The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-12
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE,

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Track of His Lost $9oo-A Car Runs
Away at Milledgeville.
GEORGIA.
There is an increase of business in Senoia
this fall Cotton buyers are holding up the
market well, and the depot books show an
increase of cotton receipts up to date over
anv other season.
DR.. r. W. Fuller of Blackshear, while de-
scending ladder Friday morning dislo-
Gated his ankle joint, and probably tract
ured his leg. He is confined to his Led,
and no doubt W i'll remain there for some
time.
A good Presbyterian lady of Rome, who
is a staunch democrat, was rather dumb
founded at the information that Gen. Harri-
son was Presbyterian deacon. She says
she cannot believe it, for no Presbyterian
can be republican.
The freight train that left Townsville
for Alba y Friday afternoon at 4:30 ran
into q washout seven miles from town, q
little beyond the Ochlockonee river. The
engine was overturned and one of the
shoulders of one of the firemen was dis
located.
C. II. Troutman, treasurer of the Qlit-
man lodge of the order of A. o. U. w,
received on Monday last a certified check
for SO, 600, tae insurance on w. G.. Bentley's
life. The money was received and turneu
over to Mrs. Bentley i'll thirty days from
the death of Mr.. Bentley.
A large rolling mill plant is to be located
in Rome by capitalists of Bristol Pom.
William f. Nevigold of Bristol, Pa, is in
Rome, making the final arrangements for
the location Of large rolling mill pla t.
The manufacture of hoop iron and cotton
ties will be the principal objects which the
plant will turn out.
The lands belonging to the Estate of the
late DR.. Hitch we're sold at public cutlery. AZ
Quitman, Tuesday, aud brought good
prices, which is shown below. The Hitch
home place sold for $4251; the Reddick
place sold for $l,516; the Rube Hall place
sold for 81 $50; the Hall place sold for
$1,000; smaller PLACES brought from 1870 to
$3.50. The total sales amounted TO about
$10,5o0.
At Augusta, in defiance Of the city coun-
ellis law fixing the maximum price OF 25
cents for hackmen to charge passengers for
transfer from the city to the exposition,
they have combined, it is understood, and
refuse to carry p asSenger for less than 50
cents. A gentleman with party OF three
others offered q hackman 81 for their fare
TO the grounds Friday, which was refused,
AMI the hackman said: ''If any hickman
will take you out for less than so cents
scot, win carry you free"
The following is true story of little
age: She began in January with one hen;
she saved all the eggs of that hen and set
them, at different tunes, raised the chickens
and sold them, aud saved all the money
she got r them up to Christmas; when
she had in all obtained from one hen IS IS.
This money she gave for foreign missions or
to help pay the preachers wa TO the
heathen countries, to preach to the heather
people, and to pay for Bibles TO send there
for heather girls and boys to read.
At Milledgeville Thursday, while the Sec
ton hands were pushing freight car
loaded with crossties on a switch, to avoid
collision with the dummy, in front of the
Hotel Ocoaee, they gos 1t running 50 fast
that it reached the down grade at Wrlght's
crossing, which il swiftly descended, and
continued past Caraker's station, where it
went down another very steep grade and
obtained sufficient force to carry it across
the long trestles at Fishing creek and
Double branches, never slackening its speed
until the Midway crossroads were reached.
When the car started on its rather uneX-
pected tour, there were several employees on
top, all but one of whom were tarown off
before it reached its destination though,
strange TO relate, none were seriously in
jured.
d. L. Mayo of Mitchell county lost on
the read a week or two ago his purse con-
tanning $500. Last Sunday, accompanied
Collins, he followed Hafir McCiehee, negro
neighbor, TO Corner church, in Baker
county, where they arrested him at night
and recovered q part of the money. They
also got $50 so from Greedy Raglan, another
colored man. Strongly suspecting John
Gaulden, a negro tenant ON Mrs. Tyu5'
place, and being informed by the younger
negroes that he had part Of the money. they
went to his house and recovered $500.
Gaulden and McGehee were arrested and
jailed. On Monday they were brought b.
fore Magistrate J. l.. Stewart, and were
committed under $500 bond TO appear be-
fore the superior court.
Two young men Of Griffin agreed that
in case Harrison carried Indiana the OF ler
should ride the winner in wheelbarrow
from the Jossey corner to the postoffice and
return. The wager was between Paul
Paille, Jr., and Emmett c. Brown. Friday
noon the wager was CARED out by the wiz
ner, Paul Paille, seating himself in a wheel
barrow and the loser, Emmett Brown,
grasping the handles Of the wheelbarrow
and wheeling him 10 the place agreed upon.
Confident that Cleveland would bel re
elected, the Griffin NetUS invested in a cut of
grandpa's hat floating upside down up salt
river without pair Of feet protuding over
the brim. 1t printed the cut Saturday with
tho following explanation: Here is first
class and very expen i've work OF high art,
dearly beloved, that we bought in order TO
appropriately celebrate Harrson's defeat.
But closer inspection reveals the fact that
the artist has grossly imposed upon our con-
fidence The hat is the hat OF Benjamin,
but the feet are the feet of Groverl This
parable teaches us that it is not always safe
to load up ON jubilation cuts in campaign
of intellect.
FLORIDA
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