The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-22
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Accidentally Shot in Wilkes County
GEORGIA
Eastman is bound to become a winter
resort.
Congressman Grimes will speak at Cusseta
to-day.
McDonough wants a bank with $4,000
capital.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowland of Hart county
is 103 years of age.
The fall term of Bulloch superior court
will convene to-day.
The people of Madison are agitatiag the
building of 5000 hotel.
The government will hereafter pay the
rent of the posUofiice at Washington.
Rev. Mr.. Walton has been called to the
Baptist church at Cumming for the next
year.
j. Lawrence johnson has announced him
self candidate for the office of tax receiver
of Warren county.
Mrs. Mary Dawson, a white woman 70
years old, has just heen sent to the state
penitentiary for life for killing her son-ln-
law.
At Cumming Thursday Henry Banister,
a young man of IL, was adjudged unatic
and taken to the asylum by Commissioner
Sweeney.
to do without commercial manures next
wear if the members cannot pay the cash
for them.
The First Baptist church at Conyers has
selected Rev. z. w. Carswell. Jr., to fill the
place of Dr. Hornedy, who resigned some
time since.
Hon. H. Clay Foster, of Augusta, carries
as all ornament on his watch chain the first
fee he earned after his admission to the bar
"a $40 gold piece.
A firm at Washington recently lost 800
on one lot of six ba es Of cotton, aud Sl01
on anot er lot of eighteen bales that were
shipped off and sold.
a close observer and far-seeing man
prophesies that IN five years Greene county
will be raising $50, 900 or $4,000 worth of
horses and mules annually.
The United Labor party in Georgia nomi-
mated James Y. Carmichael of Coweta
county one of its electors in the presden-
tial race. Mr. Carmichael declines the
honor.
Hon. J. c. Clements has accepted an invi
tation to address the veterans of the Eighth
Georgia Battalion at their nesting at Nc
Daniels Grove, on Thursday, Oct. %, at
Calhoun.
Dr. G. E. Lyndon of Washington has
about concluded to sell his drug store to Mr..
Hammock of Crawfordville. The doctor
has not yet determined what business he
will go into.
1t is proposed to build Primitive Bap-
tist church at the cemetery grounds near
bonneville. Sherod Smith has secured
considerable amount already on the sub
scription paper.
Nearly enough money has been collected
TO complete the Presbyterian church in
Greensboro. A check for SI00-a gift from
IA " Qr
received the other day.
Squire W. ~ Coppedge of Line creek
performed the marriage ceremony for eleven
of the widow Helms children, aud recently
was called upon to officiate for the twelfth,
but was prevented by sickness.
Congressman George T. Barnes delivered
an interesting address on the main issues of
the campaign in the court house at Sanders
vile Friday. He was greeted by large
representation of his constituency.
Mr. Garnett, the cotton factor of Savan-
nah, told X. A Matthews of Thomaston,
last week, that he sold some of the silk cot
ton for Is cents pound. Last spring Mr.
Matthews gave the seed of this cotton to a
number of farmers.
The members of Round Top church have
decided to erect new church building in
Leary The plans and specifications for the
building have been made out, and negotia-
UlOflS between q COnlnlCJee OF members and
contractors are pending.
There is young man in Washington who
invariably keeps upon the mantel of his
bedroom one of those books which profess
to interpret dreams. He has recourse to it
every morning upon awakening, but says
it has never yet told him the truth
The building committee have adopted
plan for the Presbyterian parsonage at De-
catur, and bids are now recsiving on ma
terial. etc. The building will be two stories,
with three rooms above and three below,
with cook room and dining hall added.
A mass meeting of the democrats of Hall
county will be held in the court house in
Gainesville, at 10 o'clock a. m, on Oct 80.
Gov. Gordon, Senator Brown, ex-Gov. Nc
Daniel, Senator Colquitt, Col. Gambler and
Others have been invited to make speeches.
Mhe cotton crop in Brooks county is
about all gathered, large portion of
which was seriously damaged, b til in
quantity and quality, by wind and rain,
and there seems to be but little demand for
tire superior grades. The corn, cane and
potato crops are good
A member of the Augusta police tells of
what was a singular coincidence when Doc
Evans was mounted police officer. He
would be thrown by the little horse that he
was riding at about the same point the
Presbyterian church, and the same hour,
nearly every afternoon about 6 o'clock.
A queer thing happened in Monroe
county. In the primary election for county
officers there were two candidates for tax
collector, and both got the same vote. The
executive committee could not declare
either one nominated, and SO ordered new
election, to take place on Oct. q, to decide
the matter.
Micajah Owens, one of the Oldest citizens
OF Wilcox county, was in Americus a day
or two ago for the first time in over forty
years AT the time Of his visit Mr.. Owens
says the site of the present beautiful and
flourishing city was marked by only few
rude houses, the homes Of the pioneer set
tiers Of the county.
S. Q. Hampton Of Baxley (colored) went
out Of town on Monday night last on some
business. He got two miles from town and
met man who turned out of the road just
before he got TO him, and as Hampton
neared him he shot at Hampton, one ball
taking effect i'll his nose and one in the side
Of his head. Hamp ton fired at his assail-
ant as he ran off, but without effect
Last Monday, as r. T. Mills was going to
Sylvania, about mile above the town, he
saw large hawk on the ground, apparently
closely watching some object. AS he APP
preached nearer the hawk made a swoop,
and rising in the air had an immense black
snake about feet long securely grippeG by
the head. AS the hawk scared away with
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