The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-25

"A Cotton Seed OIL Mill and Guano
Factory for Griffin.
GEORGIA.
Macon county superior court will be in
session this week at OglethOrps.
Mrs. y. G. Tiff Of Albany, has returned
from a visit to friends IN VineviIle,
The Masonic lodge at Fairburn is pre-
pairing to erect a new hall or lodge room.
Nathan Cook of Oconee county has just
received a check for 81 So, 50 for back pen
sion money.
The democrats of Decatur meet in Balm
bridge. on Saturday, December l, to
nominate a county ticket.
A new church of the Missionary Baptist
denomination Is being erected NJ COOL
Spring, in C0lQuitt county.
1t is probable that lodge of Elks will
soon be established in Macon. l.. r. Jetur
has tine movement in charge.
Rev E. Z. Folk, pastor OF tho Baptist
church at Albany, has resigned, aud will
leave for other fields of labor shortly.
At Summerville the air is full Of rumors
that a couple in town have been married
without letting anybody elss know OF It.
A new postoffice has been established be-
tween Oglethorpe and Garden alley, called
Plnta. q. B. Johnson IS the postmaster,
ting up a gymnasium and physical culture
room in their club house on Broad street.
Never in the history of jackson county
has there been as much m laint Of plor
collections and "a many attempts to defraud
creditors.
Capt. II. c. Austin, proprietor OF the
Grand Central hotel at II aycross, has sold
out to Eugene Mccall, formerly of the firm
of Mccall s. Mitchell.
Acid phosphate treated to potash can be
delivered at Griffin at $l5 to SIG per ton,
and this compOsted with cotton seed viii
make a most valuable fertilizer.
Little Clyde, the infant daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. II. NJ Haynes, at B.akely, died
Monday from the effects of potash acct
IDENTIFY gotten hold of on Friday last.
The Jackson county jail is now full of
prisoners. The people have been so often
hurt by signing bonds that t1ey are slow
to give tie use Of their names to violatOrs of
the law.
AT Montezuma Wednesday morning a
horse ran away with Joe Oliver. throwing
him violently u the ground. breaking his
right arm above the elbow. He was also
bruised internally very seriously.
A countryman, after protracted spree,
was lodged in the Albany city guard house
the other night and became frenzied. He
set fire to his bed clothes, and nearly sue
ceeded in burning up the prison and him.
self
W. n. Miller of Ware county has, per-
haps, the largest hog in that section. II is
a red jersey, , years and months old and
weighs 400 pounds. 1t is feet and inches
from the point Of his nose to the rear of his
hams
R A Glenn, young man employed by
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
a6 hot
cars at the passenger depot at Macon Friday,
while attempting to make a coupling, and
was slightly crusaed.
A Lexington gentleman is working upon
a scheme to establish cooperative cotton
bagging factory in Lexington, or some
other convenient point in Oglethorpe county
Heproposes that the Farmers Alliance take
the enterprise in hand.
Albany will celebrate the Christmas
holidays by a grand carnival during the
week The street pageant will be given on
Friday night, Dec. % A grand display of
fireworks will complete the nights enter
taiment. The city will be crowded
The Middle Georgia Alliance Manufac-
turing Company will be incorporated at the
February term of Spalding superior court.
The object of the company win be to erect
and run cotton seed oil mill and guano
factory. The shares will be placed at S.
each.
Thanksgiving day will be well observed
at Albany this year. The business houses
will nearly all be closed There will be
number Of entertainments in the city, and
number OF young people will spend the
day at the hOspitable home of Mr.. g. NJ.
Bacon, at Dewitt.
Syrup barrels are in great demand through
out Dougherty county, and the farmers of
Southwest Georgia will find it difficult to
get enough to barrel up this years heavy
yield. Syrup is on the market now at low
figures, and it is thought will drop to p
cents per gallon before spring.
On Friday night at Albany fancy dress
tournament was given by Mrs. T. A. CLAW
ton at the rink. There were some quite
pretty costumes, among the most striking
being Miss Pauline Brooks as tambourine
girl; Miss Dora Oliver, winter Misses
Mary Davis and Eloise Clayton, Polly"
At 1allapoosa w. L. Tumlin is breaking
ground on Alabama street for a business
block, 40x70 feet, which will be divided
into two stores. It will be Of wood. and
so constructed that it can easily be moved
TO the rear of the block next season, when
Mr.. Iumlin and Mr.. Davis will erect fine
brick block on their two lots
Two progressive whist clubs have been
organized at Albany. The largest held its
first meeting at the residence Of Mrs. c. M
Clsrk on Thursday night. The mem ers
drew for partners for the month, at the end
of which the progressive prize is awarded.
The games are held weekly, one club meet
ing on Thursday night. the other on Friday.
A. II. Webster, proprietor of the Belvi-
dere house, Washington, d. c., who has
sub-leased the Uplands hotel from C. Z.
Atwood arrived in Eastman THURSDAY
night. He will at once commence prepare
tons for the opening of the hotel on Dec.
J. Mr. Webster is accompanied by Capt.
J. G. Derby, late of the Staunton house.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
A gentleman Of Lexington reports that
on Tuesday morning last he saw "a fresh Y
opened cotton bloom. 1t is very seldom the
case that cotton blooms are seen later than
the middle OF October. Another gentleman
was heard TO say that in lS49, the year
which was made famous by the falling Of a
heavy snow on April Is, he saw blooms on
cotton stalks on Dec. "a
At Macon, Friday, while a coupling was
being made in the Central yard, Hon j. A..
Alderman, representative from Colquitt
county, was thrown down in one of the
coaches of the Southwestern train, going
out, by the jolt, and hurt. Capt. John A.
Davis, general agent of the Central at Al
bany was notified of the accident, and
securing the services Of DIR. 7. S. Hilsman
met the train at That place. Dr. Hilsrnan
made a critical examination Of Mr.. Alder
mans injuries, which were found To he
al he. "A not