The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-08

The North Georgia conference OF tn
Methodist Church-Clews & Co. SEM
Broker Phelan a Check tor the $500
GEORGIA.
Rev. w. z. Mumford has resumed con
troll of the Talbotton Era.
The Fifty-third Georgia Regiment vii
hold reunion at Griffin some time thu
year.
Morgan county furnished burial last week
to Aunt Arie Starr. aged 100 years. FIVe
generations stood bv her grave.
Mrs. Justice L. Q. c. Lamar has arrived
at Macon from Washington oa a visit to her
daughters, Mrs. Park and Mrs. Virgin.
A perfect strawberry. raised last week in
Taliaferro county by Freeman Shorter col
ored) is an evidence of summer warmth in
southern winter.
The total cotton receipts of Griffin for the
season TO date are in the neighborhood OF
1900 bales This shows a very large i'm
provement over recent years.
A l0-year-old boy. name John Hendrick,
while hunting near Strattou's brick yard,
at Macon, Saturday, with rifle, accident
ally shot himself through the tomach.
A certain married lady Of Griffin received
a beautiful Christmas card from one Of her
former admirers who had failed to hear Of
ueI uldIIldEes IL llluHL nave GDoh az tE1Nb GU
The turkey served at the Christmas re-
union of the Sam z. Jones family in Car
tersville fed forty persons, and still there
was enough left for hash at breakfast next
morning.
The following municipal ticket was
elected at Chauncey Saturday: For mayor:
DIR. j. c. Montgomery. For aldermen;
Hamilton Clark j. A. Smith, L. johnson
and 7. j. Lamb.
The announcement that Sid Phelan, OF
Atlanta, was suing Clews q Company, of
New York, for $500 due HIM In settle
ment, stirred up the New York firm, and
they sent Mr. Pnelan a check for the
amount
The Oldest married couple in Warren
county is Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Heath,
who are IS years old. They were both
born in the year 1900, were married In 1920,
and have lived together ever since, having
reared large family Of children.
Ed Pitts of Jones county, while going
from an entertainment Friday night, was
hailed by some one and was commanded TO
halt, and when Pitts declined to do SO, the
unknown party fired Mt him. and the ball
shot off two links of Pitts watch chain.
During the month of December, 1888,
there was measured at the public boom at
Darien about :, 600, 600 feet of timber There
has been but little timber down during the
week. A good supply will probably arrive
at noon as the effects Of the holidays wear
off.
Rev. B. w. Davis has sold the Owen Nell
son institute pr perty at Dawson to Prof.
NJ. L. Parker. 1t is the purpose Of Prof
Parker, in making the purchase, to convert
the building into a large residence and
boarding house. and he at once commenced
work on it.
Rome's rolling mill is now an assured
fact All the necessary papers have been
signed and work will be commenced this
week. The stock has been taken by w. f.
Nevegald Of Bristol Pa, and the Rome
Land Company. The mill be located in
West Rome.
Monday night during the fireworks dis
play at Buena Vista, VIII Smith, little
colored boy, was struck on the back of the
head by ball from a Roman candle, and
was burnt very badly. His shirt and coat
collar were on fire when some one dlscov-
cred it and put it out
II. II. Chance Of Sylvania and Miss Willie
Minis Of Mobley's Pond in this county, were
married at the residence of the brides
father, DR.. T. s. Minis, on Jan. 8 The
happy couple left on the boat for Augusta,
where they spent short while and arrived
III SyIvania on Saturday.
The East Atlanta Land and Improvement
Company has closed contract for electric
motors to be attached to street cars on
Edgewood avenue. The electric motors
will be ready for use by March Is. The
cars will run out for two miles aud there
will be double track on the avenue
During Christmas week, while young
Burruss, who lives below Bethlehem, in
Ebert county, was out hunting, he acct
u 1rr Oh ali -. Al. 80
producing painful but not fatal wound.
He had sat down to rest, when no CHANGED
to pull the trigger, and the gun went Off.
At Rome Saturday the storehouse oc-
cupied by Bradford & Watts, as a drug
store, was sold for Capt. J. j. Seav to the
Rome Fire Insurance COMPANY for $1,000
cash. 1t is rumored that the Rome Fire In
surance Company will erect handsome
building on the property to be used as
home.
r. NJ. Cheek of the sixteenth district of
Sumter county, while cutting q post Wed
nesday, let his axe glance and Struck his
left foot, severing 1t nearly in half. His
great and middle toes hung by small piece
of the under skin. DIR. Westbrook was
called in and sewed the members together,
and Mr.. Cheek Is now resting in bed.
Friday night two carloads Of North Caro-
lima negroes arrived in Macon, and went
via the Southwestern road to Southern
Georgia to work on turpentine farms. T.
Q. Sturgis, passenger agent OF the East
Tennessee road, passed through the city the
same evening with five carloads of lab0rets.
who are going into the Southwest Georgia
turpentine fields.
At Saudersville the board of directors of
the Washington County Publishing Com
pany have held their meeting and accepted
the proposition Of c. Henry Mitchell and
Charles {. Brown to lease the Middle
Georgia Progress for one year, with prlyi-
lege OF five. 1t is understood that its capa-
city for job work will be enlarged and tho
paper otherwise improved.
On Thanksgiving day two Of the Ca1,illa
Ctdrtons staff went hunting on Pear-
land farm, ana reported white lark. GA
last Tuesday boy No. l and his cousin.
Bostwick Curry, of Baker, found him
again, and a shot from the Baker bows pun
brought him down. He has the yellow
breast of the ordinary lark Of our fields.
but his wings and back are white.
Some of the friends Of Max Adams of At.
lanta are having n good laugh at his ex-
pense. few days ago Mr.. Adams pur-
chased what was one Of the SWEETEST turn.
outs in the city. Upon his first trial Of the
new team he was 50 unfortunate as to meet
with an accident. In mentioning the sult
growing out Of this accident an evening
paper speaks Of Mr.. Adams as "AIaS
Adams, drayman."
The book that is most used in Atlanta is
the copy Of the city directory at p3lice
headquarters. The police and detectives re-
fer TO 1t on an average OF fifty times day.
and strangers and business mon frequently
drop in and use the book. The volume for