The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

E. Johnston Invited TO Denver a
Memorial Day Grafton at Cassville.
GEORGIA.
Whitfield county is out Of debt and has
money in the treasury.
The timbers are being placed for the new
cedar mill at st. Simon's.
The foundations are laid, at st. Simons,
for five or six new cottages
The wheat crop in Houston county will
be comparative failure this year.
Oracle Henry. of Spring Place, is only /
years of age and weighs $50 pounds.
Maj. s. Frank Warren, of Atlanta, will
have charge of the St. Simon's hotel
Ebert Pagan is not in the legislative race
in Hamilton county this year on account of
poor health.
J. o. Truman lost two fingers at St.
Simons, Wednesday, by putting his hand
too near saw.
The rails are being very rapidly laid on
the St Simon's railroad from the ocean
docks to the hotel.
own, with Editor Huff, of the Wrightsvlle
headlight, as manager.
The handsome two-story building which
is to contain the Library Hall, at st.
Simons, is nearing completion.
A citizen near Eastman has become the
happy father of tliplets-al boys-thell'
aggregate weight being p u pounds.
The church, school house and parsonage
have been purchased by the Mill Company,
and now St Simons has union church.
Dinah Sellers (colored) of Baxley, dan
gerously cut another negress, a day or two
ago, who was too intimate with her hus-
band.
The name of the Gtfm Creek post Office
h0ch aa a1 +s,( a.
railroad station. This change will take
effect after 1st July.
Norman Dodge will soon begin the cree
ton Of a beautiful villa, costing not less
than 81, 600 or $l5, 900 in the park fronting
Mr. Fuller's residence.
Mrs. Mittie Giddens attempted suicide at
Eastman, a day or two ago, by shooting
herself. She is not in her right mind and
will be sent to the State Lunatic Asylum
The union and dedication meeting at
Hopeful Baptist Church, in the western
portion of Mitchell county, on last Friday
Saturday and Sunday was largely attic nded
The first whistle of the cotton factory at
Gainesville was heard in October last, and
on April lst at which time the stockholders
held meeting, a dividend of over II per
cent was declared.
There is some talk of the erection of a
beautiful chapel by the Episcopalians of st.
Simons, near the steamboat docks. on
lovely lot given by the company in part ex-
change for the old church.
At Athens the Demosthenian Society
holds its prize contest for best debater next
Saturday, and thirteen contestants are in
the field. Dr. EuStaee Speer, Col. Cooper
Pope and Prof. Branson have been selected
as judges.
The adjourned term of the Dooly Supe-
-iO WaIn
Crawford Lindsay for the killing of his
cousin, James Lindsay, was called but post
poned until Thursday, on account of an
absent witness.
Another effort is being made to compel
the Land Title Warranty and Safe Deposit
Company, of Atlanta to furnish the ordi-
nary of Fulton county with copies from
their abstracts of certain county records
that were stolen.
John L. Palmond, First Lieutenant of
the Piedmont Rifles of Gainesville, has been
appointed Paymaster of the Ninth Bat
talon Georgia Volunteers, and DR.. James
w. Bailey, Surgeon, by Lieut. Col William
f. James, of Elberton.
James Bishop, Jr, of Eastman, has been
appointed one of the two delegates from
Georgia to represent her Bar ASsoc ton IN
convention of the United States Bar As
ISOLATION which convenes in Washington,
II. ~ dU al early udy.
Gould g. Adams have just closed con-
tract to deliver to the St Simon's Hotel
Company 100000 feet of LUMBER for tho
erection of twenty cottages-ten above to
the northward and ten to the southwark of
the hotel along the beach.
w. II. Culpepper, owning and running q
large grlst mill and gin interest at Camilla
has sold his twenty power and eouip
ments and will replace them very soon with
a tfty-horse power, a crusher and four cot
ton gins, instead of two, as heretofore.
James M. Hopkins residence at Palmetto
was totally destroyed by fire Thursday
morning at $3.50 o'clock. The loss is S2. 5Oj.
The origin of the fire is unknown 1t broke
out first in the cooking department, which
was connected with the main building,
The foreman Of the grand jury that re-
turned true bill against Charles j. Gut
teau, the murderer Of President Garfield. is
permanent resident of Eastman. His
name is Caleb Churchman, of the popular
saw mill firm of Churchman e. Williams.
While rummaging about in a box OF old
plumber at Americus Wednesday, w. B. F.
Oliver, the tailor, found an old purse con-
tanning $40 that he lest one nj ht several
years ago. Mr.. Oliver thought the purse
had been stolen and gave it up as lost long
ago.
Maj. Robert Slappey, of Twiggs county,
has record of which no man, perhaps. in
the State can boast. He is now in his 18th
year, and for the past IS years he has at
tended every session of the Superior Court
of his county but one. Allthis long period
he has enjoyed almost perfect health.
Frederick Pfetfer, jolly unnaturalized
German, who conducts general store in
New Town, a suburb of Gainesville. near
the Richmond and Danville railroad depot
has bad case of big head. He tips the
beam at 240 pounds, and his head calls for a
No. hat. Not being able to get a fit i'm
stock, he orders them in half dozen lots.
All kinds OF business men are seeking
openings and buying lots at Vienna. now
that the Savannah and Columbus railroad
is assured. This road will cross the Georgia.
Southern and Florida at Vienna aud in.
sures the rapid growth Of Vienna to the
proportions OF city. Vienna needs a den
tist; some one to make brick, and an ice
factory.
Col. G. d. Forsyth died at Rome Thurs
day after lingering illness. He was for
many years prominent lawyer and poll
tician, having bravely served in the Con
federate army. When the war was over lac
espoused the Repu hlican cause. He was
solicitor-general Of the Rome circuit, elect.
ed on the Republican ticket, and four years
ago Republican candidate for Congress from
this district.
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