The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-18

Attempt to Assassinate in Dodge
County.
GEORGIA
DIR. j. S. Pemberton died at his home il
Edgewood, near Atlanta, Thursday night.
The survivors of the Eleventh Georgia
regiment will meet in reunion at Atlanta
Sept. Z.
Mrs. NJ. f. Hughes and mother, formerly
of Savannah, have built g neat residence at
Eastman.
A book agent is said TO have sold 81, POO
worth of books at Dawson within tue last
few weeks.
1t is said that Judge Gleaton of Conyers
will be candidate for solicitor general OF
the Flint circuit.
The Episcopal church at Gainesville is
being greatly improved in appearance and
comfort. 10th inside and out.
The colored people of Willacoochee are
going to build Methodist church. They
have part of the lumber on the ground.
There were twenty accessions to the mem
bership of the Henderson Methodist church
during the protracted meeting last week.
The convention of the Sixth senatorial
district, held at Valdosta, Thursday, nomi-
mated William Roberts of Berrien county.
Rev. Samuel Hall assumed pastoral
charge of st. James church. Cedartown,
Sunday, and preached an eloquent sermon
A Mr.. Lockhart of Augusta has pur-
chased the plantation of Smu Cal! OF
Bulloch county, paying about $500 Tor IT,
The residence of L. NJ Wood. near Plain
vile, Gordon county, was burned last Sat
urday night. 1t was a new fire-room
house.
Parker Brown fell through a trap door in
w. B. Grifin's store, at Sunny Side, on
Sunday, and is said to have broken two or
three ribs.
Joe Wolf of Macon has a full grown
chicken with three developed legs and
wings 1t was purchased out Of a wagon in
East Macon.
A quarantine officer from Macon is sta
toned at Fort Valley, for the purpose of
preventing jacksonville refugees from stop
ping in Macon.
Within the last two weeks w. N. Boon of
Perry has shipped several lots of ivory pod
snap beans, for which he received about 81
per bushel net.
Potash church, Polk county, is circu-
lating subscription list to raise funds for
the erection of new church building on
that historic spot.
1t is believed that bountiful crop of
sweet potatoes will be harvested in Houston
county this season, though the first digging
will be later than usual
A check for SIS was received in Perry
Monday for "a car load of Watermelons
which had been offered previously for sale
at $40 on the track there
The commissioners of roads and revenue
of Whitfield county have assessed the
county tax for the year 1889 at 4O1& cents
on the 500 worth of taxable property.
The proprietors of the Conyers Solid
South have decided to enlarge their paper,
and for that purpose have purchased a large
Wharfdale press, which will be run by
steam.
The annual convention of the Woman's
missionary society of the South Georgia
conference will meet at Perry on Friday,
Oct. %, and will include the fourth Sunday
in that month.
L. L. Middlebrooks of Newton county de-
MES being candidate for the senate against
j. r. Lyle Mr.. Middlebrooks says he is
a democrat and does not propose to run as
an Independent.
The building committee of the Young
Mems Christian association of Athens have
accepted the plans of Capt. Thomas, and
bids for erecting the building are to be
solicited at once.
A yellow fever patient passed Dawson.
Sunday, on the Montgomery train The
disease was in full development on him.
and he was an object of much dread by the
other passengers.
A railroad survey has been made from
Kathleen station, on the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad to Houston factory,
about five miles northeast of Perry, and
will be continued to Perry.
There are seventeen postoff1ces in Houston
W ~ t,i,s bo.
lished this year. AT least four others will. be
established as soon as the depot buildings on
the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad
are erected.
There have been no new developments in
the case of the dead infant found in an old
well at Godwinsville, Dodge county, last
week. In all probability the child was
brought from some other neighborhood to
hide the identity of its parentage
A dog hurried up Bay street, Brunswick,
Thursday, with a tin can tied to his tnil.
He was stopped by negro, who united the
can and looked into it. "Bress Gordr' he
exclaimed, ''even de dogs is 'fectin' dey-
setsp The can was half full of lime
McDuff Wilson of jackson county is an
independent candidate for the legislature
He says that he is a "fence whig" This is
a new party not down in the books. Mr..
If elected, will have all the fences put back
~ jackson county.
At Pell City, Polk county, Sunday even
ing, a white man named Miller and negro
named Rocker disagreed about El5 cents
worth Of beef. A hot quarrel ensued, and
the negro stabbed the white man in the
neck, severing the jugular, and death
ensued in fow minutes.
At meeting of the democratic executive
committee of Walton county, on Tuesday
Hon. A. W. Clay withdrew his name from
the recent primary election, and the com
mittee proceeded TO consolidate the vote anC
declared james II. Felker and Ben J. Ed.
wards the nominees of the party.
A newspaper office is a strange place for
a wedding ceremony, yet the Perry Home
Journal says its Office was the scene of q
marriage last Friday morning. Marx
Mathews and Lavina Durham tcolored
were the contracting parties. and Mayor
Hodges performed the ceremony.
+. NJ. Green exhibited a 50-cent piece tc
the editor Of the Dawson Journal las
Tuesday, which was given him in 1896
fifty-two years ago. Mr.. Green also had
mimic ball which had been shot into his
chest and taken from the wound in 1866
while he was in the confederate service.
The following is the result of the primor,
election in Burke county, as shown by tn,
consolidation: w. II. Davis, 567: John c
Chew, 528; Weedham A Buxton. Alb: DR.
II. +. Harrington, 329; William Cha der
1874: O. q. Tarlxer, 1862. This result make
Davis, Chew and Buxton the nominees o
the party