses 400
gallons of milk month.
Samuel Farkas of Albany is building a
handsome brick residence.
It is said that the honey crop of Sumter
county is one of the heaviest ever made
Thomasville's ice factory is making money
and has been ever since 1t was established.
W.M. Bitch has commenced the erection
OF a handsome twO-stoiy store-house at
Capitola.
One of the banks of Athens, with a capt
tai stock Of 100000, has already loaned
$4,000.
Work on the Young Mems christian as
sociation building at Athens will begin
right away.
A gentleman in Athens has an invention
from which he expects to realize a hand
some fortune
The republicans will not put out candi-
dates for any Of the county Offices in Clarke
except that Of coroner.
Jasper county's delegates to the con
greSslonal convention favor the renomlna-
ton of Congress man Blount.
Clayton county recognizes Fulton county 5
right to name the next senator for that dis
trict, under the rotation system.
John A. Livingston has been appointed
marshal of Sylvana by town council in the
place Of d. W. Sanders, resigned.
Hon r w. Patterson of Macon has been
petitioned by several hundred voters to be-
come candidate for the Legislature.
Every preparation is being made to
change the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad to standard gauge in August.
An effort will be made, at the meeting of
the board oi trustees, TO close the session of
the State University at Athens by July l.
Work on the block of Talmadge &
Carithers, at Athens, begins in a few weeks,
and handsome stores will fill the Clinard
lot.
Capt. j. H. Rucker is being urged by his
friends, to allow the use of his name for the
maYoralty of Athens at the ensuing cleo
ton.
Work on the Georgia factory, at Athens,
is progressing rapidly, and when completed
the capacity of the factory will be almost
doubled.
Forsyth county's delegates will support
Hon. George N. Lester for the congressional
nomination in the convention of the Ninth
district.
The city council of Albany has tabled, for
the present, the question of issuing bonds
for the establishment of water and electric
light plants.
Oglethorpe county's delegates to the con-
gressional convention of that district are
favorable to the denomination of Congress
man Carlton.
Edward Crittendon of Townsville has
the most novel pet of the season, a perfectly
tame 7weeks-old wild cat. 1t playful like
domestic kittens
Through little misunderstanding, the
trade between George ID. Wheatley and J.
Waxelbaum for a stock of goods at Ameri-
Gus has been declared off.
Dougherty Hutchins of Atlanta, after
forty-tive years CT active work as a barber,
has laid aside his razor, strap and brush
and gone to his eternal rest.
Last Monday the voters of Scriven county
decided by very large rlajoritv TO abolish
the poor house system. Only "a votes were
cast in favor of continuing it.
Mr. Bloomfield is now on trip to Cincin-
natl and Detroit, buying machinery for his
new mills at Barnett Shoals, which will be
In working order in a few months.
The Atlanta butchers unanimously re-
solved to adopt the cash system on July /,
and now have as their motto: mo cash no
beef" The plan is said to work well.
The 23d annual celebration of the DeKalb
County Sunday school association will occur
Wednesday, Aug. l. Judge Van Epps of
Atlanta will deliver the annual address.
In the six hour, go-as-you-p please foot race
at Macon, Wednesday, Prater and Ford
both retired from the track while in the
lead, and William Lewis of Macon won the
race.
A week ago a severe wind storm visited
the place of D. C. Brinson, near Millen, and
laKnF "A. l.
fruit trees, and did considerable damage 70
the premises.
c. F. Allen died from lock jaw in Augusta
Monday. He went to Augusta a short time
ago, and while at work at the carpenters
business mashed one of his fingers. This
produced lockjaw.
II moderate rains continue to come
throughout the next two months as regu-
larly as they have the past two months. the
crops in Clarke county will be as fine as the
lands will produce.
The Central railroad warehouse at Rocky
Ford was broken open on last Thursday
night, and two trunks besides several boxes
were ritied. The safe was tried but the
thieves failed to get into it.
AT Americas day or two ago a negro
boy or years old found buckeye, and
thinking IL was a chestnut ate It, The
doctors worked some time on him, aud after
administering heavy emetics saved his life
At Albany, Tuesday, Marshal Westbrook
booked cases against the yardmaster of the
Southwestern railroad and the engineer of
the switch engine for blocking up, for an
unnecessary time, the Washington street
crossing.
Tho following teachers were elected at
the meeting of the Sandersville board of
education on Monday, July 2: Principal, 4.
L. Simmons, Norcross, Ga grammar
school, Miss Ella Mitchell; primary depart
ment, Miss Maria Haynes.
a Fer the next few days Thomson will be
fnll OF Methodists IN attendance upon the
Augusta district conference Some of the
most talented and eloquent preachers of the
North Georgia conference will he there
among them Bishop Key.
Col. Buck, chairman of the Republican
executive committee Of Georgia, saws there
will be no more republican conventions held
In the state this year, but that he intends to
call the committee for the purpose of put
ting out Harrison electoral ticket
Sunday morning Della Burns (colore1 of
Americas died very suddenly, after two
weeks illness, After taking medicine to
relieve slight illness she foolshly drank a
great quantity of very cold lemonade. which
ia short time brought on violent illness.
resulting in her death.
Capt. j. H. Rucker will build a larpa
warehouse on the Mason lot, on Ocones
street, at Athens. 1t will extend from
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