The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Failure at Thompson-AIliance and
Anti-AIliance Men Figure in Sensa-
ton in Warren County-Remarkab able
Fecundity in Baker County-Clauds
Swigart Again Before the People of
Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
A telegraph operator has been stationed
at Watkinsville.
The trial of Charles Dayton, supposed to
be Vanderbilt, of Atlanta, will occur at Ma
con to-day in the city cou t.
1t is rumored that on Jan. l several other
business changes will be made in Elberton
that are as yet unannounced.
Sparta friends OF Mrs. Bishop Pierce
have received the sad news that it is
thought she'cannot live another week.
Saturday was pay day for the teachers in
the public schools of Macon, and about
$4,000 was paid out by the board OF educa-
ton.
There has been no corn shipped to She'll
man in over five years, but many bushels
have been shipped from there to other
points.
A certain merchant in Elberton has a $500
bill which he carries around every day
after the bank has closed and tries to get
changed.
No purchaser has as yet been found for
the Elberton foundry. Several offers have
been made, but as yet no agreement has
been reached.
Elberton's new cemetery is on one of the
prettiest sites around Elberton. Il is on a
high knoll, and can be seen from almost
any portion of the town.
In Spaldiag county an unfortunate calf
lost its life from being checked to death.
When cut open, the cause of the mischief
was found to be may pop.
William Garrett lost one bale of cotton
and 400 bushels cotton seed by fire at
Greenvills last Friday night. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY the work of an lncendiary.
The council is discussing plans by which
they can have the streets of Elberton kept
in good order. They expect to keep a
regular force constantly on the streets.
Rev. j. II. Austin of Fort Valley, on ac-
count OF feeble health, will decline an APP
pointment by the conference nowin session,
and will rest from itinerant labors for a
year.
McAlpin Arnold will during the coming
spring remove his old house to the vacant
lot between his house and Dr. Stovalls,
and erect a larger and more commodlous
residence on the old site.
DR.. Smith of Elberton was called last
Sunday to extract a piece of hogs foot
from a Negroes throat. The negro took a
larger piece than he could swallow, and
came very near being strangled to death.
Mrs. J. Y. Arnold Of Elberton suffered
painful accident last Saturday Her son,
Lotion, threw a rock at cow, and. it
glancing on the ground, struck her in the
forehead, slightly breaking the skin and
knocking her senseless.
John W. Almond, ST., of Rockdale
county, this year killed three hogs that
kicked the beam at ,379 pounds, the largest
weighing 500 pounds. These hogs were not
quite Is months old. They are the largest
three hogs ever grown in that county.
At Abbeville, Wednesday, Phil Gibbs,
Jr, shot James Keen accidentally while
they were engaged in a friendly scuff1e
The ball entered little above the knee and
ranged downward, stopping few inches
below the knee. Dr. Royal cut the ball out
and stated that the wound might become
serious
A contractor of Elberton says that
twenty five first-class saw mills could saw
up all the stock timber between there and
Toccoa in a day. This shows that hitherto
this country must have certainly been build
ing fast, IS ten years ago there was as
much stock timber there as in any part of
Georgia.
Baker county can claim one of the most
remarkable instances Of fecundlty ever
known. Bate Haynes gave birth to twins,
which make nine children she has borne,
and yet she is not 20 years old. DIR. NJ. s.
Davis stated that she had given birth to
twins twice, and she has had five single
children.
Tilman POOLS house, in the south end of
Warrenton, was broken into and robbed of
a half barrel of flour, a small quantity of
provisions, several minor articles and
trunk full Of old papers, some of which
D. Il
thief's identity and secured the return of
his papers.
The contractors around Elberton are
complaining greatly about the scarcity of
lumber. They say that there are about
twenty saw mills between there and Toccoa,
and that it Is nearly an impossibiiity for
them to get lumber enough to keep their
hands at work; They attribute the cause
to be SO much building in the towns nearer
the mills, and that they get it all as fast it
is sawed.
There are four prisoners in Pike county
jail-one white man and three negroes.
John w. Marlborough, the white man, it
will be remembered, was convicted of
burglary at the last term of court and SEN
fenced to ten years in the chain-gang, but
having secured a new trial, is now in jail
awaiting the next term of court. Two of
the negroes are charged with simple larceny
and one with murder.
A negro man who was fireman on tho
steamer Swan mysteriously disappeared
from that boat while it was on its way to
Abbeville last week. The boat was on the
Altamaha river, not far below the forks.
The engineer rang for more steam. and
having no response, went to see the cause,
but found no fireman at his post He could
not tell whether the fireman had fallen
overheard or escaped to land.
Jane Kendrick is a notorious negro char
acter of Macon who has kept a disorderly
house for a long time. 1t was to her house
that James Moore carried the girl Mamie
Little, about whom he was lynched. Jane
figured very prominently in that affair, and
there has been an indictment hanging over
her head ever since the occurrence. She
will be tried to-day in the city court.
At Thompson J. F. Fields & Bros. one OF
the largest and most prominent firms of the
place, made an assignment Friday, p. b.
johnson and John +. West, attorneys, as
signees. Short crops and poor collections
was their trouble. The assets are largely
in excess of the liabilities. The firm hopes
to arrange and be on their feet again in the
course of few weeks. Hon. Thomas T..
Watson is retained as general counsel for
the assignees.
An effort is being made by several of the
huSinqsa man of ElhartOn tn have the Elbar-