The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-17


a Child's Side at Brunswick.
GEORGIA.
Court is in session at Vienna.
There is talk of building school house
at Eden.
A Roman owns a silver watch that is 12s
years old.
Dade Superior Court viii convene al
Trenton Monday.
The Macon Cadets will hold a fair the
first week in April.
At Macon work has commenced in earnest
on the new Gresham High School
Harmony Grove is preparing to issue
bonds to build an 5000 school house.
Col S. R. Harris, of Wayne county, will
be a candidate for the Senate in the Third
district.
The Americas Republican announces that
1t will begin issuing a daily edition on
April l.
Carter Brothers, of Petersburg have
opened their engine and boiler works at
Dublin.
There has been more guano sold in Louis
VILE this year than was ever known in one
year before.
ID. b. Hill, of Americas, Is having his res
1dence on Hill street remodeled into two
story building.
William Evans once a prominent lawyer
OF Ware county, but lately an inmate of the
poor house, is dead.
w F. Sears, an old and respected citizen
of Hall county, fell dead at his home near
Gainesville, last Tuesday.
At Albany Thomas H. Willingham has
sold his residence to A. C. Won Gundel, the
consideration being So, 500.
j. .. jackson, of Augusta, proposes that
one of the loan associations of that city is
sue bonds and build hotel
Spaulding county will compete for the
$1,000 offered for the best county display
at the State Fair at Macon.
One thousand dozen eggs are shipped
from Dawson annually to the larger towns,
some of them going TO Florida.
At Louisville few days ago, the prison
ers in the Jail tried to make their escape by
burning out, but failed to succeed.
Dublin is growing. The sounds of the
saw and hammer are heard on all sides, and
the old town is not what she used to be.
Mrs. j. w. Dudley, of Atlanta, used
pounded glass in an attampt to commit sui
eide Thursday. Her life may be saved.
Col. P. G. Thompson's house near Har-
mony Grove, was completely destroyed by
tire Thursday. There was no insurance.
Laurens county has issued S., 900 in bonds
Oconee at Dublin, and work is soon to be
begun.
Master Eddie Jackson, of Albany, shot, a
few days ago, a robin that was perfectly
white, excepting a slight tinge of red on its
breast feathers.
The friends of II. B. Bronson, of WAY
cross, carried him to church in chair last
Sunday. He is improving, but cannot
walk step as yet.
AT Gainesville Anderson Logan has pur-
chased half interest of Henry Dozier in
his mercantile business, and the concern is
now Dozier & Logan.
The residence of George F. Woodhff, in
the Fourteenth district of FORSYTH county,
was burned Wednesday. The house was
occupied by Gus Hunt
Lee county win have lively tussle in
politics this year. Messrs Gill, Duncan
and Hooks, it is thought, will be the candi-
dates for the Legislature.
An earnest effort is being made in Wash
lngton to secure an appropriation from
Congress for the negro department of the
Augusta National Exposition.
A gentleman from Maine has purchased
large tract of timber land near Dublin.
lie and other Northern men purpose to
establish some kind of factory on it.
w. E, Jones, of Duluth, has purchased
SLo VI L. = IutlSOD III Uno hudson
House property at Gainesville 1t is now
owned by John Palmour and Mr. Jones.
The ladies of Crawfordville, who have
taken hold of the matter TO build a new Ban
fist church at that place, have already OBJ
tanned subscriptions to the amount of 5000
O. P Farmer, of Jefferson county, has a
held Of twenty acres of oats which is the
best in the county. An estimate has been
made by good judges from rs to 100 bushels
per acre.
Townsville has 1900 visitors who spend
an average each OF SIS a day in the town
$500 per day-$31 500 per week-Sl35 600
per month-$54O, 900 per season of four
months.
The people of jefferson are determined to
have railroad if it is practicable, and will
meet to-day for the purpose of electing a
president and board of directors to push it
through.
In Terrell county the stands of corn will
be bad, on account of unfavorable weather
The ground is exceedingly wet and cold and
no doubt much of the seed will rot before it
terminates.
The Milledgevile Light Infantry has ap-
pointed committee TO challenge the Bald
win Blues for prize drill. The teams Will
probably consist of eight men from each
company.
Mrs. r r. Rutherford's residence at
Americas was discovered to be on fire
Thursday. A few buckets of water promptly
applied extinguished the flames before much
damage was done.
There is now standing on the place of
Capt. j. ID. Wilson, at Pineville, a one
room log house, which was occupied by Mr..
Temple, the first Representative of Marion
county after its formation in 1927.
At Americas Thursday a syndicate COM
posed of j. w. Sheffield, c. A. Huntington.
b. P. Hollis, +. A. Hawkins, and Mrs. M
Galloway, purchased the |. n. Hart prop
erty on the north side of Forsyth street
Henry Williams, convict who had his
feet frozen in the stockade in Fulton county.
has sued The county commissioners for So
900 damages. One of his legs had to be am
putated, and the other is almost useless
The Georgia State Dental Examining
Board will meet at Macon April 10. Their
headquarters will be at the office of DR.. s
Il. Barfield, aud will be in convention two
or three days. Some twenty applicants
will be examined.
Several large pieces of the monument to
be erected over the grave of the late Gen
Robert Toombs have arrived at Washing
ton. 1t will be a massive and stately shaft.
and altogether fit monumental mark the
last resting place of that illustrious man.
At Americas Thursday Wooten & Ford.
dealers in groceries aud plantation supplies,