The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-16
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Near Knoxville-A Suit for $25, 600
Damages Filed in spalding County.
GEORGIA.
The Marshallyille Times has suspended.
There are 100 guests at Cumberland
island.
Quitman's canning factory is doing a
good business.
A cotton factory is among the possibih-
ties at Tallapoosa.
E. NJ. Anthony is the newly elected
ordinary Of Wilkes county,
Joseph P. Thomas is q candidate for tax
collector of Mitchell couuty.
Hon. W Y Atkinson viii speak at Pal
metto next Thu. sday July 10 afternoon.
Hon. f. y. Hill viii begin the erection of
handsome reside. &c at Washington soon.
july IS Oconee county will elect delegates
to the congressional and senatorial convoE-
tons
The Georgia pharmaceutical association
will attend the Augusta exposition in a
body.
The senatorial convention of the Twenty
second district will be held at Monroe
Aug 1.
Greene county will nominate her legisla-
tive candidates at a primary election to be
held Aug. IS.
Hon. H. H. Carlton has secured a position
in the treasury department for Miss Grogan
of Ebert county.
Wilkes county viii elect her guberna-
torlal and congressional delegates at a mass
meeting, to be held July 81.
The seventh annual reunion of the
Eighteenth Georgia regiment will be held at
Gainesville on Friday, Aug. 10.
During a severe thunder storm at Thomas
vile Tuesday night the Methodist church
steeple was struck by lightning.
There is a fair prospect that Massey, who
was shot at Lafayette by Sidney Miller,
will pull through and will save his leg.
Brooks has shipped more melons than any
county III Georgia, unless 1t IS Lee, the ship
ments of which have not been heard from
yet.
The democratic mass meeting Of Mitchell
county will be held Wednesday TO elect dele
gates to the state and congressional conven-
TONS
The city council of Montezuma has appro-
pristed $500 towards boring a well on the
south side of town aud the casing has been
ordered
Minor w. Brown OF Gainesville has been
granted letters patent for a car coupling
which, expsrts are Of the opinion, will
fill long felt want.
Brown a. Paullin Of Fort Gaines shipped
a car of melons Tuesday, which they claim
didn't contain melon that would weigh
under tifty-five pounds.
There are three candidates for repre-
sentative in ROckdale county, but Judge
A. c. McCaIla is said to be the fortunate
gentleman who will win the race
At Quitman, Wednesday, in the case of
George West, who killed Wesley johnson
about two months ago, bail was allowed by
Judge Hansell in the sum of 81 800.
Several northern men, who have settled
In Morgan county since the war and who
wore the blue, have contributed literally
to the reunion of the Third Georgia regi-
ment.
Last Sunday the mill owned by Beaslev
d Sheffield, twelve miles from Cedartown.
near Seney. on the Cartersville road, was
destroyed by fire. Quite a large amount of
lumber was also destroyed.
The celebration of the centennial of
Clark's station church, in Wilkes county,
on Wednesday and Thursday was great
success, and there We're immense crowds of
people in attendance on both DAYS.
The school census of Randolph county
has been completed and shows the number
Of children between the ages of and IS to
he: Whites, 1865; negroes 3,422; total,
S,287, making nearly two negroes to one
white.
Near Naylor, on Thursday last. a negro
roy named Shirman Chisholm, at the old
f. Y. Fry still, in the Naylor district,
severely cut his employer, Frank Register
The negro escaped, but was close pressed at
last accounts.
At Townsville, Thursday, Mrs Bird
sold to Mrs. T. z. Jones her house and lot.
on corner of Dawson and Monroe streets,
opposite the female college, for g., 900. This
same property was offered few months
ago for $500.
Owing to unavoidable circumstances, the
proposed barbecue to be given by Lexing-
ton will not come off the first week In
August, as was at first proposed 1t may
be later in the summer, yet there is 10 GER
tainty that 1t will be given at all.
1t was announced last Saturday that
Hon. X. H. Jackson president of the Geor-
gia state alliance, would deliver an address
at the court house in Quitman last Monday
For some reason he failed to arrive and the
town was full of disappointed people
The veterans of the Thirtieth Georgia
regiment held their annual reunion at Fair
burn Friday and had "a highly enjoyable
time. All the arrangements are completed
for the big reunion of the survivors of the
Forty -second Georgia regiment at Monroe,
July 20.
Near Knoxville a day or two ago. a negro
was driving spikes on the railroad track.
when the face Of the hammer was shattered
and piece of steel about an inch in length
entered his arm near the elbow and ranged
upward about three inches, almost going
through the arm
Friday was the day set apart for the
hanging of Andrew Patterson at Qutman.
but the hanging ha, been indefinitely post
poned, with strong probability that it will
never take place. The prisoner has been
granted a new trial which will come Off at
the November term of court.
In the school census report il TRANSFERRED
that Lowndes is not likely TO be turned
over to the female sex, like some northeast
ern states in the near future Among the
colored children the males have forty seven
the advantage in number, and among the
whites the males are eleven ahead.
A mass meeting of the democratic party
of Brooks county is called 30 meet at the
court house on Wednesday, July is, for the
purpose Of electing a new executive COM
mittee, delegates 10 the guhernatorial con
vention in Atlanta on Aug 8, and delegates
10 the congressional convention of the
second district.
Amciicus has organized building and
loan association. The following gentlemen
have been elected directors for the first
year. VI. Speer, IT, b. Harold, j. f. d.
Ship, J. c. Honey. H. r. johnson, 5. NJ.
Cohen and j. w. Wheatley. NJ. Speer was
elected president and e. A. Fricker secre-
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