The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Miller County Captured at Eufaula.
GEORGIA.
rhe state fair is now just thirty-six day
off.
Rev. John L. Williams died at Halle
hurst Sunday.
The colored branch of the state teachers
institute is in session at Albany.
Col r. d. Locke has gone to Washing
ton Col Locke expects a big office i
Harrison is elected.
Up TO last Saturday night, Americas ha
received 2,595 bales of cotton. while Albany
had rec lived 1880.
W. II. Turner, telegraph operator az the
AUGUSTA Exchange, has gone to Jackson
Vile 10 help out The office there.
At Rome, Ms, Nellie Aver, librarian of
the Young Nen's Library Association, is
dangerously i'll with typhoid tevel.
John c. Leham has ten lered his resigna.
ton rs deputy clerk Of the superior court of
GIynn county, to take effect Ott l.
The convention of the Thirty-fifth sena
t0rial district will meet in Atlanta to-day.
Hon. Frank p Rice having bee named
by Fulton county, will be the dc nocratc
nominee.
Sheriff r. E. overly as announced him
Oconee county, and will oppose Frank
Griffith, who has represented that county
three terms.
Saturday night burglars entered the
residence of H. Lowenth | at Rome and
carried away silverw are and other articles
valued at $780, Two negroes have been
arrested on suspicion.
The legislative contest Ia Oglethorpe
county is very hot. Tho county i, entitled
TO tao members, and there are three candi-
dates in the fieid-J. T. Olive, W. G. Birch
more and O. II. Arnold
u R. Anderson, a planter living near
Barlow, was arrested there Saturday.
charged with changing the marks on two
bales of cotton, and then stealing and selling
them. He protested his innocence.
The tailor shop of C. Bremsteller, at
Americas, is i'll the hands of the sheriff
There was some misunderstanding in the
family, it seems, and Mrs. Bremsteller, to
settle matters, had the shop closed by the
sheriff.
The Whiddon house at Townsville is
being rapidly completed. The plasterers
are pushing their portion of the work right
along. Mr.. Whiddon has closed a CO tract
with Michigan firm to furnish it from top
to bottom.
A bad effect of the stock law in Hancock
county, according to the Lshmdeiite, is the
increase in the number of snakes. They
have become much more numerous in the
county. The increase in rattlesnakes es-
pecially is marked
Madison superior court, which would
have convened Monday, has been adjourned
TO the fifth Monday in October 10y Judge
Lumpkin on account of the sickness of Col.
J. j. Strickland Of Danielsville, who is in
faractad in most Of tho 0asaS for t,inI
Col. ]. B. Workman of Barlow, who re-
Gently married lady in New Yoek thought
to be worth 500, 900, has just found out, it
is said, that he was deceived. He gave the
lady 81, 900 add a ticket to New York, and
on Saturday shipped her by rail back to her
home.
The citizens of Sumter county will to paw
10 per cent. less taxes for the coming We ar
than they did this year. TIE rate fixed
upon is less than one-half of | per cent.
The reduction is due to tho big increase in
the amount of taxable property returned
this year.
7. J. Bottoms, the city inspector of Thorn
asvilie, notiiiel sixty-two parties to have
{ cir premises cleaned up. OF these all but
sixteen have complied. The names Of the
s;xteen-and they embrace some of the
J. a ling citizens of the place-have been re-
ported to council.
Adjt Gen. Kell has issued the following
commissions: John H. jackson first lieuten-
amt, Burke Shewmake second lieutenant,
and T. E. Vason junior second lieutenant
of the Oglethorpe Infantry of Au 'usta
G.. G.. Crawford was commissioned as junior
second lieutenant of the Gate City Guards
of Atlanta.
Deputy Sheriff Culverhouse of Knoxville
has just returned home from a trip through
Bib county, and reports finding Dick Ksn-
dick on a convict farm, where he had been
sent for some misdemeanor. Kendrick
killed Henry Robinson on J. d. Cheeves'
place. He will probably be tried at Knox
vile in October for murder.
Saturday the resignation of S. c. Cooper.
as express agent for the Southern Express
Company at Americus, took effect, and l..
Cooper was appointed. Liston Cooper has
been discharging the duties of the office
some time, rs his brother has accepted the
position of secretary and treasurer of the
Americas, Preston and Lumpkin railroad.
Col. Machen and Mayor Hodgson went
on the Covington and Macon bond, at Ath-
ems. Monday, for IS 900. and work on Hick-
DRY street, Athens, will not be impeded. 1t
is said that prominent lawyer is soliciting
the cases of those who own whore the right
Of way passes, and has issued several other
injunctions in the hope Of 'feathering his
own nest"
Col. Z. w. Jones, the Baker county farm
or and first bale man of the south, says
that notwithstanding the falling off in the
crop prospects, he will get twenty-five bales
of cotton TO the mule this season. He
marketed nine bales to the pillow in August,
and had enough picked to have made it
eleven bales gathered to the mule in August,
which is a fair crop.
In spite Of the precautions, it appears that
several Florida negroes are in Macon Mon
day Officer Porter locked up one, who gave
his name as John Mcdonald from jackson
vile. and Officer Baily ran in one named
Jerry Ellis, who claims to be from Ocala.
They came to Macon, got drunk and gave
themselves away. They were arrested on
the charge Of drunkenness.
1t is probable that H. S. Edwards, lately
connected with the Macon press, and well
known as most delightful story writer,
will enter regularly in the lecture field and
give series Of interesting readings from
his brilliant and charming works. lie will
soon leave for the north to take a course
that he has mapped out in order to fit him
self for the new line he has chosen.
May aud William McWhorter have fled
a suit against the city of Macon for $40, 600
damages. IL is set forth that on Feb %.
1888, said May McWhorter, while walking
along Monroe street, fell into guley across
the street, and was So bruised and injured
that she could not follow her avocation, and
for loss Of time, anguish of body and mind
etc., sine brings suit against the city.
A telegram from Center Harbor, N. II.
announces the death of Hon William Pitt