The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-07

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Real estate at Griffin is advancing in
price rapidly.
Waynesboro has not had a depot since
the fire of year or two ago.
Twenty-four houses are said to be in
course OF erection at Brunswick.
Columbus new directory gives the city
and suburbs population Of 10000.
At Macon the firm OF S. T. Coleman, Bur
den & solomon. has been dissolved.
At Augusta the King mill is adding 900
spindles and 176 looms to its capacity.
The military encampnent on St Simons'
Island will b. within half mile of the hotel.
DR.. c. F. Dixon. a dru ygist of Columbus,
died suddenly Wednesday night Of asthma.
Lafayette Smiths house near Cumming
has just been destroyed by fire. Everything
was lost
At Waycross a night or two ago a bur-
gler stole $50 worth of goods from R. G.
Vests house.
Ia Scriven county peaches and plums
have been almost completely destroyed by
the late freeze.
DR.. E. B. Terrell has been elected Mayor
OF Greenvile, defeating ". S Howell by
twelve majority.
Judge A c. Pate and R. c. Jordan, Of
1iawkinsville, have formed a copartuership
ia the law business.
Sam Jones contradicts the rumor that
Sam Small contemplates invading Georgia
with a mammoth prohibition tent"
Col Y. W. p Bacon ha, accepted the in
vitation of the Ladies Memorial Associa-
ton to deliver the address at Sandersville
April 26.
Alfred Bell (coloredl was badly bitten by
mad dog Wednesday. daughter of DR..
Willingham, of Crawford, was bitten on
the same day.
1t is said that an average of 900 dozen
eggs are shipped weekly from Shellman.
The aggregate returns would amount to
over 5000 yearly.
Work is progressing rapidly on the Ma
sonic temple at Augusta. The mansard
roof and the towers will be completed in
about three weeks.
II the City Light Guards, of Columbus,
do not organize in thirty days the Adjutant
General will ask the company TO give up
their arms and equipments.
Sam Small has made proposition to the
National Prohibition Committee TO do
evangelical work through the South in the
coming Presidential campaign.
At Athens the Salvation Army has taken
steps 10 present to the grand jury several
young men who, il is claimed, interfered
with the conduct of their meetings.
Capt. Malcolm McLane, of Savannah,
talks of reftting the King place, on the
southwestern suburbs of Griffin. and making
1t a summer residence for his family.
The sentence of Pompey Haynes tcoloredD,
convict in the penitentiary, sent from
Washington county, will expire on April
20 He is serving twenty years term.
W. L. Wells. a student at the State Uni
versity at Athens snatched child from
before rushing locomotive Thursday and
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tain death
The BARRIERS of Atlanta asked for closed
doors on Sunday, and the Mayor has granted
the request by vetoing the ordinance lust
passed by the Council permitting the shops
to be kept open.
The fruit prospect in Cherokee county has
been more or less blasted by the recent cold
snaps but, notwithstanding the great in
jury done, there will yet be considerable
peaches, plenty of apples and some other
fruit.
On Tuesday last Bosey Turner, the 12-
year-old son of George Turner, had two
fingers of his left hand cut off by circular
saw while engaged in setting head-bocks at
the mill of L. E. Pearce, about seven miles
from Hawknsville.
The fourth annual exhibition of the North
Georgia Fair Association will be held at
Athens Nov. 6, Z, s. 9 and TO- The directors
offer prizes for county exhibits as follows:
First premium, $3.50; second premium. 500.
third premium, $50.
At 1y-Ty Sunday three citizens living
Just outside of town engaged in rat killing
at the home of one of them, and after kill
ing all they could they proceeded TO count
when it was found that they had dispatched
sixty-eight Of the rodents.
For the month ending March 81. twenty
six vessels entered Brunswick, with a com
bined tonnage of 1885. OF these vessels
IA were banks, 9 were schooners, . were
briggs and one was an ocean steamer The
total amount collected by the harbor master
was $14.
The DeKalb County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee have called mass m aeting
of the party for the first Tuesday in Nav,
TO elect new Executive Committee for the
year and TO elect delegates to the State
convention, and to attend to any other
business that may be necessary.
Gov. Gordon has issued an order of par
don for John .. McHone, a convict of Dade
county. At the September term OF the
Superior Court Of Dade county McHone
was convicted Of misdemeanor and SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $50 and costs. or to
go TO the chain-gang for 10 months
Several Of the students who live outside
of the incorporate limits of Athens were
summoned to work the roads. They claim
bHdb stuienJS are exempt, DuU the OVefSeer
of the road claims that they have their
washing done in that county, and are there
fore residents. They will test the question.
The Columbus Water Works Comnanv
has adopted, for all future water contracts.
aud for existing contracts at the expiration
of quarter years, meter rates in all cases
where meters have been placed in position
previous TO the commencement of such
quarter years, except for city and fire pur-
poses.
At Albany the right TO lay track and run
street cars in all the streets of the city has
been granted, with certain restrictions, by
the City Council to the new company. II
isquite certain now that the cars will be
running in short time The first line will
be placed from the Union depot to the min
eral artesian well.
The Board of Commissioners of Gordon
county which met Monday decided to en-
ploy an architect 10 examine the walls of
the court mouse before taking final action
in regard to repairing or rebuilding. The
claim for tbs horse that was drowned at
Printups ferry was not allowed, the board
claiming that the county could not be held
responsible.
Cusseta is in hilY and sandy section and
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