The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-09
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

"A Schooner Just Arrived at Darien
REPORTS the Loss of a Vessel at Sea.
GEORGIA.
The Georgia State Medical Association
meets in Atlanta April Is.
Green Watson died very suddenly at his
home on the Mickey place, near Valdosta,
a few days ago.
Lexington is booming the building of a
railroad to Crawford. 1t will cost 50, 900
to grade the road.
The freight depot at Marshallville did a
good business last month. Its receipts
amounted to $4,000.
Hon. H. H. Carlton, has introduced bin
to pension Nathan Cook of Clarke county
for services in the Cherokee war.
A syndicate has been formed among the
manufacturers of buggies throughout the
State and prices have been advanced 50 per
buggy.
Some Of the business men of Quitman
have organized stock company on small
scale to put in a telephone at the depot and
at some convenient place up town.
A crowd of negroes armed with guns,
dogs, clubs, etc, surrounded some sedge
fields on the Mickey place, near Naldosta,
some days ago and burned them off. They
killed 1913 rabbits.
The young men of Washington are
attempting TO get up sufficient money to
buy the necessary instruments for brass
band. 1t is understood that 800 will buy
good set instruments.
novel marriage took place in Taliaferro
last week. A young man named Phelps,
about Is years old, was married to widow
lady aged IS years She was the widow of
the late J. H. Mitchell, of that county.
Tho eahonDar Erapois Uor,oI
Scott, at Darien, 20 days out from Philadel-
phia, reports speaking an unknown vessel
at sea in q storm. From the latter the
Yarnen learned that the schooner Cassie
Jamison, from Darien, was lost at sea but
he could learn no particulars.
AT a recent meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Athens and jefferson rail
road in jefferson. the following were added
to the committee Messrs. John Smith, Of
jug Tavern; William A Hosch, of Hosch-
ton; {. T. Whitehead of PendergraSs: R.
b: Russell, of Athens; and w. s. Walker,
of Monroe.
A lot of land sold many years ago by
John McGhee, staunch Wing of Walker
county, to Capt. Tom Bryan, proved to be
great bargain. The condition was that it
should be paid for when Henry Clay was
elected President. As the great commoner
never reached the White House pay day
never came.
A little negro in one OF the stores at
Athens saw two glasses of lemonade setting
on the counter and concluded to appropriate
them to his own use. Some one coming
near scared the boy, and to secure the
lemonade he poured the contents of the
glasses in his pocket, but it soon made its
appearance on the floor.
Robert Lee Spence has through the kind
ness of Congressman H. G. Turner, received
the appointment subject to an examination.
TO cadetship at West Point, the United
States Military School He is the second
son of h. W. Spence, the Clerk of Mitchell
Superior Court and was a member of the
junior class in the State University.
Athens Bonner Watch an: 1t sunder-
stood that Hon. A. O. Bacon will undoubt-
edly run for the Senate from Bibb. Heb
thought of going TO the House, but did NOT
want to antagonizs Hon. A. S. CLAY. of
Cobb, for speaker, so he will probably go
TO the Senate If he should be elected. as
he probably will be- and Gordon should 90
to the Senate, Mr.. Bacon may find short
cut to the governorship.
Monday night, as the north-bound freight
train was passing Tomtown, a negro settle
ment on the outskirts of Marshalltown. sew
eral negro boys rocked the caboose and en-
glne OF the train, hitting the engineer on
Two of the boys, Pharioh Lark and Cara
McCiehee, were arrested, but upon orders of
Mr.. Kline were turned loose, with the prom
Use that their parents would punish them.
A week ago on Thursday Win Gary and
the negroes who work on the river planta
tion of William J. Harper. near HartweU
saw top buggy floating down the swollen
Savannah. the next day Archie and Lind
sey Parks saw dark colored horse with
harness on floating down the river. 1t IS
supposed that the horse and buggy. from
there not being hitched, were thrown from
the fiat at some ferry on the Seneca or
Tugalo rivers.
A certain young gentleman of Washing
ton wrote note to his girl a day or two
ago, and put 1t in his pocket for few mo-
ments until he could find boy to carry il
The young lady replied to the note and re-
turned the young mans confectionery bill
which had gotten mysteriously mixed No
with the note in the young mans pocket.
She said she was always glad to receive the
CONNECTIONS, but didn't care about knowing
the cost, or of receiving the bill for them
The cotton steamer Tiyerton has sailed
from Brunswick at last. The parties who
chartered the vessel made arrangements to
have her loaded by stevedores under the
efrectlon CT the Captain. After she was
loaded, 1t was found that her charterers did
not have meney TO pay for the loading
and In consequence the stevedores attached
the vessel to secure their wages The liver
ton was held several days over her time,
and after many cablegrams had been sent
and received, the Captain gave bond for
the money claimed, and left the case for
trial before the Superior Court.
Judge Williams, of Thomaston, has a
singular trinket attached to his watch
chain. 1t is a miniature brass culver, full
of arrows. 1t was recently found in the
old camp Of the Indians, Jim and Tom, near
the river. When the Indians were moved
from Epson county, long years ago, Jim
and Tom refused TO go with the others IL
was never known why, but it was supposed
to be because they had committed some
offense against Indian law and were afraid
to risk themselves with their copper-colored
brethren away from the protection which
the laws of civilization offered. They made
a camping place under an overhauging rock
on the banks of Flint river They would
not live in house, but abode in their saw
age dwelhng-plac until death removed
them to the happy hunting grounds. One
died during the war and the other soon
after. Recently the brass trnket before
mentioned was found and given to Judge
Williams.
FLORIDA.
The Florida Methodist is to resume pub
lication shortly.
The delinquent tax sale at Ocala last week