The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-13
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
a Strange Epidemic Among the Chill
dren of washington-Qu Build
ing Up a Good Wholesale Trade
The Body of Dead Infant Found in
the River at Rome.
GEORGIA.
Quitmsn's new paper, the Herald, has
made successful debut.
Brooks county is shipping carload after
carload of beeveS and hogs.
Twice as much guano has been sold in
Quitmsn this season as last.
Darien reports that the rivers continue to
be in good rafting condition.
Darien homes to double her population
within the next twelve months.
Rev. J. P. Word has recently been called
by the Presbyterian church of Naldosta.
The stock law in Clarke county is work
ing nicely, and all opposition TO it has ceased.
Two hundred and twenty.four marriage
licenses were issued in Coweta county last
year.
1t is said that Hon. Bryant Norman, of
Colquitt, will be a candidate for the State
Senate next fall.
On two adjoining lots at Athens are living
five couples, all of whom have been married
since Christmas.
The body of a dead infant was found in
the river at Rome Friday. The Coroner's
jury was unable TO solve the mystery
DR.. Long, of Newman, has brother in
Alabama who presented him with car
load of coal last week. The freight amount
ed TO $5S
Gold has been panned from the very dirt
in the streets of Franklin, and the outcrop-
pings of many different kinds of valuable
minerals can be found on almost every hill
j. NJ. Wilkinson, d. W. Roundtree and
d. G. Ashley have bought the six acres of
land at Valdosta of which the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway was the
owner.
The Brunswick police have come out in
new gray spring suits, consisting of frock
coats, black hats with gold cords, pants of
the same material, with black stripe, and
white gloves.
A certain person in Tallnpoosa bought a
piece of property here quite recently for
$4,000, paying s. down to bind the bargain
A short time afterward the purchaser sold
the property for 5000, thus making 81 900
upon an investment Of S..
A great many Of the children of Washing
ton have been sick the past week, and all of
They are suddenly taken with violent
nausea, which is followed by high fever. 1t
almost amounts to an epidemic.
The Masons and Odd Fellows of ITALIA
poosa are anxious to have hall, and since
the City Council is in favor of building a
Council chamber, it is suggested that these
societies unite with the city authorities and
Jointly erect good building.
During the past week one Quitman firm
81 L.
of goods amounting to S535, every dollar of
which was paid cash down. On the same
day the same firm also sold merchant from
Florida twenty-five barrels of -four, besides
other things, in one lot.
During ahe year 1887 there was measured
at the public boom in DaIien 1919 RATS,
numbering So, l65 pieces of square timber;
l,977 RATS, numbering 81 ,397 pieces of scab
timber, and ia RATS, numbering Is, 1873
pieces OF sawn timber. Total, 500 RATS,
numbering 121, sos pieces.
There is a man in Warren county, good
conversationalist, worth at least $l5, 600
who since the war has not combed his hair,
nor shot gun, nor wet a fish-hook, nor
worn starched shirt or collar or cravat,
nor had Sunday suit of clothes, nor voted
for President, except Cleveland
At Atlanta te,?, are twenty-seven retail
liquor houses to whom licenses have been
been reported 2res IA sorably, which will
make the numtsc fl Ay-s Eight retail
beer licenses hive been granted, one whole
sale beer NJ four wholesale liquor licenses
The following items are from Faceville:
The farmers are busy preparing to plant
Stock is in good condition generally and
farm work is progressing rapidly The
handsome dwelling of Mr. North is about
complete and is the prettiest little house in
town Mr.. North is just from Michigan
and is well pleased with Southwest Georgia.
S. s. Moore is adding considerable machin-
cry to his saw mill; he has recently pnt in a
shingle, saw and moding machine. Donal-
son & Gibson have done large winter trade
S.W. Babbitt has built new garden. H. T.
Postan and Miss Martin were quietly mar
ried Wednesday by Rev. G. J. Cartlege
DR.. Hand, who has been very ill with
rheumatism for some time, is slowly
improving. Mr.. Dixon, from near
Quincy, Fla, has moved to the Dickin-
son mansion. The Methodist Episcopal
church is complete and is a very good house,
and hereafter there will be regular service
once a month. The Farmers Alliance is
perfecting its trade arrangements through
out this and Gadsden county; the alliance
seems IN ha q GOOD thing for tho far,,,are