The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN Lincoln county w
Woman's Husband Not Dead Yet
Conyers on a Boom.
GEORGIA.
Rev. H. G. Edenhel1 is a candidate Tor
Representative from Scriven county.
In the wear lust passed the Ordinary of
Whitfield county issued l@1 marriage
licenses.
The real estate business in Guyton has
been lively this week; several lots having
changed hands
The City Council of Dawson has fixed the
liquor license at $50 and the license for
druggists at $50.
Rev. T. 7. Christian and family have
moved 10 Guytou, and are occupying the
district parsonage.
There seems TO be no doubt that the Full
ton County Commissioners will stand by
their s. 900 liquor license.
John Buntz, who ran an intelligence
bureau at Atlanta is under arrest, charged
with swindling people in search OF work.
B. S. McCranie, one of the Oldest business
men of Ty-Ty has sold out his merchandise
to James O'Conner and T. A. Davis, the
transfer having been made Monday.
At Conyers Wednesday the city fathers
for the year 1855 were duly installed, aud
they elected r. j. Gwinn Clerk, and j. n.
Henderson and w. B. Smith Marshals.
Winton Sowell, a son of w. f. Sowell,
over in the Fork in Scriven county, killed
five wild turkeys at one shot last Monday
morning. There were only seven in the
flock
The following subscriptions are said to
have been obtained Wednesday toward
starting prohibition daily in Atlanta: G,
T. Dodd. 5000; c. f. Boynton, 5000
Philip Dodd, s., 600.
Harry Scott IF EDnaOua1 county D,ada
800 bushels of oats on six acres of land last
spring. He put one ton of guano on them
He says guano will pay Oh oats. These
oats were sowed the latter part Of Feb
/. airy.
Coleman g. Parks and w. F. Ford, of Ty-
Ty, started all the box cutters they could
muster Monday morning to the wild woods
of Colquitt county TO begin anew the cut
ting of new turpentine timber for this sea-
sons run.
A prominent gentleman of Kentucky is
prospecting with a view TO establishing a
blooded stock farm near Dalton If he de
cIdes to locate in Whitfield county he will
purchase about 600 acres of good grass land
for hls farm
J. D. Jones, of BlalIely, has a pipe that he
gave one of the boys in blue chew of
tobacco for, between the breastworks in
front of Petersburg in August, 1864. He
smokes it rs the pipe of peace.
There has been more trading in real
estate at COnyers during the past two
months than there has been. probably, in
the last ten years, and it is said that the
population has been increased fully three
hundred within three months.
T. L. James, to whom was let the con-
tract of constructing the Atlanta and
Florida Railroad to Fort Valley, is building
n fOr bp 81 Il vii
1t is probable that the road will be com
pleted TO that point in the near future.
At Ellaville Tuesday was the day for the
election of a new Mayor and City Council
but as there were no candidates out there
was no election; therefore the town is with
out a Mayor, Col |. n Mott, the late
Mayor, having moved to his plantation.
difficulty occurred at Woodclif last
Monday week between Bud Burke and p
a. Mock, during which several shots were
fired at Burke by Mock, none of which took
effect There was a crowd standing around
at the time. and it Is a matter of wonder
that none of them were hit
Dawson is steadily growing and new faces
are seen upon the streets every day. and
brick store houses and residences are being
built. air. Fouche, formerly of the Hawk
lnsville Dispatch, has hougat out the inter
est OF 5, Il. Jordan i'll the Dawson Journal,
a13 he and Mr.. Rainey will run it.
At Ellaville Wednesday Harris mill was
burned down. This property has been in
litigation for the last twenty years, and is
still. The administrators are seeking TO re-
cover it of Mrs. NJ. +. Hart, and will object
20 the insurance money being paid to Mrs
NJ. E. Hart. The mill was fully insured.
At Lexington Tuesday 700 acres of land
of j. F. Drake was sold under mortgage in
favor of Hodgson Bros. of Athens. MeSsrs
Hodgson Bros. bought tho land for 81 400
Some lands belonging to the estate of
George w. Young, deceased, was sold for
about So per acre at administrators sale
In the Superior Court of Floyd county
last September, Henry Johnson, a young
man, IS years old, was convicted of an
assault with intent to commit rape, and SEN
fenced to the penitentlary for term of
years A petition signed by large num-
Der of the citizens of Floyd county has been
presented to the Governor asking pardon.
John Addington, an old landmark who
walked into AdairSville ofteu-a distance
| of two Iniles-was on the streets Wednes-
day, in as good spirits as usual Between
9 and O'Clock he arrived at his home, COM
planning somewhat. Going TO the bed he
laid down, and before his family was aware
of anything wrong with him, he was dead.
The tax collector has completed his list of
registered voters and there are ,00l white
1867 for the county. The negro is rapidly
dropping out in Oglethorpe county as a
political factor, in consequence of his failure
TO pay taxes. There are 600 or zoo of them
now disqualified by non-payment of taxes
The Appropriation Committee of the Au.
gusta Council has finished the work of ar.
ranging appropriations for the different de
partments under the city government for
the current year. The bridge will be free
the fire department will be improved, the
sewer will be constructed the canal and
dam will be repaired, taxes will be reduced
no special levy will be made and the floating
debt will be cut down $4,000.
Mrs. Henry Waters, Jr., who reside,
about six miles above Sylvania, had her
right arm severely cut by gin on Wednes
day of last week She had gone out to heir
her husband with his work, and while feed.
ing the gin got her arm against the saws in
some way and it was badly gashed between
the elbow and wrist. Dr. A. D. Lewis was
called, and it took more than forty stitches
to close the wounds.
The farmers held meeting in the court
house at Lexington Thursday and passed q
resolution requesting all the farmers of the
county to form an alliance to plant more
corn and small grain, raise all possible sup
rlies and plant less cotton and endeavor to
raise an abundance of provisions The meet
ing adjourned to meet again on the frs,