The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

%dueed Before Those on Whisky and
Tobacco-Gov. Smith to Erect the
Largest Barn Ever Built in Georgia.
GEORGIA
The Guvton Jail is almost finished.
Plum trees are blooming at Perry.
Murray Superior Court convenes next
Monday.
Gold mining operations are TO be resumed
near Thomson.
Augustus fire department is about TO don
new regulation caps and uniforms.
# is said there will be considerable build
ing in Dalton during the coming spring.
The prospect is good for the building of a
PRESBYTERIAN church at Canton in the near
future.
The expenses Of bingham county in 1885
were S2,5l7 10; in 1885, s., 22S IS; in 1887,
81 ,922 So
j. A. ]. Ross will be in Perry to-day for
the purpose of organizing Farmers AL
lance club.
A negro axeman at Piles Marsh near
Brunswick was chopping wood Wednesday
and split his foot in two.
There were 200 mortgages less recorded in
Pulaski county last year than for the last
year of the whisky reign.
Perry is probably the only town in Geor-
gia, containing population of 1000, chat
is without Hebrew resident
Butler and Ford (colored) got into a row
at Brunswick Wednesday which resulted in
Buffers cutting Ford with a knife.
At Calhoun it is reported that Col. w r.
Rankin will stand for the House this fall
He has served the county for several terms.
1t is reported that Lemuel johnson q Co
at Hazlehurst, have sold their saw mill and
timber TO a Michigan syndicate for $4,000.
AT Macon, Thursday night Officer Abel,
on duty as Waterman at the City Hall
caught rat in the hall lot thaC weighed
five pounds
In Clarke county this year there has been
more wheat, rye, oats and other varieties of
small grain sown than during any year
since the war.
New looms of the very latest and best
pattern are now being put in the Princeton
factory at Athens. Other new machinery
was added last year.
Sumner Salter, organist os the First
Methodist church, at Atlanta, is the subject
of some criticism because he is teaching a
class of negro girls how to sing.
Hon. Phil W Davis formerly Senator
from the Thirtieth district has announced
himself as a candidate to represent Ebert
county in the House of Representatives.
Jacob johnson sent turnip to the court
house at Waycross last Monday which
weighed fourteen pounds, with smaller
but better formed one, which weighed
eleven
The electric light company and the city
authorities of Augusta are in row over
the cutting of wires of the company because
they interfered with those of the fire alarm
system.
The Spring Place Times thinks that
good macadamized road from Dalton t.
that village wonld be a great benefit to the
citizens of both Whitfield and Murray
counties.
The colored population of Randolph
county increased their wealth last year !
per cent, as is shown by the returns 70
taxation. This is much better than tn
whites did.
Judge Emory Speer has received an inv
tation to deliver the annual address befor
the literary societies of Emory College mex
June. 1t is not known yet whether he viii
accept or not.
The Board of Stewards of the Methods
church, of Guyton, have assessed for thei
pastor $50 for this year. This is an ad
vance OH what the entire circuit paid las
year of about 500.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern road
it has been decided. will pass through Madi
son county, via Five Forks. This rout
will open up some of the finest timberet
land in Upper Georgia.
Col. James Smith, Oglethorpe county,
big farmer, has made a contract for tn
largest barn ever built in Georgia. 1t vii
be three stories high 40x500 feet and have
% foot shed all around it.
Col John Paul Jones, the former proprie
tor of the Atlanta Euening journal, ha
recently accepted the position of genera
Western representative of the Georgi
Marble Company, with headquarters at st
Louis.
Mr. Robert Moody, son of r. r. Moody
of Glynn county, was killed Wednesday b.
the lever to timber cart. The lever cam
down on him whilst sitting on the tongue
and split his head open, killing him in
stantly.
At Reynolds S. II. Lane and o. C. Gods
mark, Of Michigan, and Elders Charles F
Curtis, of Atlanta, and Killen, of Perry. O
the Seventh Day Adventist denomination
have just closed a series of interesting
services.
A gentleman who is in position to know
tells Banner Wdtchmdn reporter that a
soon as the Georgia, Carolina aud Northern
road reaches Athens the four roads center
ing there will certainly unite and build
union depot.
Judge w. w. Turner, of LaGrange, i
working up sufficient evidence in the KILN,
of a negro by William r. Profit, nea
Troup Factory, to authorize Gov. Gordo
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escaped murderer.
Capt Bill Cook, of Dalton, is exhibtin
an unusually fine specimen ofgod ore take
from a vein recently discovered in CLINE
county, not far from the Murray line Ar
engagements are being made to work tn
mine thoroughly.
Thomas j. Burney, a well-known news
paper travelling agent, has been sent to th
asylum. He was in Macon last SATURDAY.
and Sunday, and left Monday for Forsyth
where his mind became so unhnged as t.
cause the step mentioned.
Mrs. Bob Chapman, of Barnett. died las
Tuesday night Her husband, in admins
tering the medicine left by her father, tn
attending physician, gave four grains o
morphine instead of the same quantity %
quinine as instructed, which resulted in he
death.
At McRae, at a preliminary hearing be
fore Justices Jones and MCLAUGHLIN, las
Monday, Seab Grimsley, for aiding William
Killebrew in escaping from jail in Decem
Der last, was bound over to the Super o
Court in the sum of 500. He gave bon,
for his appearance.
A gentleman who has Travelled extensivel,
over Northeast Georgia tells the Athen
Bonner Waterman that he never knew tn,
farmers so solid on an issue as they ar
against the repeal of the internal reVenu