The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Man Fatally Injured by Cars in
Barlow County-Sulcide Of Promi-
nent Citizen of Blakely--A Macon
Man Gets $1,000 for a Horse-The
First Brick Building at Rockmart.
GEORGIA.
Superior Court is in session at Douglas
vile
Forsyth is talking about buying a fire
engine.
Broad street, Columbus, is to be traversed
by the dummy line.
The people of Wrightsville are talking of
boring an arteSian well
A Kentucky gentleman is arranging to
organize a national bank at Dalton.
Quite a number OF Northerners have in
vested in Dalton real estate recently.
Sumter county's Democratic mass meet
ing will be held on Saturday of this week.
A stock company is being formed for the
purchase of the Central Hotel property at
Rome.
r. H. Plant, of Macon, has sold his trot-
ting bred stallion Bexwood to Chattanooga
parties for 81 900.
The citizens of Brunswick, in mass meel-
ing Tuesday, Endorsed the St Sim0n's Island
encampment scheme.
The fire that destroyed the Leyden House,
at Atlanta, recently, is believed to have
been of incendiary origin.
Remer Young an old and highly re-
spected planter of LownGes county, died at
his residence in Valdosta Monday.
At Townsville, Junius Smith had a
superb rose on the streets Monday. measur-
ing thirteen inches in circumference
A post office has been established at
Franklin Longs on the route from Wal
thourville to Reidsville, known as Gum
Branch. Franklin Long is postmaster.
A meeting of the Democratic party of
Liberty county is called by f. j. Chapman,
the chairman of the Executive Committee,
for next Tuesday, to select delegates to the
State Convention.
He was son of Col. Tom Ward, who was
Ordinary Of the county for years before the
war, and a brother Of DR.. NJ. F. Ward, a
prominent druggist of Gainesville. He
leaves wife and widowed mother
A post Office at Sign Board, between Rice
boro and South Newport, iu Liberty county,
has been re-established, Walter Hope is the
postmaster. 1t is on the route from Flem-
ing to South Newport, which is carried
twice week.
The recent session Of the Superior Court
of Henry county has aroused the people of
Hampton. A mass meeting has been held,
and a committee of thirty-six citizens was
enrolled to stop the sale of whisky in the
town in the future.
At Dublin last week J. J. Williams, who
is in Jail awaiting his trial for rape. endeav-
oFed to escape by burning out some iron
bars, but K. NJ Arnau, who was passing by,
discovered the smoke and took immediate
steps to Illustrate the plot.
AT Rockmart Tuesday, dirt was broken
for the foundation of Hogue q Co. s drug
store. 1t Will be a nice two-story brick
building and an ornament to the town.
Rockmart has several slate rock stores, but
this will be the first brick.
James Hutchinson, of Regnant, a promi-
nent young farmer, is in deplorable con-
dition. particle of clotted blood has
collected on the brain, causing him to be-
come deranged. He will be sent to Mil
ledgevllle If there is no change
Tom Ward, a brakeman on what is known
as Gov. Brown'sroad, leading from Rogers
station, in Barlow county, to the ore / us.
while putting on the brakes fell between
the cars and was mangled so that he died
about 5 o'clock Monday afternoon.
The City Council of Dalton has let the
contract for water works TO the Union Iron
Company, of Chattanooga The works are
to be completed by July l. The Council
gas works plant, to be completed six months
from date.
The newest thing on the tapis at Wrights-
vile is the organization of society under
the name of the 'Wrightsville Improve
ment Company" The object of this com
pany will be strictly the development and
building up of the various resources of the
town and county. The first interest that
will claim It's attention will be the estab-
hshment of brick mandatory.
At recent meeting of the Confederate
Survivors Association, of Augusta badge
of honorary membership was voted to Mrs.
=. Z. Jones, Jr., wife of their Pre- ident
Col. Charles G. Jones, Jr., as a token of
their appreciation of her valuable services
IN their behalf, and never tagging interest
in their welfare. The presentation was
made Tuesday night. The badge is a fac
simile of one given ex-President jefferson
Davis.
William A. Mcdowell died at his residence
at Blakely Saturday from the effects of
morphine taken with a suicidal intent He
left letter bidding his family goodbye,
and giving them directions about what he
wanted them to do with his farms and
other business matters Physicians at
tribute his rash act to mental alteration,
as he had been in bad health all the year,
and deep gloom seemed to have settled
over HILL ne was u KOOO ClL1Zen ana a
successful farmer.
Last Thursday afternoon a large black
Raar passed within 100 yards of Thomas
Roberson's house, just below Leary. Mrs.
Roberson first saw him and called Mr. Rob
erson's attention to "a big black dog'' COM
ing up to the house, and he at once discoy-
cred it was huge black bear. He took up
his gun and went out TO shoot him and a
small dog followed and attacked his bear
ship, and with one gentle stroke of the paw
he sent the dog back to his master, while he
Journeyed on without further molestation.
A few days ago little Nina, 6-year-old
daughter of Harper Black, at Plains of
Dura, Sumter county, was plucking roses
In the garden, when a swarm of
bees that were passing over set
tied down upon her head
She became frightened and fought them,
and they stung her most numerically. Her
mother and others rescued her, and it took
several hours to pick the stings out The
little girl had some fever caused by the
poison of the stings, but she is now out of
danger.
A fellow in his cups boarded the W. and
I. train at Tennille the other day, booked
for Dublin. Between Harrison and Dono-
van he went off to sleep under the happy
Influence" and tie Slobbered on his coat
sleeve, and dreamed the happy hours away
undisturbcd 10y any earthly sound Just as
the train was entering the city limits at No
4, Fate, the porter, passed the sleeper,
couch and shouted: "Meadows Crossine, in