The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-29

PORTION OF his LIP III l. * IL a.
bany Real Estate Increasing in Value
Rapidly.
GEORGIA.
Covington capitalists is about to estab-
lish a guano factory and oil mill
Pigeons are so numerous in Albany that
it is feared they viii become a nuisance.
At the meeting OF the stockholders Thurs
day the Rome Fire Insurance Company was
shown to be in a splendid condition imam
cially.
I0-year-old boy of one of the schools
of Albany was given the word florist to
spell and define. After spelling, nc defined
it as Zone who flows"
William A;kens, OF Greene county, has
an ear of corn the end OF which presents a
well nigh perfect picture of human hand.
The wrist and every finger are represented.
No grains of corn are on the hand-end OF
the ear.
Lizzie Holden, disreputable woman, in
duced Susie lIelton, young girl. TO run
away from her home at Normandy, Tenn.
and 60 to Atlanta and lead life of shame.
One of the girls relatives found her Friday
and took her home.
The lot on Broad street Albany sold to NJ
C. Heath Sc Co, for brick livery stable is
is 5215 x2l0. 1t was bought four years ago
for 500 and sold last wednesday for 81, l25.
There is every evidence that the real estate
business in Albany for the next two months
will be active
Before the late war some tobacco lands
in Decatur county rented At $40 per acre.
One year l.. VI. Griffin, who was then a
merchant, and who Is now living at Balm
bridge, bought on the streets of cambridge
over $500, 900 worth of tobacco raised in
Decatur and Gadsden counties.
It will only be a few weeks before Rome
has an entire outfit ofuew Yale locks boxes
etc. 1t is probable that the post Office will
remain where il is, the room being increased
to double its present size. The office has
been furnished with PONY and cart for one
route and horse for another.
Charles kirlIsey, the negro who was sent
to the penitentiary from Randolph county
for twenty years for stealing JoSStandley's
horse, has again escaped, and a reward OF
$50 is offered for his capture Charles is "a
regular John Morgan-they can't hold him
He is full blood negro, barely grown, but
must be wonderfully sharp in his particular
line.
The business done by the Central railroad
at Cutlber in the month of January 1888,
is the heaviest IN any one month for many
years. Though drays and wagons have
been busy continually hauling from the
depot, several cars have had to remain un-
loaded for two and three DAYS there being
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Tor their contents.
j. W. Calhoun of Arlington. has demon
strated that farming does pay when prop
erly conducted on the intensive system
Last year he planted only 80 acres in all.
Forty acres were put in oats, 80 acres in
cotton and 10 in corn. From these he gath
cred !, 100 bushels Of oats, 20 bales of cotton
and 240 bushels Of corn. After paying Off
his hands and $400 for manures, he cleare d
between 500 and 5000
Atlanta's black-listing of drunkards is no
new thing In 1876 L. II. Grouby, the pro
prietor and editor of a paper in Blakelv.
blacklisted himself in the following order
'On and after date the undersigned gives
notice that he will prosecute any person
selling him intoxicating liquor of any kind
TO the full extent of tire law. This is not
for the purpose of injuring whisky dealers,
but to get sober and stay sou
George NJ. Pullman and family, with n
party of friends, passed through Thomas
vile Thursday night for Jacksonville, in
Mr.. Pullmans private car. 1t is the same
car used by President Cleveland and his
wife, on their late tour through the country
The car and its occupants, principally the
former, attracted quite a crowd during its
stay of thirty minutes at the depot. 1t is
Veritable palace on wheels. But there is
many tramp who steals ride on the
trucks of freight train, whose digestion i,
better than Mr.. Pullman's and who is a hap
pier man.
LAGRANGE Reporter: Apropos of the re-
cent appearance of the great Edwin Booth
before the foOtlightS in Atlanta, il is in
teresting to know that the tragedian once
stopped in LaGrange, though for only a
brief time. DR.. J. A. Baugh relates that in
1S45 he Travelled with Booth, on n stage
coach, all the way from Covington, this
State, to Chehaw, Ala, and that en- route
the coach stopped here long enough for the
passengers to get a meal. Booth was very
companionable and made a most entertain
ing fellow-traveler for the doctor, who con
tinued the journey with him as far as New
Orleans. The doctor says that they would
walk the deck of the steamboat on the Ala
bama river for hours together.
Crawfordville Democrat: Last Tuesday
night West Moore aud Sam Stewart, known
as Restaurant" Sam, both colored, engaged
in a quarrel, which was provoked until the y
got hitched. West soon saw that Sam,
size, etc, would get the best of the fight
and reached up ana took hold of the largest
place about Sam, which was his lip. West
held fast, and Restaurant" could not get
Loose. They scuffied little until West BIZ
off his Up and spit it out on the ground
This will not di,tigure Sans mouth, how
ever, for he had already more than his share
1t may stop him from saying: Fresh warn
sausage for awhile, but not long The
City Council imposed fine of 81 30 OF
West for the ''hp-biting." One of the mer
chants bought the lip for 25c.
An accident occurred on Monday night
last, just after nightfall, at the Publ,
Bridge, which spans the Flint river in Balm
bridge. The steamer Aid, which had beer
up the river for cargo of naval stores, be
ing heavily loaded, ran against the piel
which supports the turntable and knocked
it about six inches out of position This 81
affected the gearing upon which the tabl,
turns that the bridge could not again b,
closed by about fifteen inches, and parties
who were over the river had to leave theil
vehicles and stock and walk into the city
Commissioner Jackson at once called upon
the Commander of the 40 TO repair tn,
damages wrought by his boat, and waite,
about sixteen hours to see what steps b,
would take to do SO but finding that he ha,
no intention of repairing it Mr.. jackson
hired hands and repaired It himself, and tn
bridge is again all right.
FLORIDA.
Marion county has three hourishing mill
tary companies.
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