The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-09

Atlanta - Stonecutters' strike at
Stone Mountain-A Singing Well at
Macon.
GEORGIA.
Flovilla is to have a newspaper
The Covington Male Academy is still
without teacher.
Gus Coleman, Of Emanuel county, died
near Midwife Monday.
Mai J. F. Hanson will speak on the tariff
issue at Macon Saturday.
The Salvation Army has raised the siege
of Monroe and has attacked Social Circle.
Over 900 tons of cotton seed were
shipped from Coyington during the past
fall
Six families, consisting of thirty persons,
bound for Arkansas, left Clarkesville Tues
day.
Columbus will establish home for
orphan boys. At least, the indications point
that way.
A call has been issued for the board Of
trustees of the University to meet in Ath-
ems, Feb II.
At Forsyth Ponder & Ensign have pur-
chased the stock of furniture and interest
of J. J. Leary.
James T. Corley says he viii soon want
$500 cross ties for the first mile of the street
railroad at Covington.
Mrs L. D. Rumph, of Fort Valley. has a
hen egg the exact measurement of which Is
10 inches one way and inches the other
w. L. Knight, of Sandersville, was struck
in the eve with the end of a plank by step
ping on it Friday last and was badly hurt.
The two large old oak trees in front of
the Pitts House in Covington were cut
down last week They were probably about
200 years old.
At Sandersville James D. Newman has
associated with him in business 1sador W.
Newman, under the firm name of J. D.
Newman & Bro.
The first quarterly conference Of the
Mount Vernon circuit, Methodist Episcopal
church South, will be held at Mount Vernon
March II and Is.
C. Munroe, of Tallapoosa, sold a lot 80
feet front on Head avenue for $500. About
three years ago he bought the same piece Of
property for Sl6 80.
A new church ediflce, to cost $1,000 is to
be erected by the Baptist congregation at
Albany. The MethodiSts are to build one
equally as handsome.
The City Council Of Macon voted Monday
not to grant a request that the State Fair
Association be allowed TO held its exhibit
at Augusta this year.
A rumor comes from Washington TO the
effect that c. A Niles, late of Atlanta is to
go to that city as the representative of the
Columbus EHqltirerSln
A. J. Goings, who was indicted by the
grand jury for the killing of Willie Hand,
near Forsyth has been arrested in Ala
bama and delivered to Sheriff King at
Forsyth.
The Young Mems Library Association of
Rome is preparing TO give a fair of unusual
magnitude. Ii wiz open on the night of St
Valentines day with grand carnival and
mask ball
Stephen Fulghum will soon commence
work on Morris Happs' residence at San
dersville The building will have thirteen
rooms, with all the modern improvements
of the day
Near Townsville Monday, r. B. Mardre
captured hawk that made dive at some
prey in a field where the grass was on fire
and got his wing feathers completely
burned Off
At Sandersville a day or two ago the
little son Of John Gordon (colored had his
'hand badly damaged by holding some dyna.
mite between his fingers and touching q
match 20 it.
The latest news from St Simons Island
is that a company has leased ground neal
the lower mill aud will erect at once cedar
mill. j. +. Young is now negotiating fol
cedar timber
r. Fl. Jones & Sons, of Gainesville, viii
increase their capital stock to $4,000, and
will be thus put in shape to manufacture
wagons, and all manner OF vehicles, in com
petition with the world.
At Townsville George Fearn has sold tC
z. Brennan, of st. Paul, twelve and hall
acres adjoing Magnolia Park. Mr.. Bren
nan will build a handsome house on tn,
place for a winter home.
B. B. Russell, ST., an old citizen of Au
gusta, and for years past Secretary of the
Board of Trustees of the Augusta Free
School, was stricken with paralysis at hi.
home, at a late hour Sunday night.
At cambridge the still of Powell Bros
the turpentiners, west of the river was de
stroyed by fire a few days ago The loss Is
$500. They think it was robbed and then
burned to destroy the evidence of the crime
Sheriff J. D. McGregor, of Montgomery
county, killed one dozen cartridges at d
single shot with one barrel of his gun last
Saturday morning, and Col. G. D. Louc
killed eleven at a single shot the morning
before.
There was a fire on Sunday afternoon il
the bed room of Mrs M l.. White, in the
old Clark building, corner of Hill and
Broadway, at Griffin, but it was extin
guished without general alarm and with
out much damage.
At Augusta Tuesday lot with improve
Tnents on the south side of Greene street
between Center and Ebert streets, leviec
on as the property of John W. Wallace
was sold TO II. Fl. Hickman for the Augusts
Orphan Asylum for $500.
Adjt. Gen. Kell has received replies from
seventeen out of the twenty-five member
of the Governors staff, stating that the,
would accompany him to Savannah on the
occasion of the unwilling of the Jasper
monument, which occurs Feb. %
Ths morning train on the Rome railroad
due at Rome at IL o'clock Tuesday morning
ran off the track about two miles from tn,
city. The rear passenger coach on the train
was turned over ON its side. No one wa
seriously injured, but several were badly
bruised.
At Milledgeville, Monday, Christian
& Smith, druggists, made an assignment
The liabilities are $1,000 and the asset
1920. H. c. Jones, of Atlanta, brother
jn-law of the senior partner, is the assigned
and will close out the business and effect 1
settlement with the creditors of the firm.
Monday morning Washington street, Au
gusta, was blocked by two trains forcin.
each other and both claiming the right 0
way The affair was reported, and Tues
day morning Recorder Dunbar fined Engi
neer Kelly 81 so and Engineer Gleason
S5l 80 for violating the ordinance govern
ing the matter
r. L. CAN'T has just returned from al
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