The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-09

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS,

Atlanta to Have Democratic Rally
Tomorrow Night-One Republican
Elected TO the Senate and Four to the
Lower House-A Hundred Wagons
Loaded with Cotton Roll into For
Valley in Procession.
GEORGIA.
Madison is on a building boom.
At Daren a voter put in his tax receipt
on Wednesday.
Darien has contributed over 800 to the
yellow fever sufferers.
One hundred and niNe bales of cotton
were shipped from Ty Ty Saturday.
The frame of the Methodist church at
Abbeville blew down the other night in a
storm. 1t is badly broken.
The two colleges of Dawson are in very
fiourlshing condition, about 200 pupils being
now in attendance, and additions are being
constantly made TO tais number.
Tennille has in course of erection a two
story market, which, when completed, will
be model building and quite convenience
to the place. 1t is something long needed.
A. H. Collat, brother-in-law Of Louis Col
Lar of Darien, and who has been visiting
there most OF the summer, has purchased
the store and lot now occupied by Simon
Sternshine.
Gov. Gordon, Congressman John d.
Stewart and James A. Gray, Presidential
elector from that district, will address the
democrats Of Atlanta on the issues of the
day tomorrow night.
At Tennile the Stephens Bros new three
story ginnery has been finished and is turn
ing out goodly number of bales of cotton
daily 1t is a cOmmodious building and
fitted up with the most improved ma
chinery.
At Tennille cotton is coming in at a
rapid rate, and being bought and shipped
as rapidly as possible. 1t has been found
necessary to build new platform to ac-
moving the cotton in short order and as
yet no complaint has been made in this re-
spect.
Lewis Melton and three other colored
men, while gambling near Cyprian Bull
lochs, in the Gill district of Meriwether
county, last Saturday night, got to quarrel
ing and Nels Marshal was shot and killed in
the fracas. The coroner's iury's verdict
FIXES the killing on Melton and declares
that it was murder.
The Covington and Oxford street railway
was completed to the center of Oxford Sat
urday and the cars began running The
road will get great deal of patronage this
week from the incoming students of Emory
college, which opens on Oct 10. A large
attendance Of students is expected and the
prospects of the college are very bright.
The returns as received by the secretary
of state show that one republican, David
Garren of Ellijay. has been elected to the
Senate from the Fifty-second district, and
that four republicans will be members of
the House of Representatives. They are
B. c. Duggar of Fannin, E. w. Alfred of
Pickens, Anthony Wilson (colored) of Cam
den and s. A. McIvor (colored) Of Liberty.
At Augusta, Saturday, called meeting
of the Richmond County Agricultural So
ciety was held to raise s400 to make Rich
mond county's exhibit at the exposition a
success. President Berckmans stated that
S4O0 additional, with the money already
subscribed and promised, would make the
county exhibit a success. 1t was decided to
send out canvassing committee to collect
400 one-dollar subscriptions.
Hartwell Sun: ibid you ever see one like
that!' said Hated Williams last Wednes-
dry, as he handed us a strange looking piece
of paper. 1t was a IS BILL issued by the in
ferior court of Hart county. 1t was dated
at Hartwell, Jan. 4, 1863 and was signed by
j. G. McCurry, president of the court, and
F. c. Stephenson, clerk. Paper seems TO
have been scarce, as the bill is printed on
the back of an old freight bill.
The grand jury of Houston county last
week complimented Hon. Cope Winslow,
and indorsed his candidacy for the solicitor
ship of the Macon circuit. One of the petit
juries recommended that the lawyers In at
tendance on the court be required to wash
their hands, as the papers given them to
handle were very much soiled This recon-
mendatioD accompanied their verdict in
case and was received amid much merri-
ment.
McDonough Weekly: Dick Hightower's
visits to our lair afforded US much plea sure
last Wednesday; but the pleasure of our
meeting was greatly enhanced by his hand
ing US S. sinner with the photograph of
the goddess Of liberty arrayed in a robe dc
mutt, on the other side bald-headei eagle
with bunch of huckleberries in one claw,
bundle of weather-vanes In the other. On
the whole, the pictures were beautiful to
contemplate.
Fort Valley witnessed novel sight Sstur-
day. About o'clock wagons loaded with
cotton began to arrive at the Alliance ware
house, and train followed in the wake
fully one and half miles long. There were
100 wagons in the procession bearing some
thing over 225 bales of cotton to the ALI
ance warehouse, and the most remarkable
feature of the whole business was that not
a single bale was allowed TO 60 on the
boards for SALE
At Tennille the Wrightsville and Ten
nile Railroad Company is building new
track from the CentraPs siding to thor
own. The track now in use, which serves
as part of the "Y," will be abandoned
when the new track is finished AS it now
stands the Wrightsville and Tennille has to
use part of the Central's main line which is
very ipconvenient at times to get in and
out The Wrightsville and Tennille is
doing large amount Of business, and it is
taxed to its utmost capacity to move the
freight now offered for shipment.
The following is list of the appoint
ments for Congressman Stewart and Hon.
james A Gray: Saturday, Oct. IS, II
O'Clock a. m, Monroe, Walton county; Sat
urday, Oct. 10, 8 o'clock p. M, Social Cir
Gle, Walton county; Tuesday, Oct. 16, IL
o'clock m, McDonough, Henry county
Saturday, Oct. 20, II o'clock a. M, Pal.
metto, Campbell county; Saturday, Oct 90
2 O'Clock p. m, Fairburn, Campbell county
Tuesday, Oct. rs, 1880 o'clock p. M, Griffin,
Spalding county; Friday, Oct 90, Ii
O'Clock a. m Fayetteville, Fayette county:
Friday. Oct. 26, 1880 p. M, Lthonia, De
Kalb county; Saturday, Oct. 81, 10 a. m,
Covington, Newton county; Saturday, Oct.
q, Up. m, Conyers, Rockdale county
FLORIDA.
One hundred and sixty Is Orange City's
registration list.
The prohibition convention will be held