The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

dustry-Strange and Fatal Disease
at Lily Pond-An Accidental Killing
In elmer County.
GEORGIA.
The Houston county alliance Will meet
at Fort Valley to-day.
The Perry municipal campaign has
opened this week, with two tickets in the
field.
The fruit trees are blooming profusely
around Dalton The outlook is most favor
able for fine fruit year.
The city council of Dalton has ordered
two handsome fountains-one for the park,
the other for the depot esplanade.
Muskrats are reported to be very numer-
Gus aud destructive to crops on the river
and creek bottoms in Cherokee county.
Gov. Gordon was in Taylor county
"Wednesday, attending the funeral of Capt.
]. p Cursin, his former partner in the
cattle business.
]. D. Harrell, who lived near Chauncey, a
very prominent and useful citizen of Dodge
con ~ d;e4 of pneumonia Monday night
at his residence.
The lumber business Of Cove City is quite
an important industry. Two new saw mills
have recently been put up there and are
running on full time.
The Perry Rifles are now drilling twice
daily, early morning and evening, in prep
aration for the drill contest at Jacksonville,
Fla, the second week in April.
w. S. Edwards, he treasurer Of the town
council of Harmony Grove, WAS in Athens
Wednesday. contracting for the building of
al So 900 academy in Harmony Grove.
G. NJ. Lawrence of Paulding county has
an old pocket kife that ne picked up in the
year 1881, on the battlefield of New Hope,
from among the bones Of a federal soldier.
1t is rumored that parties from Savannah
and Brunswick will soon erect building at
Jesup and open a bank, with a capital Of
$50, 900. Banking facilities are much
needed there.
At Americas Thursday c. NJ. Wheatlev
and Prof Schneider met near the latter's
Office on jackson street and came to blows
regarding some business transactions of
previous date.
At Cedartown Friday, Alfred Peek killed
ach. The quarrel originated in debating
society. Keith died Friday. Both were
negroes about Is years old.
News was received at Augusta Friday
that T. p Branch of Augusta was taken
dangerously i'll on his way back home from
a trip to New York. Mrs. Branch has
gone to Richmond to meet her husband.
The Pataula National Bank of Fort
Gaines is being organized, with view to
commencing business June /, next. Nearly
all the stock has been taken at home The
balance of the capital stock will be offered
TO non-residents
Charlie benson, a 14-year old employe Of
the Eagle and Phenix mills. while working
in No 8 card room at Columbus, Thursday,
had his arm caught between one of the
belts and a pulley. Before he could ex-
tricate himself, the arm was broken above
the wrist.
A party of huntsmen from Macon, aug
mented by about dozen from Fort Valley,
killed about 800 doves in fields near Fort
Valley last Friday. Armand Butts of Ma
con led the score with about sixty, and
John T. Hartley came next with about
forty-fve
1t looks as if Dalton was getting on a
solid growing basis. Building statistics will
show that more money was spent in sub
stantial improvements last year than In any
five years since the war, aud from present
indications 1889 will witness even greater
results in this line.
j. Fl. M. Cliett, Of near Powersville, has
in his possession $50 bill Of confederate
currency, which was all the money he
owned when Gen Lee surrendered at APP
pomatox in April 1865. About that time
Mr.. Cliett paid 800 for bushel OF meal, at
which ratio Of value the $50 bill was worth
about so cents as a purchasing medium.
w. T. Henry Of Macon has received
letter from B. J. Gillen Of Philadelphia in
quiring for photograph of his son, Thomas
j. Gillen, who was at one time catcher of
the Macon team at the time that Macon
was in the league. Mr.. Gillen has since
died. George Price says that he thinks
there are some OF the pictures in that city.
David L. Haley OF Cherokee county.
made on his farm, in Mullins district. last
year, with two horses, 6,240 pounds of mid
ding CO ton, 400 bushels Of corn, $500 bun
dies Of fodder. 6S gallons Of syrup and 125
bushels Of potatoes, besides numerous other
smaller crops. 10 dollars and cents this
yield would amount to something near
$1,000.
D. II. Houser's grist mill and gin house
on Big Indian creek, about seven miles west
OF Perry, were destroyed by fire last Thurs
day night. In the gin house were a fine
gin, other machinery, and a large lot OF
cotton seed. The crate factory was not
destroyed. The loss is estimated at about
$1,000 There was no insurance on the
property.
There have been several sudden deaths
among the negroes around Lily Pond. and
the disease is unexplained. There was also
one In Calhoun last week. and John Cooper
also died suddenly. The doctors cali it
pneumonia fever, but its work generally
proves fatal in two or three DAYS, and it Is
questionable whether they fully understand
its nature.
The fruit farms around Powers
vile, Houston county, embrace about
50 acres in apples, SIS In peaches.
A in wild goose plums 10 in pears, II in
Strawberries and Is in grapes A low est
mate upon the net receipts from a good
fruit crop is put at $50 per acre, which
will amount to $4,000 profit on the Powers
vile fruit crop.
Last Friday morning, at Abbeville. James
Fitzgerald was stabbed in the abdomen by
a negro named Tom McKethan, with file
which was as keen as knife, for little or
no provocation. IL was thought for a
while that the wound would prove fatal
but later reports indicate that he will
recover. The negro fed, with a posse of
citizens in pursuit, but made good his
escape.
There is still a good deal Of excitement in
the Cove City neighborhood, in Whitfield
county, regarding hydrophobia. Several
weeks ago rabid canine went through that
locality and bit quite a number of dogs
since which time at least fifteen OF twenty
have shown unmistakable signs of the
dreaded hydrophobia The people are
alarmed and are killing all suspicious look.
ing CANNES.
The Augusta board Of health has for
warded petition TO Secretary Of War