The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS


Louisville.
GEORGIA.
The liquor men have been defeated, and
30 more liquor will be sold at Blue Ridge
after Aug. 81.
An undiscovered dead cat in a clump Of
weeds made life at the capitol Monday
almost unbearable.
Caterpillar are playing havoc in MuscO-
gee county. They have also appeared in
Jasper farmers ara blue over the outlook.
Another Catholic school is soon TO be
built in Atlanta 1t wall be a school for the
education of Catholic boys and young men.
The Bohnefed estate at Macon was APP
praised Monday II was found to be worth
S4.24S This includes all of the real estate
and stock of jewelry.
The Clarke Light Infantry of Augusta
has accepted the resig alton Of Capt j. A
Clark. Councilman A. F. Austin IS spoken
of as his possible successor.
At Macon Monday dirt was broke pre-
paratory to the erection Of large oil mill
at base ball park. This is the enterprise
inspired by Rogers, WOrsham q Co.
B. P. Wheeler, representing a big jute
firm, is in Athens. He acknowledges that
he can make no sales in Georgia but says
much jute is being sold in some sections.
H. E. Emerson, writing to a Cartersyille
friend, tells of the drowning OF his wife
and seven children in Arkansas by being
overtaken by a food wave. They were
GeorgianS.
The merchants of Augusta interested in
that branch Of trade want an official grain
inspector aud weigher. meeting at the
exchange Monday to discuss the subject ap-
pointed a committee to confer with the
railroads on the subject
\
johnson and W. W Collins took a flying
trip over the Georgia Southern railroad
Monday. TIE trip consumed nineteen
hours, and $50 miles were covered. Ocean
Pond was visited. 1t is a short distance
below Valdosta.
Within the last few days DR.. Mccall,
agent of Mercer University, Macon, has
received a donation Of $1,000 for the uni
Versity, and another gentleman IS con
templating the erection of a splendid labo-
ratory and library hall, which shall take
his name. Some of the churches have con-
cluded to build cottages Tor the young men,
and others will do the same.
The house of Conductor Calhoun at
Macon was entered by a burglar Sunday
night and a good haul was made. There
are suspicious that the robbers used
chloroform. When Mr. Calhoun arose to
dress he missed his clothes. He began
search for them and found them gone. Two
other suits were missing, including ms now
conductors uniform, also a pair of shoes. q
silver watch, two hats, a bunch of car Keys
and $2S in money.
A reliable gentleman of Brunswick states
that he saw Jake Young, who killed JUS
tice of the peace in Worth county some
weeks ago, and who deiied the authorities
and is still at large, in the UPPER part of
Glynn county, two days ago. Young was
sitting on the porch II farmhouse taking
life coolly. He did not seem to fear arrest
but was prepared to give warm reception
to callers. The gentleman knows Young
well, and is positive in his Identification.
At Macon, Monday, Post B. of the
Southern Travellers Protective Association
held an enthusiastic meeting The active
roll of membership now contains fifty
names, and the honorary list has twenty
five. There Is $3.50 IN the treasury aud no
debts. So soon as suitable apartments can
be obtained the post will establish an ex-
change. The railway committee reported
that 1t was very probable that the Central
railroad would soon put on "shoo fiyn
special train from Macon to Millen.
At Atlanta the Central Presbyterian
church recently decided to raise the pastors
salary from 5000 to 81, 900 per annum. At
the close of the services Sunday DIR. Strick-
Ter, who had just returned from his summer
vacation, rather astonished the congrega-
ton. He said he had received notice that
his salary had been increased, and while he
appreciated it deeply, he felt compelled to
decline it. He knew the condition of the
church and felt that its money could be
used to better advantages in some other di-
rection.
Milledgeville has had the base ball fever
bad this summer. Some of the recent
scores are as follows: At Milledgeville:
Mnledgeville Is, Warrenton 9; at Warren
ton: Milledgeville T. Warrenton 20. Madi-
son and Milledgeville played two games
last week, each winning one. Madison is
at present the best club in North Georgia.
and Milledgeville in South Georgia. Crowd ;
OF men, women and children witnessed
these games, and some money is changing
hands. The winner OF the odd game will
claim the state championship.
The Camille Gold Mine Company. two
and half miles southeast of Tallapoosa,
are doing an extensive mining business,
Tney have regularly employed about
seventy-tive hands Their pay roll amounts
to near $4,000 per month, and the hands
are all paid promptly at the first of each
month. They have no doubt, spent close
on to 800, 900 in developing this mine, and
are getting good returns, as they have been
increasing their capacity to great extent
this summer. They have all the modern
appliances and improvements for mining.
Monday morning about s o'clock W i'll
Turner, who lives four miles south of Rock
mart, shot himself with a shotgun and was
instantly killed. 1t is not known positively
whether it was an accident or a case OF
suicide, but it is thought to be the latter.
He was not right in his head, and it is
thought that he killed himself because ne
was a great sufferer from rheumatism. His
parents are in Alabama on a visit. and
there was no one in the house but Turner
and his two sisters, and hearing the report
of the gun, they rushed IN his room and
found him lying on the floor in a pool OF
blood shot through the heart.
lafayette Messenger: For miles south.
east Of Villanow, on the west slope OF
Johns mountain on lot 211, owned by
William Roper, occurred over two months
ago strange dlstur bance of nature Ii
was confined to a strip of land running east
and west, and being $50 yards in length
and between thirty and fifty wards in
width. On that limited area the ground
shows the mark of some mighty CONFUSION.
Stumps were forced aSunder, rocks were
split and huge roots torn in twain Fissures
run in every direction. Accompanying the
disturbance was an evident upheaval AS
it passed at the east end the ground settled
back below the original level, while at the
west end it was left raised
Dan Aston and A D. REVERE are very
interesting characters to the public at this
time. Both are confined in the little rock
jail at Decatur on the charge of murder.