The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-14

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A "Pioneer Intelligence Agency"
Manager pulled" by Atlanta Police
GEORGIA.
More than $40 people were married in
Houston county last year.
It is said the Western and Atlantic rail
road handled rs 600 tons Of coal during the
year 1887.
The Perry Variety Works Company are
building several cabins 10 be occupied by
their employees
On Tuesday, Mr.. J. D. Green, one
of Lee countys most upright citizens,
passed away, aged about % years.
Joseph O. Ellis, of Houston, has hauled
l3S bales of his last years cotton crop to
Hawkinsville during the past week.
Messrs. Clegg & Coney, Of Hawkinsvlle
and Coney. are making arrangements TO
open a wholesale house at Americas.
In Baldwin county the anti Prohibition
lists are circulating petitions for the pur-
pose of presenting to the Ordinary that he
may order another election.
Covington Enterprise: Pomp. Woodruff
has been out of sorts because his SIS cow ate
up $40 worth of collards in one night He de-
sires to sell the COW for $25 in order TO get
even.
Walton county can boast of man %
years old, who can get on his horse bare
back and ride after his cows and rip around
generally. His name is Joseph Moon, of
Buncom6 district.
Americas badly needs at least one hun
dred new and neat cottage residences. Not
only are rents too high, but there is not ac-
commodations for families who desire to
remove to the city.
The mare which S. p Salter, of Albany,
sold for 81 900 on the st. Louis race course
after she sustained an injury from cOlliding
with another horse, has recovered from her
injuries, and been resold for 81, 800.
Officer Marcus Lowenthal, of the Macon
police force, on hearing Of the extreme ill
ness of the Emperor William, forwarded a
letter of sympathy to the Kaiser 1t was
written in German by Harry 7. Miller
The Schofield Bros, who ran the hotel at
Tallulah Falls last season. have failed
Among their victims are several gentlemen
in Athens, who lost small amounts. II is
also reported that r. L. Moss, of that city,
lost 5000
The second intermediate inspection on the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
took place last month j. o. Ward, section
master, No. 10, living in Blackshear will
receive the $40 prize offered for the least
cost of tools.
Hon. VIM. Pitt Eastman has returned to
Eastman after several weeks stay in Macon
with his daughter, Mrs. j. Monroe Ogden
His case seems to battle the skill of his ply
sicians. He complains Of neuralgia, es
pecially in the right arm
1t is rumored at Griffin that Harry p.
Brown, for many years assistant editor Of
the Griffin Neics will become editor-in-
chief of the sun, with w. +. H. Searcy as
proprietor, and that Mr.. Brown will make
the change next Monday.
At the annual municipal election at Du-
Pont, Capt. Augustus DUPONT was elected
the md
the following gentlemen were elected AL
dermen: DR.. A. B. McCaskill L. L. Du-
Point, 7. L. Wyche, f. Allen and J.
Clark.
A bedstead eighty years old was offered
for sale at Dalton last week by James Pax
ton. one of the countys early settlers. 1t
has been in use for nearly four score wears
but is still in an excellent state Of preserva-
ton, and Is good for many more years of
service
A magnificent new bridge, AGO feet long
and II feet WIDE, is being built across the
Appalachee at the High Shoals Factory to
take the place of the one that was washed
away by the big freshet. King, the Athens
builder, is the contractor, and the price paid
for it is S9,019.
This season up to the present time. 225
mules and horses have been shipped to Daw-
son. Most all of them have been sold at
an average of Sl3O each, realizing SIC, $50
Seventy eight Texas ponies have also been
sold each bringing $50, with a total of
$1,000 This is $23, $50 in all
Squire Dommick, who set fire to the gin
house of j. B. Sims, in Coweta county, on
Dec. IS, was found guilty Thursday, and
sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary
Richard Freeman was also declared guilty
of burning the crib and barns of T. NJ Les
ter, of Gram e.e and sentenced to ten
years also.
Fifty thoJ.-asi doh RS is asked for bv tho
COM any that has pur hased the Pioneer
machine shops at Covington, with a view Of
establishing cotton seed oil mill guano
mandatory, soap factory and cotton com
press. The capital stock of the company
will be ST., 900, of which $50, 900 must be
raised by Covington.
William Allen. of Ellaville a veteran of
the Fifth Georgia, had cannon all to pass
between his legs at the battle of Benton
vile, n. c., which fearfully mangled both
of his thighs. For long time his life was
despaired Of. and for a year after he was on
crutches To-day he is physically well and
able to do any kind Of work.
The jackson NeiCS contains two notices
that rewards will be paid for the delivery
of John Holifield, the man about whom
there was long story of assassination in
fernando county, Florida. J. B. Holifeld
and John NJ. T. Mayo, of Butts county
offer 5000 and n b. Rhodes. of Brooks,
vile, Fla, offers S., 900 making $4,000
At Thomaston Tuesday morning Mosie
Allen, son of Col J. Y Allen, and Irbv
Smith, son of Simeon T. Smith. both twelve
wears old, were out riding on horseback
when Irby proposed to run race and
started his horse off at a rapid rate. when
he either fell off or was thrown off, and was
so severely injured that he died Wednesday
G. A. Love few days ago sold one of his
orange groves on Lake Jesup, Fla, to j. O.
Jell1s, Of Hawkinsville, for S., 500. The
grove embraced five acres, and the land
was bought by Mr.. Love several years ago
at $50 an acre. He owns another grove or
two in Orange county. He moved from
Hawkinsville to Florida about ten years
ago.
II has been over year now since the peo-
pie of Americas voted to issue bonds To
build water works, and not a single step
so far as the general public knows-has been
done toward erecting them. The commit
tee of the Council have made a strong effort
TO sell the bonds, but for some reason they
could not be sold at anything like good
price.
Thursday Detectives Reeves and Green
of the Atlanta police force, arrested Cass
Holder, young white man of apparently
IL years of age, on a warrant from Douglas
county, charging him with assault with in