The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
~ IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
z. T. Brown will be the next mayor of
Athens, being the choice Of the primary
election.
There are now nearly 200 students en-
rolled at Mercer university at Macon, anC
the number is increasing.
Mrs Dudley Fleming, who was so terri
bly, burned at Brunswick Friday night, dice
at o'clock Saturday morning.
The subscription list for the shares in the
Albany Water Works Company was opened
Saturday, and about 1900 was subscribed
at once
Saturday B. F. Vinson, farmer living
near Walden, was making some change in
the works of his gin, when his arm was
caught in the machinery aud broken.
w. J. A. Goolsby of Franklin claims to be
the owner of the oldest mule in the state
It was born in. the spring of 1852 in
Virginia.
That part of Thomas county that lies
south of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railroad and east Of the Ocklockonee
river, will soon vote on the fence or no
fence question.
The construction of the electric railway
at Macon is progressing rapidly, end by the
middle Of next week great progress will
have been made, d at least two miles of
overhead WIRE hung.
The Ware County Sunday School Asso-
citation will hold its third annual convention
at Waycross on Friday, Nov. %, and on
Saturday and Sunday following the district
convention will be in session.
The powers that be at Washington have
decided that Postmaster Morgan must go,
and that Waycross must have a republican
in his place. The republicans have Endorsed
Thomas j. Fuller for the position.
While Henry Williams, a negro from
Twiggs unity, was going to Macon Sat
urday with load of cotton drawn by two
spirited mules he had his left leg broken
between the knee and ankle. One of the
mules SHED, causing the bale on which he
was sitting to topple and fall on him.
One true bill found in Gilmer county last
week is somewhat out of the usual order
1t was against Baptist preacher. who runs
a government distillery, for throwing a
two-pound weight at boys head for dis
putting the reverend gentleman's word in a
settlement. The boy lodged and the mis-
sile missed its mark.
Mack Deacon, who lives near Flowery
Branch, has an OK on exhibition at the
Gainesville fair, which is only years old and
weighs 200 pounds. His neck is 10 inches
broad on top, or at least the holes in the
yoke have to be that distance apart in
order for him to pull any draft. Ten
inches is the usual width of ox-bows.
W. ]. Perryman of Thomaston has an
owl In coop at his store, and has several
cats which keep his store clear of rats
One OF the cats has shown its sympathy
with the owl in its imprisonment, and
every day carries to its coop one or two
rats, which his owlship is, no doubt, duly
thankful for, as he shows his appreciation
by devouring the rats Immediately.
Near Cave Springs, Sunday, on the farm
Of Capt. J. B. Lapsley, Richmond Bridges
(colored) shot Katie Shropshire colored).
The negro boy, who is about Is years old
was trying TO catch a chicken, and asked
the girl to help him. She told him she
wouldn't do it. He then deliberately picked
up his gun and shot her through the head
The girl is not expected to live. The boy
escaped.
Price Broyles, aged %, was shot and in
stantly killed by Elmore Johnson, aged p
at Chattanooga, Tenn, Sunday. Both men
were firemen on the Western and Atlantic
railroad, and both have brothers who are
conductors in that company. The remains
of Broyles will be shipped to Dalton for
interment. The murderer escaped and has
not yet been caught. Both men are of
good families, and have borne excellent
regulations.
The Catholics Of Macon have decided TO
gave fair in a few weeks for the benefit
of the building fund of their proposed new
church. 1t is expected that quite a sum
will be realized from the fair. The founda-
tons OF the church are now in process of
erection, anu the building of the church
will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The
church viii cost about $75, 900, and will be
erected on very handsome and command
ing site near the head Of Poplar street.
A distillery will be in operation in Vine
vile, suburb of Macon, at an early day.
The plant represents an investment of
$4,000, and it is expected that it will be
running within three months. At first the
capacity win be three barrels of corn
whisky per day, but little later ON the
capacity will be enlarged, and fruit bran
dies and rye whisky will be made A stock
farm will also be run in connection with
the distillery
AT Thomson, Saturday, at the prelim-
mary investigation of Dennis Reese and
Arch Jones, charged with the murder of
Jenkins Shank, the defendants were COM
United to jail without bail to await the
action Of the grand jury. Reese confessed
to having helped Jones to bury the body
Reese says that on Friday night last at 12
O'Clock Jones came to his house and woke
him up, stating that he had killed Jenkins,
and Reese went with Jones and buried him.
Inc congregation OF the mulberry street
Methodist church at Macon have long cher
ished the idea and plan of erecting a hand
some church building on the hill near the
Wesleyan female college, as a large part of
the congregation live in that vicinity and
near Vineyille, and could be much more
accessible to the church than where it now
is. on Mulberry street 1t seems, however,
that this plan has collapsed, and that part
of the congregation residing in Vineville
expect to withdraw from the Mulberry
street church, and erect a church of their
own in Vineville and have separate pastor
and will make application on this line at
the next meeting Of the South Georgia con-
ference.
At Columbus Saturday a half idiotic
negro named Lindsey bet country negro,
who had just come to town with a load OF
wood, that he did not have half a cord OF
wood on his wagon. The country negro
bet his mules and wagon against dollar
and half, and when the wood was meas.
ured he did not have a half cord. The
negro who did the betting skipped out and
left the team in the hands Of another party,
who was preparing to drive home, when
Lindsey came and commenced to unhar-
ness the mules. This proceeding astonished
the driver so that he made no resistance until
he saw the mules being led off. After con-
siderable quarreling, some parties inter-
fered, and allowed the driver to go home.
Hartwell Sun: Fred Wiebens dropped
into the Sun Office Tuesday, and gave us a
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