The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-09
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE


ter-A Terrapin Captured by Diver
GEORGIA.
A telephone company has been organized
at Washington.
Lumpkin's population has just been as
certained to be 1902.
Crop prospects from all parts OF Stewart
county are lattering.
One thousand crates of pears were sent
from Thomasville by express on one day
last week.
The Arnold house in Crawfordvile was
burned Thursday night. Only portion OF
the furniture was saved
Contractor Miller says that he expects TO
complete and turn over the Masury build
ing, at Townsville, by Nov. /.
Thursday, July %, has been appointed
for the annual celebration Of the Campbell
county Sunday school association.
The insurance on goods from New York
to Brunswick by the Mallory line has been
reduced to one-fifth of one per cent.
There is more building, both as to value
and numbers, going on in Thomasville than
ever before in the history of the town.
At Albany Walter Muse has bought of
Sam Mayer the Brison lot on the northern
limits of the city, paying therefor 81, $50
AT Lumpkin, d telegraph line will be
erected from the Americas, Preston and
Lumpkin depot to the business part Of
town.
A farmer was in Townsville one day last
week trying to sell wagon load Of fine
melons for 81 cents apiece. He was offered
only cents.
The new Methodist church at Pickett
station is rapidly nearing completion, ald
will be ready for occupancy by the second
Sunday in August.
Morris Michelson's new brick residence on
Union street, Brunswick, will DO three
stories high. 1t is the first residence of
that sort in the CITY,
The contract for erecting the buildings Of
the Newman cotton mills has just been
awarded the r. D. Cole manufacturing
company of Ne wnan at $4,000.
At Athens preliminares have been ar
ranged for a twu-hours walking match be-
tween Bunny McCurdy and win Francis,
to come off on July 25 at the fair grounds.
The old contractors of the Covington and
Macon road will receive their money, for
work done beyond Madison, in full about
July -. Most of this money is owed in
Athens.
The Woman's missionary society of New
nan raised $95 So for missions during the
past year, being the largest amount con
district.
A convention of the democratic party in
Berrien county will be held in Nashville on
Aug. 4, for the purpose of electng delegates
TO the gubernatorlal and congressional CON
ventions.
Hon. r. H. jackson of Heard county.
president of the Georgia state farmers
alliance, will address the people of Brooks
county, at the court house, at Quitmau,
this morning.
AT Brunswick Saturday two carloads Of
melons from the interior were offered for
the freight alone, and yet wagons from the
country with nice, fresh melons sold them
readily for 25 cents apiece.
VIM. r. Baldwin of Dawson has received
the Recommendation Of Congressman Tur-
ner for the position of postmaster at that
place and will take charge at an early day
He occupied the position for a number of
years.
j. P. Prichard, living just south of Buch-
anan, had his house and nearly all its con-
tents burned last Monday. Mr.. Prichard
and his wife were in the field at the time
the house caught fire, and it is supposed it
originated from the chimney
]. L. Warren Of Savannah was at Fort
Valley last week as arbitrator, selected by
the Central railroad co npany, in the matter
of the right of way of the Atlanta and
Florida road. Capt. A. Houser repre-
sented the Atlanta and Florida.
There is considerable building going on.
in Albany. Every native mechanic of the
city is busy, and about dozen from other
places now have employment on buildings
in course Of erection. Albany has not en-
joyed such building boom in two or three
years.
Deputy Collector CAN'T has Just returned
from three days raid in Madison county.
be started at the head of Bushy creek and
followed it to where it empties into Broad
river, but only found where the stills had
been operated. Moonshining has been about
broken up in Madison.
Emma Brown, a negro woman from Flor
ida, who formerly lived in Valdosta a
daughter of Governor" Brown. a colored
citizen If ValdoSta, while coming from
Gainesville t. Naldosta on the excursion
train last Monday, jumped or fell from the
moving train near Live Oak and broke her
neck.
A mass meeting OF the democratic party
of Brooks county is called to meet at tue
court house on Wednesday, July Is, for the
purpose OF electng a new executive com
mittee. Also 10 elect delegates to the
gubernatorlal convention in Atlanta, on
Aug. 9, and delegates to the congressional
convention Of the Second district.
Some time during the year 1871 a negro
by the name of Henry Johnson killed an
other negro in Clinch county and fed. On
Wednesday last Sheriff Mcneil of Brooks
county heard that he was at work ON s NJ
Youngs Lurpentine farm, and going there
that night succeeded in capturing linn and
lodged him in jail where he now is.
Sanford d. Colson, the mail carrier be-
tween Danielsville and Elberton drove into
the former place Thursday evening with a
sick horse. The poor animal suffered much
and continued to get worse all night and
died Friday morning. Mr.. Colson then
shouldered the mail sack and walked TO Ell
berton, a distance of about twenty-five
miles.
Several Of the farmers in the neighbor-
hood no TIA east of Townsville entered in
to an agreement TO each give to the one
who raised the most corn, from ordinary seed
grown on land that would not make more
than ten bushels TO the acre with out fer
tilizing. one bushel Of corn apiece. Some of
the acres are doing well, and promise a
good yield.
A gentleman who has Just returned to
Athens from. Madison says that the cars are
now running into sOconee county. Powell
Davenport have finished the cut on the
north II the AppalacAee river, and there is
but very little TO do between there and
Watkinsville. The track is being laid very
fast. The Covington and Macon, there
Tore, VIII shortly be an accomplished fact.
Several years ago it was said by some
croakers that the Thomasville boom was
too rnupn iuHatad Tbo, "a a.. -