The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

IN PARAGRAPHS.
Incendiarism Near Toomsboro-A Cir
Gives a Would-be Bridegroom the
Slip at the Last Moment-A Millinery
store at Rome Closed by Northern
Creditors.
GEORGIA.
1t is now an undisputed fact that Jackson
will have a bank.
Aleck Speer, the young SON of f. 2. Speer
of Griffin, has secured $500 position in the
treasury department,
At Rome a creditors bill has been filed
against Mrs. T. =. Williams, milliner, by
northern creditors, and her store was closed
Monday.
Near Cedartown last week, while Miss
Bessie Reed was walking through t past
ure at her home near town, a horse kicked
her under the chin. She was not seriously
injured, however.
AT Flat Shoals VIII Terrell had cotton
picking on Friday night, at which Bud
Lawrence and negro fell out and the negro
cut Lawrence across the back of the neck,
inficting wound about three-fourths of an
inch deep and three or four inches long 1t
may prove fatal.
The merchants of Butler are doing bet
ter business than is usual at this season of
year. Collections up to date are re-
markably go d. The cotton market is
much better than for several wears, and re-
celpts are heavier IMAM tnat Oh iaSC season.
The merchants and farmers are ia a pros
perors condition.
Arthur Hail Hsddon, son OF Capt y.
H. Haddon, OF luciano pianta1ioii, Scrlv-
g. county has t"eDty11uE ouI!g alllSaUors.
the eggs atched he had EN-. Last year
nest full of alligator eggs was found on
Calt. hauuohs pt'nta'I III auu UAe eggs
were iehio'S, w .ne 0u'S' OuU ~ eplIe VI
every pooSAoAo a'OeAoiOH' 'noF Ahl4eu 10
hatch.
Farmer W llliam Wadley was in Macon
Monday, and after stating that he had
finally succeeded in getting the CHAMBERS out
from his stock on his plantation In Emanuel
county, but not before five mules and one
horse had died. went to the Georgia Agri-
cultural SocletyS rooms at une Hotel Lahler
anu hlaue appilcatlon Ior tout s0aDies III
winch to exhibit some OF his me animals.
MI Waaiev always taxes great interest IN
the state ialr.
Calvin Carter, Jr., who lives out five or
six miles from AmerlcuS, IS mourning the
loss Ola fine drove Of goats. which occurred
in singular manner. Near his house he
has a woods lot of about 100 acres, into
which he turned his drove of POO fine goats
about ten days ago Saturday morning no
was attracted by the sight of numberless
buzzards flying about the pasture and
going there found the mangled remains of
l94 goats that had been Killed by gang of
worthless ours which had Deem proving
ABOUT the country. OhIy SIX goats OF his
nocK OF IOU escaped
The society men of Atlanta were given
decided surprise at the Grant reception
when Tom Cobb Jackson appeared in the
very latest thing in neckwear. 1t was
n ~ fo Ityi,.
tually so to the rest of America The arti-
Gle which caused the sensation is known as
a Napoleon tischua, and was made of i'm
ported Egyptian lace of the finest quality
1t is one of those ties-if ties they may be
called-such as were worn years ago when
gentlemen We're arrayed in knickerbockers,
ana when tneir Guns were Of lace to match
their Ties ms Is the very latest rad and
may become quite popular,
At Toccoa Sunday night Bill Smith,
boy about 10 years old, seriously, and per-
haps fatally, stabbed Ben Dooly man
about so, at the house of the boys mother,
a place of ill-repute 1t seems that Dooly
has been living with the Smith woman
some time, and, as the boy did not relish
the idea, frequent quarrels were the result.
Last night they fought. Dooly broke his
gun over the boys head, and the boy
stabbed him, the knife penetrating the lung
Ben Dooly is well known as one Of North
Georgia's noted moonshiners The boy has
lived near Toccoa a long time, but has now
left for parts unknown.
At Griffin Saturday Officer CUNNINGHAM
arrested a drunken negro. and started To
the station house with him. when another
negro attempted to assist the prisoner in
making his escape from the officer About
this time Officer Bowden interfered and
tried to put the other negro under arrest
They both resisted arrest and IL was NOT
long before a very large crowd WAS around
the officers. and thew seemed in eminent
danger of being overpowered and their
prisoners taken awav from them. Had II
hot been for the prompt interference Of
citizens. serious trouble might have fol
lowed. As it was, however. the prisoners
were landed safely in the lookup.
At LAGRANGE. a runaway MARRIAGE WINS
planned for Sunday night inter Church
The license was spoken for. and the minis.
ter engaged All parties were 70 meet IN
the parlors of the L,aGrange hotel at o.30
O'clock sharp. The hour arrived Several
friends were waiting in great susnense
when in come the deserted eroomsmap a.
A. Gresham. without his girl but ettendad
bv his best man. Shorter IT TrpItt Their
EXPRESSION told the story. At The last honr
his girl had proven disloval and skinned or
with another fellow. The chagrined crowd
of spectators. almost bursting with Inngb~
Ter. dispersed and left the mipht-ha va besr