The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

Master OF brunsWlCk - AtAiASon .
Would-Be Eavlsher Mysteriously
appears-Quitman's New Hotel
A Snake Charmed by Piano.
GEORGIA
lis said that there is not young lady
living in UnadLlla-
Bainbridge wants a frat, canning and
drying establishment.
A movement is on foot to erect a cenfed-
crate monument at ElbertOn.
The pear shipping season around Thorn
asville will last several weeks longer.
H, D. S,rattou. of II. p. Stratton a. Co,
Of Columbus. mas just shipped one or his ice
machines TO Oklahoma City, l. 1.
A specie Of epiz5otie seems To hes prevail
ing at Bainbridge-a cold, severe cough,
and some fever being the symptoms
Prof. W. G. Tyson Of Savannah has ac-
cepted position as principal Of the Black
shear academy and will open his school
Sept /.
Thomas J. Hester, tax receiver, will in
the near future begin the erection OF a hand
some dwelling on his place on the outskirts
of Elberton.
The post Office at Pearson, Coffee county,
was robbed recently. The loss was small,
being a few dollars in cash and eleven reg
istered packages.
Coffee county can boast Of n smart boy.
Elias Pafford, 9 years Old. son Of NJ A,
Pafford, read l 200 chapters in the Bible in
three weeks time
The citizens of Willacoochee had meet
ing Thursday night of last week, and
decided, by a unanimous vote to have the
town incorporated.
Messrs J. w. Cameron and J. E. Nc
Duffle were elected delegates from the Tel
fair county alliance to the state alliance,
which meets IN Macon in August.
The Union Sabbath School Association,
comprising all the Sunday schools between
the Flint aud Chattahoochee rivers, will be
held at the Mt. Zion church on Aug. $.
A revival meeting has been going on
some time in the col0rsd Baptist church in
BawkinsviIe and last Sunday the pastor
Rev. Henry Way, baptized thirty-nine con
Verts in the river.
According 20 Tax Collector Wilknsons
figures on the subiect, the taxable property
of Ware county FOX tho current fiscal year
amounts to 81, j50, 5S1, which is an increase
of 1888, 1914 since july /, 1888.
An S-year-old daughter Of lobe Perkins
of Greshamville, Greene county was out
ragged and beaten into insensibility by a
negro a day or two ago The negro was
still at large at last accounts.
A committee, ppcfnted by the last grand
jury Of Coffee county, is at work investiga
ting the records 81 the county. Rho com
mittee consists of Dr. W. p Babcock, w.
b. TarPant and c. A. GaSkin.
On Thursday night thief entered the
sleeping room of DR.. J. 7. Davis Of Out
man, and stole about $75 in money from
his pants pocket, On the same night Post
master Hubert'J watch was stolen in very
much the same way.
The dwelling of c. NJ. Bozeman, about
nine miles below Hawkinsville, was de-
stroyed by fire on Wednesday last at
O'Clock p. m. The fire originated i'll tho
kitchen, and was accidental. The furniture
was nearly all saved No insurance.
Sunday last the congregation of Salem
church, in Oglethorpe county, presented
DIR. Gibson with a,handsome gold watch as
a token of their appreciation of his long
and efficient ministerial latocs among them
The doctor has been pastor for more than
twenty years.
AT Brunswick there is going to be pretty
little fight over the election OF a harbor
master TO succeed the late b. r. Dent. The
candidates are: c. T.. FLANDERS, w. M.
Tupper, James Gallagher, B. A. Fahm.
The harbor ma ter receives as pay from
800 to $500 a month.
Mr. and Mrs J. f. Heard Of Bib county.
parents of j. T. Heard of Vienna, cele.
brated their golden wedding on july Z. Six
sons and three daughters were present. one
daughter being absent. The occasion was
a delightful one. Mr. Heard is ~ years
old aud Mrs. Heard e.. Both enjoy good
health.
One Of the Oldest and most esteemed citi-
zens Of Hawhnsville. DR.. Edwin +. WAY,
died last Friday night. DIR. Way vas a
native OF Liberty county, a member Of the
old aud noted family of that name He
graduated at the Charleston Medical
p College, and practiced his profession up to
the time Of his7last illness.
The oldestschool in the state of Georgia
Is in the town Of Louisville, in Jefferson
county 1t was Incorporated by an act of
the legislature approved on Washington's
birthday, Feb. %, 1886 Mr.. Gamble, of
jefferson, states that it has been in coffin
uoUs operation ever since that date, and is
now IN fiourlshing condition.
Will Williams Of Brunswick is now suf
ferfng from broken jaw. tho result of a
blow inflicted upon him by Wesley Dickson.
1t seems that both parties were near the
city docks when dispute arose between
them. Dickson ended the dispute by pick
ing up an iron bar, and ip4licting a power
ful blow on Williams left jaw.
Col. ]. Y. Carmical of Coweta county has
announced himself candidate for congress
anu says fS proposes u issue a circular TO
the voters of the Fourth congressional dis
trict at an early date setting forth his
platform. Col Carmical, it VIII be remem-
bered, ran as an independent candidate
against Congressman Grimes in the last
race.
The building committee for the new hotel
at Quitman has accepted plan submitted
by-A. h. johnson. The building is to BE- of
wood and will be three stories high There
will be forty-sx bed rooms besides the din
ing room, Office and reading room 1t will
have a frontage Of 100 feet on the main
street and $50 feet on the street running on
the west side.
Six or eight miles east of Hawkinsvile is
old Union church, which, for some reason
was abandoned about dozen years ago
To-day and to-morrow-thore will be a gath
er1ng of the people of that neighborhood at
the church. Services will be held both DAYS
and an effort will be made TO provide the
church with pastor and have services reg
ulsrly hereafter
The LAGRANGE Mills at LaGraage, now
employ 140 hands, and the weekly pay roll
is $500. Nearly, all the machinery is in op-
GRAFTON, and the output is $500 yards per
day, or Is, 900 per week. Some Of this prod
uct Is very heaYy-weighing two pounds
to the yard. The employees work eleven
hours per dav, except Saturday, when they
are dismissed at O'clock p. m.
Ira z. Smith and Col. w. j. Williams of
Brunswick went to Atkinson Friday