The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Near Sumner-Exciting Experience
of Three Prominent Women on a
Lark at Louisville.
GEORGIA
Work is going ahead on the Sam Jones
Female College at Gainesville.
] D. Dollars house, near Bainbridge, was
burned day or two ago with all It's con-
tents
Every station platform between Atlanta
aud Baxey is lined with cotton ready for
shipment and waiting transportation.
Oconees new court house is about ready
for occupancy. Ii Is rumored that the
county commissioners will not accept the
court house.
This has been one Of the dullest weeks in
trade Americas has had since the season
opened. But the farmers are all busy get
ting out the staple.
The outfit, good will and patronage of the
Edylv Co1,ltu Netcs, Blakely, is offered for
sac The paper has been running fer
twenty-eight years.
Griffin Sun: There arc 1000 farmers in
the eight counties around Griffin who might
each subscribe s25 toward bagging factory
10 be erected at that place. What say you
farmersi
At Augusta, Friday, Edward Brown,
whose feet were crushed by the Georgia
railroad two years ago and who sued for
5000, was given a verdict for $4,000 in the
superior court.
Mrs. Jones, a widow of cambridge, living
near the depot at that place, shot aud badly
wounded a negro who was stealing from
her vegetable patch a night or two ago.
The negro will not die.
William H. Farmer Of Rockton, Ill, who
purchased several hundred acres of land
from Judge Park, near Greensboro, last
spring, arrived this week, ard will devo o
himself to It's thorough cultivation.
J. j. Branch, the champion fox hunter of
Ocouee county, has caught since Aug. l,
this year, twenty-seven foxes, eleven red
and sixteen gray ones. Mr.. Branch has one
of the finest pack of fox hounds in the state.
A large bottling work is to be started in
Rome in a few days. The location has
already been selected, and will be on Fifth
avenue near j. A. Bales store. Soda water
mineral waters. ginger ale, etc, will be
Dotted
Last Sunday the ginnery at Sandy Cross.
belonging to T. r. johnson and others, was
entirely destroyed by fire, together with
eighteen bales of cotton in seed. Eighteen
bales which had been ginned and packed
were also destroyed or badly damaged.
E. B. Waters, of the Elmira cotton mills
at Reynolds, previously reported is to put
in additional machinery, will spend $20,OOO
to $25, 900 in improvements, including an
electric light plant. He will organize as
she Taylor Manufacturing Company, with
capital stock OF $4,000
Some one broke into J. g.. Spurlin &
Co.'s store at Sycamore the early part of
the week and robbed it of about 800 worth
of goods and q small amount of cash. There
was about $500 in registered letters lying
within - inches of where the thief took
some pocket-knives that were not molested
Peter Armstrong (colored) was shot and
killed on the outskirts of Summer Tuesday
night Nothing Is known about the circum-
stances of the killing, as the public was not
aware of the crime until the corpse was
found Wednesday morning. Armstrong
was gambler, and had been released from
fail only two months before.
N. H. Woodward, who lives near McKib-
ben, In Butts county, says that a bear, on
whose neck a chain is fastened, has recently
made several visits to his place. When he
made his last visit, which was last week, he
choked dog to death, which belonged to a
negro who lived near by. 1t is presumed
that it is a pet bear, and that he made his
escape from his owner.
The steam grist mill, gin and cane mill,
with five bales of cotton, belonging to Brun
& Bro, situated about four miles from
Dawson, was burned Thursday at noon.
The fire is supposed to have originated from
the engine. When first discovered, the fire
was seen dropping from the condenser, and
fu a remarkably short while the whole
room was abaZe. The loss is estimated at
about "a 600, with no insurance.
The superior court convenes at Black
shear tomorrow. Among other cases COM
ing up in court is that of Mrs. Faircloth
against the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad for the killing of her husband
in the memorable wreck near Blackshsar
last spring She has not lived with her
husband for fifteen years before he was
killed. Her husband was living with
another wife, and the railroad company
COMPROMISED with her for a satisfactory
sum.
A few night ago P. B. Hursey, who lives
six miles from Cuthbert, was awakened by
the violent barking of his dog in the direc-
ton Of his cane patch. As there had been
several raids made upon his cane he picked
up his gun and ran 10 the patch Hearing
q noise be fired the gun toward it, when the
raider leaped the fence and left hurriedly.
Going to the place where he leaped the
fence, Mr.. Hursey found thirty fine stalks
of cane, cut and stripped, and hat. The
owner of the hat has since boon found.
On Saturday morning last, people on
Broad street, Watklnsville. were some
what surprised at seeing a wild duck flying
swiftly down this thoroughfare When the
duck reached the public well it made SHARP
turn and few directly against the hotel
which impeachment stopped it, and it fell
almost lifeless to the ground. Upon seeing
the duck fall pointer dog made a breaI
for it, but before the canine reached it, the
duck arose and resumed its fight out Null
berry street in straight direction for the
Oconee river.
One night last week three prominent
society women Of Louisville in disguise
went around town begging for something
TO eat and lodging. They claimed to b'
from Florida, refugees from yellow fever
and in very destitute circumstances. The,
continued their tramp around town un
molested, getting a few scraps and kline
words of sympathy until they reached th'
house of the gentleman who sells collins
He wanted no yellew fever refugees loafins
around him, but rather to lay them to rest
With pistol IN hand he fastened and over
took them, and it is said they were quick b
give full history of themselves.
travelling salesman for an America
firm had very narrow escape from dealt
from pistol shot day or two since Will
out on the Americas, Preston and Lumpkii
road. The train was stopping at q SINAI
station. and our drummer friend was stand
ing outside next to the rear car, hold
ing on TO the platform. A passen
ger upon the inside became incenset
Mt a darky and drew his pistO