The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-04
GEORGIA.

The recent heavy rains damaged five
bridges in Washington county.
Hon. w. J. Northeu, President of the
State Agricultural Society, spoke at San
dersv1lle yesterday.
Capt John Dent, of Knoxville, has
bought an improved brick machine, and will
begin to manufacture soon.
Atlanta barber shops are now allowed to
keep open on Sunday, the City Council
having exempted them from the closing or
dinance.
There is project on foot to have dis
trict parsonage at Sandersville. A part of
the Methodist church lot will probably be
used 10 build it on.
Reidsville Enterprise: Some of the re-
cent acts of the Sheriff of Tattnall county
are being commented on. We will turn on
the light next week.
Gordon Smith came near losing his resi-
dence, about three miles from Sandersville,
one day last week, by bed in one of the
rooms catching on fire.
At Augusta Denning & Co., CONNECTION
ers, were closed Monday by Sheriff Daniel
under foreclosure of a mortgage held by
John Doroher for g., 900.
The Washington county temperance con-
vention met yesterday morning in the court
house to appoint delegates to the conven-
ton to be held in Atlanta April 25.
At Rome Monday, in the Superior Court,
Isaac Waldrop, white man about 50 years
old, plead guilty to bigamy, and was SEN
fenced to three and half years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Mrs. 2. T. Harris, of Knoxville, has a
sewing machine that has done faithful
service for fourteen years. The needle has
not worn out nor broken, but does good
work now.
Several citizens Of Tattnall county report
the finding of clothing papers, plaster,
shingles, wall paper and other things sup
posed to have been conveyed considerable
distances by the late cyclone
Mrs. John Bell lost a three-room house at
Tennille, last Wednesday, by fire. The
house was occupied by William Wood, who
says he thinks the fire was caused by the
children playing in the closet.
Two negroes became involved in a quar-
rel the latter part of last week at the rail
road camps near Blakely and one of them
shot the other so badly that he has since
died from his injuries. The murderer
escaped.
State Treasurer Hardeman was kept busy
Monday answering letters asking about the
S1,9OOOO0 worth of AZ per cent. bonds
which are to be issued by the State during
this year. The time for issuing these bonds
has not yet been determined upon.
A reward of S240 has been offered by the
citizens of Harrison for the arrest, with
proof to convict, of the murderer of Bob
Jenkins, (colored) who was cruelty muir
dered at hat place March "a, and the house
burned over bis dead body to hide the deed
Crawford Douglass, an old negro we'll
digger, went into a well on ID. d. StultZs
place, five miles from Bainbridge, Friday,
to clean it out. The we'll caved in, burying
him under 20 feet of earth. Parties endeav-
ored to rescue him, but after days hard
digging gave it up.
Recently two members of the Reidsvills
Cornet Band were making the day hideous
with their horns behind one of the stores
when an old gentleman from the country
approached, and peering at them from the
corner of the house, said: "Well, I'll de-
clare, thought it was some ungreased
carts coming"
Frank l.. HARRISON, the State Librarian,
was arrested at Atlanta Monday and car
ried to the station house, charged with
larceny. He took watch from the jewelry
store of Abraham Fry, which he claims the
latter offered to trade him for a colt Frv
denies that he made the trade. The whole
affair is more a misunderstanding than
anything else.
E. ]. Croach, of Chicago, who is CON
nected with the large pork packing firm of
e. Z; u. Armour q Co, has just purchased
500 acres of cultivated land just back of
Thompson. The price paid is unknown,
and what use Mr. Croach will make Of it is
also kept a secret 1t is understood, how
ever, that Mr.. Croach purchased the land
for Armour 81 Co.
W. c. Lovett, of Shady Dale, one of the
largest farmers IN Jasper county, says his
well had Is feet of water in it before the
recent earthquake. few DAYS afterward
it was found that the water had risen 10
feet, and it has continued at &c feet ever
since. 1t is supposed that the earthquake
widened the crevices through which the
water flowed into the well.
At Macon to-day tho general secretaries
of Georgia will meet in conference at the
Young Mems Christian Association rooms.
This conference Is to discuss the Georgia
work from a secretarial standpoint. Papers
relating 20 every department. of association
work will be read and discussed The CON
vention will open Thursday afternoon in
the First Presbyterian church, where all
the business sessions will be held.
Anderson Taylor, an aged colored man,
living on Mrs. Summerln's plantation.
was killed by the engine of passenger train
No q near the 131 mile post on the Cen
trial railroad, last Friday. The engineer
first discovered the old man walking by the
side Of the track and blew signal whistle,
when the man, in presumed confusion
stepped upon the rails, and in another mo-
ment he was struck and instantly killed.
A couple Of prominent farmers of Sumter
were in Americas Saturday, and during the
morning became involved in a dispute re-
garding some settlement between them
selves. BY mutual consent they went alone
together to a quiet alley, where, unobserved
by the unfeeiing populace, they proceeded
to settle their difficulty in a fistic encounter
of the true Suliivan-M Mitchell style. One of
the champions was knocked out in the first
round, and failing to come to time in the
second, the bloodless battle was quickly
brought to a close.
At Atlanta Monday a wild steer, the
property of II. c. Sawtell, the butcher,
created quite a stampede among the citizens
of Peters street. The steer escaped from a
stock pen on that street, and as soon as he
became convinced that he had the freedom
of the city before him be commenced TO
charge about in every direction. Several
people were knocked down by the animal.
A small boy was horned very painfully. and
negro man who had taken refuge behind
telegraph pole was charged upon by the
wild steer. One Of his bands was caught
between the steers horns and the telegraph
pole and badly mashed. The animal was
finally killed in the rear Of Coroner Haynes
residence by Sam Mcdonald, who shot it
with shotgun loaded with buckshot