The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Vigil Beside His Sons Grave at
Americus.
Tuesday was 'Return Day" in the City
Court of Atlanta, and 1855 suits were filed.
The Tenth Congressional District Con-
vention will meet in Augusta July 3, when
Hon. G. T. Barnes will doubtless be unani-
mously renominated.
At Townsville H. Wolf & Bro are gong
to erect handsome two-story building on
their vacant lot next to the present store.
The store runs back 80 feet and fronts ~
feet.
Six hundred quarts Of strawberries have
been shipped from Newman during six
days. These berries were gathered from
not exceeding six acres of land and have
Melted 800 or a little MORE
John w. Roberts was killed at Bolton,
Tuesday, by freight engine No. 10. He was
running along the track ahead of the en-
CINE when he was struck and horribly mutt
lated. He lived at Atlanta.
There will be a reunion of the Fifteenth
Georgia Regiment in Atlanta on the last
Saturday in May. The veterans who once
fought in this command are taking much
Interest and the outlook is that the attend
ance will be good.
w. S. Withers, a well-known foundry
man of Atlanta, who, for some time, has
army, is now in New FORK, endeavoring to
succeed Col. Light as commander of the
Southern division of the Salvation army.
A project is on foot to build by next sea-
son, at a suitable place on the hill at Macon,
hotel to cost from 500, 900 to 1915, 900, to
catch Northerners who stop at Macon going
to and coming from Florida The plan will
be inaugurated by Messrs. Henry Horne
and W. B. Sparks.
Pastor E. J. Williams, ~ aged Primitive
Baptist preacher, died on Friday last, and
was buried on Saturday at Old Lime Sink
church, in Berrien county where he had
been faithfully preaching to his flock for
upward of forty years. Mr.. Williams was
about rs years old.
warrant was drawn on the State
Treasury Tuesday, for 5000 in favor of
Lamar Cobb, treasurer of the Board of
Trustees of the University. This money
will go to the repairing of the branch col
iege at Dahlonega, as appropriated by the
last General Assembly.
Charles !. Wood, who is working on the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad
brought to Macon Tuesday the skin of a
rattlesnake killed by him in Houston county,
thirty nine miles from Macon The snake
measured feet, and had sixteen rattles
and button, making it 10 years old.
The managers of the Richmond County
Reformatory Institute are getting ready to
build. They have already selected and pur-
chased sixty acres at Adventenure, out'on the
Narrow Gauge railroad, about four miles
from Augusta. The grand jury appro-
priated 81, 500 at the recent session OF the
court, and $1,000 in all have been laid aside
for the institute.
At Maj. T. f. Jones', in Coweta county,
Misses Pearl Jones and Florence Reese,
drew up bucket of water from the well,
and as they reached out for the bucket,
they discovered water moccasin wrapped
around the rope, which they had drawn
from the bottom of the well. The little
misses held heroically to the crank until
help arrived and the snake was dispatched.
Two negroes ON the Cruger place, in
Dougherty county, Andrew Scurry and
John Robinson by name, aged IS and go
years, respectively, got into difficulty, and
the latter was stabbed in the right side by
the former, but was not seriously injured.
warrant was sworn out against the
offender, and placed in the hands of Sheriff
Edwards, and Andrew Scurry was in Jail
before night
Sunday night the store of Messrs. Stokes
& Co., at Wildwood, fifteen miles from
Waycross, was robbed and set on fire, and
suspicion rests on Ely Chivers, ga negro
who was employed by the above firm. He
left on the night of the robbery very sud
denly, and was arrested at Glenmore and
lodged in Jail. Chivers has admitted the
crime, and says others are connected with
him in the robbery, but he refuses to give
their names.
The committe of three appointed to select
the best and quickest route for the Georgia
delegation to the National Democratic Con
vention in st. Louis, June 5, to be Travelled
by, selected the route via Nashville and
ExraV llx. la L., \
Louisville and Nashville, as the route and
have arranged to leave Atlanta in a body
on Sunday, June 3, via the Western and
Atlantic railroad at Z; so a m, so as to ar
rive in st. Louis on Monday, June 4, at Z a.
m. On June l, 2, 3 and 4, round trip tickets
will be sold at one fare round trip.
Charles j. Damour, of Macon, wears as
a watch charm a relic of the gold fever DAYS
in North Georgia. Among the gold seekers
OF 1850 was G. Bechtler. He had a number
OF miners at work, and paid them off in
tickets of pure Georgia gold. These tickets
were made about the size of ten-dollar
gold piece, and was stamped with Becbt-
lers name, denomination of s., and the
number of karats, which was %. In some
way one Of them fell into the hands of the
late j. h. Damour, and from him to his
son, DIR. James A. Damour, and from him
to his son, who now wears it on his watch
chain.
About ten years ago H. B. Mikel, of Mil
ton county, invented rotary motion TO
churn with, and used it at home 1t was a
great improvement on the old-fashioned
way of churning, and saved time and labor.
Some of his friends advised him to patent
it, but he neglected to do so, thinking he
would patent it at some future time.
Nearly two years ago Messrs. Davis e. Cobb
were selling family rights for the Acme
churn in that county, and called on Mr..
Mlkel to sell him one. On examining it
Mr.. Mikel found it to be exactly like his
churn, and showed his churn to them.
Some other man had patented it, ard made
fortune out of it.
At Jacksonville, Saturday night, diff
Guilty occurred between Reuben Hill and
Charles Clark After some hot words, the
parties came TO blows, aud after a few
rounds, were parted by the crowd. When
separated, it was discovered that Hill was
pretty badly cut on his ack and shoulders.
The wounds were dressed by Dr. Bust, who
pronounces them serious, but not dangerous.
Clark is fully exhoneratod from doing the
cutting. Hill himself says Clark did not do
it. 1t is not certainly known who did it,
as crowd was around them during the
fight. Hill is doing very we'll, but will be
confined to his bed for some weeks yet.
Samuel J. Pegg died in Atlanta Saturday
and was buried Sunday. Mr.. Pegg was
once citizen Of Americas, where he mar
RED His brof laay who dfad NJ A n