The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Ford - Serious Inroads on Bruins
wick's Treasury on Account OF the
Quarantine Expenses.
GEORGIA.
Newton county has a colored registered
voter who is 105 years old.
A tremor of the earth was felt about /
O'Clock Yesterday morning by several citi-
gems of Brunswick.
Tennille's new paper, the Enterprise, has
made its appearance The first issue is
very good one, indeed.
The Ocean hotel at Brunswick will
change hands on Jan. l, j. K. Lattimer re-
firing and Messrs. Clark, Cook & Harris
taking charge.
Rev. y. NJ Fulgham, pastor of the
Baptist church of Thdmasville. has gone to
Canton. where he will take charge OF the
Baptist church.
All the machinery for the electric light
plant at Brunswick has arrival, and the
company have been telegraphed to send a
man to put it up.
At Georgetown, last Saturday, Edward
Harrison and n gro named Ephriam
Griggs had lively but ineffective shooting
match over political matters
The Sandersvills postoffice has been made
a third-class or presidential office. 1t was
third-claSs once before, but when the post
age was cut down to . cents, it was reduced
in rank.
William McClendon, a white man in Bull
loch county, was to have his commitment
trial before the magistrate of the 1340th
district on Saturday. He was charged with
assault and attempt to rape his sister-in-
law.
At the close of business Saturday night
Columbus had received 12,41O bales of cot
ton, all of which was packed in regulation
bagging except ninety-niae bales. Twenty
five bales were packed with sheeting and
seventy-four with burlaps
The executive committee of the Macon
Reform Association met Tuesday night and
determined that in about ten days the asso-
citation will have a public meeting in the
Academy of Music, at which the registra-
ton bill fer municipal elections will be pre-
scented.
Rev. D. P. Mcdonald, who shot and
killed Frierson Chandler some weeks ago,
entered Blakely Saturday night and gave
himself up to the authorities. Judge Clarke
assessed his bond at $4,000, which was
readily made, and it is supposed he will
have trial next week.
Quarantine has cut such a big hole in the
city treasury of Brunswick that il is a cues
ton if the city will be able TO carry out its
plans for sewerage this fall. A strenuous
effort will be made to do SO, however, as
the continued growth of the city renders
sewerage more imperative every day.
Col r. D. Smith, the democratic candi-
date for elector from the Sixth district, says
he will address the people of the district as
follows: Jackson, Butts county, Thursday,
Oct. 4; Billiards, Twiggs county, Friday,
Oct. 5; Irwinton, Wilkinson county, Satur-
day. Oct. 6; Zebulon, Pike county, Tuesday,
Oct. 9.
A refugee car which had carried a lot of
the fever-frightened citizens from Jackson
vile to North Carolina, and had for ssms
reason bean left at Tennille en- its way back
caused considerable excitement among some
people in town. They dared not approach
within 100 yards OF it, and it was gazed at
with much curiosity.
AT Eastman, Saturday, Lloyd Powell, one
of J. L. Stepson's section hands. fell off a
pole car which was running into Eastman
at the rate of ten miles an hour. Two of
the front wheels under the weight of eight
men and lot of tools, ran over one OF his
legs. The injuries are not serious, but he Is
considerably bruised.
AT Atlanta, Sunday, Capts. Couch and
Wright and Patrolmen Goodson and
Thompson arrested G. Morrison, bar
tender at the Markham house saloon. for
selling liquor on Sunday. The officers state
they found a trunk filed with liquors in
Morrison's room, and have evids0ce that he
was running regular sxlooa On Sunday.
At Atlanta, SUNDAY night il his sermon,
DIR. Henry Mcdonald said: ''Grz- dnosheys
are often accused Of sp1ihng cA-.ldrea- 1t
is because the old ps02ls hare passed
through life and know tie so-rows and
troubles that await The E:s5= CTS lwn the
road. Their hearts e ~ 10 Ia children,
aQd they are aauO1s e s-z-s s1sm al the
pain they can.
w. n. Sims, nss- EoEzzzviL4, Is one of
Meriwether's bsst 1s---erz- 4 fr.ezd sevs,
with one mule. NJ Szzx I'll make forty
bales Of. cotton ne EGar-ad lie since the
war with I'D sc-ss x Land Now he is
worth so, uJl Al se.s las been made BY
farming. Ee ssla CHICKENS, eggs, butter
and best II EgEz-sETiLis, and Is one of the
great sources = supply % the town. He
carried tbs S-ss bals q cotton to Hogans-
vile about Arg L.
Tuesdays Macon Tslsqrd1h saws: s'There
is quite a cz-IaEs phase Of tee general elec
ton to-11orrCE. There are no managers
and the zw does not provide for the ap-
pointment Of any. The law says one Justice
of the peace and two freeholders shall hold
the election, but the justice has no authority
to appoint the freeholders. The Ordinary
has not the right, and therefore any free
holder can step up and become a manager.
In spite Of all this the election will be held. "
W. II. Mathews of Americas died Mon
day from an overdose Of laudanum. 1t was
not taken with suisidal intent He went
home complaining OF considerable paiu, and
took the drug to alleviate HIS suffering, with
the fatal result above stated. He was al
honorable man and good citizen. He leaves
wife and several children. He vas at on'
time sheriff of Webster county, and in thu
discharge of his official duty executed thu
sentence OF hanging upon the persons O
Spain and Miss EbberhRrt in 1871 for thu
killing of the formers wife, case thai
attracted good deal of attention at th'
time.
Sylvania Telephone. Tho story is told b.
a resident near Rocky Ford that, while th
recent food was at the highest point in tn
Ogeechee, he was navigating around in
hatteau looking after some hogs he had il
the swamp, his attention was attracted Il
the peculiar actions of man who was seer
TO climb up on fence, the top of which
was just peeping out of the water, and thei
dive of again, repeating this time ant
again. On approaching nearer, he discov
cred that IL was enc Of his neignbors, tina
worthy old gentleman, Henry Brigdon. IL
would dive OFT the fepce, and for twent,
yards the bubbles would rise to the top o
the water, as though huge alligator wa
making his way along the bottom, an
then he would rise and swim back, and dc
post something in a sack fastened to tn
fence. On inquiry he found that old fren
is. was picking cotton, having a field OF
there completely hid by the food. 1t struc
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