The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Augusta is ripe Tor the oUAdlhg q s ols
hotel
Douglasville has the only canning factory
in the state.
There was negro woman in Hawkins
vile last week who is tie mother Of twenty
two children.
The state Sunday school convention ree--
in Gainesville next Wednesday, and vii
continue in session two days
The new National bank company Of DIAL
ton has purchased the Tibbs' building ST
the corner of King and Hamilton streets,
and viii proceed at once 10 convert Il lntl
handsome and convenient banking eStat-
lshment
At Griffin year and half old child a
Green Butler, negro working a. the Ice
factory and living near T. u. Ma e. :
place, was poisoned BY eating mushroom
growth on Wednesday night aac d-ed
shortly afterward
At the meeting Of TIE policy holders Of
the Southern Mutual insurance compsay,
held in Athens on Tuesday. C. &. Wiling
ham Of MacJn was e!ectei a director Il I'll
the place made vacant by the death o. Col
William 3. johnston
Rev. Dr.. Galloway, president Of Emory
college. Gainesville. VII preach the com
mencemeut sermon ct the Gainesville col
lege Sunday. June Eth, and Hoa. ?. Il.
Adams OF Washington viii deliver the sd-
dress on commencement dav.
Doug ass county viii have a county fair
At DoUglasvllle on the first Saturday IN
August Fun preparations have bee- made
and s. building and grounds secured.
Nothing vii. he left un1ole 10 make i q
complete success and the display 8 fine ons
At DahloneZa in the claSs about to grad
uate 8; ire Nort1 Georgia agricultural
a. We %
Grove was awarded first honor. Tbs second
honor was shared by NJ. Henry NJ Fletcher
o! jackson and William A Sheldon, Of
South Carolina
In Pulaski superior court LAST week.
white man, who, II Is said was e gallant
confederate soldier. w&S tined t0- The
o-Te1Ss Of stealing a COW from s negro
He w2s found guilty anu sentenced to pay
8 fine q SIS and costs, OF be confined sIx
months IL the county jail
AZ Ganesville, Tuesday nom, a young
lady employed II the match factory dis
covered p3ssol unlosied. Of course II the
warcbDs1s room. and 81 once decided 10
have 8 lizzie TN BY swapping II 81 some Of
her con anluils. when Il went of the ball
striking ODE 4 Der friends il the forehead
l11lcrzDg slight wound
IL Msc9a thursday morning, s. " g.
Simon was driving up Cotton avenue il
rbe direction Of his home, his pockerol
Containing SIS and some valuable papers.
dropped from Is pocket and has n: been
Vel re.9Tarsi He was on his way home
after Is family, and was SON 70 leave f1r
- S-na1's Island wbs0s they vii spend
tel DAYS g ITO weeEs
Briggs & LAID WHO ara doing butch
eTIlE 6Z2s4lssss a. Cul1bs-r, took from the
pauZcn q & tss cow, ons day Last week,
seven - :, tEo No &. EDd four NJ. nails,
aid oZe ssspas s2c1 Is Is Used for putting
u TIrz feocirz TIE staple s-d some q
t. halls were v--E sEzrp-D5i1 and 10
c0-bs al 4 t5sn bai o--a in t1s Cows
s-o-4zc1 long while, a. they were worn
oGl.e snootB.
~ Atlanta THURSDAY. Th0mss F. Ash
Hor-1 entered damage suit against the
Ez,t Ielnessss, Virginia and Georgia rail
rad for $3.50. The plaintiff. IN his
a. brakeman by the company il their
yards he VS. knocked down by al engine,
and ols u his arms % badly crushed taat
emPuaarlon Wa 1ecassary. de also claims
that hls skull was fractured
AJAX Blue had MS foot 50 badly crushed
a. II SlmO1's mil On TUESDAY as u neces-
state partial amputatlOa by a doctor over
On the island THURSDAY il was found in
Bruins WICK, where Blue had be, u taken tor
Necessary. DR.. Tucker, assisted by Drs
Butts and Dunwody. performed the opera
rlcn, cutting of the foot just below the
ankle. leaving the heel still in the possession
OF the unfortunate negro.
Augusta Is reaping some solid returns
from the recent advertising given her by
the western tour Of the exposition directors.
Real estate men are daily receiving letters
Of inquiry, and Thursday Col. f. C. Shep-
erd, Of -. Paul, purchased the S. K John
son residence. on Greene stree, for SIP. 900
He and his wife and daughter, Mrs. F. NJ
Shepsrd, have been III Augusta for the past
two days, and are charmed with the place
Col. Sheperd is now looking for home for
his son on Greene st eet, and Is also com
missionei 70 buy residence for another st.
Paul friend
Charles Blackinan. the murderer Of Stone
wall Tondee, who was confined in the
county Jail at Americas under sentence Of
death, effected his escape Wednesday night
by means Of a cell key given him by a con-
federate. Great excitement prevailed when
II became known that the black iend was
at liberty, and no little Indignation was
expressed at tne action of the jail officials
in allowing any and everybody to visit the
prisoner, unaccompanied by guard. The
cou lty commissioners have offered reward
Of so for the apprehension and delivery
OF the murderer.
At Atlanta, Thursday, a strange and
distressing case was brought TO light. DR.
K. A. Holiday, a well-known dentist Of that
city, while at Davenport, Iowa, with his
family, lost by death his little son. He
smpped the remains TO Atlanta, and on the
same train he and his wife took passage
When they arrived at Atlanta they imme-
dlately applied at the express Office for the
remains, but none Of the officials of tho
company had seen them. kilograms were
sent TO almost every point along the road
before the corpse was located at Chatta-
nooga. Upon telegraphing it was immedi-
ately forwarded, and arrived for interment
about ten hours behind time.
A letter received at Atlanta Thursday
from ". j. Wilkinson, of Stone Mountain.
says that Eddie Armstead, a painter by
trade and a resident of Atlanta, was
drowned Thursday on yellow river while
out fishing. The writer asserts that no one
saw him drown, but he got lost from the
party, and they suppose he is drowned, as
letters which he received from girl in At
lanta, and which he is known 70 have had
IN his pocket, have been washed ashore.
The girl is said 10 have boon very much in
love with him. II is not known who she IS
as the letters were simply signed Ella.
Armisead is well known at Conyers and at
other points along the line Of the Georgia
railroad.
At Atlanta quite a sensation was created
IN the United States circuit court Thursday
when I. j. Talley, anoted moonshiner from