The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-11
lTEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Tennille's Building Boon1--A Picket
Who Played 1ncendiary During the
war-Quitman to Have a Knitting
Factory 49, A Spoons Mysterious
Dance at Coney - The Story OF a
Knife.
GEORGIA.
Several new cottages will be erected in
Darien next fail
The Darien bank has purchased a lot
upon which will be erected a handsome
bank building.
The amount of guano shipped to Law
renceville seems TO be greater this season
than ever before.
During the past two and half months
o.9lO sacks of gusno were shipped from
Darien to the up-country.
The spring term Of Echols superior court
convenes to-day at Statewide. The court
usually lasts about two days.
During the month of February SIT RATS
Of square and scab timber were measured
at the public boom at Darien.
The frsshet stopped timber from coming
down to Darien last week. When the river
falls good drift is expected down.
There have been nearly forty business
and dwelling houses started and completed
at Tennille during the last five months.
MIS- hHnuulCks, WIG Oh Tue 4ape eX-N Ice
President Thomas A. Hendricks, arrived at
Townsville Friday, and has taken rooms
at the Masury.
II is reported that J. T. Baxter and H
Germany of Suwanee, sold their gold mine
on the old Harris place, in Gwinett county,
for handsome price.
Miss Sallie Aughtman who will be remem-
bered as the young Atlanta lady whom the
blind bigamist. Fleming, married has
recently become Mrs Ray.
The city authorities Of Millen have
drained the swamp fronting the hotel, i'm
proving the appearance of the town and
rendering il much healthier.
z. q. Lang, a leading merchant at Sparks,
who made an assignment several weeks ago,
has made an adjustment with his creditors,
and resumed business again at the same
stand.
Major Grant says the republicans Of
Stockbridge displayed considerable bunting
in the way Of United States flags from the
roofs OF their houses last Tuesday, because
OF the Inauguration Of Gen. Harrison. He
was sorely exed because he did not have a
confederate flag to unfurl from his roof
A few nights agosthe storehouse of John
Olif7s Sons at jumps was robbed of about
$500 worth Of goods. The burglars were
tracked to Statesboro, where greater part
of the stolen merchandise was found. Lee
Mobley, John Mason and VIII Mason, all
colored, were arrested as the guilty parties
Charles Dudley bought mule at public
sale on Tuesday last and starte home, lead
ing him behind his buggy When near the
depot the mule showed signs that something
was wrong with him. Dudley stopped to
see what was the matter. and the mule fell
down and was dead in a few minutes. Dud-
ley had just paid s5l 25 for him.
Lang Duncan (colored), a son Of Craw
Duncan Of Lowndes county, Was killed In a
general row, or free fight, at Statewide
station, in Echols county, last week. The
fact that he was killed by one of his own
color is about all that is known in Valdosta
about it. 1t is said there was general row
and promiscuous shooting about the station
during the night, and Duncan got a death
shot.
Frank A. Hooper, lawyer, who has
recently located In Americas, on Friday
purchased the residence Of Thomas s.
Greene, on the corner of Barlow and Col
lege streets MIR. Greene will build north
OF the present residence of Barlow street
Judge Latimer, auditor of the Savannah,
Americas and Montgomery road, has pur-
chased the Rees residence, on College street,
near the lawn.
Henry Dewey Of Brooks county, who has
been farming fifty years, never bought but
three sacks OF guano, and he says he could
not find man who could go into his field
and locate where the guano was used. In
his fifty years of farming he has never
bought a bushel of corn or pound of meat
for himself. He says with strong emphasis,
that 1t does not pay to buy guano TO make
cotton to buy western corn and bacon.
Thursday John Winn, an honorable and
hard-worklng one-armed confederate soldier
who lives near Concord church, IN the new
Twenty-slxth district Of Sumter county,
went bird hunting apparently in his usual
good health. Alter remaining out all day
he returned to the house and fell speechless
to the floor and expired shortly after. He
was deserving man, and had only drawn
one pension, which was 500, short while
ago.
A young man from Cassville was visiting
some young ladies at Cass station not long
ago. While he was in the parlor some one
turned his horse loose and broke the single
tree OF his buggy. Another young man
from the same place, prohting by the
warning, while visiting at the same place.
was fearful that his property might meet
with the same fate, and to guard against
danger, he brought the mule, whose name
Is Mike, up to the psrlor window and ran
the bride reins under the sash and held on
from the inside.
The term Of office Of United States Dis
trict Attorney Hill will expire in a few
weeks, and he expects TO go out then, but
q
rich harvest OF fees in the few remaining
days. The federal court will convene next
Monday, and there is a large number of
cases on the criminal docket, nearly all of
which will be tried and disposed of under
the prosecution and management of Dis
trict Attorney Hill. District Clerk Hamil-
ton said Friday that the fees would be very
considerable in these cases, and that in two
weeks work Mr. Hill would probably get
out Of it between s., 200 and 81 500.
On Tuesday there was a big ball at Ma
rietta. Among the Atlanta people present
was Mr.. II. w. Nichols, but he was not as
happy as he thought to be on account of
some thief stealing his party clothes. He
boarded the Rome accommodation with
sachel, in which was his swallow-tailed coat.
patent leather pumps, and other ballroom
paraphernalia. He put the valise down in
the car and stepped outside for a few mo-
ments. When he returned the valise was
gone and he has not laid eyes on it since.
He returned home and got another suit and
went to Marietta on later train. The
thief has not been found, nor the clothes
About three years ago, in Meriwether
county, j. G. Cartwright shot and killed
Bud johnson. The killing was one Of the
most wanton and unprovoked murders ever
committed In the county. He was subse-
quently tried, found guilty, and sentenced
TO the penitentiary for life SusDonsion Of