The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-23

teachers of Georgia will convene in Athens
the first week in May.
The Democrats of Colquitt county will
meet in Moultrie on May 10 appoint dele
gates to the State Convention.
1t is said that the Greene Rifles Brass
Band of Greensboro contemplate dssband-
ing after the Memorial day celebration.
DIR. r, M. Hitch, prominent and we'll
known citizen of Brooks county, died at his
residence near Morven few days ago.
The Baptists of Colquitt county will meet
in Moultrie on Friday, May 4, for the pur-
pose of organizing the laymen's meetings.
A lady living at Athens has made it
rule for years TO rise at ) in the morning
and take walk of three miles before break
fast.
John H. Newton is thinking of doubling
the present capacity of his bobbin mill at
Athens. This is the only mill of the kind in
the State
Rufus Cunningham, colored, of Ogle-
thorpe county, was killed few days ago
by the accidental discharge of gun in his
own hands.
jesse &. McCord, of Brooks county, died
ut his residence few miles north of Quit
man on Tuesday, April H. in the nth year
of his year.
J. c. Shackleford, of Carrollton, has a
Ratchet which belonged to his grandfather,
and from the best information attainable is
something over a hundred years old.
w. A. Broughton is trying to establish a
cotton seed oil mill and guano factory at
Madison. Twenty five thousand dollars is
wanted of which 5000 has been secu. ed.
The post office at Snelson was discontin-
ued yesterday. The discoutinuance is at
the request of DR.. Barnes, the Postmaster.
All mail for the Office will be sent to Green
vile.
Hon. w Fl. FELTON, and Col J. NJ Du-
Pree are the candidates for nomination for
the Senate in the Thirteenth district, COM
posed of the counties of Sumter, Macon and
Schley.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Epson county has called a meeting of the
Democratic citizens for the first Tuesday in
May to elect delegates to the Atlanta CON
Vention.
At Brownwood the boiler connected with
G.. Willis saw mill machinery bursted, ono
day this week, giving all hands about the
mill considerable fright, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
At Fort Valley last Monday, Tom Allen.
an old colored man, was cleaning out well
when the bucket fell, struck him on top of
the head, causing conclusion Of the brain
and resulted in death.
At Dahlonega a few nights ago a lady
went to prepare the bed for the purpose of
retiring and found live lizard under one
IF the pillows. The lizard was dispatched
by neighb)r who was called in.
Just before water was reached in the new
arteSian well at Montezuma some strange
articles came from il, consisting of Jumps
of coal, fish scales and bone, clear amber
co!orsd rosn and bits of soft wood.
Martin Newborn, OF Hartwel, says that
chicken just two days old, in his presence
just after he bad ted it, Strengthened up,
Mapped its wings and Gro we'd as clearly and
distinctly as any rooster, though not so
loud, of course.
At Cohbham, suburb of Athens, Thurs
day, Floyd Hill, a colored preacher, was in
inc act of patting blind horse on the back
when the animal kicked and dealt Hill a
tremendous blow on the forehead The
preachers friends maintain that his skull is
fractured.
The hotel building on st. Simon's Island.
which is four stories in the center and three
on the wings, IS all inclosed, rooted and the
floors laid; the fathers are at work and the
tlasterers are mixing the mortar. In the
meantime the railroad iron is here and the
track will soon be down.
The Savannah military have been heard
from in reference to the ST. Simon's en-
campment. While they approve of the
plan and compliment the Brunswick Rife
nen for their generosity, they cannot par
ticipate for good and sufficient reasons. The
Albany Guards will participate.
During the past week Frank Sorrow, liv-
ing near the Glade, in Oglethorpe county,
was strangely affected, and it was feared
hydrophobia was developing from the bite
of a rabid dog some three years ago. Mr.
Sorrow died on Tuesday night. His physi-
clans say he did not have hydrophobia.
Zea Roberts, colored woman living in
the Morven nelghborhood, Brooks county,
was accidently shot a week ago Thursday.
by a young negro boy by the name of VIII
liam Henry. The boy was playing with a
gun, and in some way it was discharged
The woman fingered for week and died
II. W. Hopkins and j. W. Reid have
applied to the City Council of Townsville
for franchise to operate a street railroad
within the corporate limits aud under SINH
lar terms and conditions as granted some
time ago TO Messrs Fearn, Whitaker &
Paxton. This franchise has expired by linn
ltation, and the present petitioners simply
ask to be similarly empowered.
A Hart county traveller who attended
church in Atlanta recently gave his idea of
the big pipe organ thus: The fellow what
played the music sat down on a stool and
played on keys stuck IN the back end OF the
church, and 1t sounded like forty different
sized lions with their tails caught in a crack
and fellow blowed horn, but | knew il
wasn't Gabriel-he was too much of a
dude"
The floods Of last summer and the high
waters of this spring have unearthed an In.
dian burying-ground on Broad river, on the
Davenport place, near the Glade, in Ogle-
thorpe county, and brought TO the surface
many strange things. There are any number
Of human bonos, Indian pottery, pipes, etc.
10 DO found on the grounds II was not
known that this city of the dead was there
Until the waters revealed 10.
f. C. Gore and Miss Wilcie Thrift, OF
Glsnmore, Ware county, arrived at Val
dosta on the early train on Thursday morn
Ing last, and took lodgings at the Central
Hotel. After breakfast they sought the
Ordinary, obtained license and then went
before Justice Of the Peace Cook and were
married. For some cause, probably paren-
tai interposition, they fed from home and
went TO Valdosta to marry.
DIR. Torrey, United States Assaycr, and
bis lady, with other friends, paid Dahlonega
visit q few days ago. He is a mining ex-
pert and thorough geologist, and after q
brief visit TO the Hand and the Barlow mills
and mines he expressed himself as being
fnuch pleased with the general outlook. He
has Travelled all over the mining regions of
The country, and he said that the Hand mine,
III especially, was the largest and most lasting
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