The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

the Bench-A Suggestion that Visit
ors to the State Fair 60 into Camp,
GEORGIA.
Milledgeville is to have an ice factory.
Tennille is to have a newspaper about
Sept l.
Hog cholera is prevalent in some parts of
the state.
Court will be in session at Sandersville in
two weeks.
Church, son of Gideon Mathis of San
dersville, died Saturday.
Near Sparta. few days ago, six gentle
men went ou5 hunting and killed 240 doves.
Macon is being thoroughly cleaned up
under the direction of the sanitary author
tiles.
Miss Caroline S. Atwater one of tho
Oldest ladies of Hancock county, diea Mon
day in her Goth year.
All of G4orgia's present congressman, ex-
cot MIR. Norwood OF the First district, will
returned to the fifty-frst congress
Lie Ford of Oakland was in Griffin on
8 lturday. He is - years oil :, served three
years in the war. and never rode on a train
in his life.
A party of eight from Tennille bagged
2}5 doves last Wednesday. The honors Of
dividing the tin cup are between Dan and
DR.. Kelley.
The Baptist church at Sandersville will
he improved soon by being raised four feet
from the ground AID a new steeple and
weatherhoardIng put on.
Abby Gilmore tcolored), aged "a years,
living in Washington county, can walk
twenty-five miles day and hoe cotton and
corn as nimbls as young person.
The Spalding county farmers alliance
has capurai Co1a's XyaysabouSa al Griffin
will run it this season. A salesman will
be selected at next Saturdays meeting.
The race for representative is getting
quite lively now in Harralson county. Four
candidates are out. It is reported that the
farmers alliance has put up candidate.
A supposed thief entered the Hardwick
house at Tennille on Wednesday night last.
but being hailed by a pistol ball, left
rather uncermoniously and forgot to
register
Green Wimberly, colored, while driving
one of jesse Tanners mules to a road cart
at Sandersville on Sunday, got his leg broke
by the mule running away and throwing
him out.
Some of the citizens Of Jesup are wearing
on their necks little pouches of disinfect-
ants, the odor from which strongly re>em-
bles that of an onion patch and drug store
combined
Among the people who have been quar-
antined at the Hotel de Oldham at the six
mile crossing, near Bruins wick, was Mr.
Frierson, a Savannah man, who is a heavy
lumber shipper.
In the election on the sale of liquor in
Burke county, Monday, the pronibitionists
carried the day by large majority, the
exact amount of which had not been Gscer-
tanned at last accounts.
A house at Gainesville is being bonn
barded with stones, the throwers of which
no one has been able 20 detect as yet The
negroes think it is due to supernatural
agency and are greatly excited.
Another postoffice has been established
in Washington county. 1t will be known
as Dwight, and is located at the residence
of John ID. Boone, in Clay's district Mr.
Boone has been commissioned as postmaster.
Walter Finkell, the 4-year-old son of
Albert E. Finkell, superintendent of the
Atlanta glass works, fell from the second
story of his fathers house upon an iron
fence Monday, and received injuries from
which he died that afternoon.
At Chauncey, Monday, Willie, 12.year-
old son of DR.: Harrison, accidentally shot
mis- sister, Miss Pauline, with a No. 80
calibre pistol. The ball entered just above
the right clavicle, ranging toward the left
side, making dangerous wound
Among the pass myers on the steamship
Geiser sunk in a collision with the Thing
valla, both Danish vessels, last week. were
the wife and child of Capt. Kaastrup of
the Norwegian bark Hookon Jarl The
Hookon Jarl left Brunswick only few
days ago.
At Atlanta, Monday, r. R. Keenan,, engi-
neer of the Western and Atlantic railroad
commission, filed in the ex scutive depart
,a,,t +ha pft ho III
property belonging to the railroad The
maps are we'll executed, showing marked
degree OF accuracy in their makeup.
Three negroes living on P. s. Stevens
place in Marion county came near being
killed by lightning one evening last week
They had gone into the woods to haul some
timber when a thunder storm came up, and
while standing near a pine tree it was struck
which knocked them senseless in pile. As
soon as they recovered sufficiently they
came to the house, leaving wagon and tim
Der behind.
Joe Riley lost fine horse during camp
meeting, near Sparta. The animal, it
seems, was tied with rope around the
neck, and in pulling back to get loose, the
moose tightened, choking him to death One
of Lane Null lys horses was run into and
seriously wounded at the campground by
the shaft of buggy driven by Dave Man
die. 1t is reported that the injury is proba-
bly, permanent.
At primary election held in Franklin
county last Thursday TO determine upon a
candidate for senator Of the Thirty-first sem
atorial district, w. r. Little was elected by
a majority of $40 over his opponent, DR.. f.
@. Underwood. j. G. Mcdonnell and ]. c.
McCnrter. candidates for sheriff, by agree
ment went into the primary with the candi-
dates for senator, and j. c. Mcconnell was
elected by majority of 9s votes.
At Wrightsville, Tuesday, the demo-
cratic executive committee of johnson
county met to consolidate the returns
of the primary election held for representa-
tive ON Saturday, Aug. is, and from the
number of illegal votes cast and the con-
fused state of the returns made, the com
mittee refused to receive the returns, and
declared no nomination. This leaves the
candidates to a free fight in the general
election.
Every county in Georgia has sent in its
tax digest except Pulaski. and the energetic
tax receiver of that county, who has been
putting in fourteen hours per day on his
work SINCE July 2, writes that he will have
in his digest this week The net increase of
tn 1856 counties over last year is $Il ,240 600.
The following counties sent in their digests
Monday: SDalding, 81, 73j, $50, an increase
of $50, 303; Epson, $5S7, lz9, an increase Of
$l3,S4s. The railroad tax returns will
show an increase of about a, 000, 900.
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