The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

eAen Badly Burned at Clubhouse
Blaze at Whitesburg Rats Nearly
Cause the Burning OF a House at
LaGrange-A Human Ear Sent by
Express to a Friend by Medical
Students.
GEORGIA
The barrel factory at Macon has begun
Operations.
show, beginning Oct. 81.
1t has been decided TO teach music in The
public schools in Macon.
There is a probability Of the establish
ment of q canning factory at Lagrange.
Prof. 7. A. Means, formerly of Atlanta,
had his left arm cut off by cotton gin al
Elko Saturday.
The Athens Manufacturing and Import
ing COMPANY has assigned. ASSETS, s., 900
liabilities, $4,000
The survey Of the Ocmulges river shows
that its greatest depth of water is forty
feet, and it's shallo west, in the main chan
mel, six feet.
Martin Dempsey, brother of Dempsey,
the famous puglist, is in Athens, and will
teach a class in boxing. He is the cham
ipion feather weight of the world.
Maj. Glessner could not secure satisfac-
Piedmont exposition and state fair, and the
trip has therefore been abandoned.
The Forsyth Manufacturing Company OF
Forsyth is now turning out from their fac
tory cotton yarns. The company has a
force of about thirty operatives at work.
Judge d. B. Jay of Calhoun, who was
injured in the spine from an accident on the
Southwestern railroad extension, about a
week ago, is no better, and suffering Sc
verely from his injury.
Hon. G. c. Green, one Of Atlanta's oldest,
most respected and mo t extensively kno IN
citizens, is lying at the point Of d5ath at bis
residence, No. 213 Fair street. Paralysis Of
the entire right side is the cause.
George Owens killed Butler Adams at
Billy Rays place, near Pleasant Hill, in
Talbot county, Saturday night. Both were
colored. IL seems that they met at RAYS
on that night to have a party, when the
two negroes got into fuss and George hit
Butler with piece Of timber, breaking his
neck. The murderer is at large.
Near Bonds mill, in Twigqs county, on
Sunday, while two negro girls were fight
ing, Charlie Davis, negro man, tried to
separate them. Gus Reynolds, another
negro, became offended at the interference
OF Davis ASH struck him on the head with
an AK. Davis fell like log, and has not
spoken since He can hardly live. Reyn-
olds escaped.
For some time past two sparrow hawks
have made their home in the trees around
Wesleyan college, at Macon. The birds
have been in the habit every day OF swoop-
ing down upon the canary birds of the
neighborhood, and twice both have almost
been caught A petition has been presented
to the city council asking the city fathers to
permit owners of canary birds to slaughter
the hawks.
A serious cutting ARRAY occurred on Sun
day night at Middle Hill, a negro church,
on George Gilmore's plantation seven miles
above Sandersville, between Charlie Griffin
and Charlie Walker, two negro lads not ex-
ceeding 16 years of age. Griffin received a
slight cut on the chin and Walker was seri-
ously stabbed in the side and shoulder the
klife entering three inches and tine blade
breaking off.
Ed Willingham contemplates putting
$4,000 into furniture factory at Macon.
The firm of w. S. Payne and L. }. Willing
ham, furniture dealers, etc., dissolved last
week after a partnership of more than eight
years. The business will continue under the
firm name of Payne & Willingham, and
will be composed Of w. $. PAYNE and Paul
Willingham, Ed Willingham retiring t.
start a factory.
Mrs. Peckham, the champion lady hunter
and fisherman of st. Simon's island has
been having a big time fishing of late, right
OF ocean pler. She caught one day four
bass and one drum, and next day four drum
and one bass. She reports great shoals of
trout passingup into the rivers from the
ocean. Besides the above good luck, she
has caught as many as fifty sheephead off
the pier In a single day.
The Thomson Houston company having
failed to fulfill its contract with Mr.
Work, the electric road at Macon is thing
OF the future, and will not be seen by the
visitors to the fair. Manager Winters has
already accomplished his part of the task
by getting certain portions of the road
ready for the wires. Supt. Wilcox has the
engine and boiler in position, and is waiting
for the dynamos and wires.
William Turner Of Jekyl has a relic of
Bruins wlcks past. in the shape of a 81 bill
issued Aug. z, 1896 and signed by ''U. Dart,
Mayor" Being before the day of green.
backs, it is devoid of any printing on the
back, but is well executed on the face, hav-
ing an Indian warrior in the left corner, a
maiden. shipping, ETC., on the right. whilst
the center is embellished with Ithogra oh
of building, river, bridge, etc
II is said that a few weeks ago an Englisf
company, which is working the Nacoochee
mime In North Georgia, took out a nugget
weighing 1880 pennyweights. The largest
lump OF gold ever found in America came
from the Ioob OF Roam mountain, North
Carolina, and weighed 500 ounces Tires
men were killed over its possession, and to
day the nugget remains in the government
vaults waiting for legal claimant.
The members OF the Royal Arcanuu
throughout Georgia will hold convention
in Macon on Monday, Oct. %, in the hall o.
Anchor council, on Mulberry street Hon
X. ]. Powell of GAINESVILLE is the GRAND
regent in this state. Judge Leigh r. Watt.
of Portsmouth, Va, the supreme rege lt
has been invited, and it is expected that ht
will attend. There are fifty councils in this
state, with membership Of nearly 5000.
On Saturday night last the residence OF
Capt. e. M. Henderson Of LaGrange came
near being destroyed by fire, and all on
account OF a very small mouse. In :
bureau drawer were stored some matches
which the mouse got to and ignited. tn
flames quickly spreading and burning tn,
clothing in the drawer member Of tn
household, being awakened by the noise ant
smoke gave, the alarm, andsthe flames wer
extinguished before much damage had beer
done.
The bill to create state board of healt
was slaughtered in the lower house of tn,
state legislature Tuesday. IL came in fron
the committee loaded down with amend
ments, and Mr.. Smith Of Gwinnett tacket
on another providing that all the variou
schools Of medicines should have represen Ia
fion IN fba hoard he friav, 4s - a..