The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Houston county Lady Hills Sixty
Three Birds at One Shot.
GEORGIA.
Cartersville has raised over 81 900 for ad-
vertising purposes.
A brick store is To be built at McRae by
A. S. j. McRae q Co.
The Crown Cotton Mill at Dalton is doing
a Hourishing business
Or. T. F. Walker died at his home, at
Cochran, Wednesday.
About 6, 1000 bales Of cotton have been sold
in Dawson this season.
Albany will probably have a cotton OK
change in time for next season.
A gun contest between Jesup and Ora
ham will be shot next Saturday
handsome spire will be erected on the
Presbyterian church at Dalton soon.
Hawkinsville had received up to Wednes-
day morning 1880 bales Of cotton.
Two Mormon preachers are still preach
ing in the eastern part Of Terrell county.
The shipment of sausage from Dalton has
become a business of considerable pro
portions.
1t is automatically stated that half the
city of Dalton is located upon rich bed of
fine variegated marble.
1t is admitted that there was $500
spent for whisky in Dodge county the year
previous to prohibition
The farmers of Whitfield county are
turning their attention more and more to
the raising of improved cattle
There are twenty-seven pensioners in
Whitfield county, and 1851 is paid to them
each month from the pension office
w. II. Finley, near Dalton, raised a globe
turnip last fall measuring 26 inches IN cir
conference and weighing seven pounds.
In the death of Maj. Henneberry, which
occurred last saturday, one of the old land
marks of Washington has been removed.
T. P. Parks, a negro, has registered at
the Ordinary'S Office in Terrell county as a
physician, and will practice among his race
A large majority of Terrell county farm
ers have stored awayed enough corn and
meat TO supply their home needs this year
Peach blooms for Dawson in January are
a very rare occurrence, but several were
discovered on tree in that city last Sun
day.
Work on the bridge connecting Whitfield
and Murray counties, at Tilton, progresses
slowly on account of the bad weather and
high waters.
j. Theodore Quincy, patentee and manu-
facturtr of the famous Quincy cabs, is at
Rome for the purpose of putting IA line of
cabs on the streets.
There are now in Houston county forty
seven licensed school teachers, and that num-
Der of schools are being taught, or will he
at very early date.
Saturday night some miscreant stole the
street lamp from in front of the st. James
Hotel at Dawson. The post was pulled up
and taken away with the lamp
Tuesday DR.. /. d. Graves mailed a petit
ton to the Post Office Department at Wash
ington for the establishment of post-office
at Graves Station. Terrell county.
1t is feared that there will be a failure of
the peach crop in Clarke county again this
year as the warm weather is already swell
ing the buds Some of the buds are nearly
ready to burst into bloom.
There are 5000 miles of railroad in Geor-
gia, forming complete net work. well dis
tributed as to locality and sections, and
reaching 100 out of the 137 counties of the
State. The probable value is $50 ,OO0, 900
William Meeks of Coffee county, killed
the famous belled buzzard few days ago
and has the bell now in his possession. On
the bell are the letters &C. E., }" and the fol
lowing inscription: Jones county, Ga,
1852
The steamer Swan arrived at Abbevile
last Friday on her second trip from Darien,
with cargo of guanO and a few packages
of other goods. 1t took her only a little
over five days to make the round trip, a
distance of about 675 miles.
John Whitaker. a negro of Dawson, has
gone crazy because at the last colored con
ference he was not given an appointment
to preach. Whitaker is the negro who was
elected direct after the war to represent
Terrell county in the Constitutional Conven-
ton.
At Waycross few days ago l. r. b.
James, son of w T. James of Ware coun-
ty, had Drs Folks and Carswell cut a tumor
about the size of a goose egg from his throat,
The operation was quite a delicate one, but
was successfully performed, and the patient
doing well.
Last Friday large flock of blackbirds
approached the residence of f. W. Curt
right. about six miles east of Perry. Mrs.
Outright determined that she would have
some of them. She fired the load from one
barrel of a gun into the flock, killing sixty
three of them.
One bank at Hawkinsville loaned $50 600
last year to farmers, and every note except
one was paid promptly. Only one mort
gage against farmer was foreclosed in
Pulaski county this season, and that was
not done by the bank. The good showing
is in measure attributed TO prohibition.
The vexed question as to who should be
the trustees of the coored school at Way
cross has been settled by the election of the
following board by the Town Council, Rev.
j. c. Allen, j. +. Valentine, p. l.. Likely
Henry Jones, Geo. Ivory, Randall Brown,
and Peter Boyd. The board is composed of
some of the best colored men of the town.
Considerable excitement was caused at
Washington day or two ago over the dis
covery of a newly dug hole in n field,
rumors of hidden wealth and of the re-
moval of a corpse to hide crime being
prevalent. 1t finally leaked out that ne
groes who had been told by fortune tellers
that gold was hidden there had done the
digging
y An ex-Confederate soldier who had his
lower jaw shot OFF during the war was at
Calhoun day or two ago and applied to a
physician for a certificate that he might
draw a pension under the recent act of the
Legislature. He is terribly Inconvenience
about eating but otherwise is able to work
1t is not believed that a pension will be
granted him.
Charles Jones, the fireman on the tram
engine of l.. johnson & Co., at Jacksonville,
In Appling county, was run over by his en-
CINE Feb. rs The engine ran over his left
foot, MASKING it from his instep to his toes,
and caught his right thigh and mashed and
mangled it. His foot has been amputated.
and his physicians are trying to save his
leg, but have little hopes of doing so.
At Brunswick Wednesday a party com
posed of the representative men of Bruins
wick assembled at the Oglethorpe TO pay