The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-23

Randolph County - Excitement a
Blakely over the Arrival of an Un
known Sick Man.
GEORGIA.
Bishop Becker is at Rome to-day.
The amount of sickness around Lexing.
ton increases.
Lexington exported several fine fox
hounds this week.
Complaints of cotton and corn rotting
continue % reach Lexington.
Only about dozen bales of cotton have
been ginued at the Lexington ginnerY to
date.
An old negro woman, who lived a mile or
two south of Cuthbert, went out to the well
for bucket of water last Sunday evening,
and while drawing it up, fell down dead.
The first train through from Abbevlle to
Americas in several days arrived a. the lat
ter place Thursday, the bridge over Flint
river having been sufficiently strengthened
TO admit of a trains crossing it.
Several parties in Lexington report that
on Tuesday night at about 10 O'CLOCK they
felt a shock of earthquake very distinctly.
There was only one and small shake ana
there were not great many who felt it.
There are over 800 names enrolled on the
list of the Gambler Club of Gainesville. At
a meeting held last Tuesday night the club
was reorganized by the election of officers
and the appointment Of working commit
tees.
Contractor Price, whose skull Columbus
Hatton split open with a hoe at the new
state capitol building about two weeks ago,
died Thursday night at his residence, on
Frazier street, Atlanta. Hatton is still at
large.
Robert Ray, who runs a steam gin near
Taylor, had the misfortune Wednesday
evening to get his hands too near the saws.
His arm was mangled very badly, 50 much
so that Dr. Crawford found it necessary to
amputate near the shoulder
There are seventeen ''square-riggers" now
in port at Brunswick, and about twenty
five more chartered 10 be here within the
next month. The bulk of these will be
Norwegian, and will be loaded with lumber
for ports 70 the southwark and across the
line
Bob Darlington, or Bob Jones, as known
TO some, has sworn out a warrant against
Rev. G. W. johnson (colorecD, charging
him with burning the colored Baptist
church in Blakely two months or more ago.
johnson was admitted to bail in the sum of
$3.50 until tomorrow, when his commttal
trial Will be had
The ReaveS Warehouse Company. of
Athens, have given the contract to Nc
Guinty & Hunnieutt to erect a large new
warehouse near the line of the Covington
and Macon, and in the rear OF Gam &
Murray's stable. Work will begin in few
days, and the building will be completed in
time for the fall trade.
The negroes Of Randolph county held a
mass meeting in the court house last Satur-
day and nominated Prof L. S. Ingram of
Shellman for the legislature. He was born
the property Of Hon. A. II. Stevens, and by
him was educated. He is a negro of intel
hgence and of good character. He has been
teaching in Randolph county several years.
F.. NJ. Bennett of Bowdrie, has a brass or
copper coin. which is supposed to be a Brit
ish penny. IL has on one side, 'In Mem
DRY of the Good Old Days." and coat of
arms, surmount ID by crown; on the other
"Georgius Rex H.. Del Gratia, I" and head
with wreath Mr.. Bennett says he picked
it up in the road on the edge of Bowdrie
1t was coined in 1868.
John z. Cary, an old man, who had
been begging on the streets of Athens for
the rast few days, had 81 90 stolen from
HIM Thursday by Dolphus Cash, a negro
boy. Cash saw the old man put the money
in his coat. then throw it on the bed SO he
watched his chance and covered the pile.
Dolphus was arrested later on, and 81 so of
Jne amount recovered.
Waynesboro Citizen: On last Tuesday a
negro came to town after a coffin. The
bridges over Briar creek being washed
away, it was impossible for him to get his
wagon to town, so he strapped the coffin on
his back and carried it several miles in the
country TO his home. 1t was the only
thing possible under the circumstances. and
he proved equal to the sad emergency.
Excitement was created in B,akely
Wednesday night by the arrival on the
train Of a sick man, who would not an
nounce from what place he hailed. Both
hotels refused him quarters, and the local
reporter was unable to learn Thursday
morning what became of him. Many sus-
pected that he was a refugee from Jack
sonville, and were afraid that he had yellow
fever
Mrs. A. A. Smith, a refugee from Jack
eonvllle, who had been in Alta ia several
days, attempted to visit friends In Albany
She was compelled under the quarantine
regulations TO pass on to Camilla, where
she spent day or two with her little girl
at the Hotel Georgia. Marshal Westbrook
sent her a message That she could return TO
Albany on MoLday afternoon, and she left
on the evening train.
A gentleman from Oglethorpe county
states that Hon. James NJ. Smiths levee.
recently erected, stood the recent rains
splendidly. Col Smith has now several
hundred acres of bottom land in corn which
is in most fiourishing condition, while
that of his neighbors has been ruined by
high water. Col. Smith is contemplating
building levee on Beaver Dam creek very
soon at a cost Of 5000.
In two days last week Mrs. II. McWhorter
OF Lexington had twenty-five half grown
turkeys die mysteriously. Not thinking of
the consequences Mr.. McWhorter had them
thrown in his fish pond as food for his fish,
ana day OF two later discovered that he
had Killed every tadpole and frog and a
great number of fish therein. Ii has since
been learned that the turkeys died from
eating salty bran that had been fed to cows.
Five bids were put in for the grading of
the Lexington Terminal railroad last Satur-
day, but as yet none Of them has Teen &C.
cepted by the directory 1t is rumored
that much better railroad scheme is on
foot, but as yet only the directors know
what il is and they won't tell. IL such n
rumor be unfounded, the grazing will be-
awarded and work begun on the present
line in a week or so and be finished I'M in
two or three weeks more
At Americas Thursday H. T. Davenport
consummated a trade with the directors OF
the bank of Southwestern Georgia, where
by he secures the building on Cotton ave
nue., at present occupied as a banking house
The building is well adapted for any kline
Of business, and Mr.. Davenport will, in al
probability, convert it into a store house n
soon as the bank can be removed to its new
quarters in the Thomas block, now nearing