The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-23

S25 of Another Mans Money-A
Lexington Gentleman Who is PLAY
ing IN Luck with Alabama Invest.
ments-A Man Slabs a Horse and
Has Piece of One OF His Ears Shot
of.
Willacoochee had a flood last week.
]. w. Thayer of Albany died Thursday.
D. ID. Wilson, prominent farmer of
Spalding county, died Friday.
Hon. T. W. Grimes has sent 1926 dollars
to the La Grange Light Guards. through
Lieut.. Winn.
I'm accordance with time-honorea ems.
tom, many of the weekly papers of the
state will not be issued during holiday week
Maj. W. II. Wilder and Mira Nancy Hin
Wilder, an honored couple of ALBANY. cele.
brated their golden wedding Thursday
night.
One Alliance in Oglethorpe county bought
9 barrel of whisky for its members Tor
Christmas. Several others bought less
amounts.
There was baggiug famine in Licking
ton and Crawford the flrst of the week.
there being none in either place for two or
three days.
z. l.. Howard, who has this year farmed
on bis fathers place, near Salem, has en-
tered into mercantile combination with
Hunter and Freeman of Antioch.
It is rumored that a clandestine ...rriape
TOOK place IN Columbus about two Z. ,pshs
ago 1t is understood that the ms.a .tsge
will be made public in a few days.
There is brood of small chickens in
gander. The gander Is very watchfuI and
allows nothing to trouble the little chicks.
Congressman Thomas w. Grimes is
greatly troubled with bis eyes, His phy-
stefan, Dr. Shorter OF New York. has for
hidden him from using them for two months
The Presbyterian church of Lexington
has called Or. Henry Quigg of Conyers. as
pastor, and he has accepted. His appoint
ment will be the third Sabbath in each
month.
A. T. Wigs of Dubois made this year
with two plows, thirty-two bales of cotton
and 600 bushels of corn. Trot out your
farmer, east, west, north or south that can
beat that.
III. Paris will, in the near future, leave
Eastman and take up his residence in
Saundersville, where he will go in business.
B. II. Paris will buy out his brothers in
terest in the business at Eastman and re-
main.
Postmaster w. P. Hicks of Dublin re.
conveying the sad intelligence Of the death
of his daughter, Mrs. Ii. T. Smith, form
erly OF Wrightsville, but now of West
minister, s. G.
S. P. Hooten of Bersheba, Henry county.
lost his ginhouse by fire Dec. II. There
was but one bale of cotton in the house at
the time. The fire is supposed to have
caught from gun cap or match. Loss
$500. No insurance.
JCafta- 80 No. u~-1-
located at Empire for the purpose of learn
ing the saw mill business and manufactur-
ing of pine lumber. and after he gets all the
dots necessary, he will go into the mill
business somewhere in Georgia
Sandy Miner, the man convicted for kill
ing William Watkins in Calhoun county.
and lodged in the Albany Jail for safekeep-
ing, was caught with knife, Friday, In
his cell. 1t is thought that some one on
the outside gave it to him for the purpose
of making his escape.
Some months ago prominent gentle
man of Lexington made several thousand
dollars upon an investment in Alabama
real estate. Not many weeks since the
same gentleman invested 81 200 in a steel
sold out his shares for $500, clearing
$1,000.
Improvements are still going on at En-
pire. Large and commodious dwellings are
being built daily for the accommodation of
the employees Of the company. The eight
room dwelling for John Watson is receiving
the finishing touch of the painters brush,
and when completed viii be handsome
structure.
John Timberlske came near being badly
hurt near the depot at Crawfordville, Tues
day evening, by the o'clock train. He
crossed the track and stood to see the train
pass, and it was too dark for him to see
how close the train was to him, and the
engine struck his arm. His arm was
slightly hurt.
Prof. b. M. Gillian of Lexington, last
Saturday. was notified that he had been
elected professor of penInanship in the
Vinini college at Vinini, /. T. A good round
salary is guaranteed, but the professor says
no can't risk himself and his heart among
a Hot of Indian squaw students. Therefore
he will not accept.
There seems to be an organized gang of
sneak thieves in Greenville Last Sunday
morning. in broad open daylight, the house
of Cherry Gill (ooloredD, near the cemetery,
Another colored woman had IS or $40 stolen
from her house. Corn and cotton are stolen
in every direction.
A difficulty occurred on Tuesday night
last between Charlie Hays and julie Bird Of
the Seventeenth district of Sumter county
at a political meeting held near Mr.. Hays
residence. MIR. Hays was badly cut In the
abdomen and Mr.. Bird seriously in the neck,
arm and leg. The doctor was called in TO
see both of the gentlemen and their wounds
attended to.
The safe at the depot in Andersonville was
blown open on Tuesday night by burglars
When Mr.. Suber, the agent, entered tho
room on Tuesday morning and saw the door |
of the safe blown open, with alum and plas- |
ter of paris scattered over the floor, he |
laughed and Remarked: II don't know why |
they did that, because there was only 40 |
cents in pennies in the safe"
At 10 o'clock Thursday morning, at Talia- |
ferro, on the Chattanooga, Rome aud /
Columbus railroad, in Chatooga cuunty, the |
gin and mill belonging to Hill, Taliaferro |
q Foster was burned with forty bales Of /
cotton and 5000 bushels Of cotton seed |
Only three bales of cotton were saved |
Capt, Taliaferro, four years ago, lost his
dwelling and entire contents at the same
place.
The largest creditors of w. II. Collins OF
Butler. who failed on account of q robbery,
are M. Nussbaum of Macon, Ga, amount
about 81 200, Z. #. Collins 500 and Mrs.
johnson $500, the last two are the father
and sister of Mr.. Collins and reside in this
county. There are a number OF other
claims In Macon ranging from $40, to L.
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