The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-10

ton for a New Trial in the Wool
folk Case-A Man Brutally Assaulted
at Midwife
GEORGIA.
Griffin wants an opera house.
An ice factory is to be built at Thomas
vile.
Fire limits have been established at
Thomson
Jonah Sanders, Of Lexington, aged 95
years, is dying.
The business at the post-office at Atlanta
has increased 400 per cent since 1871
The Sandersville high school now num-
bers about $50 pupils, and Is progressing
finely.
" B. Rawls, has closed his business at
Toombsboro, but don't know yet where he
will locate.
A movement has been inaugurated in
Thomson to organize building and loan
association.
The Adjutant General has shipped ten full
sets of equipments to the Irish Jasper
Greens, of Savannah.
The Georgia Electric Medical Society will
hold its annual meeting in the Senate cham
Der of the capitol March ..
Rev y. s. Pickens. of Ellington, S. c.,
has been called to Athens by the congrcga-
ton of the Christian church.
The building boom at Tallapoosa is phe-
nomenal, over 100 stores and buildings hav
ing been erected since Sep. !.
There is talk Of calling a convention at
Jesup Of the three counties 10 nominate the
Senator for that Senatorial district.
j. Hebron, an old resident of Cuthbert
died Wednesday. He was % years old. and
served under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1873.
At Tallapoosa active operations were be-
gun Monday morning on the Parker q
Leach broom mandatory on Allwine
avenue.
The East Point Circuit Of the North
Georgia Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, will soon take steps to
build parsonage.
The census of Talapoosa was taken last
week and shows an increase Of over 1000
since August, the population at that time
being 721, and to-day | ,135.
At Augusta cards are out for the wedding
reception of Miss Lizzie f. Baker and DR..
John Francis Bransford of the United
States navy, on Tuesday evening, Feb IA.
The old Town Hall Of Athens, which was
lately purchased by Mr. Hyram Crawford,
of that city, is being moved across the street,
where ii will be converted into a livery
stable.
Mayor Fielder of Americas. shot a deer
within mile OF Brunswick Tuesday, and in
full view Of the new hotel A party saw
seventeen in the same neighborhood short
time ago
An enthusiastic Satilla river man SAYS
that they grow cabbages so large up there
that they can't ship them in an ordinary
flour barrel, but have to use rice tierces,
and that three just fill one of these.
At Valdosta Wednesday the election of
city officers resulted as follows: w. /.
Thomas, Mayor; J. c. Hunt, A. Converse,
Jr., j. o. Vainedoe, B. w. Bentley J. ~
Wilkinson and 7. Nook, Aldermen.
In the case of Rabun county against
Habersham county, settlement of bound
aries, Judge Allen Fort, of the Southwestern
circuit, has been appointed to sit in the
place of Judge Bleckley, disqualified.
A little son of NJ. p. Hoyl, of Dawson,
traded pulet for thirteen eggs, then paid
for the use of hen for three months after
ward placing the eggs under the hen, and
the result was thirteen little chickens.
The Fort Valley Enterprise says the
ladies of that place are going to put a
ticket in the field for Mayor and Aldermen.
The ladies cannot vote themselves, but they
are going TO use their influence on the men
to elect their ticket
In a suit filed in Fulton Superior Court at
Atlanta Wednesday the plaintiff is Edward
Bullen and the defendant is Mrs. Cassandra
Connen. The complainant alleges that the
defendant said to him Feb. 4, falsely and
malIclously: You stole my table" lie
wants IS, 900 damages.
The Augusta Steamboat Company settled
with Messrs. Sweeney Wednesday for build
ing two river boats, and they will now build
three boats on the Ocmulgee river at Ameri-
Gus. They received S23. 800, less 81 40 for
fixture for not having the boats completed
by the time specified in the contract.
AT Atlanta Wednesday bill was filed
asking for the appointment of a receiver
for the livery firm of Chambers a. Co The
bill was filed by W. S. Williams on a claim
for $500 for feed. John J. Falvey was APP
pointed receiver. The assets of the firm are
about 5000, with liabilities about the
same.
There were only six applicants for ap-
pointment as teachers before the Board of
Education in Wayne county and only two
received license. The questions are furnished
the County Commissioner by the State
School Commissioner, and the applicant is
required to ans Ner GO per pent. in order to
get the lowest grade of license.
f. Odum, the 7-year-old son of II w
Odum, last year saved the East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia railroad several dol
lars A freight car was standing down at
the coal shute, near Jesup. and the little
boy, when passing by there, discovered that
the car was on fire and he ran back to town
and reported it in time to save the property.
Darien correspondence Atlanta Constitu-
ton: Fleming G. duBignon, of Savannah.
gentleman who, so far as rugged will,
observation-disclosures and intellectual brilliancy
are concerned, is second TO few Georgians.
will probably, whether he desires 1t or not.
have the solid vote of Mcintosh county ten
dered to him in the next Congressional con-
ventiOn.
The following gentlemen have been select
ed as a committee to visit Washington to
present Brunswick's claims for a custom
house: Mayor Dunn, Judge s. r Atkinson.
Col w Z. Kay, DR. j. NJ. Madden and w.
Z. Burbage. The committee will leave for
Washington on Saturday. The committee
was appointed at the solicitation of Hon. T.
M. Norwood.
w. P. Wood, a Georgian, has received
his letters of patent on his elevated railway
invention. He has been offered $50, 900 for
it and has refused it, One man has written
him to name his price. One man can propel
1900 pounds sixteen miles per hour with
perfect ease. Rhe cost of building a track
Is mere trife Wood is a poor man and
has large family.
A sensation was caused at Tallapoosa
Tuesday by the arrest of Col. c. P. Shorter,
from I ann horton s q Ho vino, fororad a,