The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-14


Thieves Busy at Zebulon.
GEORGIA.
Covington needs brick yard.
Mrs. John Wyche, of Macon, died Mon
day.
Farmers Alliances are taking Polk count,
by storm
The cold snap has killed the peaches il
Polk county.
There is a perceptible rise in real eStat
values at Cedartown.
Farm labor is scarce in Polk county OF
account of the work at the ore beds
Mrs. Rhoda H. Doe, wife Of the lat.
Benjamin v Doe. died at Griffin Monday
Josiah Perkins living two miles and {
half east Of HARRISON, is 90 years Of age to
day.
A track has been laid to the ore beds neal
Cedartown, bringing them in direct con
nection with Admission, Ala.
Carrollton is infested with colored female
preachers, who make the nights hideous
with their incessant howlings
At Macon Monday dirt for the dummy
line was broken opposite the residence OF
Hon. W. A. Huff, in Vineville
The oil mill at Social Circle is now max
ing about 1,2O0 gallons of cotton seed oil
POI II - AlpN Illi4tAtS lllI &c pi to9t;A.
Mrs. A. G. West has donated a site for
the public school of Cedartown, and a
costly building will be built upon it forth
with.
The new railroad from Atlanta to Savan-
nah is still on a boom in Louisville town.
She has raised about $35 900 in subscriptions
up TO date
A young Walker county man has been
arrested and placed under bond of $500
for forcing a preacher to take drink out
of bottle at the point Of a pistol.
Kitty Terrell, who for years has been a
wood pensoner at Macon, will reach her
Tooth birthday if she lives to see March 20
She is able to walk to the City Hall.
Madison's municipal election comes off
April 4. Two tickets are OUT one headed
by Mayor J. w. Bearden and the other by
Hon. F. G. Foster, who was Mayor ten years
ago.
The reorganization Of the Washington
Artillery at Augusta is probable. The
Federal government will be asked to furnish
a battery of guns from the arsensal on the
hill at Augusta.
Thomas Lumpkin died at Rome Monday
after short illness. He was s. years old.
He went to Floyd county in 1885. He had
held many prominent positions in the cOun-
ty and was highly respected.
At Covington the firm of Wells Bros. &
Woodruff has been dissolved by the pur-
chase of the interest of Henry Wells and
George Woodruff by Tommie Wells, who
Will continue to run the business.
Joseph Moon, of Walton county, will eel
citrate the 92d anniversary of his birthday
next October. He expects to have a grand
reunion of his entire family on that day.
Mr. Moon is probably the oldest man in
Walton county.
The future of Cedartown was never so
bright as now. The building boom is here
The Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians
will each erect elegant modern churches.
Several new brick stores will be built to ac-
commodate increasing trade
At Waynesboro J. II. Mackenzie and
Thomas Quincy have formed a copartner-
ship under the firm name of Thomas Quin-
ney & Co. for the purpose of carrying on q
general merchandise b isiness at the store
lately occupied by Respess q Reynolds.
Charles Collier, of Atlanta, is suing to
have cancelled a life insurance policy for
sos, 900 taken out in the New York Life In
surance Company. Mr.. Collier alleges that
the policy does not carry out the promises
made by the agent to induce him to insure.
Friday night in Zebulon some unknown
thieves entered the store of Joseph w. Ford
through the rear window and took there
from fifteen pairs of fue shoes, three sets
of fine harness and several other articles
At tins time there is no clew as to who the
guilty party is.
Sunday evening the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad brought through
Georgia, from New York, the private car
Of Jay Gould. 1t goes 10 Fernandina, Fla.
to meet him, where he is expected to arrive
from Gibraltar in his yacht Atalanta He
will travel to New York overland.
Since the recent trouble between the
Scotchmen at Lithonia and their employers
they have been daily leaving the little rock
city, which fact has, to an extent. caused
some OF her leading men TO grow nervous.
They say that every Scotchman that goes
away carries $50 per month with him.
Gov. Gordon has leased a certain lot OF
land belonging to the State, at Calhoun, To
the Plasters' Warehouse Company, com
posed of Messrs w. j. Boaz, w. L. Hines,
B. NJ Harlan, z. r. GRAY and w. l.. Hill.
The lot is part of the depot grounds. The
act authorizing the lease was passed at the
last session Of the General Assembly.
II is reported that Mayor j. 7. Tisinger.
of ThomastOn, after committing forgeries
TO the amount of over 1000, has left in the
last few days for parts unknown. When
his forgeries first came TO light, about three
weeks ago, being notes for comparatiyely
small amounts, the matter was arranged
by his friends, but when his full crimes
were discovered it became too hot for him,
DR.. I. B. Carter, the book keeper for A.
X. Hawks, an optician of Atlanta, who has
been missing for the past two days, returned
to his work Monday, He left a note at his
office Jews days ago stating "he had got
enough of this world and was going to end
his earthly career Mr.. Carter saws he
wrote the note only in fun, as he knew it
would cause a sensation. He says he has
only been taking short rest
The Third Georgia regiment will have a
reunion at Madison in the summer, and ia
order to make preparatory arrangements q
meeting of the old soldiers Of the county
was held in the court house on Friday. at
which committee was appointed to name
an executive committee 70 call meeting to
be held on the first Saturday in April at II
o'clock, at which all Confederate soldiers in
Morgan county are expected to be present
The annual meeting of the Macon Fire
Insurance Company was held Monday and
resulted in the reelection of the following
officers: President-S. r. Coleman; Vice
President, 5. ). Dunlap; Secretary, Edgar
s. Wilson. Directors. 7. Coleman, :.
s. Dunlap, j. w. Cabani,s, r. H. Plant. II.
J. Lamar, Jr., II. I. johnson, r. f. Park,
M. Nussbaum and Edgar s. Wilson. The
company has been prosperous during the
past year.
II is said that Sam Small, assisted by a
number of prominent prohibitionists is
preparing for a crusade in Georgia in favor
of f,fohibffioO Ha ig pptv ta,yf,sr oor,