The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Brunswick Confident of Securing
Free Delivery Of the Mails.
GEORGIA.
Putnam Superior Court meets next week
The Americas gas works are going M
fast.
Robert Wicker is building nice residence
near Chalker station.
There are now about sixty guests at the
Jekyl Island club house.
An Americas house has just shipped a
large lot of furs to Baltimore.
4 falling tree, seven miles from Griffin,
fractured John Walkers ankle Tuesday
The prisoners in the jail at Camilla claim
TO have felt an earthquake last Saturday
night.
The motion for a new trial in the Wool
folk case is to be heard at Macon by Judge
Gustin March 80,
J. c. Hamiton's new house, in course of
erection at Tennille, will be quite an addi-
ton to that city.
B. T. Rawling passed a very creditable
examination before the Sandersville bar
last week and was admitted.
II. Z. Cook has been appointed Manager
of the Wrightsville aud Tennille Telegraph
Company, with Office at Tennille.
Olte vi Jtlt merchants Oh +AtlcIlcuS JnlnkS
of beginning at an early date the erection
of a handsome brick store on Jackson
street.
Strenuous efforts are being made to raise
money by subscription, TO either buy or
erect parsonage for the Monroe circuit,
the parsonage to be in Monroe
Miss Ella Marslin, daughter of William
Marslin, a former citizen of Sandersville,
died recently in Springfield, Conn, and was
buried at Sandersyille on Wednesday.
Col. Primus Jones, of Baker county, the
first bale man, has lost by the recent freeze
fifty acres Of cotton he planted in January.
he has 100 acres which escaped injury.
Frank Nortons grocery and barroom at
Creswell was broken into and robbed on
Monday night, the thieves securing a lot of
tobacco, canned oysters, candy, liquor and
other luxuries.
Hon. Judge Hook, School Commissioner
for the State, could not fill his appointment
at Sandersville last Thursday on account Of
sickness Judge Hook will address the peo-
pie tomorrow noon.
Hon. Pope Barrow, of Athens, who has
spent the past winter in Florida on account
of i'll health, viii return to his home during
the present week. He is reported to have
entirely recovered his usual strength and
good health.
w. W Anthony, living two or three
miles from Wrightsville, was a victim TO
fire on the morning of March 6, by which
he lost fine gin, single mill and other
costly machinery.
A few DAYS ago James Carlton, of Athens,
father of Hon. H. H. Carlton, had a severe
fall which, it is feared will result very seri-
ously. Mr. Carlton is in his 93d year, and
Is naturally very feeble. He is one of the
oldest citizens of Athens
Cordele's growth is really wonderful
Forty three buildings are already finished
and four more are going up. 1t has twelve
stores, all doing a fiOurishing trade, and a
beautiful school room has been completed.
Cordele is without doubt booming.
At Fancy Bluff, Glynn county, Monday,
Miss Annie Belle Scarlet was standing
before the fire in an open CRATE when her
dress caught. She endeavOred to extinguish
the flames with her hands and was badly
burned about the hands and wrist.
At Crawford the City Council has made
it punishable by fine of $50 for any per-
son to give Intoxicating liquors to minors
unless in case of sickness. The Council also
places fine of $500 upon persons convicted
of playing games of chance within the city
limits.
A. H TAYLOR, of the firm of TAYLOR q
Malcolm, at Lithonia, has arrived at Griffin
for the purpose Of developing the Beecher
granite quarry, which he leased some time
ago. He is accompanied by A d. L. Mari.
who will superintend the opening of the
quarry.
His Honor Judge Rooney, of the Augusta
circuit, is presiding this week in Washing
ton county Superior Court in place of Hon
j. X. Hines, who Is in many cases disquah-
fed. having been engaged in them before
oil 20 fho T..
Middle circuit.
Eaton a. Co, contractors, who were to
grade the Macon and Covington railroad
from Watkinsville to Harrington, have
failed to come up TO time, and the contract
will be given to another company The
road IS progressing rapidly, and everything
IS working smooth at present.
Near Cedartown Tuesday. a slide in the
ore bank of Capt Pool killed two miners
Toller and Morrison, colored. Several hours
elapsed before they were extricated Death
had ensured by suffocation. The victims
were mining too far under the impending
earth, miscalculating the risk of the break
ing overhead.
George Graham, of Cuthbert and Cor
many Mays, of Florida, both boarding with
DIR. J. B. Twitty, at Camilla, said to him a
few nights since, while discussing the bar
rooms, etc, that neither had ever tasted in
toxlcating drinks, taken a chew of tobacco
or smoked a cigar or pipe. They are each
about II or Is years old
Postmaster Hunter, of Brunswick. saws
that s., 1863 Is out Of the s., 900 required TO
make that post office a second-class one had
been paid in, leaving only $50 % to com
piete the amount, and as over 5000 special
request envelopes were due about March 90
he is certain of having free delivery of the
mails by August at furthest.
The Republicans have called a meeting to
be conve ned in Sandersville, March %. for
the purpose OF electing delegates TO repre-
sent the Republicans of the Tenth Con-
gresSlonal district in the National Repub-
lican Convention, to be held in Chicago
June 10. Those from the Sixth district will
be elected at Forsyth April II.
One of the prominent business men of
Americas is now in North Carolina visiting
factories and investigating the practicability
of establishing a straw-natting factory at
Americas His purpose is to manufacture
carpets, rugs, etc, using pine straw as a
material The factory will probably be
built during the summer months.
At McRae, Ia difficulty over a game of
cards Monday night, Israel Glover was shot
and instantly killed by Herbert King, both
colored. King received several severe
gashes with a razor on his neck and breast,
but succeeded in making his escape, and is
still at large. The Coroner's jury returned
q verdict of voluntary manslaughter
At LaGrange, j. G. Truitt has purchased
the Kener property from Mrs. Wright, for