The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA.
The Athens factories have shut down un-
til July l.
Nearly 100 bushels of peaches were
shipped from Marshallville Wednesday.
Judge Thompson of Monticello has a
movement on foot to purchase park for
the Jasper County Sunday School Associa-
tion.
James Danisls, 15-year-old colored lad,
was landed in Jail at Blackshear Sunday
night for attempting to ravish child Of 8
years. daughter Of John Davis, on the
prSSsous day.
A committee of fourteen met at Dalton
Wednesday and issued call for survivors
of the late war to meet in Cedartown Sat
urdsy, June Is, to organize confederate
veterans association for Polk county.
On Monday, Rev. Wesley Simmons (col-
oredO of Sandersville, received a telegram
from his son Thomas, at Fernandina, Fla,
stating that he had dangerously shot him
self and wished his father to come TO him
ut once.
The other day, while the hands ON Mr..
Ainsworth's farm, near Thomasvllle, were
cutting oats, q stroke of lightning pros
trated the horses and two men employed
with the reaper, and broke the reaper in
several places.
While Jonas Green, car coupler for the
East Tennessee road, was coupling cars at
the cotton yard at Macon wednesday, his
hand was caught between the drawbacks
and his arm between the deadwoods and
were so badly mashed that amputation
was necessary.
Ninety days ago the dummy stock Of Mil
ledgeville went begging for so. A few days
ago 100 was paid for eight shares. This is a
remarkable record. Speaking of the record
of the dummy suggests the ice factory in
that town. After months operation the
stock is worth 20 per cent. above par.
A Wilkes county negro who sold some
fresh meat in the town of Washington is
warned by the Chronicle to keep away
from that town. 1t has been darby limited
that the COW which supplied the meat did
not die violent death, but passed quietly
away from natural causes in neighboring
meadow.
At meeting of the directors of the
Macon Fire Insurance Company, held
Tuesday afternoon, Capt. s. g. Dunlap was
promoted from vice president to president.
Capt r. E. Park was elected to fill the
vacancy occasioned by Capt. Dunlaps pro-
motion, and w. II. Burden was elected to
the vacancy in the board of directors.
Louis Platt and George Bailie of Augusta
have gone for months summer Narrowing
trip. After building a couple of canoes
themselves they stacked them with provis-
ions and blankets and set out down the Sa-
vannah river for Tybee. They expect to
reach there about Sunday, and will spend
three weeks there fishing and having a
good time generally.
At Macon Judge Gresham has purchased
the lot on the corner of College and Ogle-
thorpe streets, now occupied by Prof
Derry, and presented it to the Second Pres
byterian church. The house will be moved
back to face on Oglethorpe street aud used
as parsonage, and $1,000 church will be
erected on tho corner. 1t is said that the
price paid for the lot was s., $500.
In Whitfield county there is the most
flattering prospect for an abundant fruit
crop this season in years. The peach trees
are fairly loaded down with fruit that
promises to come to perfect maturity. The
pear crop viii be large and the fruit luscious
The blackberry bushes are laden with
berries about half grown, and the very
seasonable showers of the past few days in
sure fine quality.
The annual meeting of the Southern Mu-
tual Insurance Company was held in Athens
on Tuesday. Only routine business was
transacted. The old officers were reelected
except in case of vacancies. Hon. George
T. Barnes OF Augusta was elected director
in place of Josiah Sibley, deceased: Capt.
II.
who declined a reelection. The company
has declared dividend Of 361S per cent. for
the past year.
Mention was made yesterday of the sale
of ninety acres of land in New Town, a
suburb Of Brunswick. The tract sold lies
between the town commons and the Day
land in the northern portion of the city.
was bought by DR.. Burwell Atkinson OF
Camden county, and brought $4,000. 1t is
Ia 70 ~
tract surveyed and divided into building
lots, to improve it every way possible, and
to hold it as an investment. He feels that
he has put that much money in good bank
on good rate of interest.
They tell this on one of the popular
young clerks on the corner of Main street
Irwinton. He had made an engagement to
escort q young lady to an entertainment of
some kind, and it happened that another
fellow was anxious to go with her. too. In
order to have dead sure thing, when the
young lady received the second note. she
accepted it also. When the time came to
leave, both of the young men were present,
and on rising to leave, the young lady
turned around and said: Johnnie, / have
another escort tonight; you can follow be-
hind with the Children
Tuesday night, at Rocky Ford. Joseph
Summer shot Eliza Burke with a pistol, in
ulctlnS WudU Is lnOugnI 10 De faCal wound,
Summer made his escape, but was caught
Wednesday afternoon, hiding in the woods
near by. There is much talk of lynchinr
by both white and black in case the woman
dies, which is quite probable. The woman
is nurse for Robert Williamson of Rocky
Ford, and had an infant daughter of Mr.
Williamson in her arms when shot. The
only cause for shooting, the woman claims
is that Summer wanted her to promise to
marry him, which she would not do. Both
are colored.
The grand juries Of Washington county
at the March and September terms of 1888.
and of the March term of 1885, recon.
mended the building and properly furnish
ing new brick Jail, also the grand jury at
the March term 1889, recommended the
construction of three new bridges In com.
pliance with this recommendation, the hon
orable ordinary has ordered an election to
be held on Wednesday, July II, next, for the
purpose Of submitting TO the voters of the
county, whether or not bonds shall be issued
by the county to meet the expenses that
viii be incurred in carrying out these rec
concentrations.
At Penfield Tuesday morning about 1
o'clock Miss Lila Boswell was awakened by
hearing noise in tine room She remained
quiet for few moments, thinking that
perhaps it might be some of the family.
However, she soon discovered the outlines