The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-07
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEOEGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

The Levee Project for Rome - A
Horse Almost Maddened by Flies.
GEORGIA.
O. W. Hemphill, of Wilkes county, died
Thursday.
The fitting up of building for Griffin's
broom factory will begin to-day.
The colored Epscopalians of Augusta
will let the contract to-day for So, 900
church.
Predictions are made that car load of
melons will be shipped from Quitman on
June S.
The Variety Works at Marshallvile are
running every day They are now turning
out crates and collins.
There appears to be a scarcity of new
houses in Athens to meet the demand of
persons DESTROYS of moving there.
A seining party caught a carp last
Wednesday in Rocky creek, Wilkes county.
that weighed twelve pounds. 1t was 20
inches long
The Democrats of Walker county will
meet at Lafayette, Saturday. for the pur-
pose of selecting delegates to attend the
State convention in Atlanta.
The negro boy, Andrew Patterson, who is
in Jail at Quitman for killing Lucius
Williams some months ago, will probably
be tried for his life at the coming session Of
the Superior Court.
Friday large four-horse wagonoad of
corn In the ear, and pulled by four sleek fat
mules, was sent into Americas from
Sumter county plantation and Sold the
owner having a surplus.
Saturday the morning train on the Ameri-
Gus, Preston and Lumpkin brought into
Americas sixty-three big cotton bales from
the Stewart county plantation of $ p. Kim
brough consigned to the several warehouses
In Americas.
In looking over the list of the member
ship of leading congregation in Athens
the other day it was found that out Of
thirty-six families twelve were divided,
either husband or wife being q member of
some other church.
Capt. Bradeen states that about twenty
miles of the Macon aud Athens raj road have
been graded between Madison and Athens
and that cars will be running into Athens
about July1. The entire distance of twenty
eight miles is graded with the exception of
few short gaps.
1t is reported that the Americas, Preston
and Lumpkin survey from Louvale to the
Chattah0Oohee river at CheSnut's landing
has been completed, and the route is lust
seven and tive-eighths miles long, Another
survey will probably be made to some other
point on the river.
The adjourned term of Rockdale Superior
Court left unfinished most of the business
on hand last week. Judge Gleaton being
interested in many of the cases on the
docket, and being unable to attend, it vas
thought expedient 20 leave all the business
over to the regular term in August.
The editor of the Washington Gazette is
delegate to three conventions which meet
on three consecutive days this week-the
temperance convention, which meets at At
laDta, Tuesday, the Democratic convention
which meets at the same place. on Wednes-
day, and the press convention, which meets
at Canton on Thursday
About a year ago the post office at ALBANY
was entered by burglars, and the safe
robbed of something over 81 900 of the
funds of the government, and about S4OO
OF the private funds of the Postmaster.
Capt Y. G. Rust. Recently Congress
passed bill relieving Capt Rust of the
payment of the lost government funds.
A couple of negroes living ON the HUI
guenin plantation, near Americas ''fell
out and fit" day or two since, during
which one of them bit the oth9r's under lin
entirely off. The negro said that no did not
mind the loss of part of his lip as he had
entirely too much anyway and could get
along pretty well with what was left him,
A couple of gentlemen who were driving
immense swarm of horseflies, which com
pletely covered the animal and drove him
almost frantic. They were compelled to
get out of the buggy and go to the rescue of
the poor beast, and it took them some time
to beat the flies away with their hats and
coats.
AT the Goree HOUSE, at LAFAYETTE. on the
south side one of the piazza columns. made
of inch plank, is battle Scared. During
Pillows attack on Lafayette, June "a, 1854
Confederate soldier was using il as a shell
ter, as he joined in the fight. A ball from
gun fired from the north window of the
second story of the old court house passed
through it and killed him. The track of the
bullet as it passed through on its mission of
death can still be seen.
Major r. l.. Hoxie, United States En-
gineer in charge of rivers in Georgia, Ala
bama and Florida and who also has charge
OF the harbors at Pensacola and Apalachi-
cola, Fla, favors a levee as Romes surest
protection against floods. The two noun
tain rivers fill the CoOSa with more than H.
can discharge, aud, also, fill it faster. 1t is
the back water from this river that foods
Rome. levee properly built would keep
the water out of the city. The cost would
be about sec, 600.
At Townsville Friday Frank L. Wilson
walked into the millinery store of Miss
kate ColllnS, In the Mitchell House blQ,k
ana claimed to represent b. Altman q 10
one Of the leading houses of New York he
said his house wished to place line of their
fancy goods with some good party at
brownsville on consignment The house
he said, proposed to invoice the goods to the
party selected to handle them, tho sales to
be reported and accounted for monty. He
said the freight, insurance, packing and
carriage would amount to 50 or the bin of
goods they proposed to send en- consipn
ment, and this must be paid 10 the agent
Miss Collins paid the money, and it is now
believed that the man is a fraud. as one
making similar representations i'm other.
parts of the State has been proven to be
Some weeks ago family party of Wor-
leys passed through Lafayette. They were
from Tennessee, were tiamping it, and
were as poverty-stricken as men, women
and children ever get tJ be. With them
were their faithful dogs They stopped in
the lower edge of Walker county. in
Broomtown Valley, ard the men went TO
work. The women led abandoned lives.
and the house became the resort of
railroad hands. The citizens deter
mined to stamp the nest out They
gathered there "Wednesday night of last
week, armed with wythes. The dogs were
first shot All who were there, railroad
hands, men, women and children, shared in
the shower Of blows. Only one escaped.
One of the women, at the first alarm. saved