The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS


There is only one vacant store in Talbot
ton.
Benz. F. Veal, prominent merchant Of
Stone Mountain, died day or two ago.
The Brunswick Ice Company is going to
add new machine to It's plant at a cost of
$1,000.
The tax returns Of Douglass county show
an increase over last year OF something
over $4,000.
One of the undertakings of the Georgia
experimental farm at Griffin will probably
be cheese-making.
Maj. H. Wechsler, a well-known citizen
of Brunswick, died Wednesday morning of
a complication OF troubles, chiefly old age.
The Brunswick Terminal Company's
compress opened the season Wednesday.
There were about 400 bales pressed.
A team belonging to the Atlanta Trans
fer Company ran away Wednesday. One
Horse was killed and the negro driver was
badly hurt.
Talbot superior court convenes next Mon
day. There we're tnirty-one OaSes returned
for the term. There are 1872 cases for
trial.
The condition of Cicero Strange, the
Young man. who was stabbed by Sam
1umkin at Rome on last Saturday night,i
critical.
A negro man, Joe Huff, went to see his
daughter, who cooks for 7. X Couch at
,FalbOtton, on Saturday last, and while sit
ling in a chair died very suddenly.
1t is reported that large wholesale gro
Gerry house will be opened up in the New
man building, on Bay street, Brunswick,
by firm of Admission, Ala, gentlemen.
Dan Hull, aged II years, of Madison
county and Miss Chandler. aged Is years.
of Banks county ran away together day
or two ago and were married at Daniels
vile.
The Georgia and Princeton cotton fac
tories at Athens have not : ut down during
the entire summer. They have enough old
cotton on hand to run them till the new
crop is marketed.
Capital City division of Atlanta of the
uniform rank, Knights of Pythias, paid
tribute TO the memory of tho late AdolUh
Brandt Wednesday night by changing It's
name to "Adolph Brandt division"
Marietta's fire engine will be sent to Chat
tanooga for repairs, instead of TO the
manufacturers works in New York The
latter wanted 81 800 and freight both ways
paid, but the Chattanooga company will
make the repairs for 800.
At a meeting of the city council Wednes-
day it was decided that Columbus would
not put in bid for the location Of the
alliance exchange. The city fathers did
not consider the city in condition to allow
them to make bid large enough to secure
the exchange
G. S. Duke and party of Harris county
men, reached Columbus wednesday night.
il quest of a negro named Reuben Baker.
who attempted TO poison the Duke family
with "Rough on Rats Bakers act was
discovered, and he fled TO Columbus. He
was captured by the police and placed be-
hind the bars
The Christian church convention will
meet in Atlanta on Oct. aud win remain
in session until Oct IA The convention
will be one of the largest and most i'm
portant in years. The delegates will be the
guests of the Hunter Street Christian
church, and the meeting Will be held in that
house of worship.
Last Friday night the safe of John F.
Lewis a. Son, at Coney. was blown open.
and 5000 in cash taken out. The papers in
the safe were scattered, and among them
was registered letter which was left. Ii
contained S4O0 and belonged to Isaiah
Williams large amount of goods were
taken from the store.
j. p Copeland of Henry county is an old
confederate veteran, who lost his good right
arm on the blood-stained plains of Virginia
After the war he began life, like all con-
federates, poor and penniless. BY superior
tact and determination to carve a fortune
out Of the debris of a war-wasted country,
he set to work, and in twenty years has
added cool 81, 900 to each of those years.
At Gainesville Wednesday the J. G.
Hynur Manufacturing Company moved
into their new quarters. Their place of
business fronts fifty feet on Main street.
runs back 100 and has two floors and base
ment. This is the largest shoe factory south
of Baltimore or Cincinnati. In addition to
this factory they have tannery in the
city limits and tan all the upper leather
they use in their SHOES.
Gen. Phil Cook happened to very pain
full accident at his home place in Lee county,
one day last week. He was leading a
Texas pony with his arm slipped through
the bride reins, when the horse became
frightened at something, and Jerking back.
broke the generals arm. This accident
prevented the general from attending the
recent reunion OF the Fourth Georgia regi-
mept.
The Capital City club of Atlanta held a
meeting Tuesday night and a committee
was appointed to make an investigation to
see whether or not Postmaster Lewis should
be asked to resign The committee will
make a report at subsequent meeting
Several speeches were made Some of the
members handled Postmaster Lewis record
without gloves, while others seemed to
Nhiuh LudO Iuo Cluu ndu no power 10 eXp9I
him.
The first real minstrel fight that has ever
taken place in the south Is now being waged.
The contest is between George Wilson'S
Ministries and the Haverley Cleveland min
strels The chief battle ground for the use
of vituperative and abusive adiectives will
be Charleston. Though nearly a mouth
from the dates from which these two define
ators in burnt cork are TO appear, Charles
ton is heavily billed by both aud one of the
Autographs used by Haveley is picture of
George Wilson kneeling and begging for
pity. The fight in the south promises to be
a warm one.
Judge o. w. Putnam of Cherokee county
has ten-pound shot that was picked up on
the revolutionary battlefield at Cowpens,
in South Carolina, by John Whelchel, great
grandfather Of William Whelchel, who
lives near Canton, and at the time was the
nearest neighbor in South Carolina of Mr..
Castleberry, the great grandfather of Judge
Putnam This battle, fought Jan. l, 1881,
was an American victory, and was among
the last battles of the revolutionary war
the treaty of peace being soon afterward
entered into. The shell has been in the
Putnam family ever since it was picked M,
having descended from the great-grand-
father, grandfather and father to its pres
emf owner. 1t is not known that the shot
ever hurt or killed any one.
Tho saceiop oF tho colorad co., oL 49,, a 49, -.