The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-08
GEORGIA AND FL0RIl "A.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Burn Received on the Foot Necessi-
tates the Amputation of a Leg After
Twenty.seven Years-A Travellers
Trudge in the Flooded District of
Alabama-A Horse Killed by an
Unknown Scoundrel at HON erville.
GEORGIA.
Qutman's proposed new hotel is to cost
$4,000.
The cornerstone of the hospital at Bruins
wick will be laid April is.
T, B. Artope, of Macon, will build Jeffer-
son county's new Jail for "a, 400
Judge Mitchell, of Athens, is a candidate
for Solicitor General of his circuit
The capacity of A. B. Connelly's tannery
at Rome will probably be doubled soon.
According to the Thomasville Enterprise,
the mail from Savannah never reaches that
city on time.
The damages by the late heavy rains
will no doubt reach $4,000 or $4,000 in
Marion county.
Owing to high water the mail from
StateGboro to Ogeechee was suspended for
two days last week.
1t is estimated that three-fourths of
Brunswick's population has moved there in
the past four years.
]. A. Ramey, an employee of the cotton
factory at Rome, is missing. Foul play
and suicide are both feared.
The City Council of Augusta declines to
run by the seventy-fifth meridian time in
stead of that of the ninetieth.
Sixty-four rabbits and 1lS rats is the
record of two days sport by one man at
Fort Gaines during the high water.
Rev. Sam Jones has written to gentle
man in Rome that he will begin his annual
revival meeting in that city on May "A.
A careful estimate discloses the fact that
the acreage in watermelons in the vicinity
of Quitman is so per cent. larger than last
year.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Greene county will meet at 10 o'clock IN the
court house at Greensboro, on Saturday
April IA.
There is a movement on foot by outside
capital to open a wholesale coffee house in
Brunswick and put on a line of vessels TO
Brazil for that purpose.
The Democracy of Clarke county will
meet at the court house in Athens Wednes-
day, April II, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the State Convention.
There are nine vessels at quarantine at
Brunswick waiting 10 discharge their bal
last. On account of insufficient wharfage
soHe OI lneills IL Is Sulu, VIII nave W "dib
20 days.
At Brunswick Thursday night, the City
of Brunswick ran into the schooner Isaac
n. Carlin and smashed the metallic boat
that swings from her stern. 1t will cost
about 800 to replace it.
A colored man on Mrs. Ann Pentecost's
plantation, in Chandler's district of Jack
son county, claims to have hen that will
lay five eggs in two days. He offers to
wager a months work on it.
William L. Clark, father of Mrs. William
Tullis, Mrs. j. T. McLendon, l.. G. Nc
Tendon and w. H. Clark of Americas. died
at his home in Webster county Thursday
morning, April 5, at the age of ~ years.
The postmaster of Brunswick has render
ed his accounts TO the government, and
shows the business for the quarter ending
March 81 to be 1915 IS. This is more than
sufficient to make the office second-class.
Sumter Superior Court will meet Monday
morning. According to arrangements
already made the new court house will be
then turned over for the purposes intended
by Hon. B. p. Hollis, in behalf of the
County Commissioners, and received by
Judge Fort. ..
Judge Harris will open court Monday at
CarrolltOn 1t has been some time since
the county has had a regular term, and it
will take over two weeks to clear the dock
cts. There are some over 300 civil aud
% criminal cases on them. There are about
fifty divorce cases to be tried. --
DR.. Albert Hardeman's death at Cum
ming, on last Thursday, proved the sequal
to most unfortunate difficulty which oc-
CURED between himself and brother, c. A
Hardeman, some three weeks since. The
doctor had gotten better when erysipelis set
in the wound, which caused his death.
A e.. AZ u
was crossing the Ogeechee river in Bulloch
county with the mail, the boat ran under
the limb of tree, which struck the old fell
low and threw him out of the boat After
scuffiing for while, "Uncle Jep" got in
his boat and landed on terra firma all
right.
The Floyd Rifles and the Columbus
Guards havo written that they will be at
the st. Simons enoampment. This is
formal, and others have been heard from
semi-officially who will accept, though
most of the commands have not vet acted.
the time for such action not having
arrived.
William Mote, living just above Carroll
ton, sold 754 pounds of fine butter in the
year 1887. He MIXED four cows and had
seven in family His table was supplied
every meal. All this butter was sold at zoe.
pound, with the exception of fifty pounds,
making near $50 worth of butter sold dur
ing the year.
Clay Bagley SAYS that his home place
near the northern edge of Americas n a
veritable railroad CENTER in itself The
Central passes Immediately in front OF the
house. the B. v. and +. just in the rear
and now the surveying corps of the Savan-
nah Air Line are setting their stakes through
the peach orchard.
A night or two ago the fine carriage
horse belonging to Fl. and H. Mattox, of
bonneville, was shot and killed by some
unknown scoundrel For several nights the
parties had been in the habit OF taking the
horse out and riding him-then returning
him before morning. The gate had been
fastened and in order to get revenge they
killed the horse.
A drummer was in Macon Friday wear
ing as a watch charm a live chameleon,
which spread itself on his vest. Around its
neck was tiny gold chain, and when the
drummer desired he placed it near some
colored object and instantly the little ami
cal changed its color accordingly. Its col
ors were red, green and white. 1t was a
curiosity and was obtained in Florida.
1t has been rumored at Rome for several
days that James Harris was drowned in the
high water last Friday afternoon The re-
port is that he started TO the home of his
father-in-law, Mr. Holbrook, who lives
about six miles down the Coosa river. He
was in q batteau, and when about the