The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Lively Franks of the Lightning In
Scriven Courty-One of the ClUveri
us Jurors at sylvania-A Resident
of Murray County Stabbed by One
of His Tenants.
GEORGIA.
A chicken with hair instead of feathers is
a curiosity now TO be seen at Perry.
Canvassing for subscriptions to build a
cotton factory at Americas has been begun.
The Georgia dental association viii meet
in Dalton on Aug % They will be about
300 strong, and will stay in the city two or
three days
In the trial at the adjourned term Of the
superior court at Zsbulon, verdict IN the
GAINESVILLE great cotton fire was rendered
against the Central road.
A negro who was digging in well on the
place of Rich Bowen, at Arab, last week,
was overcome by gas, and before he could
be drawn out be was dead.
A well known young man of Macon, If in
domitable energy, is talking about going to
Mexico to open up an ice cream business.
There is said TO be big money in il.
The Kincaid fac DRY at Griffin has just
purch sed fine Edison incandesceut cleo
trio light plant which will Le the best
iluminator of any factory in the south
At the regular meeting of Perry town coun-
Gil last Friday, the tax rate on property for
this year was fixed at So mills, and the
license tax on warehouses and cotton buyers
was abolished.
Georgia is now shipping grapes by the
car load and, at 81 800 net per car load,
finds them paving crop; also that there IL
money in any quantity in raising pears and
peaches at 25 cents per bushel.
T. A. Wimbush and Thomas Walker in
Schley county report that their hogs are
dying rapidly with some disease that greatly
resembles cholera. 1t is a stock law section
and the disease is not apt to spread much
The Sixteenth Georgia regiment which
left Georgia under the command of Col.
Howell Cobb, who was afterwards pro-
NOTED to general, is making preparations
to hold a reunion at the coming fair in
Athens.
VIII Mobley of Washington. D. c., is in
Americas, and will be there until January,
studying law. Mr. Mobley is a nephew of
Congressman Crisp, and has been for some
time clerk for the elections committee in
congress.
On Sunday last, in the Sixth district,
Crawford county, Bun johnson killed
negro. The negro shot at Johnson twice,
load of buckshot, striking him in the head
and killing him.
At Perry last Sunday afternoon, thirty
four negro converts were baptized In Big
Indian creek, just below the bridge, Rev
Henry Feioer officiating. The ordinance
was witnessed by fully !. 900 colored people,
and about 100 white citizens of Perry.
George Walker of Schley county is exper-
imenting in egg plant culture this year, on
rather an extensive scale. He has nearly
300 plants, all Of which are heavily fruited
and growing vigorously. He thinks of
shipping the remainder Of his crop to At
lanta and Savannah, where better prices
can be obtained.
At mass meeting of the democrats of
Towns county, held at Hiawassee on Aug. t.
were elected to the congressional
at Gainesville. on the l4th, who
who were instructed to vote for Col. Carl
ler's denomination, Primaries for candi-
dates for senator and representative were
ordered to be held on Aug. %.
Mr.. Parker, a travelling salesman for
Richmond Va tobacco house, was in Syl-
vania Tuesday afternoon. He was one of
the jurors who convicted Cluverius, the
principal actor in the horrible tragedy in
which his cousin was murdered in Rich
mond and her body thrown into a reservoir
W pF6ftnb ubJcCLiOu Vi the cTlule.
The democracy Of Franklin county met
on Wednesday at Gainesville, and was ad-
dressed by the senatorial candidates, w.
R. Little and 7. G. Underwood. Delegates
were selected for the congressional conven-
ton. outstanding his denial of inten-
ton to run, Franklin county sends delegates
for Hon. Samuel Barnett of
Wilkes county. The primary for senator
comes off on Aug 10.
Abram Ledbetter, an old and worthy
colored man residing about five miles from
says that while sitting in his
house, about a week since, returning thanks
for refreshing shower, which was falling,
lightning struck the facing TO the door,
SCATTERING it, and stunning him and several
members of his family. 1t wound up its
capers by killing an old hon which had
taken refuge under the house.
G. NJ Harper, from the Twenty-sixth
district of Sumter county, was in Americas
Wednesday and said that the negroes were
dying out pretty fast in his section. In the
last three or four days five or six have died
he didn't know what was carrying them
off, but thought two had died of fever. and
one had unintenti Jnally killed herself in
trying to get rid of an unborn infant, but
he was of the opinion that they were dying
from willtul neglect in sickness on the part
VI bhOA ioSo.
H. c. Manner of Scriven county SAYS that
one day last week, during the passing OF a
thunder cloud, lightning struck tree in
his yard but few steps from the porch on
which he was sitting, and that the heat
from the fash warmed his face consider
ably. His escape was very narrow one,
certainly. On another daV this summer
lightning struck large oak tree in his field
and peeled all the bark completely from
the body of the tree, except very small
strip on one side.
At Knoxville, two negroes from Atlanta b,
WHO had been working on the Atlanta and
Florida railroad, became involved in a ditfi-
Guilty, and one of the combatants, JEFF
Dunwody, knocked the other on the head
with piece of scantling, and it is thought
the wound will prove fatal. Dunwody is
kept chained at the court house to await
the result of the injuries he inflicted. He
is confined at the court house from the fact
that Knoxville has no jail, and the work on
the new Jail by Artope of Macon has not
yet commenced.
Jonathan Norcross has given a good start
TO the Georgia Baptist orphans home of
Atlanta. He decided to its trustees, Thurs
day, twenty acres of land, situated Just be-
yond the western limits of the city, and
worth about IS. 600. Mr.. Norcross exrects
TO supplement this gilt with an annual gift
in money during his life The institution,
as far as admission to its benefits is con-
cerned, is non-sectarian. Children of every
denomination will be freely admitted The
association intends to erect several cottages
Of ana hull ns.It