The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Killed and Several Crippled at On,
Shot-The Paddock OF Early County.
First Jail.
GEORGIA.
Seven babies were born in and immadi
ately near Dawson on Monday of las
week.
At West Point, Friday, Harrington Bros
were appointed receivers for the Alabama
and Georgia Manufacturing Company.
The Greensboro Herald and Journal Il
out in twelve-page paper. Greensboro has
reason TO be proud of her weekly, for It's
issues are always good.
There are about a dozen turpentine stills
in Efiiugham, ard the average product Of
each will be about 500 barrels Of spirits and
1900 barrels Of rosin each.
The saw mill of A. P. Shearouse e. Bro.
In Efingham county, was destroyed by fire
on Wednesday morning last. The damage
will reach about 500, but the mill will be
ready for business again in two weeks
s. S. Tison will ship about 800 barrels of
spirits and 1000 barrels of rosip from his
Guvton still, and 625 barrels of spirits and
$500 barrels of rosin from the stlll of Tison
d Mallory, at Sisters ferry, this season.
Lexington already sees the good effects of
her railroad project. Offers are coming in
from every hand for property for which
there has heretofore been 10 sale whatever.
Several vacant lots are being sought for by
parties who want to build.
Capt J. NJ McAfee is making arrange
ments TO put in operation a large and first
class tannery at his distillery, two miles from
Canton. This will make five tan-yards for
Canton, and all of them seem to be doing
large and profitable bu mess.
Col. r. b. Nisbet of Eatonton possesses a
horse that has already fine reputation as
a PAGER. H made it the other morning, with
out any preliminary preparation, but after
having been driven out into the country,
where his owner had gone to see patient,
in 2:2O.
DR.. Harrison Of Chauncey has quite
curiosity. 1t is boar's tusk that had grown
in a perfectly circular shape, the point re-
turning and entering the jaw just at the
root of the tuSk, making the circle com
plete. 1t is about seven or eight inches in
circumference.
A negro hand on the Americas, Preston
and Lumpkin road came near being killed,
Thursday, at Williford. He was under a
car fixing a bumper when the engineer
backed down on him, the brake beam Just
passing over his back and feet, scratching
him up pretty badly.
There were only four negro votes polled
at Pineville, Marion county, out OF a negro
voting population of l22 Two of the four
votes pClled were cast for Andrews, and
they were cast by two colored men who
walked from Buena Vista to Pineville to
help Andrews out at that precinct.
Work on the new Baptist church at Cal
houn is progressing rapidly. Thereof is on
and the walls sheeted and ready for the
Misunderstanding. The building is 40 feet
wide by 90 long, and will contain a
haptistry and two dressing rooms in the
rear. The seating capacity is about 500.
Moke Arnold of Crawford comes forward
as having made the biggest shot on record,
on Thursday of last week. A gang of ducks
had settled on his fish pond, aud taking his
gun, he crept to the waters edge and emptied
both barrels at them. A count showed that
be had killed fourteen of the fowls and
crippled several more.
Mrs. J. w. Spence of the Hilton sta
ton neighborhood, of Early county, has
when she broke very large egg for cook
ing purposes, instead of the customary
double yolk, she was surprised to see a
small egg with a complete shell come out
with the regular meat of the egg.
A Jewish fair, on an ex extensive scale, is
now being arranged for, at Atlanta, the first
two weeks IN December. The fair is to be
given for the purpose Of raising money to
furnish the B'Nai Birth orphan ASYLUM.
building, and think that a big fair in At
lanta will be a success. The leading Jewish
ladies of the city have the affair in hand
People passing along Fourth street, near
the express Office, at Macon, Friday, saw
leaning against a tree a number of marble
slabs, with inscriptions. They had the ap-
pearance of having been taken from some
OH graveyard, and, attracted considerable
attention. The inscriptions were the names
Of RahaOn0 toll x.yifo 1T ~ I
and four children, and after each was an
appropriate epitaph. All of them died dur
ing and between the years lS4S and 1851.
The postal authorities of Atlanta had
curiosity Friday. Some person, whose
credit with his washwoman was excellent.
but who did not stand as well at the sta
toners, found it necessary to use the mails
as medium of communication with a
friend. He had evidently learned at school
the efficacy OF cuff notes" Taking a we'll
ironed cuff, of regulation size, he put a Q
cent stamp and the address on one side and
his message on the other. When last heard
of, the cuff was going merrily on to its des-
tination.
Fort Valley has one of the most domestic
set OF councilmen extaut One of them
gives out his own meals, attends to his own
housekeeping and does his own patching
and darning. One does the milking for his
family, draws all the water for culinary
purposes, and makes the fires Another
sweeps the yard, works the garden, attends
the flowers, makes fires and dusts off the
furniture while the fourth is his own
porter, carries his groceries home himself,
attends his own horse and makes himself
generally useful about the house.
The Greene county colt show will be held
next Friday. The sun says that within the
past two years 200 colts have been foaled in
that county. 1t is safe to estimate these
colts at as each-many Of them will sell for
500. This would be SIS, 900 saved in that
length of time. But this does not comprise
all of them from 2 TO 4 years of age The
number will doubtless reach 500 at an
average of 800 each. or fully $45, 600 This
amount of money has been saved to the
county, for esq colts will take the places
of others which would have been brought
from Tennessee and Kentucky at fancy
prices
Paul Springer, lcolored,l had desperate
fight with mad dog while at work in a
field near Buena Vista few days ago. The
negro had nothing in his hand to defend
himself, as the Infatuated animal pounced
upon him unawares. and the fight was des-
perate one and in close quarters. The
Negroes clothing was torn and one hand and
arm was terribly lacerated by the dogs
teeth. After long struggle Paul finally
caught the dog by the throat and, with the
strength that such a situation will give a
man, he choked the mad animal TO death
II H. /.