The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THR TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

STOpS on 6CCOuIS "a VIC CSSL
Rains-A Track Hands Legs Crushed
Searching for Hidden Treasure al
Marietta-Triplet in Ebert County
GEORGIA.
A bark is among the possibilities at Jack
son.
Chattahoochee court convenes Monday
next.
Vienna's calaboose has had only ona occu-
pant this year.
There is tax of a company in Athens
erecting a third compress.
johnson superior court viii convene at
WrightSville next Monday.
1t is now oaly nineteen days until the
state fair will open in Macon.
There are seven inmates in the Talbot
county jnil t. be tried this week
Ocouee county VIII be called upon to vote
again on prohibition early next year.
J. Fl. Rucker of Athens has his new com
press up, which is one of the largest in the
south.
Nearly all the small bridges in Ebert
county have been washed away by the re-
cent freshet
Among the recent dead at Wrightsville
are j. l.. EasJerling, aged 81, and ]. r.
Brantley, aged 81.
The Hawkiusville, Eastman aud Americas
railroad has suspended work on account of
the scarcity of funds.
Arthur Simmons (colored, a planter Of
Sumter county, sold 81, 800 worth of cotton
at Americas Monday.
There has been more building done in
Elberton during the last six months than
for five years previous.
Great preparations are being made for
the Northeast Georgia fair, to be held in
Athens Nov. to 8, inclusive.
Hog cholera is becoming prevalent in
Mitchell county, and some apprehend that
1t will amount to an epidemic.
In Clarke county, cotton was not near so
baily damaged as was at fl st supposed,
and very fair yield will be made
A barn owned by w. E. G. Wall of Ter
rell county was blown down fe v days ago
Ten head of horses had narrow escape.
Homer Ship fell from a crank car on the
railroad at Vienna, on Sunday last, and
the car ran over his hand, bruising it badly.
For a week past several parties in Athens
claimed to have felt slight earthquake
shocks at intervals during the day and
night.
The school census Of the various counties
in Northeast Georgia shows that the negro
race is increasing much faster than the
white.
Mrs WIN. F. johnson, daughter of ]. G.
Booth. living near Melville. in Elbe L
county, gave birth on Saturday last to
three girls.
In the Dodge county primary election
Tuesday, Hon. John F. DeLacy was nomin-
ated over his opponent, DR.. E. II. Bacon, by
1874 majority.
Madison, Eatonton and Atlanta claim to
have felt Monday nights earthquake, in
addition to the places reporting il by tele-
graph in the NEWS
There is some complaint about the scarcity
of cotton pickers in Dodge county. ana
some farmers offer 90 cents per 100 to get
their cotton picked
James r Nicholson, a prominent and
highly esteemed citizen of Webster county.
died at his home at Richland on SUNDAY
evening last Of congestion.
Edward ThraSher, ordinary of Oconee
county, Is candidate for the legislature.
This makes the third gentleman in the race,
and lively time is anticipated.
Clarke county is having substantial mile
posts set up on all her public roads j. L.
McElroy has the contract, being paid some
thing over 81 for each post planted.
On the Mitchelrs bridge hill in Clarke
county there has been discovered a CLAW that
Is thought will make first-clasS article of
mineral paint. 1t is very much like ochre.
Hon. j. 7. Henderson, state commissioner
OF agricn'ture, has appointed JONI L.
Anderson Of Pulaski county, as one of the
SIX inspectors Of commercial fertilizers for
Georgia
Near Coleman station, Randolph county,
Tuesday, Thomas Barry, young farmer
was accidentally shot BY his brother. in law
l. w. Zuber, while squirrel hunting. The
wound may prove fatal.
The question of the citys Issuing s10. 600
In bonds for the purpose of erecting a
school building is being agitatsd agzin and
VIII probably be submitted to the qualified
voters of Fort Valley before very long.
In Ebert county, crops of alb klr DIS have
been seriously damaged by the continued
wet weather, aud great many people
think there Will not be half a crop of
either corn or cotton made in this county.
Col. c. NJ. Wiley of Macon has received a
letter from L. H. Chappell, chairman of the
military department III the Chattahoochee
exposition at Columbus, rendering him the
command OF the military troops on Oct 5.
Stone abutments are being built to Mitch
ellis bridge, at Athens, at cost of over
81 600 TO the county. This is very neces
sary work, as Che bridge is very high above
the water, and the trestling that supported
1t was dangerous
AZ MhcDn, tuesday, Sanitary lnSnpctor
NannucM condemned 12S crates of cabbage
consigned to various merchants in the
city. They had been delayed on the East
tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad.
and were unfit for sale
A gentleman from Gainesville saws tina
Rev. Sam Jones is worth over 800 800. ana
continues 10 pile up wealth fastsr than any
man in Cherokee, Ga. All of this money
has been made Of late years by Mr.. Jones'
original style Of preaching.
The rains have DELAYED work on the
Thomasville and Monticello road How
ever, Maj. Mclean is pushing right along
through water, mud and other difHculties
An engine on the new road will wake tina
echoes around Monticello by Oct. 1.
The Baptists of Americas have bought of
A. K Shumpest the lot corner Lee and
Taylor streets and will soon begin the cree
ton of a very handsome church on IL.
They have been without house of wor-
ship of their own since their church burned
four years ago.
An unfortunate alteration occurred az
Lovett last Thursday afternoon between
DIR. p. NJ. johnson and John Flanders. re.
sulting very seriously to DR.. johnson, who
received knife cut or stab on the throat.
just missing vital parts. The doctor was in
a critical condition for several days
The Greene county democratic executive
committee met Saturday, but adjourned
rather abruptly, as two Of its members