The morning news., 1888-12-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN EAfLAG
Brunswick's Council Takes Prompt
Steps to Level Bar That Threat
ened It's Commerce-A Possibility
That Macon VIII Secure q Large
Cooperage Establishment-A Convict
Murdered Near Cussita.
GEORGIA.
The negro circus hand shot at Rocky
Ford is said to have had good medical at
tention, despite the reports to the contrary
Hiram Blaisdell, contractor for the Car
tersville gas works, is in Cartersville, and
reports himself ready to go on with the
work.
The managers of the Gainesville furnace
speak enthusiastically of their prospects,
and several big deals in mineral property
are in the air.
Superintendent of Public Schools A. ].
Branham, OF Brunswick, has been pre-
sented with q cane by the teachers of the
Nelson grammar school.
Worth county has in the field 8 candi-
dates for ordinary, 3 for sheriff, s for clerk,
2 for tax receiver, for tax collector, for
treasurer, 4 for coroner, ana 2 for surveyor.
At Tifton, Saturday, two negroes had a
difficulty over a woman. One Of them
drew a shotgun, and discharged two loads
n
of his head and the other nearly tore off his
arm.
At Spaidiug up 10 the closing of tie tax
books December 90 only $50 persons b I'd
paid their poll tax. Perhaps hundred and
ffty more may pay by January. This
only will give in the neighborhood of 450
voters for the election for county oficers-a
very small vote.
At Columbus, between and 10 o'clock
Get Ofirar Smith fo11DA na Ena Of
a newly-born child in a ditch, near the
mouth OF a sewer, on Third avenue, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
The body was wrapped in black cloth,
and the skull was crushed
Near Cusseta convict by the name Of
Richmon Goats, sent up from Dougherty
county, killed another by striking him with
a shovel. The convict killed was from
Carroll county. His name was Henry Far
row. The trouble was caused by some very
insulting language used by Farrow to
Coats.
The congregation of the First Presby-
terian church of Atlanta gives its pastor,
Rev. DR.. Barnett, a nice Christmas present
It has unanimou ly voted to give him four
months leave of absence and MAKE him a
present of a trip TO the Holy Land, paying
all his expenses. The cost is estimated at
$1,000
A certain fellow accompanied a young
lady to the show at Swainsboro last Satur-
day, and after arriving he got drunk and
used profane language. The lady procured
other company, and had returned home
when her former escort got off of his
drunk. He was much surprised when told
she had left him.
The city hospital project has been revived
at Atlanta. The doctors are at work, and
will bring the matter before the city coun-
.-4fs Ia Fhar- ho~v h.
of the relief committee of the council, and
they will appear armed with plenty Of facts.
The relief committee, in its report, will
favor the hospital
At Danielsville several negroes were
arrested by Bailiff z. l. Barnett. After the
trial before Justice Hitchcock the negroes
gave bond, after which they raised a row,
when one Of them hit MIR. Barnett with a
! rock, knocking him senseless. Mr.. Barnett
is still in a critical condition.. but it is
thought that by proper treatment he may
recover.
The general store Of Henry Wilder, about
four miles from Forsyth. on the Indian
Spring road, was destroyed by fire Friday
night. His entire stock Of general mer-
chandise was destroyed. 1t is reported that
he carried $500 insurance. The loss is esti-
mated at between $3.50 and 81 900. Mr..
Wilder suffered a loss not long since by
having S175 stolen from him.
At Quitman, Saturday night. while smok-
ing cigarette, a clerk in the store of A. J.
Sparks, grocer and confectioner, acci-
dentally ignited package OF fireworks.
Becoming frightened he threw down the
burning mass and ran. The stock in the
front part Of the store was set afire, but by
heroic effort the store was saved with but
small damages. There is no insurance.
A few days ago the 5-year-old son of DR..
d. s. Wright OF Macon, was carried to. At
lanta to have an operation performed upon
one of his eyes. Friday, Or. Wright, who
. was in Macon, received telegram announc-
ing the critical illness of his child with
meningitis. He Immediately went to At
lanta- Saturday the Child died and the re-
mains reached Macon Sunday morning.
At the depot Mrs. Wright tainted and re-
mained insensible long while.
Hon. George S. Obear, prominent citi-
zen of Macon, died on Sunday at Birming-
ham, Ala Mr.. Obear was born in one Of
the New England states, but settled in
Macon when young man. He was at one
time member of the firm OF Johnston e.
Obear. He was connected with many OF
the public enterprises Of Macon, and was
chief of the old volunteer fire department
and afterward mayor OF the city. The re-
mains viii be inferred in Rose Hill ceme-
terry, Macon, tomorrow.
Friday night the negroes met on o. I.
PAGES plantation, about three miles from
Dawson, for the purpose of discussing the
political situation. They could not arrive
at q satisfactory agreement, and, having
plenty of whisky aboard, a general free
fight ensued, in which two or three were
seriously cut, and Jim McCortly, worth
less town negro, was shot in the bip. The
wound Is painful, and It will take some
trouble to extract the bail, but there is no
doubt about his recovery.
At Macon, Saturday night, as Leo Her
rington, the sanitary inspector, was on his
way home, he encountered two white men
on Telfair street, who evidently intended
20 rob him. He presented his pistol and
the fellows did not molest him, though
they followed him some distance The
same couple. presumably, stopped Pleas
Bonner as he was en- route home and de-
manded bis money. One held him-and the
other cut his pocket with knife and took
what money he had, 50, and then departed.
The Brunswick Stowage and Export
Company have had the misfortune to break
the main valve OF their press, which pre-
vents them from COMPRISING cotton by
their new method until they get a new
valve, which il will take some two or three
weeks TO have made, as it is large casting
weighing some 1900 pounds, and will ave
TO be made where the press was built, Read
ing, Pa. But this does not prevent them
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