The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Churchill-An Accidental Sho
Costs Clayton County Farmer His
Arm.
GEORGIA.
Over $1,000 is invested in bicycles il
Dawson.
A street railway is among the possibili
ties at Americas.
John E. Sullivan is candidate for ord !
nary of Sumter county.
Arrangements are being made for a calf
show at Perry about Dec l.
Col. L. P. Grant is thinking of building a
hotel in Grant park, Atlanta.
1t is reported that citizen of Dawson
won s., 200 on the presidential election.
The town council of Lumpkin has passed
an ordinance prohibiting bicycle riding on
the streets.
Dawsons cotton receipts to date are over
$1,000 bales, and there are at least :, 200 yet
to come in.
The alliance men of Houston county have
already decided that county fair will be
held next year.
Mrs. Grantland, the wife of Col Seaton
Grantland of Griffin, died at that place
Wednesday night.
At Athens, DR. R. I. Hampton has sold
his famous BITCH Can-Can, to a gentleman
In Harrisburg, Pa, for $500.
VIII Woods, who was shot at the convict
camp near Rome Monday, died Tuesday
morning from the effects of the wounds.
At Waynesboro William T. Blackwell,
dealer in general merchandise, has sold his
entire stock of goods to William NeiIl of
Savannah.
The bulk of the Houston county potato
crop will be harvested this week, and from
all accounts it is the largest grown in the
county for number of years
The dispensation of the organization of
the lodge Of Knights of Pythias at Guyton
will be issued this week. and the lodge will
be organized early in December.
Dawson has made rapid strides since jan
]. Nearly $4,000 worth of building has
been done in the residence portion of the
city alone, and il is still going on.
r. NJ. Blackburn has again entered the
field of journalism at Madison, as the gem
temen who were to take charge of the
MddtSOnian failed to come to time.
Miss Molie Wylie, of Cherokee mills. has
f1nl he'd quilt, after six years, patient
work, containing POS pi ces. The quilt
is now at Mr.. Garrlson's in Marietta.
Lee superior court convened last Monday,
but was adjourned until next Monday
morning, when business will be taken up
and dispatched as speedily as possible
There is only one negro representative in
the legislature, and he is from Liberty
county. The last legislature had three
colored members, and the one before had
two.
A petition for daily mail route from
Perry to Kathleen, and for postoff1ce at
Houston Factory, will be forwarded to the
postoffice department at Washington within
the next few days.
1t is understood here that the Rev. Thad-
deus Pickett will contest the election of
Hon. Allen d. Gambler for the Ninth dis
trict. He will allege general frauds in the
conduct of the election.
At meeting at Rome of the board of di-
rectors of the North Georgia and Alabama
exE oSition, arrangements were perfected to
pay off the Indebtedness of the association
by the first of December.
George Eddleman, whose trial for the
murder of Tom Gresham in Atlanta re-
Gently made his name known, is now living
IN Madison, and will probably locate there
and embark in the real estate business
B. p. Hart of Marion county, living about
four miles from Dranesville, lost his gin
house by fire Tuesday morning. About
five bales of cotton and large lot of cotton
seed were burned. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
A negro woman is going through Pike
county now selling what she says is a letter
written by Christ. She has a lot of them
printed upon sheets of paper, which she
sells at cents per copy. OF course she is
meeting with encouragement among her
own race.
State School Commissioner Hooks report
shows that he is heartily in favor of SIX
months schools, and also that he reiterates
and reinforces the late DR.. Orr's claim, that
the schools of the state are entitled to the
whole income which the state derives from
the Western and Atlantic railroad.
A good barrel factory is one Of the needs
of Dawson. The great demand for syrup
barrels demonstrates the fact that it would
be paying investment Never before was
the demand for syrup barrels greater in
that section. Hundreds of them could have
been sold since the supply was exhausted.
Samuel Stephens, a prominent Young
farmer OF Clayton county, had his right arm
amputated below the elbow on Saturday.
as the result of an accidental discharge of
his gun while out bird hunting. The gun
fell and the load of bird shot shattered his
wrist and hand so as to compel amputa-
ton.
Sunday John Morris of Heard county
was under the influence Of liquor, and
while riding, his horse ran into a little
piece of woods and threw Morris against a
hickory tree, breaking his back, crushing
IN his skull, fracturing his jawbone and
breaking his thigh in two places. He died
instantly.
N. s. Dufiie, attorney at law. Gatesville
Tex, asks Judge j. G.. F. Clarke of Dawson
to assist him in locating the heirs of James
A. Bradford, Robert Crossman, William
Mayor and G. S. Ross, all of whom were
killed in the war Of 1886, between Texas
and Mexico 1t is likely they will fall heirs
TO a nice inheritance. if found.
James Bond of Lithonia met with a
serious accident in Covington, by fall
ing from a ladder. He was about Is
feet high, painting, and reaching out, tie
ladder became unbalanced, and he fell
breaking one arm and dislocating the
other. Both injuries being near the wrists
make the damage douby serious.
The residence Of Bart Hamilton, about
two miles from Conev, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday night The fire originated in
defective fiue in the kitchen. The resi-
dence, which was commodious two-story
building. and nearly all the furniture, was
lost. there was little, if any, insurance,
and the loss runs up TO several thousand dol
lars.
At Macon, on Nov. !, w. J. Woodward.
and W. X. Gray OF Butts county were SEN
fenced by Judge Speer TO one months i'm
prisonment in Bib county jail, and o fine
OF 800 each. WoodWards marriage had
been appointed for this month Wednesday
Judge Speer came TO the relief of the inn