The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-19

County.
A lodge of the Farmers Alliance has been
organized at Griffin.
The authorities are putting Quitman In
the best sanitary condition possible.
A horse belonging 20 Wyatt Singleton OF
Ellaville was killed by lightning last week.
Rev. r. L. Campbell is Offering for sale
tins news and job office Of the Jacksonville
Nel0s.
post Of the G. A. R. has been organ
lied at Tallapoosa with twenty-nine charter
members.
TIE Georgia dental society will meet in
Dalton next Wednesday. The session will
hold three days.
George Hunter, a negro who was hurt by
failing tree at Ellaville few days ago.
died last Friday.
About 80 shares have already been taken
in the new Classic City building and loan
association of Athens
Work has commenced upon Dublin's now
hotel, aud the new academy building is
also going up rapidly.
Eight young persons united with the
church at Salem, TrOup county, on the hrst
Sunday in this month.
Work has begun on the Presbyterian
church at Mountville, Troup county, Rev.
w. Z. Dozer is the pastor.
With the completion Ct the Covington
and Macon road, Athens will be on direct
line of travel from the east to Florida.
Petitions asking the ordinary of Llurens
county to order an election upon the whisky
question are being circulated for signatures.
Toccoa boasts of citizen who has never
subscribed for a newspaper, and strange
TO say he doesn't seem to DO ashamed of his
record.
Every rail on the branch from Athens to
Union Point is of the very best steel The
branch is greatly improved and doing a
heavy business
A large protracted meeting Of the Mis-
sionary Baptists at Union church, in Madi-
son county. closed Thursday Fourteen
Joined the church.
The extensive repairs in the First Metho-
dist church at Griffin have been completed,
and the doors were opened to the public on
Wednesday night.
Jerry Lowery, Jr., candidate for sheriff
of Laurens county, has no announced oppo-
sition yet, ana the prospects are that he
will have it all to himself.
Atlanta has always claimed TO be as high
as Griffin, but recent measurement shows
that it is only 1895 feet above sea level at
its highest point. Griffin is l, $50 feet.
Rev. T. J. Barnwell of Gainesville has
been conducting a revival meeting at Sardis
church, just beyond the river, during the
past week. Over twenty were baptized last
Sunday.
Judge Jesse P. Wilson, who is securing a
record of the confederate survivors living In
Greene county now has 1877 names on his
list. He hopes to have every name on the
list within the next week.
The mayor of BainbrIdge has appointed
a., ion, Of ot
ward in the city to inspect aud report the
sanitary condition Of their respective
wards once week from now until frost
At Buena Vista last Friday when thunder
clouds were passing and the atmosphere
was thoroughly charged with electricity a
ball of fire as large as base ball was seen
dancing on the telegraph wire like thing
of life.
Social Circle was thrown into fever OF
excitement Friday by the shooting of G.
A Johns, by Bass Ivey Mr. Johns is
wounded in the head, but not considered
seriously so. Sir. Ivey is thought to be
demented.
A democratic primary election for repre-
sentative was held in Marion county Thurs
day. Three candidates were In the field
Mr.. Montgomery, s. b. Story and B. T.
Peacook. Mr.. Montgomery was nominated
by big majority.
Not long since c. S. Cults, who resides in
Houston county, about four miles from
Marshallville, went out to his corn field,
two miles from home, and found eight
hands blowing in the high corn with not a
rag Of clothes on them, not even hat.
S. Kalvarinski died at the residence of /.
Morris, at.Athens, Thursday, after an illness
of several weeks. Mr.. kalvarinski was an
exile from his native land, having taken part
in the hungarian war when that country
tried to achieve her Independence and
failed.
Henry Banks, Jr., of LaGrange, has re-
turned from Bridgeport, Conn, where he
had a model Of his patent mailing machine
constructed. It works peri city, SO far as
tested, but the inventor will give 1t a thor
ough practical trial before putting it on the
market.
The case of r. g. Gregory of Oconee
county. charged with too great familiarity
with his pupils female) in the common
school, was tried Thursday before the
county school commissioners. Decision was
rendered against Gregory and his license to
teach was revoked.
Thomas Clary, the engineer who was run
ming the train that killed Mr.. Wolf, train
hand, at Wadley last Saturday, seems to be
the most unfortunate man on the road, in
this respect. Since he began running on
the Central road he has run over and killed
four men and two women.
About forty years ago Gov. Lumpkin
sold to Mr. Lilly about $50 acres of land
near Athens, at 50 per acre. To-day Mr..
Lilly would not sell the plaza for $3.50 per
acre. or fifty times what he paid for it.
This land has not been improved, and is in
the same primeval forest as when pur-
chased.
At Americas, Friday, Matt Gilbert, q
blind negro was run over by a horse on
the street, which was being ridden by lit
tie son of Congressman {. +. Crisp. The
horse is spirited, and the little fellow was
unable TO manage him. The Negroes hip
was broken. He is very old, and will hardly
recover.
j. ID. Wade of Quitman was crossing
the "cut-of" at Bryants mill short time
ago in his buggy, ard fearing that the
water would run into the buggy, he RAISED
his feet over the dashboard. In this atti-
tude he went through and at one point his
feet and head and shoulders only were out
OF the water.
Qultrnan is q self-drainer. The center of
the town is on ridge, and the wat3r runs
of in both directions. The water that falls
from the north side Of the court house finds
its way into the Okapilco, one and a half
miles distant, and that which runs off the
south side finely miugles with the water of
The Piscola, three miles distant.
A contract has becn entered into with