The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-27

Patient in Gw!nnetr County and
Then Robbed
GEORGIA
Several OF the prominent gentlemen Of
Jesup will give a .au at Massey's Hail in
that place Feb ;.
The CITY Council, Of Townsville has
raised the pay Of the night police from $40
10 $4j per month
Some of the citizens OF the western portion
of DeKalb county vans TO be annexed to
Fulton county The project Is being extern
sively discussed
Adit. Keu has received the resignation of
T. \. Voolfolk, Captain of the Albany
Guards An election has been ordered for
Feb II to till the vacancy
The plans for the st. Slmon's Beach Hotel
by Architect William Anderson has been
c0mplet d and submitted. II is beautiful
IN design and a model in comfort
AtAugusta fire destroyed s., 900 worth Of
cotton III the Langley factory picker room
late Tuesday night, but the machinery es-
capped uninJured Everything insured.
A movement is on foot TO organize Il fire
insurance company in Newman with a large
paid-up capital, and the projectors are
meeting with encouragement among the
moneyed men Of the town.
Mr. Conally, of Rome, suffered very
trip out 10 see his cousin, Hon Charles
Humber. He was thrown from his buggy
and his left arm broken below the elbow.
The Pierce County Agricultural Society
met Wednesday and selected Capt. E. D.
Hendry, Col. John G. NIcklss and Col. A.
r, Estes delegates to the State Agricultural
Convention to be held in Waycross in Feb
ruary.
The residence Of DR.. J. P. Phillips. near
4 .
ing of Jan. , was insured fer $1,000 which
will not cover the loss sustained. The resi-
dence was the old DR.. George d. Phillips
homestead.
At Hawkinsville the firm of W B. Fitz-
gerald g. Co has been dissolved w. B. and
c. Fitzgerald selling out to j. W. Conner
who viii continue the business al the saple
stand. w B. Fitzgerald has bought out
Leon P. Winlberly.
The Town Council of Lawrenceville has
reduced the tax on retailing from $3.50 to
$500 per annum. Three barrooms have been
paying $3.50 for a year or two. An ord-
nance has been adopted requiring barroomS
to close by 2 O'Clock at night
A lady Of Marietta recently attended a
fashionable wedding dinner where the sand
witches were tied with white satin ribbon
Being extremely ar-sghtad Size did not
see the ribbon and did not know that she
felt it in her throat.
One of the best and most successful farm
ers Of Sumter county said Monday that he
had paid out 81, $50 cash for mules in the
last thirty days He lost two or three that
died, but he thought mule flesh a very nee
esSary promoter of cotton, corn. etc, and
be was bound to have them.
Near Lumpkin Monday a negro boy was
burned to death on the place Of Samuel
L. Al.
little fellow in the house and went away to
attend to her daily duties. On returning
she found only the charred remains OF her
offspring still broiling on the Goals.
Sunday seemed to be a bad day for the
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin. Besides
The accident at Americas, as the train left
Johnston, and just between that station and
the river, some mIscreanC had left pole
car too near the track, and as the train
passed, the pole car knocked off four pairs
of steps from the coaches.
The annual meeting of the stockholders Of
the King mill at Augusta was held Wednes-
day. Only routine business was transacted
The officers were eectei a, follows Presi-
dent, Charles Estes: Directors. h. b. King,
j. O. MathewSon, u. McCOrd, d r Wright,
Landon A. Thomas. Jr, X. H. Richards,
w. f. Mccoy and W. a. L1tmer.
A Nemesis seems to be lurking along the
line Of the Georgia road, somewhere be
tween two and four miles from Augusta.
For three successive nights the incoming
fast train has been rocked and each time
from the same side, near the same place
and with about the same effect-the shat
uering OF one or two window pancs.
Tom McCulloughs, Of Walton county,
was tried for insanity recently, and the Jury
failing to adjudge him lit subject for the
asylum he was tried under a peace warrant
sworn out by his brother. lie was commit
ted under bond Of 800, and after spend
ing a few days in Jail his father won't ON his
bond, with the understanding that he was
TO leave the county.
The directors OF the Newman cotton fac
tory met Tuesday, and several thousand
dollars of additional subscriptions were re
ported since last meeting. The Committee
on Location reported numerous PROPOSE
tons made by property owners in and
around the city, all of whom were willing
to exchange their lands at reasonable
figures for paid-up stock in the company.
Milledgeville Record: We understand
that Misses Carrie and Cephie Carrnlton
have engaged in the insurance business, aud
already represent number of fine compa-
MES. This is a very desirable field for quail
fed young women to enter, especially in
towns and small cities. IL is nice work and
not laborious or combining. We hope these
young ladies will find the business both
pleasant and profitable.
The veil worn on the occasion Of the re-
cent marriage of Miss Lula Rockwell, of
Milledgeville and Mr.. NJ. W. Hall, was
so years Old. 1t was presented to the
late Mrs. Samuel Rockwell, of Baldwin
county, on the night of her marriage, Mt
Providence r. |. The lace was worn at the
ball given in honor of Gen Lafayette in
Milledgeville in 1925. The bride was pre-
scented with a set of pearls valued at $500
DR.. Gewinner, of Macon, carries a curios-
ity in the shape of walking stick a pres
ent from Charleston friend. During the
earthquake times a brick wall fell upon an
orange tree and so damaged it that it was
ruined. A negro boy, Is years old. took
one OF the branches and converted il into u
stick, carving upon it aligators, fish. bird B.,
faces, etc, all Of which shows remarkable
skill with carving TOOLS 1t is a handsome
piece of work, and is highly priced by the
doctor.
Sylyania Telephone: We are told that
there is a wild beast of some kind or a ghost
at large mile or two above here which
has appeared to some Of the young men
residing near Sylvania while they pass
along the road after dark. One of them
fired at it near the residence Of Capt. J. j.
Arnett one night last week when it ran
away. 1t is said TO be little larger than
an ordinary dog but not as large as bear
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