The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO sTATfns TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


twenty-five Nails and Some Glass in
the Nav of Swine - Murder at
Rome-Floyd County Farmers At
tackled by Highwaymen : Narrow
Escape from Drowning Near Ca
milla.
Property in and around Dalton is selling
well.
H.N. Winburn of jefferson has invented
detachable buggy spindle.
About SIC, 900 was paid out for cotton at
Calhoun last week, and merchants had a
fine trade.
The Murdoch house at Dalton has closed.
This leaves John Lewis in possession Of the
hotel field.
Work on the new opera house at Way
cross will soon be under way. The site has
been chosen.
When elected Cal Bryant will be the
youngest mayor Dalton has ever had He
is not yet IS.
J. E. Markett Patrick Bass and j. w
Mize are in the race for the shrievalty of
Sumter county.
Howell Lariscy killed thirty-one snakes
near Sylvania few days ago. They had
made their home in log.
Near Blakeley two children have recently
died from poisoning by potash in solution,
used for cleaning purposes.
The friends of r. B. Odom, the tax col
lector of Baker county, have decided to
announce him as suitable man for re-
election.
Near Oconee on last Saturday evening
Will Anderson, while trying to shoot a
hawk with pistol shot himself in the leg
about three inches above the knee.
DIR. A. F. Hunter of McRae had the mis-
fortune to lose his fine horse on FRIDAY last
He don't know whether it got out of the
stable and strayed Off, or whether it was
stolen.
Columbus Browning has purchased the
lot adjoining Col. B. y. Herndon's resi-
denCe, on Crawford street, Dalton, and will
erect handsome dwelling upon it next
spring.
An armed negro resisted arrest by a posse
near Delhi, when member of the arresting
party forced tie gun from the negroes hand
and gave him its contents, load of small
shot. His wounds are not serious.
A hog was butchered in Charlton a few
days since, and in the NAV of the swine
were found some twenty 1.-TWO nails and a
lot of glass, supposed to have been pieces of
bottle. The hog was apparently healthy.
Bill Thomas and Terrell Speed, two we'll
known Floyd county farmers, We're at
tackled by highway robbers, about three
Ulltb lTOul IbOlue, IuuTsudY, ana DOLl
severely beaten. The robbers got $24 from
Thomas
Gussie Whitfield, son of Mrs H. H Whit
field, of Hawkinsville, fell or was showed
down an embaukment while playing with
his schoolmates at the Hawkinsville insti-
tute on Monday last, breaking his left arm
below the elbow.
One question which is troubling the
minds of some of the citizens of Gordon
,,r,txy fu hat han 40 fl-
house until the new one is built There will
be two terms of the superior court before
the new building is finished.
At Rome a negro man about IS years of
age was found murdered in his bed on
Thursday morning. Suspicion points to
John Smith, young negro about 20 years
of age, who has served three years in the
penitentiary for barn-burning.
David Dewey was in Quitman the other
day with a curiosity in the way of hogs
foot. There was no split in the foot, it
being in one piece, like that of horse. Mr..
Dewey has killed four hogs this winter, all
with feet formed in the same way.
On Thursday, Nov. 90, at the residence of
Henry Bleese of Brooks county, Henry Sim
mons and Miss Sarah Studstil were mar
ried in the presence of quite number of
friends, Rev. J. G. Rogers officiating. The
brides 18th birthday will not occur until
some time in January next.
The Bay Creek, twinnett county, PRINT
tive Baptist church expelled three of its
members for joining the Farmers Alliance.
O1e of the members went back and made
satisfactory acknowledgment that be had
stIayed off after strange gods, and WIS re-
ceived back in full fellowship.
Lexington Echo: 1t has been recently
discovered that one of the richest veins of
iron ore ever yet found in the United States
runs directly through Oglethorpe county.
1t has not been sufficiently followed up to
give its exact location, but prospectors have
an eye upon it, and will doubtless locate it
ere long.
j. r. Boggs of Lexington had Matched out
on his lot the other day a monstrosity in the
shape of a three-legged chicken. The third
limb comes from the body between the two
usual ones, and is about as large, but it
stands out behind the fowl and does not
seem to bother it any. The chick is now
several weeks old.
The largest and most fruitful gourd vine
yet on record is reported as having been
grown this year by Frank Burton on Sheriff
Ed. Maxwels place, few miles from Lex
ington. From it has been gathered 1856
water gourds, with handles averaging Is
inches long, and, besides, there were 10 or
20 gourds broken before they were ripe
DR.. J. D. Mckinney of Messy Greek.
White county, has an invention for which
he has applied for letters patent, that may
be of great benefit TO the laboring classes.
It is a support to the back, chest and legs
Of those who have to work in STOPPING
position-that is, for cotton pickers, cotton
choppers, gardeners, or rice harvesters.
The other day J. II. Stevens, at Putnam,
came out to the train with a long white hat
all draped in black. "What does this
mean," inquired Conductor Chipley; "are
some Of your folks deadf' "Oh. no." re-
piled the old gentleman; you see Hurt and
Hamp Stevens best girls married to-day
and thought I'd mourn a little for them"
Twice within week the republicans of
Augusta have celebrated, in double file, and
with horns and torches, the election of Gen.
Harrison TO the Presidency of the United
States. Twice within a fortnight they in
dorsed his nomination shortly after the
Chicago convention. They always hold two
local conventions, generally put out two
tickets-in fact, do everything in doublets.
DR.. Ransom, alias DIR johnson, the In
dian doctor, who was carried 10 Houston
county "Wednesday by Deputy J. N.
futile of Perry, was set free by the
Perry authorities after examination. He
was suspected of being the guilty party in
tie Dasher poisoning case, which attracted
such widespread attention last week, and
in which two members Of the family barely