The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


The Knights of Labor Making it Lively
for the City and County Authorities
at Atlanta--A Heavy Failure ut
Nilledgeville- A Hideous Insect That
Haunts the Graveyard at albany.
GEORGIA.
Sandersville is still talking up the cotton
seed oil mill.
Mansield's steam mill at Button is run
ming night and day
w. +. Hull will erect brick warehouse
at CedartOwn at once
The BainbridCc Democrat urges the farm
ers of Decatur county TO plant tobacco.
Superintendent Charles w. Anderson, Of
the Riverside mills, at Augusta, died Mon
day
Thomas county truck gardeners are
planting Irish potatoes more largely than
usual.
The firms of T. N & J. w. Smith, gro
GERS and Gallaher & Smith, of Tennille,
have consolidated.
The work of soliciting subscriptions for
the new Presbyterian church. at Cedartown
is meeting with success.
A company, in which c. F. Price is a
prominent member, are talking strongly Of
putting III an ice factory at Tallapoosa.
Mrs Booz, of Ceiartown, owing to the
growing patronage Of her hotel, is prepar-
ing 10 have six additional rooms added to
her house
At Paoli Monday, the agent of fertilizer
company met the farmers of that neighbor-
hood and took orders for fifty tons in a few
moments.
AT the citizens meeting at Tallapoosa
last Monday evening between 5000 and
$4,000 was taken in stock Of the 1allapoosa
Furnace Company.
The Executive Board of the knights Of
Labor for the State of Georgia held a SEES
sion at Atlanta Sunday, at which all of the
members were present The sec nd annual
session will convene at Marietta on March 10.
There has been more building and inn
provement in Cuthbert during the last year
than for number Of years and it is still
going on. There are no vacant residences
in the city and several are now in process of
construction.
At Quitman Saturday two negro boys.
named Patterson and Williams, became en-
gagged III row at a negro festival. The
former cut the latter with his knife aud he
died from the wounds in about two hours.
Patterson is in Jail.
At Macon w. B. Physioc & Co.. tailors,
have made an assignment to Joseph S.
Blunt. Assets $500 liabilities 5000. The
assignment was made, it IS said, because a
member of the firm wanted to withdraw
and quit the business.
Pursuant to previous arrangement the
citizens OF Morganton and Blue Ridge met
at Blue Ridge Monday to perfect plans for
the establishing of a new paper for Fannin
county. All the money necessary to start
the paper was subscribed.
A man living in Randolph county. who
is 40 years old, subscribed for a Cuthbert
paper last week, and when he handed in his
dollar said that it was the first paper he had
ever subscribed for and that it was the first
money he ever paid for a paper.
Frank Robinson colored was stabbed
last Saturday night aU festival at the house
of Wash Robinson (colOred). The party
who did the stabbing is unknown. The
knife entered the left side and, striking a
rib, resulted only in a severe wound
A colored man who lives near Smithville
reports that on Monday night some unknown
parties dressed up as ghosts, came to his
house and tried to frightel him. They
groaned and beat tin panS and walked
around his house for an hour or more.
when he finally ran them Off by threatening
to shoot them.
The savings department of the Eagle and
Phenix Manufacturing Company of Colim-
bus, recently re-appointed a State deposi-
tory, through John Peabody director in
the company, and filed its bond in the Ex-
ecutive Department at Atlanta Monday.
by the Governor.
Lowry Goddard, Monroe county moon
sinner who killed a negro informer some
time ago, and for whom a reward is offered,
was in Griffin Monday night and was
spotted by Sheriff Cornell and Policeman
Cunningham, who chased him while
through the derk and muddy streets but
failed TO capture him.
The Ministerial Association of Augusta is
r.ara 10
the strongholds of the devil and see what
can be done by united effort. At the
meeting of the association Monday it, was
determined to begin on the first Sunday in
March prOtracted services in every pulpit
In the city, to continue each night inde.i-
nitely.
At Milledgeville Monday Haygood &
Caraker, prominent dry goods firm were
closed under mortgage in favor of the
wife of the senior partner for SO 800. The
total amount of Indebtedness, apart from
the mortgage, is about Sc, 800 30 The total
assets are $4,000. Under a creditors bill.
w. H. Bass was appointed temporary re-
ceiver. There is some probability of a set
Element.
Congressman George T. Barnes who is
in Augusta on a short business trip. was
taken with fever Monday and had TO leave
the office of the Augusta Gaslight Company,
OF which he is President, and 20 to his home
in carriage He contracted a severe cold
and sore throat in Washington, and the
fever resulted from the bad condition of his
throat He hopes to be able to return to
Washington to-day.
Lieut. Col. William f. Jones, of the Ninth
Battalion Georgia Volunteers, has gone to
Macon, where he was ordered to report by
Adjutant and Inspector General John Nc
1ntosh Kell. to stand the examination re-
quired before the military board The bat
TALON is composed of the Elberton Light
Infantry of Elberton the Walton Guard of
Monroe and the Piedmont Rifles of Gaines
vile. Col. Jones is Captain of the Elberton
Light Infantry.
Jesse Beck, now 76 years old, is one of the
patriarchs of Mitchell county. He moved
from Stewart county about twentv-eight
years ago, and has lived in comfortable in
dependence most of the time on his farm
near Flint river. His wife was a model
housekeeper, and everything about their
home Sho we'd neatness and order Last
Sunday morning at the breakfast table,
with the coffee pot in her hand and the cup
half filed, Mrs. Beck dropped dead without
speaking a word.
A couple of drunken loafers were driven
from the office of the Tallapoosa Hotel on
Tuesday morning at the point of a revolver.
The men were making themselves too