The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

ing Encounter With SndKe-FGCJs
from the Tax Digests-A Convict Run
Down by Bloodhounds After Forty
Miles.
GEORGIA.
There is talk of starting new bank at
Athens.
Buchanan is to have an old fashioned bar
becue Aug. Is
The rice crops in Mcintosh county con
tinue TO look fire
Between 1000 and ], 500 watermelons were
sold in Amerlcus Saturday.
The Governors Horse Guards Of Atlanta
have gone into camp at Newman.
The apple crop in HARRISON seems to be
good. Peaches are almost a fulure.
Mr.. Harrington Of the Swainsboro Pine
Forest. is a candidate for the Leg stature.
The convention of the Twenty-sixth sena-
torial district will be he held at Griffin
July %.
Oconee promises to have a lively tilt in
politics this fall. E Skies will be candi-
date for representative.
Work has been begun on Augustus new
brewery. lbs capacity will be 10, 900 bar
rels per annum, with provisions for doubling
1t if required.
A large academy is being erected at
one miles from Albany. 1t will be known
as the Dales high school.
In all probability a depot will be built
near FELTON, post office, between Buchanan
and CedartOwn. 1t is said that several new
houses are already in course Of construction
at that place.
There passed through Macon Saturday
night by express a watermelon weighing
seventy-three pounds that was on its way
to Mrs. Cleveland. 1t was shipped by j. T.
Jones of Fort Gaines.
T. F. Pitcher, who lives a few miles from
Americas, said, Saturday, that it was posi-
lively so hot out at his place that young
chickens have been Matched out where the
eggs were exposed to the suns rays.
At Danielsville, Ga, Francis Streetman,
the rapist, waived trial Thursday, and was
committed to Jail on the charge of assault
with intent to rape. His bond was fixed at
$500, but failing to raise it, he was Jailed.
There is a clear cool spring of water
that issues from rock near a branch on
the farm of J. l.. Dozier, in Talbot county,
that is thought to have sprung from the
shake produced by the earthquake of two
years ago.
The management of the Ivy Street hos
pital has become an issue in Atlanta, and
the chances are good for the city to with
draw its support, which has been quite
substantial, from that institution. Bad
management Is alleged.
Chief Clerk King, of the railway mail
service, is arranging for another mail SER
vice on the Southwestern railroad from
Macon to Albany, leaving Macon on the
arrival OF the afternoon train from Atlanta
and arriving at Albany at Los.
A band of hoodlums prowl the streets of
Americas at night firing off pistols and
a saral
known as the Wildcat club The city au-
thorities having failed to suppress them, a
vigilance committee is TO be formed
The people of Banks county are very
much dissatisfied with the way the nomi-
nation for representative was made and an
Independent will be IN the field. The names
of B. F. Sudden and Judge A. c. Moss
have been spoken of as the probable can
didates.
J. A. Wilson of Camilla is milking only
three cows, and from these cows he sells
enough butter to buy all the necessaries of
his household which he cannot raise, and
the wages of his regular hands, and it does
not cost him but very little TO keep his
cows. He has some very fine ones and does
bis own milking
At Atlanta, about daylight Saturday morn
ing. George Ham, a negro lamp-ighter,
while making his rounds was shot by some
unknown party near the corner of Hood
and Rawson streets. The shooting was done
with pistol. The ball entered Hams
shoulder, intllcting painful but not neces-
sarily dangerous wound.
Wednesday night a negro was walking in
Lection, a suburb of Americas when the
wild cat club was out. He heard several
pistol shots IN quick succeSsiol and a bullet
passed within few inches of his head and
struck the fence. The shots were doubtless
fired promlscuously, but as much damage
would be done in this way il any one is hit
as If the shot was fired at the object struck
At Cumming Saturday Willie, the Z
year-old son of DR.. John Hockenhull, died
from injuries sustained by fall
Friday afternoon at mill pond
near town. He was standing upon a shiny
rock when his foot shipped, precipitating
him backward. In falling his head struck
rock, cutting deep cash just behind the
right ear, causing conclusion of the brain.
Simon Black, negro convict sentenced
from Columbia county, made his escape
from the Graysville camp on the night Of
July IL. He was chased distance of forty
miles by Capt. Tyson and his bloodhoundS,
and was captured in Cleveland, Tenn. He
was taken back to the camps Black had
only about six months time TO serve, but
he will now have to stay twelve months
longer.
At Danielsville last Tuesday, during a
storm, lightning struck William Backs
chimney, which set the SCOT on fire in the
chimney and killed Mr. Blacks dog, which
was lying under the house The family
were all shocked, but none of them hurt
On the same day large tree near Joe
Fitzpatricks house was struck by light
ming and knocked his daughter down who
was in the yard at the time.
Albany possesses the champion negro
watermelon eater; with one swipe across
the mouth, the entire meat of a quarter
melon disappears, seed and all. Even tho
Albany dogs cultivate taste for this Juicy
product of southwest Georgia lands. An
anecdote is told of pointer which would
eat melons with all the gusto of an cpl
curean, letting out the seeds from one cor
ner of his mouth, while his Intelligent
countenance denoted the most extreme sat
isfaction.
Madison county returns ,1l6 white and
400 colored polls. TIE total number of
acres of land in the county is returned at
167,9 $50 of which 1854, S45 acres are cresite
10 whites, and 3 l4l to negroes The aggre-
gate value of land is placed at $G4G. 353, OF
which 1920, 453 belongs 10 whites. and 80 30.
TO negroes. The aggregate Of all property
in the county is placed at 81 ,075, 237, OF
which $l,049.l74 lelongs to whites, and
$26.063 TO negroes. This is an increase OF
$3.50 over 1887.
The election in Mitchell county has re.
suited in IA victory for prohibition. The
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