The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23
GEORGIA.

by Spider.
GEORGIA
A new depot is to be built at Ty Ty.
a union passenger depot is among the
probabilities at Albany.
Hon. John A. Mcdonald is a legislative
possibility in Sumter county.
Mitchell county has planted 9, 900 acres in
melons, which will bring in, at low esti-
mates, $4,000.
Prater will run Ford twelve hours for
5000 and the gate money. the race to take
place at Atlanta.
Tennille has had the census taken and in
the incorporate limits she has between 700
and 800 inhabitants.
Gov. Gordon has gone to Baltimore to at
tend the General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian church.
W. T. Wilkins of Jesup has shipped 1O3
barrels Of Irish potatoes this season thar
have Melted him s. per barrel
AT Al any new residences are being built
for Mrs. L. p D. Warren, j. r, Forester,
Gary Pittman and F. n. Voolfolk
James H. Diches, a prominent merchant
and an sxMayor Of Hawkinsville, died in
that city Monday after brief illness
Ben NJ. Brantley, a swi,chman for the
Central railroad, was knocked down by an
engine in the yard at Macon, Monday, and
killed.
1t is rumored that the Hon. James N.
Smith, of Oglethorpe, will soon lead to the
altar charming young lady OF Ebert
county.
Davisbero now has two artesian wells,
one with flow of about ten gallons TO the
minute and one with two and a half gallons
to the minute.
Gilbert NJ. McRae, living near McRae,
dropped dead with heart disease Monday,
while at work in his field. He did not utter
word after he fell His son saw him fall
and ran to him, but life was extinct when
he reached him
The family of Mrs. A. P. Penn, editor of
the Jasper County NeCs, consists of six
children, five of whom do all of the type
setting of the Jasper County NetOS and the
Jones County Heodlight The pap.r is
made up by the Oldest son, who is only ID
years of age
The executive committee of Fayette
county has called n mass meeting of the
people to meet the first Tuesday in June for
the purpose of electing a new executive
committee, and also to elect delegates to the
Gubernatorial convention, which meets in
Atlanta Aug. s.
At Greensboro, Sunday, VIII Thomas.
young negro boy, was run over and killed
by the down fast express on the Georgia
railroad. The boys had a habit of jumping
on the train, riding a considerable distance
anu Il6Il Jumping OIL. l0OIlldS Tried this.
and when he jumped Off fell beneath the
train and was ground to pieces.
Americas claims one of the smartest ne
groes in the State. He is only boy and
has had but little schooling. but his head is
full of common sense. A certain white
school teacher not long ago was teaching
near there and sometimes had to give up
some of the hard examples in the arithmetic.
One of his scholars took these examples to
the negro, and always carried them back
solved.
Messrs. Clements, Branham and Reece
are all confident of going to Congress next
time from the Seventh Georgia. The Rome
Tribune has interviewed each, and each
thinks his chances best. There is talk of
combination between the latter two to beat
the former, Reece being accorded Bran
hams strength, and the latter dropping out
OF the contest Clements following is
Staunch, however.
A movement is on foot to organize
landlords protective association in Macon,
Every hotel and boarding house in the city
will be represented, and each will be fur
nished with printed lists weekly, of dein-
quent boarders. A number of boarding
houses have been badly victimized recently,
one poor lady losing about 500 during the
past month. The landlords believe that the
proposed association will prevent any more
dead-beating.
There was a bad wreck Monday night on
the Georgia Pacific railroad, about two
miles from Atlanta, in which one man was
Killed and another injured. The train was
freight No. 6S, conductor Mcdaniel and
the wreck was caused bv the tender leaving
the track. There were twelve cars in the
train, and eight of them were wrecked.
Every car but one was off the track The
man killed was colored brakeman named
Robert Nance
q Uv5V m he for hat I,C
lions for teachers have been appointed for
the last three days of the present mouth, il
has been found desirable to make change
In the date for closing the present term
or Atlanta University (coored). Public
examinations will be held on Thursday and
Friday, May "A and 25, and commencement
day will occur on Monday, Nav % The
meeting of the Alumni will also occur on
this day. The usual services will be held
ON Sunday, May q.
At Pendergrass, Sunday, Johnnie Ap-
pleby saw a cat bird dart down to the
ground for something and at once began
tiuttering and struggling, as if to free itself
This continued for perhaps a minute, when
the struggle ceased and the bird settled
down motionless. The little fellows curl
osity being aroused he went to the scene
and found the bird nearly dead and pinioned
by huge black spider. The insect had
seized It's winged foe by the tongue and bit
Uoh OhS Gnu Vi IL OH. Inc ORA uled.
They have earnest preachers in Heard
county, If the Franklin Netos is to be be-
heved. Rev. E. II. Wood preached with
acute directness of point on Sunday last.
A certain citizen had with him pocketful
OF coffee and a box of pills He was SO
thoroughly overcome by the power Of the
preacher that the coffee was sought to en-
ploy the jaws and tongue. Accidentally
the pills were more convenient, and not
until nine Of tho purgative pellets had been
chewed could the extreme bitterness Of the
coffee be understood.
Col Nelson Tiff Of Dougherty county, has
LOO young pecan trees now growing. These
trees came from the nuts OF his large trees
that are now Of huge proportions-from
forty to fifty feet high, and their wide
speeding branches cover a circumference of
40 feet. These trees are about 25 years
old, and fruit most POLITICALLY. Tho nuts
are OF unusual size, and are greatly relished
by all who have ever eaten them. Tho
pecan thrives as well in our soil and climate
as hickory nut, the native growth of that
family in this section
IL. ID. McCrary, Of Knoxville, has in his
possession a $50 gold piece which is a