The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Wonderful Escape in Failing Into q
Well-A Heavy Storm in Early Coun.
ty-The Melon Outlook.
GEORGIA.
The prospects Of railroad have doubled
the price OF some property in lexington.
The Albany Guards have formally de-
cided to enter the prizs drill, which comes
off in Mac1n, May 20 and 81
A branch of the S1uttern Building and
Loan Association of Rockville, Tenn, was
organized at Gainesville last week.
hrs. Walter PCorbett Of Macon, wife
of United States Marshal Corbett, is much
better, and hopes are now entertained for
her speedy recovery.
George F. Westmoreland proposes to
donate a hotel site on Twin Lake near
Bainbridge and s., 500 cash, if a hotel c1m-
pany will build $4,000 hotel upon that
property.
DIR, @. H. Heath has sold his vacant lot
tone-fourth of an acre. on Broad street.,
opposite the Artesian hou %, at Albany, for
which he paid 81, l25 one year ago. TO I. ?.
Embry q Co of Kentucky for Sl,60e.
On last Friday evening about dark the
beautiful residence of e. r. Castleberry, on
the corner OF Washington and Maple
streets, Gainesville, narrowly escaped de-
struction by the explosion Of hail lamp.
A tract of land within a mile and a
quarter OF Fort Payne, belonging to the
Powell estate. was sold BY S. W. Nc
Whorter and Thomas A Powell few years
ago for $500. 1t could not now be bought
for $4,000.
The Melon Growers Association will meet
at the court house at Albany, Wednesday,
May L Many thilgs of vital importance
TO the melon growers, such as ratei, the
proper distribution, and other questions Of
like import will be discussed.
Joe Kemp of Buena Vista had a very
large rat Wednesday that was captured
and killed by his cat It's shoulders, neck
and stripe down the back 10 tail were
the color of the common gray rat. the bal
ance of the body and feet were white like
the white rat.a
One Of the bsst-humored men on the press
of Georgia Is 81 Hawkins of the Covingtoa
Enterprise He is also a very busy man.
In addition to editing newspaper, 81 has
a poultry yard, and raises and sells fancy
chickens; conducts areal estate agency, and
is chaplain of Masonic lodge
Swainsboro Pine Forest: We were fin
formed lust before going 30 press last week
that the grand jury had found true bill
against Allen Rountree, bat our informant
was mistaken, as there was no true bill
found against Mr.. Rountree. and in the
prosecution Of the robbers Mr. Rountree
has perhaps done all tnat he could.
at Lsxiugton last week urt was ad-
Journed ~ order of Judge Lumpkin on
Friday evening until May IA. This
was done that the judge might hear
number Of motions for new new trials and
such other business as has accumulated ia
this and other counties in the circuit No
,Juries will he necessary at this court
Near Lafayette, four or five weeks ago,
james. tho son of Judge Foster had the
misfortune, when fishing, to catch an eel.
In taking the hook out 4 his mou b The eel
bit him the index finger OF the right
hand. The bite proved poisonous. Tue
finger rose, broke, and sui disables him
. from work. He may loss the first joint
of it.
William T. Stephens, charged with the
murders OF Andrew Fountain was trisd at
Swainsboro Saturday, and the jury brought
IN verdict of voluntary mapsaughter, 50
he was sen enced to the pelitent.ary for
five years There were also two negroes
sentence for the term of two years each,
one for tbs r urder of his stsp-father and
the other for hog stealing.
j. L, Battle Of Warre1ton last Saturday
night went { 10 the well ia the dark b
draw bucket of water, but lea led too far
ever and lost is balance, falling heailong
down well forty feet deep and paved vita
rock. IL fortunately happened that no
bones were broken and Mr.. Carpenter, a
relative who was near, iinmed .atsly let
down the bucket and drew him up.
There is a family In Troup county repre-
senting four different de nominations. The
mother and one OF the daughters ara Pres
byterlans three other daughters are Meth
odists, and another daughter ID a son are
missionary Baptists, while the father IS in
clined to the faith of thu Primitive Baptists
Ali i've together, except one marie
daughter, and it is loving, harmonious
family.
A heavy wind and hail storm passed over
the plantations in the Unionvllle neighbor-
hood Of Early county Monday afternoon,
blowing down fences and DESTROYING fruit
and growing crops. w. NJ. Hartly, who
lives on the A. II. Smith place. reports his
peaches we're beat Off In enormous qlanti-
ties and bis cotton So injured that be fears
the sun will kill it. II. J. Hayes, and proba-
bly, others of the same neighborhood, suf-
Tered similarly.
John +. MeCord, who says his home is in
Chicago, a stcne-cutter by trade, arrived at
Calhoun last Sunday to get a joe on the
new court house. Work had been sus pended
for few days McCord got on a drunk
and was arrested, charged with
an assault upon an old negro woman. the
vic OF William Abrams pastor OF the COL
ored Methodist church at that place. Nc
cord was bound over in bond of 800, in
default OF which be was jailed.
On the 18th inst. fire broke out on Lee
Bryan's farm, Ia Walker county, crossed
the line to the Myers far n and reached ten
sores Of heavy woodland blown down by
the cyclone Of April 2, 1885 Such a blaze
az then broke forth had never been seen in
Walker. TIE flames were fully one hun
dred feet In hight On the Brick House
iarm, and on the Wheeler farm, between
Tnree and four thousand rails we're burnt,
The loss being about equally divided.
: Two weeks ago Byron Robertson. a col.
orei man living near the CO netery at Green.
vile, found log in a we'll he was digging.
ne log extended across the well a distance
q ~ feet below the surfaces. After cutting
tnfouga the log bold vein Of water was
Struck q pure freestone quality. The uues-
ton OF hos an when the pine log reached
ls pl esent location has plzz.ed the heads of
an who have discussed The matter. The
mn beneath which II was found, " ms TO
nave pen firmly planted just where it is
Charles Ester, tramp hailing from the
north, was sentenced 10 twelve months on
tue chalu-Saug by Judge Pilsbury in the
county court at Americas, Thursday. He
was arrested "Wednesday afternoon nv Po-
Aceman Feagin, and was offered his release
he would leave the city Immediately.
WHICH DC refused to do. When the case