The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-09

GEORGIA.
The committees are hard at work gettius
np the Columbus Guards fair.
Mrs James Woods. living on the Ogle
thorpe road, near Americus, has becom.
violently insane.
Newnan's income from property tax will
amount this year to Sc. 000 all Of which ha
been paid in except $500 or $500.
2. B. Halls commission as postmaster al
Waynesboro has been approved and re
turned, and he has taken possession.
All the money has been raised and paid
on the new Methodist church lot at Daw
son. and the deed has been received and re
corded.
w. c. D. Roberts of the Drummers'
home has purchased the Edwards house at
Sparta. The sale closed ON Thursday last,
for 81, 500.
Bob Hunter, of Turin district in Heard
county. went rabbit hunting last Saturday
afternoon, and in about two hours killed
twenty-five.
The firm of Speer & Guice of Americas
has been dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.
Speer retiring and Mr.. Guice continuing
the business.
At Americas the entire stock of postal
notes has been exhausted for the first time
in the history of the Americas postoffice. A
new supply will be on hand in a few days.
A 4-year-old son of Press Robinson (col-
oredD of Dawson drank quantity of whisky
Wednesday evening, from which he went
into commissions and died Thursday morn
ing.
George w. Jones, son of the late DR.. W.
B. Jones of Birdsvllle Burke county, is
living on a farm that came TO his family by
a crown deed from George the Third of
England
A. Wilson of Sparta is advertising for
fifty first-class stonecutters. He has the
contract for getting out $50, 900 worth of
stone for the new Presbyterian church in
Savannah. He wants to have l25 hands at
work Jan. l.
The tax values of Polk county have in
creased for each of the past two years at the
rate of over $500 year. There is
already an assured increase of $500, 900 for
the year 1890, with strong probability that
it will be swelled to $3.50, 900 if not to 81 600,
OOO
Three reverend looking old gentlemen
were standing on the street at Columbus
Saturday, chatting, whose ages aggregated
ss32 years. The three gentlemen referred to
are Thomas STRIPPING, 10 years; James
Whittle, n years, and X. A. Patterson, &c
years.
The Tallapoosa Furnace Company is doing
all in its power TO get its plant in operation
by Jan. l. The contract for building the
overall factory has been awarded to d.
Churchill, and work on the same will begin
at once. The electric light plant will prob
ably be in operation this month.
T. ]. Bellhower of Dawson lost his
pocketbook few days ago containing $35
in change and 500 bill in greenbacks
he has received the book, but with the loss
of the 500 bill and smaller bills. He is
now making an investigation that may
bring grief to a certain party if the lost
money is not produced.
At Atlanta w. F. Bowe a contractor, is
suing the government for ten thousand dol
lars He claims that he was employed by
the government to erect buildings at the
barracks and that he was interfered with
so much by Capt. jacobson that he was de-
layed in the work and damaged in the sum
of ten thousand dollars.
Commissioner of Agriculture Henderson
has returned to Atlanta from trip to Au-
gusta, Savannah and Brunswick. He re-
ports that he found all the fertilizer inspect
ors at their post, and the laws being en-
forced in thoroughly satisfactory manner
he also says that everybody is perfectly
satisfied with the reduction in inspectors
fees which was made by the legislature.
DIR. E. w. Speer was notified by tele-
graph Friday that he had been appointed
tion to accept. In explanation he saws: ~
just didn't want it." 1t is thought that
Madison Davis (colored) will be the next
appointee, as he is strongly Endorsed by the
Georgia republicans. There are several
white gentlemen applying for the position.
The Greys' armory, the three banks and
many of the stores at Griffin were draped in
black and white Friday, in mourning for
the death of Jefferson Davis. In Scnener-
man a. Whites show window a stack of
muskets guards the draped picture OF Mr..
Davis in the foreground, with drum and
sabre lying on each side, and the tattered
battle-hag of the Spalding Greys as back
ground.
Henry Hines, the negro who was arrested
and lodged in jail at Newman five or six
weeks ago on the charge of waylaying and
shooting j. w. Todd and William Vollen-
weider on the night of Oct 10, near More
land, had his commitment trial before Judge
Thomas Swint His honor decided that the
evidence was insufficient to warrant a COM
INITIAL on the charge of shooting with intent
to murder, and the warrant was accord
ingly dismissed.
Deputy Commissioner of Education
Starnes has been busy recently compiling
a census of the state from the data fur.
nished by the public school returns. Mr.
Starnes does not claim that his estimate is
absolutely correct, but he is sure that il
win not vary 1000 in any one case from the
United States census, which will be taken
next year. Mr.. Starnes' figures show the
following results for the ten largest coun.
ties in Georgia: Fulton n, 52S, Richmond
56.593; Chatham, 54,51O; Bibb, 42494;
Burke, 1921; Washington, 81, 42S: FIovd
SO, 400; Muscogee. 81 ,044; Thomas. 81. $50
and Meriwether, 90, 564 Ten of the largest
cities show; Alta nta, 67,313; Sandersville
1859; Athens, S,54S; Rome, 7,416; Newman
1880; Gainesville. 3,044; Griffin, 4.O57
Waycross, 2.S6S; Dalton, 3, 1876, and Cedar
town, 1850.
Newman Herald: The nonresident cred
itors of LIB. Mount have filed bill attack
ing the sale by which his stock of goods
was recently transferred to A. Eins.ein's
Sons q Co. of Savannah, and praying for the
appointment of a receiver. The matter was
argued by Judge Harris on Tuesday last
who granted the motion and appointed Col.
Il. s. Willcoxon temporary receiver. Coun.
sci for Einstein's Sons g. Co. objected tc
the appointment of Col. Wilcoxon, how
ever, on the ground that he was interested
as counsel, whereupon Judge Harris an
pointed Sheriff Carmical who Is now In
charge of the stock and will act as receiver
until Dec. ID, on which day Judge Harris
VIII hear agurnent on a motion for the
appointment Of permanent receiver. The
claims of nonresident creditors amount 10
several thousand dollars, none of which are