The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-22

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GroRGIA.
Atlantis Police Commissioners want the
city to build new police station.
About fifty new residences Will be put up
at Tallapoosa by one company this spring
] Phillips. a dealer IN general merchan-
disc at Sandy Gross, Oglethorpe county,
has assigned.
At Greensboro n day or two ago pair Of
runaway oxen fell into a well, but were res
cued uninlured.
There were seventy-seven white marriage
licenses and sixty colored recorded in Dooly
county last year.
A colored child years old was burned TO
death on H. c. DuTham'S place near Wat
kinsville day or two ago.
Jacob Kopp, who was a merchant at
Americas several years ago, committed
suicide at New York a day or two ago.
Tom Brown colored) working at J. l.
Oxford'> steam sausage mill, at Griffin, had
all his fingers on his right hand cut off Fri
daY.
AT Lexington the firm Of Martin Bros,
has been dissolved, r. S and f. d. Martin
having purchased the interest Of B. Scott
Martin.
Rev Dr. Hoyt, who has been elected pas
tor of the Presbyterian church at Madison
for the present year, has arrived and en-
tered upon his work.
At Atlanta Friday, on account Of mis-
understanding as to their wages ten trunk
makers in the employment of, VI. A. Foot,
ON Whitehall street, went on a strike
The Talapoosa Broom Company will con
tract with parties for forty tons of broom
corn to be raised the present season and
delivered at their factory in Tallapoosa.
The Governor has received and accepted
the designations of +. A. Nelson, Clerk Of
the Superior Court of Glynn county, and Of
w. II. Dent, Treasurer of Crawford county.
Sim Peek's house, in Greene county was
burned Thursday morning. The building
was entirely consumed. There was no in
surance. The fire originated in the store
room.
c. Downing, Jr., & Co, Of Brunswick
loaded thiIty-fve foreign banks with naval
stores during the past year, and at its close
had on hand the largest supply they ever
carried over.
The concert at the Opera House at Amer
icus by the Mendelssohn Quintette Club, for
the benefit of the Americas Library, was
not bonanza to the library, as they didn't
make cent out of it.
The Board of Aldermen Of Atlanta want
new public building. That is why they
put $40, 900 extra to the 5000 apportioned
to the public grounds and building fund by
the City Council at its last meeting.
OF late the business done over the counters
of the First National Bank of Brunswick,
runs from 100000 TO $4,000 per day. On
Jan. 8, it ran over $4,000, and has been as
high as $l2S, 600 in a single day. The bank
has now been running four years aud has
drawn "a $50 checks on New York in that
time.
At Macon Friday Voolfolk sead of sug-
festion that the scaffold for his execution
he built in the jail He told Baiiff Bassett
that he did not want to be hung in ths jail
where il was dark; he wanted the execution
n take place on the outside in the open air
where he wouldn't care if 100000 people
saw il.
A lot on Union street, Brunswick, was
last week purchased by Messrs. Kaiser Bros
and NJ. Nicholson. 1t Is 90xlS0 feet, and the
purchasers have divided it lengthwise. Mr..
Nicholson has contracted for the erection
forthwith on his portion of a two-story
brick tenement building, with basement, at
cost of $4,000
Is was signt to see ]. E. Crossland's four
wagons, drawn by twelve very fine mules
and four of the biggest oxen ever seen in
that section, and loaded with thirty bales of
cotton, pass through Albany on Thursday,
on their way to Muse Il Browns ware
house. Mr. Grassland has about 100 bales
which he has not broughtto market.
Several young men of Vienna propose or
ganizing bachelors club. Their plan i,
for every member TO pay $40, or whatever
amount may Toe fixed. an initiation fee
10 be returned whenever the club disbands
When a member of this club marries the
others have to pay him s. each. or what
ever amount may be set forth in the by
laws.
At Macon, for a while Friday, it wa.
thought that two Of tine diamond-studded
elegantly chased and solid gold horns be
longing to Uncle Alvin Joslin's so, 900 BAN
had been stolen, and Uncle Alvin's gills
we're white for several hours, until it wa,
learned that the horns had been left on
street car, and Superintendent Noss haC
them returned to the Hotel Lauier
Col Lee Jordon will greatly improve the
Academy of Music at Macon for next sea
son. One of the features will be cafe OF
the second floor in which coffee, chocolate
tea, creams and other refr, shments will bt
served. This feature will be highly appre
ciated by the ladies, who can go out between
the acts and get a breath of fresh air a.
we'll as the gentlemen.
Saturday night last Mat Banks and Boil
Cunningham, living near Browns churcl
in Oglethorpe county, had misunderstanf
ing which terminated in skirmish, in which
Mr.. Cunningham gave MIR. Banks a Gu
scross the shoulder with knife, infiictinl
slight wound. The trouble arose from ;
misunderstanding which was easily eX
planned, and all parties are as good friend
as ever
a man in Milton county owns a mu,
which wants to go at snail's pace all tn
time. A hickory fails, though we'll applied
to increase its speed. The owner, therefore
resorts to the expedient of providing
plenty of cotton seed or dry sand and storir
it away in wagon or buggy before startn.
on trip. A handful of sand or cotton seer
peppered on the mule makes il get up auc
get with astonishing speed.
Monday quite a number of the former
slaves of the late Rev. Joseph II. Echols
many of whom yet live on the old home
stead, were in Lexington to bid their former
''Ole Missus" and Young Mssuses'' good
by, before they took their leave for Penn
sylvania. The scene was touching on,
when the old "unclesn and "aunties" would
weep and cling to the hands of those whom
they loved and obeyed in former days.
Last Wednesday night the same parties
or Others with the same intentions as thos,
perpetrated upon old Wash Kee, entere,
the house Of Wimberly Thompson, of Dool,
county, aud demanded of him his life or hi
money. Deciding that life was most val
liable, he turned over 81. They not be
lieving this to be all of his moneyed posses
SONS, rlfied his trunks bureaus, etc, anC
laff xyar V1upb I'd Of