The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


in Dispute Over Rent Near Gordon
GEORGIA.
Mumps are raging aroung Cordele.
The fair association has offered a pre-
MUM of IS for the best display of old relics
Fifteen hundred bales of cotton left the
Abbeville wharf for Brunswick last Friday
A weekly newspaper will soon be pub
lished at Cordele, on the Americas Preston
and Lumpkin road.
Work on the new Baptist church on the
corner of Lee and Taylor streets, Americas,
will be commenced soon.
The merchandise stock of the Cheeve.
Bros, Of AndeI sonville, will be sold at sher-
i'll sale at that place to-day.
The firm of Hill q Co., on Cotton avenue,
Americas, has sold out to Messrs. Wood
ward 81 Co., of Eastman, GA.
Rev. John w. BecSwth, bishop of Geor-
gia, will occupy the pulpit at Cavery Fps
copal church in Americas rext Sabbath.
Notice is given that at the next session of
the legislature application will be made for
the incorporation of the towns of Cordelt
and Coney, in Dooly county
H. II. Sorrells, who lives three miles
above Monroe made on 1ve-eighths of an
acre of land, 1885 gallons of syrup. There
We're only thirty rows of cane, each about
100 yards long.
Julian S. Rodgers of Macon has sold
half interest in his job pri ting and pub
fishing business, at Az First street, to Ar
thur l.. Dasher The style of the new firm
will be Rodgers & Dasher.
At the regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil of Americas Monday night it was wisely
adopted that the city appropriate the sum
Of 81 800 for the purpose Of cleaning out
the channel of Muckalaa creek
Court in Stewart is not progressing very
fast. A number o. lawyers are absent,
therefore cases have to DO continued The
grand jury is doing very well. Up to Tues
day evening they had found a number of
bills
Horace A Boynton of Fulton county,
who has been appointed tax collector to
succeed J. NJ. Wilson, who has been re-
moved from office. states that he will not be
a candidate at the January election for
the position.
The Brunswick and Western railroad
paint shops at Brunswick will be rebuilt at
once, and will be much larger and more
convenient than before. They will prob
ably be S0x100 feet, and will accommodate
two cars at one time.
George w. Truitt of Troup county is
still in the lead on cotton. A number of
his neighbors walked over his two-horse
farm of so acres a few days ago, and de
cided that he would gather at least 80 bales
of cotton, weighing from $50 to 500 pounds
each.
A merchant of Americas hitched his
horse in front of his store not long since
The clerks were unpacking a crate of crock
cry and fancy china ornaments. The horse,
being little hungry, tackled the straw and
happened to get hold of pair of beautiful
vases, which he also ate.
c. NJ. Speer, editor of the Henry County
Weekly received an appointment Wednes-
day as mail route agent on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad. He
got his commission in five days after max
ing his application for the position. He was
assisted by Congressman John ID. Stewart.
At Sanders mill, three miles from Gordon.
Joel Rivers shot and killed John Gadlin
Wednesday morning. Both parties are
colored. Full particulars have not been
learned, but the shooting is supposed to
have followed dispute about some rent.
1t is said Rivers mounted mule aud es-
capped.
One morning last week Albert Sidney
johnson of Monroe was made to feel sad on
seeing that a fine young beef he had pre-
pared to slaughter had been painted Its
original color was brindle, and some mis-
chievous person or persons had striped 1t
with red and white paint. 1t was then red,
white and blue.
At Griffin on Monday, a young white
man went to the house of Berry Stroller, a
very worthy old colored man. and asked
Berry's wife TO give him needle and thread
to sew up his pants where they were torn.
She gave him the needle and thread. when
he went behind the door to do his sewing.
The next thing the old woman knew the
man was gone and had carried Berry's
pants with him.
III. w. Dews of Newman, G.. NJ Dews
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Dews OF Savannah
and Mrs. Tom Sanford of Macon, have
been in Forsyth to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Harriet @. Dews, which occurred
Wednesday. The deceased was most
estimable christian lady, over 81 years Of
age. She had been a member Of the
church about sixty-tlve years, and was
among the organizers Of the first Sabbath
school of Savannah.
At Jasper, Wednesday, the coroner's in
quest on the suicide of Mr.. Nyno developed
the fact that he was from Michigan. and
had killed his brother-in-law in that state
some five or six years ago, and fled He re-
ceived letter the day before he committed
the act, and remarked at the time the letter
was handed to him that that letter would
determine the length Of his life. II is sup
be found. He had wife and one child in
Michigan.
Monday, Mr.. and Mrs. r. U. Morrell,
near Friendship, decided to visit neghbor.
and accordingly locked up the house and
started off. Mrs. Morrell, knowing that
several hundred dollars was in desk in the
house, got out Of the buggy, went in and
put the money In her pocket. They went
on their visit, returning late in the evening
TO find the house broken open and contents
of the desk scattered over the floor. She
went TO Americas Tuesday and deposited
the money in the Bank of Southwestern
Georgia.
Saturday night a negro by the name of
Berry Hardeman, who was night guard for
Tom johnson at Sandy Cross, where his
gin house and contents were burned last
week, was shot in the side while standing on
the scales on the platform. 1t seems two
parties in buggy, supposed to be white
men, passed the gin house about - O'clock
at night driving a white morse TO a buggy.
at the object more in fun than ANYTHING
of Berry. The parties will doubtless be ar
rested.
Weshinton Gazette: A negro man stepped
into the postofiice about ten days ago and
said he wanted 10 send off some money. He
bought money order and then wrote a
letter and sent it off. We suppose the letter
was duly presented at the postoffice at the
other end of the line, but the money was
not forthcoming. The old man came in
yesterday and complained TO Postmaster