The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-15

Anxious TO Get Negro leA0 W 10
Lived st Duluth.
GEORGIA.
Il is said that the pohtcsl pot in Irwin
county is at fever heat
The Piedmont CbautauQua companyis pay
ing out in Douglas county every day SlOpO
The Athens firemen carried of several
prizes at the tournament st Andersonvllle,
s. {. Tuesday.
". NJ. Dye Of Jesup has a hairless cow.
He saws she sheds OF every spring and takes
it cool through the summer.
w. W. Ashburn, owner Of the Uplands
hotel at Eastman. has leased the house 10
popular New York hotel ma.
J. Q. Ellis Of near Hayneville, Greene
county. has sixty acres Of corn tlat Is a.
high as the head Of a man riding horse.
Last Friday afternoon Miss Jessie Dell Of
Svlvania was badly injured by being
thrown from horse by the breaking OF
saddle girth.
At NASHVILLE the cornerstone of the
magnificent brick building Of Carr & Bacon
was laid with most appropriate ceremonies
on last Friday afternoon.
Rilla Green (coloredi, who was reported
murdered in Polk county & few days ago
has been found alive and well, at Gala
hans camp in PsuldIng county.
Near Clarksville last Sunday, about l
O'Clock in the afternoon, Thonlas Gosnel,
son Of William Gosnell, was bitten by a
large rattlesnake, and is expected 70 die.
4 Glenn club, go strong, Is being formei
in the interest Of returning Hon ". {.
Glenn SIS representative from Whitfield
county. G. ". Head Is Mr.. Glean's oppo-
nent
Judge John Massey Of Jesup brought
from the country last week and shipped 20
Ea7s Tf-rc = ~
largest amount Of eggs ever shipped from
sesup II one week
John Phillips caught thirty-seven chan
nel catfish al one throw with 6 cast net in
Cedar 81 ais near COvInCton 6 few days
slnoe- In the same hole at tie second
throw, he caught eighteen
Wsvne COUNTY has decided not u have q
senatorial convention There VII also be no
Illumination for the legislature, IS tie ma
: lTity Of the citizens have spoken agalnSt
nominations This viii give every citizen
& chance 10 try his popularity.
The salary % the judge Of the county
court Of Macon county has been raised from
$500 70 $50, and this, too. II fsce II the
fact thst TIE general county business Of
Macon Is CONDUCTED II q hoard OF commits
sloas-s. IS i the case IN FulassL
I Bl0nberg. ore Of SylvaniAs Hebrew
merchants. who commenced business aDout
wear ago. c-osei ou1 rs stock Of goods %
one of his creditors LAST Tuesday. and his
store Is now empty. Re is coEsidsrably II
arrears with some q his creditors,
The Baptist church s. Decatur, las: sun
day, caleb Rev. T. c. Carlton q Newman
to the pastorate. Mr.. Carlton was ordained
70 the ministry II Newman. a-i ms
preached only seven or eiSh. tlm@- Re
was formerly judge OF the county c51-t d
Ebert county.
At Canton day OF two ago M-2 Y LIE
Mahen took some fluid extrscl @. 3=sss-----1s-
installing it for paTegoTlc, E11 1ss- s11eg
much suffering three hours sttsr ss.E1lG u
She leaves three children very yong Ear
husband is in Leadville. Co. Sic EFs- viii
her mother, who is very Cd
About two weeks ago the liz1tzlzg srr-asE
half dozen trees lear Buck cys-.E. IN
Scriven county, which stood sioux :9rTy
yards apart, completely dsadeuing them 4
large hog bed in the midst Of the pines 1as
occupied by number Of swine, most Of
which were left dead by the shock.
Col. T. Z. Shumate has drawn the first
success in the congressional contest for con
gresham from the Seventh district, having
secured the delegates from some OF the
militia districts in Gordon county to attend
the mass meeting at Calhoun, at which
meeting the congressional delegates are to
be selected
J. S. Belts and John W. Evans have sold
out their mills and lumber business al
Dempsey, Dodge county, to the Enterprise
lumber company, and Messrs. Belts q
Evans are now engaged in the mill and
lumber business "A snort distance above
Eastman. Forty-two thousand dollars was
paid them for the mills, railroad and
twenty-five head of mules at Dempsey.
Thomas Horn caught couple of young
foxes on the Mitchell place near Thomas
vile, Monday, about two-thirds grown.
One Of them bit his hand severely and was
killed by the dogs. The other he took to
town, and had it on exhibition at the store
of NJ. c. Stegall. They have killed about 100
chickens for Mr.. Horn. He found seven
dead ones one morning, not counting what
the foxes ate.
The sixteenth annual meeting of the
Augusta real estate and building associa-
ton was held Tuesday night, and the
treasurer's favorable report was received
with signs of evident satisfaction. The old
board OF directors was reelected. This
association has been operated for sixteen
years without loss, and has built up homes
In all sections Of the city. 1t is the oldest
or these associations in Augusta.
Americas Recorder: Even the birds of
Americas are smarter than other birds
Yesterday Mr.. j. NJ. Coker found bird
nest tied to a limb of tree with Irvine
strlng IL was tied IN hard knot, and
was with difficulty unfasteued The bird
bad doubtless flown into one OF our stores,
bit the string in two, and carried the piece
10 It's nest, where it wrapped it about the
nest and around the limb and tied it.
Two suspicious looking men were loa6ng
around the northern part Of Cedar, Mon
day evening. IN a manner that caused the
inhabitants in that part Of the city 10 be-
come little uneasy. After supper. Sheriff
Clements and a crowd of some half dozen
or more men armed themselves with shot
guns and went in search Of the pair, but
could not find them. II is thought from
the manner in which the two strangers
acted that their intentions were anything
but good.
In the Forty-third senatorial district,
composed of the counties Of Whitfield. Cor
don and Murray, it is Whitfield countv's
time TO present the senator. The executive
committee has ordered primary election
70 be held at each voting precinct, on June
%, fourth Saturday, at which time the
people Of the county are called on 10 desig.
nate, by their votes, who is their cnoice
The Hon. Samuel e. Fields and Col. w
X. Moore are the candidates before that
primary election.
AT Buford a transaction Of much import
ance TO that section was consummated q
few days ago. Several gentlemen, among
hafu