The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

NEW = Or I1b w ~ Ola Aio AOAO
IN PARAGRAPHS.
The Dead Body of a Negro Found Near
Waycross-A Washington Nan Who
is Living on Milk Entirely The
Legislative Candidates of Wilkes
County-Dirt Eating on the Decline in
North Georgia.
GEORGIA
Villa RIGA needs city hall
Dodge county Superior Court is in ses-
sion
Whitfield county wants new court
house.
DR.. Emmons, of Camilla, died day or
two ago.
The Salvation Army is again on the
march at Rome.
Gainesvile's Presbyterian church is now
without pastor.
f. B. Minis has bought out S. Barnes
livery business at Baxley
John c. Printup has been elected Captain
OF the Hill City Cadets Of Rome.
Gainesyilles cotton factory is still behind
its orders, and it is making money.
The Guyton Base Ball Club will meet in
Savannah at Neidhngers store to-day.
Green Ford, of Worth county, has lost his
dwelling by fire. The contents were saved.
The Etowah river has fallen several feet
and is about at its usual wet season height.
The Canton Presbyterians have raised
sou toward buying lot TO build a church
on.
One of Thomasvilles hotels paid adver-
Using bills day or two ago amounting to
81, 100
In Irwin county a day or two ago, John
l.. Nixon killed pOrker that welghed 453
pounds net.
The weekly papers of the State report
everybody well pleased with the trip TO the
casper Festival at Savannah
If twenty neat cottages were erected in
Canton they could be let 10 good parties, at
reasonable prices in ten days
Gov. Rusk, of Wisconsin, who is now at
Thomasville, is mentioned for the Repubh-
can nomination for the Presidency.
A very large frame store is to be erected
on the Mcdonald corner at vienna instead
OF the one now occupying the space.
Work win be commenced on the new
Baptist church at Vienna as soon as the
material can be laid down on the site
Wilkes county has four candidates for the
Legislature: Colonies E. y. Hill. J. Q.
Adams, W. NJ. Sims, and Dr. J. H Walton.
The LaGrange Reporter has on Its lis,
two subscribers who have read the r,sDer
for forty and thirty five years respectively.
The recent four days rain has caused the
streams throughout Dooly county to be-
come swollen so high that travel is almost
stopped.
1t is feared that the fruit crop in Ran
dolph county was materially damaged, if
not entirely destroyed by the freeze Tues
day morning
A most Office has l,eau toll IfcIol ID
Daniels station, in Gordon county, which
will be known as McHenry. c. E McDan-
lei is Postmaster.
AT Rome John Alexander is erecting n
residence at No. 70 Main street. I'm South
Rome. His brother Charles is building an
other house next TO him.
Jerry Manly of Dalton, has fled to parts
unknown, as the result of an unsuccessful
effort TO obtain a pension from the United
States Government by fraud.
At Villa RIGA last Monday evening, while
WIN Strickland was cutting some wood,
the ak glanced and struck his leg, and cut n
severe cash just below the knee.
c. L. Peacock, of Gordon county, recently
imported from Connecticut nine herd A j.
Z. L. Jerseys of the justly celebrated st.
Lambert and CoOmassie families.
l.. johnson q CO. have sold out their
entire interest in the mill business in
Appling county to Northern lumber firm.
Charles Bewick 81 Co., of Michigan.
1t is reported that Judge Sam Lumpkin,
OF Lexington, VIII not be a candidate for
the supreme bench, but will offer for re-
election as judge of the Northern circuit.
An effort is being made to push through
10 completion the long projected wagon
bridge near the recently completed railroad
bridge across Little river at Washington.
At Athens Richard Matthews has pur
chased of DIR. Carlton his home and lot near
the upper bridge, paying for the same $500.
DIR. f. ). Lyndon has has bought the Tur-
ner place.
Hon. Elijah Paulk, Ordinary of Coffee
county, will receive sealed bids for the
building of new court house at Douglas
The bids will be opened and considered on
the first Monday in April
At Athens Messrs Lumpkin & Burnett
have filed suit in the Superior Court for
So,OUO damages for man named HAYES
against Meyer Stern, for breaking his arm
IN fight some time since.
General Manager H s. Haines. of the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
sent the City Fathers, of Blackshear thirty
four young oak trees day or two ago to be
planted on Railroad square.
A meeting of the military of Augusta will
be held TO receive the proposition of the
MdsOhs 10 bullu an armory. The Knights
of Pythias viii probably make the fourth
command to share in the armory.
Rev. II. R. Fielder, former pastor of the
church, and Rev. Mr. Mumford, of the Tai
bottom AeiC Era, are aiding Rev. E. M
Whiting in conducting series of meetings
at the Methodist church at Hawkinsville.
Canton Cyclone: Fifty or sixty years ago.
30 per cent. of the children had mania for
eating dirt, and forever running their health
They don't eat dirt now. Why did they
eat dirt thenl Why don't they do it yetl
Fire was discovered in the cook room
attached TO the residence of w. +. Findley
at Gainesville, Wednesday night. The
room in which it broke out was DESTROYED
and a portion of the dining room was
injured.
According to the Eastman Journal about
the biggest farce on record is the manner in
which the public roads are worked. or pre-
tended to be worked, in Dodge county
There is scarcely decent road within her
borders
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad ia getting out n monthly publica-
ton for the purpose of advertising tho
towns along its line. Ten thousand copies
of each issue will be printed and dis
tributed.
J. w. Sanders, of Washington. has not
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