The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-25

Claim Settled at Canton-OlQ Relics
at Coosa.
GEORGIA
Douglasville wants a hotel
Mrs NJ f. Gary, proprietress of the hotel
at McRae Is dead.
The PRESBYTERIAN church at Canton has
been re-OrganiZed.
There are now thirty-two licensed school
teachers in Pulaski county.
The next quarterly meeting of the McRae
Circuit will be held at Neville.
The young ladies of Melville have pur-
chased an organ for the Methodist church
al that place.
The opening of the Bank of Stewart
county, which has had a charter for some
time is being talked of again.
At Canton James NJ. Stringer has sold his
one-third interest in the mercantile business
of Scott Simpson & Stringer, to his part
ners and retired to private life
AT Canton c. F. Edge has sold his stock
of general merchandise to Meosrs. Wood
q Robertson, who will add to it their
stock at Cherokee mills and open up large
business there.
new house of worship has just been
completed two miles west of Camilla. The
Rev. W. H. Haggard, a Baptist minister,
has been pastor of this church, Hopefeld
Tor number OF years.
AT Dalton a portion of a brick wall, on
Hamilton street, fell one day last week
Fortunately no one was passing the build
ing at the time, or Il serious catastrophe
might have been the result.
The citizens of Flovilla propose to donate
choice lot TO any one who will build a nice
hotel in the town, Any parties wishing to
avail themselves of this offer will CORES
pond with the Mayor of Flovilla
w. II. Felton,, Sr., of Bibb, will be a can
dldate for Solicitor General of the Macon
Circuit. Mr.. FELTON, made a most excel
lent record in the last Legislature, and
would fill well any office which he might
desire.
A few days ago some of S. S. Tison's
hands were crossing the Savannah river in
Eft1ngham county when the boat turned
over, throwing them into the water A
man, woman and two children were
drowned.
Miss Del Carter, of Lumpkin, possesses a
curious memento of the workmanship OF
old times 1t is ii beautiful seashell with the
Lords prayer nicely engraved upon it in
Roman characters. This shell she received
from her great-grandmother. 1t has been
In the family more than fifty years.
Seab Grimsley had a preliminary hearing
before Justices Jones and MCLAUGHLIN at
McRae last Monday, charged with the
offenSe of rescuing William Killebrew from
Telfair Jail Dec. Is, and Grmsley was bound
over in the sum of 500 to appear at the
April term of Telfair Superior Court.
At Lumpkin few days ago a dude, while
walking with his sweetheart, gathering
vloiets and other early spring flowers, saw a
beautiful striped animal near, which APP
peared so tame and fearless that he proposed
TO catch it for his dulcinea to pet. He
caught it, but when he got home he had
urgent need for an entire outfit of clothing
1t is reported that there is not farm in
Appling or Liberty counties under mort
gage, and the same may be said of many
counties in the wiregrass region. Indeed,
the year credit mortgages, etc, between
farmers, merchants and bankers, that seems
TO prevail in the upper and middle portions
OF the State are not known in that section
At Macon, on st. Valentines day, several
hundred persons received a scurrilous val
entine which was evidently written and
printed in Macon and had reference to
going TO Centenary church. IL is now
stated that quiet and determined efforts are
being made to discover the author and
sender for the purpose of bringing him to
law.
A burglar broke in and stole from two
houses in GAINESVILLE last Sunday night. C.
H. Butts lost $50. and coat and vest taken
from his bed room. Louis Golfers vest
was taken from his bed room, but the es-
Gaping thief failed to get off with his pants
as the window fell and caught the suspend
ers. and the thief did not have time to I'M
fasten them.
The heavy rains recently have caused the
Oconee river to overflow, and has put Mill
edgevilles relations with the eastern Dor
ton of the county just where they have
been nearly ever since last July. Just as
the other bridge was finished it was swept
away, and Thursday evening, Just three
days after completion, one section of the
new bridge was swept away.
AT Americas Wednesday night as Mai.
Nj. Speer and Rev. Branch were driving
across the railroad tracks near the Central
depot, the buggy was struck by an engine
which threw both gentlemen out, painfully
injuring Mai. Speer. The horse and buggy
were carried distance of sixty feet before
the engine was stopped. The buggy was
crushed into shapeless mass, but the horse
was unhurt.
At the May term 1887, of Terrell Sumo
rior court, Henry Walton was sentenced to
be hung on August 9th, last, for the
murder Of Tink Daniel. Walton's counsel
took his case to the Supreme Court, but
hearing was not had until last week, when
the Judgment of the court below was
affirmed At the next TEEN of court. which
meets in May, Walton will again be SEN
fenced 10 nanR by Judge Clarke. Walton
killed Daniel with a knife.
At Milledgeville Wednesday, while the
workingmen on the railroad bridge were
engaged In some difficult job, John McNish,
young white man, fell distance of fifty
feet into the water below. He soon came to
the top of the water and began to swim,
but as the water was very swift, he was
soon exhausted, but just as he was nearing
the bank, hopeless and drenched, he man.
aged to grasp limb, which he clinched
between his teeth, and swung to it until
assistance reached him.
At Fort Valley on last Saturday Lonnie
Gulledge, brother Of our townsman, w. +.
Gulledge, was out cunning, and from some
cause the gun exploded, leaving only the
stock and short piece of the barrel in his
hands. The young mans face and forehead
were fearfully gashed with the flying pieces
of gun barrel. He was brought to town
where DIR. j. T.. Ross dressed his wounds
and made him as comfortable as possible.
The wounds are not serious, but are very
painful, ana will disigure the young mans
face to some extent
James Spivey, a prominent citizen of
Meriwether, has been attending Superior
Court at Greenville this week. Tuesday
night he was unable to obtain accommoda-
ytions at the hotel, so he went to the court
house 10 sleep He took room in the
second story. When he awoke Wednesday