The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-14
GEORGIA ( AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Eastnl ma Boy Hanged by q Boy
in Telfair County
GEORGIA.
The population of Dalton is now placed
at 4,eO0
Dr.. Hamilton has commenced to build a
new drug store at Matthews,
LR. Christie, one Of the oldest settlers
OF Terrell county, died last Friday.
NV. Comas announces himself a candi-
date for treasurer Of Appling county.
The outlook is not very encouraging for
a cotton compress for Dawson this falL
At Gainesville there is talk Of a canning
factory in time for next years fruit crop.
The Eastman Times. which was burned
out over a year ago, has resumed publca-
ton.
J. T. Bellfower OF Dawson sold SAB
pounds of honey this spring at 10 cents per
pound.
A paper to be called the Quitman County
Courier will soon make It's appearance at
Georgetown.
Barlow county has decided to have an ex
hibit at the North Georgia exposition at
Rome this fall.
Thres-fourths of the 1870 men who voted
at Perry on Wednesday Of last week have
J in their names.
There is within the corporate limits of
Perry some of the best cotton now growing
IN Houston county.
1t is estimated that 10000 milk shakes
and sofa water drinks were sold in Dalton
during the reunion.
Hon Pleas McGhee announces himself a
candidate for reelection to the legislature
from Murray county.
Iva 60 alliance ~ no11r
viii have a monster mass meeting at the
camp ground on July 10.
a new bank is to be started in Americus
this fall with paid up capital of $3.50, 900.
L. B. Harold and Mr.. Johnson will con-
troll it.
The present incumbent, Badly Ryals.
will have opposition in the race for tax col
lector Of Dodge county in the person of }.
E. Dean of AuoSkeag.
w. D. Day has patch of young corn in
Perry that has grown fully feet within
the last two weeks Tho corn will average
about feet in height, and was planted
about two months ago
A freight train, Engineer McGlovin,
knocked off deaf negro named Jack Dem
son, who was walking on the track near the
central pond, in East Macon, Wednesday,
inficting such injuries that he died in the
afternoon.
The venerable Rev. Sam Jones Of Carriers
VILE is in Lagrange, visiting Rev. A. p
Jones. He is now in his SD year, and has
been a member of the Methodist church
sixty-seven years-an official member sixty
four years.
The Central railroads bill of injunction
against the Atlanta and Florida railroad,
enJoinlng that road from laying its track
I.atrx liz. s 4 n
Macon, and the hotel, will be heard in
Macon on July 20.
William Campbell closed a contract
Wednesday with mill men in Boston for
the lumber to build the new machine shops
which are to be erected at Townsville.
The mills in all that section are very much
crowded with orders.
G. K. Woodward, the editor of the
Working World Of Atlanta, who is in
volved in libel suit, has left the CITY, not
being under bond. His wife SAYS he will
return in time for his trial, and has only
gone away on business.
W. K. Moore's resignation as a member
of the Whitfield county school board of
education has been accepted by the gov
ernor. He had held the position and been
chairman of the board since the creation of
the county funds In 1872
On Thursday last the residence of Mrs.
Carnes of Eastman was struck by lightning
The bolt passed down the kitchen chimney,
killed five chickens and filed the house
with smoke. Strange to say, no one was
injured, although very narrow escape.
The people of Whitfield county seemingly
take no interest whatever in expositions
The county was not represented in the Pied
mont exposition last year, aud her people
seem to be indifferent concerning the two
exposltions soon to come off-the one at
and the other at Rome
On Tuesday last the contract for the
erection of Dublin's new $1,000 hotel was
let to Contractor Leach Tn brick is be-
ing rapidly placed upon the ground and
work will be commenced in a few DAYS
The contract stipulates that the building
shall be completed in five months.
1t is requested that the survivors of the
Thity-eighth Georgia and Fifteenth Georgia
regiments, and all confederate soldiers of
Ebert county, meet in Elberton on july.
Is, for the purpose Of fixing day to hold
a reunion, and to appoint the necessary
committees and arrange programme.
The biggest wool sale of the season in
Eastman occurred on Friday last. There
were twenty-five bales placed on the market
in weight about IA 600 pounds
by j. ]. Roar, J. NJ. AMI I. j. Buchan.
r. F. Burch, Wright Harrell, Jr., and
Others. 1t brought % 9-16 cents per pound.
Since notice was given that there would
be a contest Of the recent primary nomina-
ton for a member of the legislature in
Terrell county, the friends of both candi-
dates have been looking up illegal voters,
and the investigation has disclosed the fact
that more than 100 white men voted in that
election against whom are q. fas.
w. +. Spann of Webster county had a
drove Of twenty fine porkers, twelve brood
sows and eight shOats, that he allowed to
run out in pasture near his house. One
night last week the hogs took refuge from a
storm under clump of bushes that grew
near tall pine tree. During the storm the
tree was struck by Lightning and every hog
instantly killed.
At Calhoun last Saturday, while James
Hughey was on his back veranda washing
his pedal appendages, large panther came
bounding down the mountain side and
crouched, as il for a spring just in front Of
him, but when he raised his chair 10 strike
the animal 1t went flying back up the hill,
leaping over the top of the corn and every
thing else in its way.
At Macon a day or so ago a negro was
standing near an empty whisky barrel that
had been rolled out on the porch in front Of
Hulsey's store, on the Columbus road He
struck "A match 10 light his pipe and the
gas from the bungh 10 of the barrel ignited
exploding and bursting the barrel into a
thousand fragments and knocking down
the negro without hurting him.
One morning last week Prof. Parker Of
Dawson missed his horse from the stable