The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23


Being Burned to Death
GEORGIA.
The question of licenses for the present
wear viii come up for action before the new
Council at Townsville very soon.
The Council at Thomasville at its meeting
Monday made tie salary of the Mayor for
the present year 5000. II has been $500
heretofore
Mr.. House, assisted by Henry Stanfield, has
completed his work OF numbering the
houses in Americas, and there are ], 100, all
told, if none have been skipped.
The new count house at Townsville will
not be new in its entirety, but i'll will be
hard 10 recognize the old one in the shapely
and slightly one that has grown up under
the hands of MeSsrs. Eaves & Chase.
r. D. Harris has the contract for building
three new brick stores on ScreVen street
Qmtman-two for Mr. William Golding
aud one for George w. Avr8tt. The stores
will be finished in time Tor next seasons
business. They are all rented.
Elberton Leader: The county court has
had a deal of business before it for the last
few weeks Much Of this business has
arisen from attractions between landlord
and tenants Much of the labor of this
country is extremely unreliable, and little
attention is paid to the obligation of con
tracts by the worthless and prohigate so
called laborers.
The city assessors have completed their
work in the old city limits of Columbus and
will commence on the annex to-day The
figures have not yet been footed up, but it
j. likely that the increase over the preceding
year in the same territory will be fully $500
QUO There were more transfers of real
estate last year than during any previous
year within the knowledge of the assessors
At Valdosta Messrs Boone have made ar
rangements with Mr.. Holder to build three
brick stores on his lot on Hill avenue, oppo-
site to Jones 81 Roberts livery stable Work
will begin on them before great while
The contract is signed, sealed and delivered
Adjoining these houses a gentleman from
Savanna has bought lot from Mr.. Holder
and is going to put up a building for a
bakery and confectionery
Rev. F. r. G.. Ellis has been connected
with the Methodist Sunday school in Vel
dosta for seventeen or eighteen years, and
the scholarship has never been less than
forty and often nearer 100 During all this
time but one of the scholars has died.
Rev. q. c. Clarke is now preaching to a
large congregation in Naldosta his second
year, and he has never seen the cemetery.
because he has had no occasion to go out
there.
Townsville Times A gentleman desir-
ing an oyster stew yesterday found that he
y
were to be had in plenty, but ON inquring
at a restaurant lie was informed that they
had not on hand the necessary ingredients
for making one. 1t seems almost incredible
to a stranger that such a town as Thomas
Vile has no restaurant where a person
might get stew, or indeed, anything else
that might be wanted. in reasonable hours.
Elberton Leader. One Of the CRYING needs
OF Elberton is more streets. There are only
three streets that pass through the town
and side streets and alleys are scarce As
81 is now there are a very few building sites
IN the town and tlesa being on the great
thoroughfales OF the city sell at enormous
figures; indeed so high that none but capt.
talists can buy them and capitalists do not
care to come where there are no worlImen
toengage or consumers for their goods or
manufactured articles.
Darien Timber Gazette: The work al
ready done on Doboy bar is of great bene-
fit, but another and larger appropriation is
needed to give Us twenty-five feet OF water
at our port. Lieut.. o. NJ. Carter, the en-
gineer in charge. is satisfied that he can
make Dohoy bar one of the best in the
country # the government will only appro-
PIRATE sufficient sum to carry on the
work The last appropriation of $4,000
has not all been used up Yet, and work was
only suspended on account of the bad
weather.
AT Americas few mornings ago, Miss
Anna, daughter of W. II. Westbrooke,
got up early to Prepare breakfast for her
1ather, who was going Off on business, and
while her parents were still III bed While
she was fitting about before the fire her
clothing caught in a blaze and she soon dis
covered it. She called TO her parents as she
ran into their room, and as they met the
blazing girl, Mr. Westbrooke began tearing
the burning clothes from her, while the
a i'll
lis contents over her. Their promptness
saved her life and she escaped with only the
loss OF clothing and a cold bath.
Mrs. Story, stopping for the time at Mr.
11arp'S III NaldOsta was seriously burned on
Wednesday afternoon last. Mrs. Harp was
sitting on one side of the fireplace holding
a sick baby and Mrs. Story was sitting ON
the other when she arose and stepped across
the hearth and stopping took the child out
of Mrs. Harp's lap. While in the act her
dress caught on fire. The flames had made
considerable progress when she discovered
that she was ON fire As quick as she could,
without injury to the sick child, she dropped
it on the bed and rushed out of the house
for the well. With the timely assistance of
those near at hand the fire was put out, but
not until the lady was seriously but not fa-
tally burned.
An old soldier" wrote as follows in the
Townsville Times of Saturday: Sin the
news of yesterday | read an account of a
man Of good memory, now Sc years old.
soldier in Gen. Tayior's army at the battle
of Buena Vista. That retired veteran now
lives in California, whittier he took his OK
cellent memory on going to live in the Pa
cific slope. He states that he was very near
his commanding officer when Gen.
Taylor gave the renowned order:
"A little more grape, Captain
Bragg | knew Gen Bragg in
timately during our life as cadets at West
Point, and during his after sojouru on earth.
Shortly after the conquest of Mexico. he
dined at my table in New York, when the
topic of conversation very naturally turned
upon the recent unpleasantneSs with our
sister republic. 'Braxton,' said |, what
Is the truth about the little more grape
storyf The story, as told replied he, Il,
not true Old lack told me, in his slight
stammering way: 'Gi, ri, give 'em hi,
Capt. Bragg He did not mention the
frnit OF the vine at all"
Brunswick Journal: The rea lers of the
Journal will recall the account published
at the time, of the opening Of the Americas.
Preston and Lumpkin railroad from Ameri-
Gus to Abbeville on the Ocmulgee river.
The steamer Alice Clark was put on the
route to connect with it and made several
trips to this city, each time having more
freight offered than she could take. Need
ing repairs, she was taken TO Charleston,