The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-04
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


Child Il Wild Animal Ravaging the
Farms of Brooks County.
GEORGIA.
Darien will be represented at the road
congress in Atlanta.
James LaRoache Of Mcintosh county
died day or two ago.
There is a good deal of building going on
around Darien just now.
The snow at Lincolnton last week was "a
inches deep, by a fair test.
Stems are being taken at Montezuma to
raise money to put boat on the Flint
river.
The foundations of the new mills at
Trion will soon be complete and ready for
brick laying.
Real estate is on a tremendous boom at
Cordele. Profits Of 70 per cent. in day
are reported.
George Bone, of Athens, has thorough
bred English bull dog that he has been
offered $50 for.
Last Monday night Walter Joiner of
Quitman and his good lady celebrated their
silver wedding.
The Presbyterian church, at Darien, is
still without a pastor, while the Episcopa-
ians are without rector.
The Central Railroad Company is think
ing of opening coal yard at Montezuma
1t owns a coal mine in north Alabama.
The last installment of the capital stock
of the Darien bank has been paid in and
that enterprise is now on a sound footing.
J. W. Garrett, who died at Newman a
few days ago from the effects of self-in-
flicted injuries, had his life insured for
5000.
The Mount Airy hotel, at Mount Airy,
is undergoing.thorough repairs. The man
ager will spend over $4,000 within the next
month.
The recent freshet in the Altamaha and
its branches, has been hard on stock-rais-
ers. Over hundred head of cattle were
drowned.
w. w. Peterson's lumber kiln, at Cor
dele, containing about 900 feet Of lumber,
caught on fire yesterday morning. The fire
was extinguished with the loss of only
about Z, 900 feet of lumber.
Durham a. Hotchkiss are making things
hum on Crispen Island. They are building
a causeway 1000 feet through che march to
the main land for dirt road and railroad
track. Work is progressing as well as could
be expected such weather.
A lady, not a hundred miles from La
Grange, ordered her servant girl to fire up
the stove preparatory to baking some pota-
toes. She did as she was directed, but
when the stove door was opeded the house
cat was found baked to turn.
Mr.. Inman, chairman Of the finance COM
mittee of the general council of Atlanta
feels proud-aud justly, tOo--of the deal
he has just contaminated Whereby $l25, 900
of Atlanta's bonds will be funded at per
cent. Some of the bonds to be funded are
skies, others sevens.
j. P. Leverett of Newman was one of the
lef<n rkTIA Of he 7 4
Company, his stock investment amounting
TO 500. About four weeks ago he received
a cash dividend of SIS per share on his
holdings, and then sold the stock for $425
The purchaser was Mr.. j. II. Horner of
Baltimore.
A colored man working at the docks at
Brunswick Friday was assisting in putin :
cotton on board a steamer and failing to
fasten a cotton hook into the bale promptly
when the steam was turned on, the hook
caught him by the side Of the head and
made a fearful wound that will probably
prove fatal.
Eight new members were received by the
Albany Guards at their meeting Friday
night. Capt. Wight has received from the
adjutant general bond for forty new guns
of the latest improved pattern, together
with orders to forward the old guns to At
lanta at once. The new ones will be shipped
OUT as SOON as These are T6ColVeu.
E. C. McEvoy and w. H. Underwood
have purchased a ten-horse power Talbot
engine. and a lot of lathes, saws and other
machinery, and will commence manu-
featuring at Montezuma on a large scale,
spokes, ak handles and buggy wheel rims
They have rented the mill OF William
Minor, located on the bank of the creek in
the southern part Of town.
There is an old negro who circulated
around Leary by name Of Frank Pachitla
who in slavery days was noted for his fleet
ness of foot. He was then, as he is now,
oonstitutionally opposed to work, and used
TO spend the most of his time in Pachitla
creek swamp, from which fact he derived
his name. In those good old days Frank
used to run before the dogs, and he was
hardly ever run down. He can't run any
more, however, on account Of the infirmi-
ties Of old age.
George Bridges (colored) has brought suit
against the Savannah, Griffin and NorJ
Alabama railroad to recover SIS, 900 dam
ages for injuries received about two weeks
since while engaged in repairing a trestle
near Lodi He alleges that he had been
employed to work with squad known as
the bridge gang, and while thus engaged
was ordered by the boss to adjust piece of
timber that could only be reached by climb
ing to the top Of the structure. He endeav-
ored to carry out tue order thus given, but
in doing so fell and sustained injuries of so
serious a nature as to permanently disable
him.
Warrenton Clipper: There is the greatest
demand for peas now that we ever heard of
considering that peas have always been re-
garded as small crop. Merchants aud
agents in Warrenton would buy 10000
bushels to-day if they were offered aud paw
good price for them. On going to Uncle
Bob Hill TO get some of the unknown pea.
he told us that he was out, and could have
sold 900 bushels more if he had had them.
From the usual price Of 90 cents per bushel
they have gone up to 81, and we hear Of as
high as 81 25 being paid for them. Mary
farmers are lamenting now that they did
not plant more peas. In fact this neglect
has been general over the country and has
caused the demand for peas aud consequent
high price.
Quitman Herald: Monday last news
reached town Of four mysterious deaths, one
on Mr.. Frank Jones place. one on DR.. Pat
terson's place, one on Mr.. r. /. Denmark's
place and the other on a gentleman's place
whose name has escaped our memory. Mr.
Jones lost goat, Dr. Patterson hog, the
other gentleman hog and Mr.. Denmark
suffered the loss of fine puppy, which was
eaten up, all but few fragments, not
enough, however, to hold an in
quest on. This is thought TO be the work of
the wolf or mountain hon, or whatever it
Is, which has been terrifying the women
and children in the western portion of town