The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Double Bereavement OF Family
Living Near Macon - Mr. Sibley
Recovering From His Paralytic
Stroke-$l5,ooO Already Subscribed
for the Y. M. c. A. Building at
Augusta.
GEORGIA.
A cold storage company will he organ
ised at Atlanta.
Frank Apuett lcoloreCn was swept over
the dam at Augusta Tuesday and drowned
In jackson county Prof W. S. McCarty
and Col. Joe Hill are both spoken of for
Senatorial honors
Josiah Sibley, Of Augusta, is recovering
from the stroke Of paralysis which he suf-
fered Monday night.
The income of the Young Mems Christian
Association Of Athens, when it gets its new
building, will be from s., 800 to $1,000 per
annum.
E. T. Shubrick the assistant keeper OF
the penltentary who Is now making his
rounds of the camps, says that there is not
much sickness among the convicts in Geor-
ga.
The ladies of Hawkinsville have organ
lied Ladies' Prohibition Club with Mrs.
F. H. Bozeman, President: Mrs. II. G.
Brown, Vice President and Mrs. r. f. Ma
pier, Secretary.
A disastrous fire occurred last Friday
night at Johnston Station, Liberty county.
The warehouse Mr.. Chapman's residence,
and the stores of Mr.. Chapman and DR..
Middleton were destroyed.
The Americas Republican now announces
that il it does not succeed in selling out by
Feb. 1t will continue publication as a
semi-weekly until it can perfect its arrange
ulentS TO come out as a daily.
The wild cats are troublesome near Hines
vile. w. I. ZoTn found two of his grown
sheep killed by one of these mischievous
animals, which has been an inhabitant Of
the Milkhouse bay long time.
Henry Lanier, cashier of the w. c. & L.
Lanier Bank OF West Point, went snipe
shooting last Sunday with a parlor rife,
and while adjusting the sight the gun dis
charged a bullet through his middle finger.
The st. Simons Lumber Company have
bought the steam tug Iris. The tug is no
stranger in Brunswick waters. The advent
of this tug does not necessarily involve u
fight for business. There is plenty of bust
ness for all the tugs.
A party of Athenians who started for the
Lone Star State a few weeks ago have re-
turned hone. They report everything cold
and desolate in Texas aud say from hence
forth and forever they will remain among
At Macon Tuesday the vacant lots ad-
joining the Appleton Home were sold at
auction by Henry Horne. The lots are in a
prominent locality. Four of the lots
brought SO, 100 and ten which lie in the
centre realized SIS, 100. Only two lots are
now left
At Augusta Tuesday c. r. SAWYER and
L. S. Wilson, two horse traders strangers
in the city, engaged in a quarrel about the
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Wilson, which missed aim. Before SAWYER
was able to shoot again, he was seized, dis
armed and arrested.
Five thousand dollars have been added to
the $4,000 subscribed last week for Young
Mems Christian Association building at
Augusta, and the fund now reaches Sl5, 900
Subscriptions and promises are being re-
ceived from various sources, and great in
terest is manifested in the good work on all
sides.
Magistrates have finished the recount Of
the votes in the contest over the prohibition
election in Hancock county. They rejected
30 votes-lS6 of which were "for the sale,n
and "a against the sale lea wing as the
result a majority of against the SALE
The Ordinary declared 1859 majority "for
the sale
At Palmetto Monday night the store
house of Mayor w. W. Floyd was broken
sacked almost from one end TO the other
A great many things are missing. incmd-
ing hats, shoes aud clothing The burglars
must have gotten fright as they ran out
and left one sack in the house that they had
filed with goods.
John w. johnson, living a short distance
outside OF Macon, on the Columbus road.
buried his lutte son, ii years OLD, Tuesday
During the Christmas HOLIDAYS he tainted
nd fol in ba fi.aa -
Lockjaw set in and resulted in his death on
Monday. The day before the little fellows
sister, u years old, died of cholera morbus
and she was buried on the same day her
brother died.
At Atlanta some time ago the firm of
Baker & Woolman, dealers in dry goods
and notions, dissolved, and later J r. Baker.
who succeeded the firm, failed. A bill was
filed by Walter K. Brown, representing
some OF the creditors, and a receiver was
--sfred for. Tuesday the bill came up before
Judge Marshall J. Clarke, in chambers. and
an order was passed appointing A. j. West
receiver. The assets of the firm are put
down at $1,000.
AT Athens Mendall Morris has Just pur-
chased from r. l.. Moss the large store
house now occupied by j. A. Mullane q
Co, paying IS, 800 for it, Mr. Morris is also
negotiating for the corner ad Looming him.
Mr. Morris started twelve years ago in
Athens with very small stock of goods
and by close attention to business has
bought and paid for three of the best stores
in the citya and If he keeps on will own the
whole block before many years.
Albany Neics: The Netcs aud advertiser.
believes that the alfalfa can be successfully
grown in Southwest Georgia If it can be
it can soon be made TO reclaim every acre
Of waste land in this section. 1t has been
the means of doubling the value of lands in
Texas and California within the last few
years, and if we can establish the fact that
il can be successfully grown in Southwest
Georgia, the future of this God favored re-
gion, with its salubrious climate and natur-
ally fertile soil, will be assured
At Athens John Finley was employed by
the City Council to unearth all violators Of
the prohibition law and to report them TO
the Chief of Police. With very little trouble
Detective Finley succeeded in capturing the
principal parties, thirteen persons. who. he
swore before the Mayor, had openly violated
the prohibition law of the city of Athens.
AS this was the first great haul made. and
as all the prisoners were negroes, His Honor
Mayor Hodgson, let them off with fine of
$50 each, or sixty days in the chain-gang.
FLORIDA
An artesian well is being bored at Orange
City
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