The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Requiring Volunteer Troops to Enlist
for Twelve Months-A Relic of Bruins
wick's Past-Chathsm County Pays
the First Taxes Of 1889.
GEORGIA.
Griffin has invested s750,00O in manu-
facturing enterprises since 1885.
Negro highwaymen are making it dan
gerous to be out at night at Brunswick.
Floyd county won the $500 premium
Ter making the best exhibit at the Piedmont
exposition.
Mrs Mary Long Bioss, matron of the
Woman's Christian Home at Atlanta, was
buried Monday.
Judge W. J. VIM of Marietta died Sun
day, aged Sc years. He was judge of the
Blue Ridge circuit.
The first state taxes for 1889, accounting
to s., 900, were paid into the state treasury
Saturday by Chatham county.
Sunday morning, the turpentine and
rosin plant of G. Moody, near Boards
Bluff, on the Altamaha river, was burned
In addition to the building a number of
barrels of turpentlne and rosiu were de-
stroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown.
James Cape, one of the workmen at the
lumber mill of Dobbs & Co., on Mitchell
street, Atlanta, was working with mold
1ng machine Monday, when his right arm
was caught in the machinery, and before it
could be stopped all four of the fingers
were crushed off.
J. E. Floyd of Carny, Pulaski county, has
I.ist had ball extracted By DIR. T. ID.
Walker that he had shot into him by a
yankee soldier during the war. For nearly
twenty-seven years he carried this ieaden
memento around in his body, suffering
much from its irritation, but he is now all
right.
Col Joseph H. Nisbet, the editor of the
Milledgeville Union Recorder, has held that
position for forty eight years. He was one
of three that bought the paper from Her
schel V. johnson in 1852. He was born in
Athens more than three-score years ago,
and moved to Milledgeville at the age of
years
A freight car on the Andersonville and
Tennille railroad took fire at the former
place recently from a spark from the loco
motive. but prompt work saved the depot
and several hundred bales Of cotton. Such
fires have been very frequent all over che
state this fall, and suggest the need of
patent spark arrester.
Grand Regent r. j. Powell has issued an
official circular to the officers and members
q OF the subordinate councils of ROYAL
Arcanum, inviting members of the grand
council and representatives of subordinate
councils to meet him in the city of Macon
interest relating TO the order
The Clubhouse of Z. S. Roberts at Whites
burgh, Spalding county, was destroyed by
fire Monday. Seven bales Of cotton and a
large lot of cotton seed were DESTROYED
The two little boys of Mr.. Vaughn were
playing in the house at the
time, and one was SO severely burned that
he died, while the other one is not expected
to live
Friday, young man named Smith,
living about twelve miles from Chauncey
drank half gallon of whisky within an
hour. Pretty soon he was stretched upon
the ground, and lay there in a deathly
stupor till 10 o'clock Saturday night, with
blood oozing from his mouth and ears On
Sunday, however, he appeared to be all
right again.
Near Pleasant Hill, about twelve miles
from Talbotton, a negro named Owens
struck another negro named Butler Adams
over the head with stick of wood, from
the effects of which he died Sunday. Aft err
Owens struck Adams and jumped on HIM,
brother of Adams stabbed Owens twice
with knife, giving one serious wound He
is attended by physicians.
Representative j. L. Hardeman of Bibb
county has introduced a bill in the lower
house OF the state legislature requiring the
enlistment of volunteer troops for twelve
months 1t provides that the governor of
Georgia shall make his next annual
requisition on the United States for 81, 900
In arms and $4,000 in camp equipage, in
stead OF 81, 900 in arms. as is usually done.
Capt. Bob Barron of Macon is informed
that the ginhouse on his plantation in
Macon county has been destroyed by fire,
together with gin, screw, running gear O
large quantity of cotton seed and twenty
one bales of cotton. Most of tie cotton be-
ionged to L. E. Matthews Capt. Barron's
overseer. Two bales belonged to a negro
tenant John Feagin. The loss is about
$1,000; no insurance.
The grand jury of Carroll county, after a
two weeks session, concluded their labors
last Saturday and adjourned for the term
A number of indictments were preferred,
and every road commissioner in the county
presented for neglect of duty. Six months
from now marked Improvement in the
roads will be seen. Among the recon-
mendations of the late grand jury is the
building of new court house.
Rev. j. Simeon Flipper, pastor of the
Bethel M. E. church at Atlanta, has writ
ten an open letter. The letter is ia reply to
one that appeared in the Savannah ribune,
in which the question Is asked: SIS 1t safe
TOR the b. NJ. Z. to meet In Georgian The
question was the outgrowth Of a recent
proclamation calling negro convention to
discuss the race troubles, and is effectually
answered by the writer of the card. The
writer claims that the race troubles are all
due to republican disaffection.
A citizen of Eatonton smokes about
twelve pounds of tobacco yearly in a pipe
that he declares is over 200 years old. This
leads mathematical person to calculate
that il that were the average amount used
in the pipe since its first day, 2,4OO pounds
of the weed have been burned in its bowl
and if the first $i2 had been put out at
compound interest at the rate of 10 Der
cent it would now have grown to the
sum Of 81, 755, 443 200. Just how this would
have benefited the first owner of the pipe
does not appear.
Under the terms of the contract by which
the railroad to Waynesville is being. built
it is necessary to finish the work this week.
This fact led the contractor at Waynesville
to withhold the pay of the negroes last
Saturday night. for he knew that if they
got their money then many of them would
not be in proper shape for going back to work
Monday morning. or course the withhold
ing of their wages made the negroes mad,
and Monday they struck. A few hours
later, however, they were paid off, and
work was resumed as usual
In the tent of the Custer musee at the
Piedmont exposition there is a photograph