The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
NPARAGRAPHS

a wilcox County Town Excited Over
the Public Praying Of a Handsome
Young Lady, Town in Georgia to
Be Managed by Women-A Mail Car
rier Exacting Tribute from the Peo-
pie on His Route
GEORGIA.
McRae will soon have another brick
store.
The street cars Of Athens will probably
be run by electricity.
Seventeen public schools are now in oper-
alton in Irwin county.
Work has been begun on the iron bridge
over the Ocouee river at Milleigeville.
Rabid dogs are disturbing the citizens of
the northern portion Of Laurens county.
A beet weighing eight pounds was picked
by John Caatheu of Milaer a few days ago.
The Young Mons Christian Association
institution in Columbus has closed down for
lack of funds
Macon's city council and the bondsmen
of x-Treasurer Adams have not reached
an agreementyet.
At Atlanta John F. Ryan has retired
from thefirm Of John Ryans Sons. stephen
A. Ryan has bought the entire business.
Mrs. Elizabeth Register, aged l0c years,
died at the home of her sol JEFF in the
upper part of Lsurens county last Tuesday.
G. NJ. c. Brauner has been appointed
postmaster at Summerville, and VIII take
charge as soon as he receives his commits
sion.
The Ellaville sensation involving J. NJ.
Hill and Minnie Stewart, aged IL, has been
ended by the marriage Of the parties
named
The directors of the Cuthbert alliance
warehouse will soon have their building
going up. Everything will be ready In time
for the cotton.
1t is estimated by good judges that the
cotton crop was cut Off one-thIrd III those
sections where the recent drought was long
est and severest
The surviving members Of the Forty
ninth Georgia regiment are requested to
meet in Hawkinsvile August ~ for the
purpose Of organizing a survivors associa-
ton.
George C. A. Caldecott, the proprietor of
the Turkish bath institute at Atlanta, oc-
cupied a cell at police headquarters Wednes-
day. He was charged with beating his
wife.
Mr.. Harrington of Emanuel has a bill
before tho legislature authorizing the publ
cation of all laws enacted by the legislature
local laws in local papers and general
laws in one paper in each county.
A man and his wife who had been to CO.
lumbus on leaving the train on their return
TO their home at Warm Springs forgot their
baby and it was carried to the next station,
whence it was subsequently sent back by
wagon.
Fully three-fourths Of the 100 carloads Of
peaches shipped from Marshallville this
season were grown in Houston county 1t
TS 81 hot
could have been shipped had crates and
shipping facilities been equal to the de-
mand.
Mrs. A. E. Atkinson of Atlanta, wife of
A. S. Atkinson, deceased received on We'd
nesday, from Joseph Enrich, grand recorder
of the Ancient Order United Workmen of
Albany a check for $4,000, in full payment
of the benefit due her, Mr. Atkinson having
been a member of that order during his lite.
Covington Enterprise: No postmaster or
mail carrier has right to charge extra for
delivering letters or papers. For years the
carrier along the line from town TO Newton
Factory ard on to jackson has been de-
1ivering mail along Uhe route at from SO
cents to 81 a year for each person or
family.
Master Mann Martin, son of the late
Edwin Martin, the editor who died of yell
low fever at Jacksonville, Fla, last year.
is learning the art topographic in the Perry
Home Journal office Within half an hopr
after first touching the case he was setting
type, showing remarkable aptitude and in-
telhgence
Fort Gaines Advertiser: A certain old
bach. of our town is contented. so he saws.
He cooks his own meals, sleeps in his store
and his daily expenses do not amount to
over 10 cents per day. He is not altogether
suited, however, for he thinks if he mad a
wife, he might reduce his expenses to
cents per diem.
About eight carloads of watermelons
have been shipped from Svlvania this sea-
son, and of those which have been heard
from one was lost in the wreck on the Syl-
vania railroad a few weeks ago. One Melted
the shipper IS and one didn't pay all the
expenses, leaving the shipper the freight on
the Sylvania railroad in debt.
County School Commissioner Joseph A.
Harper of Blackshear will make 1000 gal
hons of wine off Of his seven-acre vineyard
this year. This, Mr.. Harper SAYS, is a low
estimate, as he has only averaged his crop
at two bushels per vine. and off of some
vines he will gather ten bushels He finds
ready sale for every gallon at 50 per gal
Ion.
There is no statute of this state which
requires person who sells liquor by the
gallon, or more than gallon, to take out
license therefor, but he is only required to
register his business in the ordinary's office
on or before Jan. ! of each wear. One
who sold only by the gallon could not be
convicted for selling without first obtain
ing license.
At Albany Wednesday night the residence
of G. L. Mallory was burgarized. Every
window was tried until an entrance was af-
fected The tracks appeared to be those of
woman. A gold watch and sum of money
were distracted Fireman w. L. Clark
placed his coat in the freman'S box of his
engine, but about eleven o'clock thieves
distracted from it his watch and gold
badge.
Sheriff Branch Of Appling county, made
trip to Clinton, n c., last week after
Melton Shaw (colored) who had stolen S365
from Everett Warren (coored) They
were at work on the turpentine farm of 4.
c. Kittrell when Shaw stole the money and
ran away. The sheriff did not get him.
however, as he had been arrested and
turned lose under a writ of habeas corpus
before he had arrived.
A revival is IN progress at Halt Wilcox
county. A handsome young lady about Is
years old has been praying in public all
through the meeting when called on There
were only about two of the brethren that
would call on her. She prays out loud and
plain so that all in the congregation can
hear and understand. 1t has created con
siderable excitement. Some say she is
doing wrong, while Others say it is nothing