The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Went to His Death with an Oath on
His Lips.
GEORGIA.
DR.. George 7. Sewell, of Cedartown, dice
Sunday.
wagon factory may be established al
lagrange soon.
Atlanta rivals Chicago in the number o.
its divorce suits.
B. F. Nipewander will establish q canning
factory at Americas.
George w. Benton of Milton county com
mitted suicide Saturday.
Postal cars will be put on the Covington
and Macon railroad on June IL
Editor J. n. Moore has been with the
Milledgeville union and Recorder forty
one years.
A negro boy, about Is years of age, Pig
Bryant by name, was drowned Tuesday
while bathing lis Hunts mill pond, situated
about one and a half miles from Barnes
Vile
Harry Rockhill, of Macon, has "A curiosity
in the shape of a chicken. 1t has two heads
and one pair of legs There are only two
eyes-one for each head, and they are on
the inside.
AT Cumming, few DAYS ago, B. F. Find
ley and Berry Gilbert were bitten by arabid
dog. Findley was attacked with hydropho-
bia, since which time he has been raving
mad, having to be closely confined
Knoxville Tribune: Pope Braswel tells
US that out of one tree, recently, he got
1880 shingles and thirty fence posts, all
heart, besides leaving enough wood to run
the A. and +. engines for six months.
Work will begin on the cotton factory at
LaGrange in very short time. The board
Of nIraPfnrS hard ar vyOrLy
plans, specifications, ETC., and will give out
work just as soon as it is possible to do SO.
The strawberry growers in and around
Atlanta have never yet been able to supply
the demand The acreage has largely
increased within the last few wears. and
yet the demand is far in excess of the sup
ply.
The gospel tent. owned by the Macon dis
trict of the South Georgia Conference, ar
rived at Montezuma Friday, and was
pitched in the rear Of the public square, A
great revival of religion is now In progress.
People are attending these tent meetings
who seldom go TO church.
Mr.. Mcclure, of the firm Of Mcclure &,
Easterling, Of Brunswick, fired a pistol at
Yardmaster Coles, Of the East Tennessee
road, Tuesday. The belligerents fell out
over the delivery Of some lumber; hot
words followed, and then the pistol shot.
No one was hurt, however.
Bloom Brown, formerly Of Savannah but
now in the grocery business in AmericuS.
is becoming regular mOnopolist. He has
absorbed the stocks Of two or three rival
establishments since he opened his store. 1t
is not insinuated that knife and fork was
used In the absorption process.
An obstruction was placed upon the A..
I. and l.. railroad track Sunday afternoon,
M fcr fv1yt, III .N1 i
Americas. The engineer saw the obstruc-
ton, crosstie, in time TO stop the train be-
Tore running upon it. This is the fourth
time that an attempt has been made at this
same place to wreck train.
Joseph Hirsch, Adolphus Brandt. Aaron
Haas and Joseph Jacobs constitute a COM
mittee that loft Atlanta yesterday for
Brunswick, for the purpose of soliciting aid
for the jewish Orphans Home, now being
built in Atlanta. As the generosity of the
lsraelites of Brunswick is we'll known, the
committee anticipates doing well.
Clifford Postell, Of st. Simon's, was badly
hurt Monday while hauling load of furni-
ture from the landing to the new hotel. In
crossing the street car track his team be-
came unmanageable, and he was thrown
forward between the mules. He was kicked
on the head by one of them in falling, and
then run over by the loaded wagon.
Henry Jackson a colored man, living on
the plantation of P. c. Livingston. in Schlev
county, one day last week cut ten acres Of
wheat, averaging fourteen and three-fourth
bushels to the acre, and drank one gallon of
whisky during the day. At tho conclusion
of the days work the darkey asked Mr..
Livingston If he couldn't set 'em up for
about pint.
At Macon Tuesday night, Deputy Sheriffs
IrA.a o.,I
Tarver, charged with the killing of John
Williams, his brother-in-law, on the
Howard place at Symmetrical last Satur-
day night He was arrested at his house
and offered no resistance, saying that he
felt himself justified in the shooting, He
was lodged in Jail.
The Jackson county Cooperative Society
was organized at Dry Pond on Friday last.
This organization consists of the farmers,
and its object is to raise the farmer TO q
higher plane OF improving the lands, raising
the standard OF his credit, and for mutual
benefit. The membership now numbers
about 800, and is growing daily. j. N.
Twitty, OF Jefferson, was elected president
At nesting Of the stockholders Of the
Brunswick Light and Water Company
held in Macon Tuesday, the following
board OF directors was elected: w A. Jeter.
W. E. Burbage and II. T. Kenan, of Bruins
wick, and E. c. Granniss and A. E. Board
man, of Macon. The officers are: w. e.
Burbage, President; A. Il. Boardman.
Treasurer and superintendent; j. B. Hall,
Secretary.
At Atlanta to-day the residence of George
II. Eddleman, who a few days ago killed
Thomas @. Gresham, will be sold at auction.
The object OF the sale is TO raise money with
which TO pay counsel to defend Mr.. Eddie
man. He has secured the services Of five
prominent lawyers Of Atlanta, and a stub
born fight will DO made in his behalf. Mr..
Eddlemans home is located on Pryor street
near the city limits
Here is an instance Of how real estate In
Americus has appreciated In value within
the past four or five years. About that
long ago piece Of city property was
offered for $1,000 the owner thinking this
u very fair valuation TO put upon It. The
offer ~as declined, with thanks the price
being deemed exorbitant by tho would-be
purchasers. To-day the same property
would easily bring $4,000 if placed upon
the Garket.
Some time ago the County Commissioner
aoOse al Arnericus and the three acres OF
ieai s-ound 10 TO any person or corporation
taat would build 500, 900 hotel on il, OF
Hnywnsre else In Americas. The property
proposed 10 be donated il worth, at a low
valuation, $4,000. II appears that this
tempting offer will soon be accepted, as
local syndicate is now being formed TO push
the enterprise to completion.