The morning news., 1888-06-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

School Matters.
Sumter will hold a county fair at Ameri-
Gus.
Lightning played pranks in Athens on
Tuesday.
Athens is troubled with lot of colored
sneak thieves.
Hon. H. H. Carlton has no opposition in
his district for the congressional nomina-
ton.
Athens has postponed her fremens
tournament until the early part of next
year.
r. H Kinnebrew, Esq, of Madison
county, is a candidate for senator of the
Thirtieth district.
large landowner Of Worth county has
recently sold 1900 acres of timber land
the price received being 81 25 per acre
The timber lands of Worth are ia demand,
The democrats of Wilkes county will hold
mass meeting at Washington ON Tuesday,
July II, to name delegates to the guberna-
torial convention, which meets in Atlanta
on Aug. s.
The planters of the section around Lucky
are fully up with their work, and crops Of
every kind look very promising, and we do
hope that kind providence may nile on
their labor. and that it may bring forth
abundantly.
On Wednesday night, in Atlanta, while
the salvation army were fighting the devil,
some one in the crowd threw rotten egg
at Capt. Foss, which struck the bonnet of a
female soldier, and it trickeled down her
head and shoulders.
Sinking mountain, located four miles
from Tallulah falls, on the river Chattooga,
is a great phenomenon in nature which
scientists cannot explain. 1t sinks imper-
ceptibly all the time, but IN the occurrence
OF an earthquake, even in the remotest part
of the world, it sinks instantly from to
feet.
The school census of Pulaski county,
recently taken, shows the total number OF
white males in the county to be 664 !;
females, $50. Total colored males, l ,457 /;
females, 1,742 The report shows tnat there
are ,449 more colored children Of school
age than whites in the county, anG that
the sexes are about equally divided
Elberton Gazette: A negro came into the
store Of Messrs. j. Il. Jones & Son few
days ago, ami inquired if they had any Bap-
tist Testaments. He was answered attirma-
lively. He hesitated for some little time,
and finally said: 'Well, if dis amt no Bap-
tist Testament don't want it.n The Major
assured him that it was the very book he
wanted, and ne took it along.
Washington Chronicle. Nearly three
years ago little girl living in McDutiie
county put grain of popcorn into each Of
her ears. Saturday her father, Mr.. Wood
all, brought her here and had DIR. Hill
remove the grains. Efforts have been made
before to get them out without any success,
ard yesterday when taken out they had
swollen as large as grain Of our ordinary
corn.
Mr. George Dyson, one of the Oldest and
most highly respected citizens of Washing
ton, died at his home Monday night. He
had been in falling health for years. Mr.. by.
son was of a quiet, unassuming disposition,
but possessed traits of character that com
manded universal esteem. He was for 9
long term of years ordinary of Wilkes
county, and filed the office to genera
satisfaction.
A commission has been issued to John A,
Dyson as clerk of the superior court OF
Wilkes county, to fill the unexpired term
caused by the death of Mr.. Dysons father,
last Sunday night. The former clerk was
also the ordinary, and the newly appointed
clerk will give twenty days notice of an
election for ordinary, as it is understood
that the people of Wilkes desire to elect the
latter official.
A McDuffie man, while near Thomson
discovered very large fish in a pool OF
water which was barely deep enough tc
swim the fish. He shot the fish, which
proved to be a magnificent scale carp
weighing little over eight pounds. And
now the McDuffians are scratching their
heads to find out how this huge fish came to
be in that small branch, and 50 far from any
large body Of water.
The movement Of melons through Albany
on Tuesday reached thirty-nine cars, dis
tributed as follows: Decatur, / Peoria, /;
Springfield, 3; Lafayette, l; Terre Haute
/; Nashville, /; Cincinnati, 3; Jackson
Tenn, /: Chattanooga, 81 Birmingham, Q
Kansas City, 3; Atlanta, 6; Chicago,
Pittsburg, 2; Wheeling, 2; st. Louis, /;
Cleveland, l; New Orleans, 2; Louisville, l
Erie, Pa, /; Covington, KY, l.
The Western and Atlantic railroad COM
missoners are hard at work in Atlanta
preparing a report Of their work to submit
to the governor about July |. The infor-
nation obtained as to the valuation of the
road is based upon the opinions of expert
railroad men and the report will be
full of surprises. The investigation of the
commissioners on this basis will show that
the road in its present condition is worth
about Sc, 600, 600.
A man has been arrested in Atlanta who
is thought to be James Townsend. He SAYS
that his name is Horace Tiff, and that hi:
present home is Tallapoosa. He is SO regis
tered at the st. James hotel, in that city,
He claims to have lived formerly in Ohio
and says he has never been to Darien in his
life. His actions, when arrested, were very
suspicious. He was badly frightened anC
when searche at the station house no let
ters or papers Of any kind whatever were
found upon his person.
V. J. Klase has filed suit in Atlanta foI
$500 damages against John Carey, of the
Globe foundry and machine shops Klas,
had a contract with Carey by which tn,
latter was TO manufacture and deliver X
the former 12j mail boxes per week. Klas,
sent out statesmen TO sell these boxes anC
sold 200 in Macon. He claims that Care'
has not given him more than half dozei
per week since the contract was signed, an,
IN consequence he is being damaged b,
failure TO furnish the boxes already sold.
McDuffie Journal: John f. Smith, on
of the most sensible and successful farmer
Of this or any other county, always reserve
aportion of his cotton crop until the ssaso
is practically over. On Monday last he sol
and delivered in Thomson thirty-six bales
averaging considerably over 500 pounds
for which be received 9& cents pound
And he brought some of the biggest tive
horse wagon loads ever heard of--Seve
bales at one and twenty-five bales at fcu
loads. That is decidedly the most compr,
hensive two-horse wagon in the county.
The closing exercises Of ST. Joseph
academy will occupy three days of mex
week-Monday, Tuesday and wednesday
The examinations will take place at th