The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Wronged Husband-No Suit Begun
for Possession Of the Land on Which
Toccoa stands-A Curious Rock.
Bloom Brown is making strong fight
for the Americas postotfioe.
Over 100, 900 poun ds OF guano were hauled
out of Americas Saturday by farmers.
There is not vacant store house or resi-
dence in Americas, and still the cry is heard
for more houses.
Henry Low, a little boy only years old,
who lived in Aur1ria district Of L1mpkin,
was adiudged a lunatic last Monday. He
will be sent to the asylum at once.
The number of children in Harris county
Of school age is as follow whites, male
and female, 1,595, colored 1870. Average
attendance, whites 1,069, colored $50.
T. W. Scott Of Franklin county has made
application for the postoffice at roccoa He
was there Thursday circulating a petition
among the citizen asking his appointment.
On last Friday Edward McElmurrav and
Roberty Perry, two boys who were students
at Andrew Chapel school house, a few
miles from Americus, were wrestling, when
McElmurray fell and broke one of his arms.
The Americas Investment Company sold
over $1,000 worth of property in Cordele
one day last week. The total sales Of lots
sold in that town by this company will
amount in the aggregate TO considerably
over $4,000.
One negro murdered apother at Ty-Ty a
day or two ago. The cause of the killing
was that one of the men that did the killing
had wife, and the murdered man had in
duced her TO leave her husband and partake
of his bed and board, and the consequence
was the killing.
Prof. J. Harriss Chappell of Columbus
has offered a scholarship of two years free
tuition at Chappell Female College to the
young lady, in her senior year at the public
school, who shall have the best annual aver
age This offer will br permanent for each
successive year.
A negro girl was brought into Griffin
from Union district Saturday by J. H.
Starr and handed over to Sheriff Cornell
for safe keeping. Her name is Angelina
Head, and she is only 16 years Of age. She
was caught in the act OF setting fire to
some clothing in A. Ogletree's house. The
fire was promptly put out.
o. r. Harris of Marion county brought
to Americas Saturday about 600 pounds Of
pure and unadulterated country hams,
which he sold without any trouble at all.
This is the second or third load brought in
and sold by him. He raised great deal
more than he could use, therefore put them
keeps his smoke house at home.
Some one reported that suit had been
commenced by Mrs. Prather for possession
of a large portion Of the land on which
Toccoa is built, particularly all north of
the Air Line railroad, much of which is
covered by business blocks and many dwell
ings. No suit has been CONNIE need in any
court by any person claiming to own title
70 any real estate in the city Of Toccoa.
nick johnson, a farmer of Sumter
county, saws that he picked up a curious
shaped rock few days ago and struck it
against something and large piece dropped
out of the center, leaving cup shaped rock.
He gave it to his children to play with.
One of them filed it with water, and as
soon as it was emptied the rock went to
ringing like bell. 1t kept it up some five
or ten minutes, and will do so whenever
filed with anything and it is taken or
poured out.
Toccoa Netcs. One Of Toccoa's most in
telligent ladies has discovered a cure
for hydrophobia. 1t has been tried in sew
eral ius ances and always cures. 1t is a
tea made from a well known herb which
possesses the remarkable power Of entering
the blood, permeating the entire system
and neutraliZing the effects Of the dreadful
poison. II persons having any fears OF
hydrophobia will write to the Toccoa Netos,
they will be put in communication with
the above lady.
The committee appointed at the county
meeting at Griffin a week ago, met Satur-
day, and went 70 work in earnest to secure
the experimental farm. Spalding county
VIII make strong presentation of its
claims before the state committee. Con-
gresham Stewart and Representative
Mitchell are both hard at work. A large
mass meeting Of the city and county is
called for next Saturday, and farm work
will be stopped and stores closed and every
body will attend.
Madison Davis the former postmaster
under the republican regime, Pink Morton
and Wesley Williams are the applicants for
the postmastership az Athens. Madison
Davis has Joined the Buck wing of the
party. while Pink Norton and Wesley
Williams are on % the coar tail of the
Longsteet wing. Plsdgsr IL working for
coLectorship Of customs a. Brunswick and
stands good showing ss re does not belong
TO either the LoDgstrze. OF the Buck party.
but was an original Harrison man. Pledger
is padding his own canoe, and thinks that
he is as big man as Longstreet or Buck
either.
In Oglethorpe, Thursday, Mr.. jackson
put fifty pound sack Of -four in his neigh
boris buggy, Mr.. Murray, for him to carry
home. Murray's horse was feeding out OF
the buggy, and had just finished twelve
ears of corn and two bundles Of fodder He
turned his attention TO the flour, and when
Murray went to hitch up to 90 home the
horse had eaten all the flour but handful.
Another gentleman drove a mule to Ander-
sonville the same day. and hitched 1t to the
stockade. The mule was hungry and ate up
seventy-fve feet Of the 2 by 8 inch pine
pa'ings, and the tops Of ten pine trees that
were cut down.
Sunday. Manager Murphy of the Augusta
Telephone company, for experiment, con-
nected the telephone instruments to a tele-
graph wire and opened telephone com
munications between Atlanta and Augusta.
a distance Of IN miles. Judge James 3.
Hook spoke to his son, Ed Hook, in Au-
gpsta, and ]. Alma Pelot spoke to Jim
Wharton In the Gate City, and Mr.. Sprat-
ling spoke to his wife aud child who are
visiting relatives in Atlanta. All the voices
were clearly distinguished and the expert
ment was certainly successful and may lead
TO the opening Of a telephone system be-
tween the two cities.
Americas Republican: "You can tell
your readers that Butler beats creation for
big men and pretty women said a clerk
Saturday. To show you that this is true
here are five men who we're reared in But
Ter, or lived there, they have Just weighed
here on Pat Williams scales and their
aggregate weights amounted to !, 1871 pound.
as follows: Prof j. T. Gardener. 26O: =. H
Williams, 46; G. B. Colbert, 24O; A. o.
Allen, 225; L. F. Hartley, go 1t is rather
mystery TO the outside world how mon