The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

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GEORGIA
Last Monday three convicts engaged on
the Changing at Waycross made their
escape.
There are within ten miles Of
Dawson six sisters whose com
bined weights aggregate 1850 pounds.
Ninety acres Of land in the northern por-
ton of Brunswick were sold to syndicate
of nonresident gentlemen Wednesday and
the money paid down.
A bill to incorporate a street railroad
company for WaycrosS Is on the boards,
and another to change or grant new char
ter is also on the taps.
A little son of Mrs Jane Maddox of Jack
son was run over by wagon last Satur-
day, and received injuries so serious as to
cause his death on Sunday.
R.. L. Foreman has been keeping the
Washington hotel for ten years, has done
over 500. 900 worth Of business, and his
entire losses on delinquent guests win not
sum up SIS.
AtConcord, Wednesday, w. T. Huckaby,
while out on his farm, picked up Spanish
coin, dated 1777. There is no way Of ascer-
tanning how long it had been lost, but it
had not rusted, and is as bright as a new
dollar now.
It is estimated that the trial of Tom
Voolfolk in Houston county will cost Bib
county $1,000. One hundred and twenty
five witnesses have been summoned. Each
witness is allowed 80 per day and 62s cents
for each mile Travelled.
Terrell county is to have two new towns.
Last week notice was given that bill
would be introduced in the legislature to in
corporate PARROT, and now Duval wants to
be incorporated, and bill will be intro
duced for that purpose.
It is reported that Joseph Arnold, who
was tried and acquitted at Waycross last
year of the murder of Pat Ward, and who
was subsequently, arrested and carried to
Texas by a sheriff of that state, has been
found guilty of murder in the first degree.
w. g. Lockwood, J. M. Dukes and I. E.
Williams of Macon county were in Ameri-
Gus Tuesday looking for a negro woman
named Jennie Harris While the family of
W. w. Lockwood of that county were at
dinner Monday Jennie stole $345 from him
and fed.
Old Georgians say that in 1853 there was
hardly any rain until June 10, and the
corn, which was at that time very low in
stalk, just all went into ears. 1t must have
been right funny to see field Of corn with
nothing but large, fine ears sticking out of
the ground.
Mr.. Parish of Berrien county is doubtless
the youngest sheriff in the state. When
elected he had to wait three months to be-
come of age before he could be sworn into
office. He is now confronted with the diff
cult problem of Jake Young, the murderer,
and how to arrest him.
The resignation of Mr.. West, who went
TO the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, from the Seventh congressional
district of Georgia, has left vacancy, and
Congressman Clements has appointed a
committee to examine applicants at Rome,
on June 90. Maxey Dobbs and Claude
Daniel, Of Marietta, will contest for the
position.
At Atlanta the committees appointed
from a number Of different lodges to solicit
subscriptions for the new cemetery have
completed sir labors. The necessary
$4,000 has bAsr subscribed, and the Come
terry is an ASST ed fact. No subscriber has
been allowed to take more than $500 worth
of stock, and the lots will be sold at a very
low figure, so that the working people can
be enabled to own a cemetery lot of their
own.
L. ]. NJ Bell of Heard county was bitten
by mad dog last week, and on Friday he
had tho maidstone, owned by j. A. Brett,
applied to the wound. The stone adhered
three hours and thirty minutes before fall
ing off. 1t was then cleansed by being
boiled in sweet milk and again applied. and
adhered two hours and ten minutes On
being applied the fourth time it would not
stick. The milk, after the stone was boiled
in it, had green, poisoned appearance.
Marietta Journal: 1t is said that coal is
sold in Austell at 80 a ton. Why should
not Marietta have direct railroad connec-
ton with the great western coal fields
through Austell, and buy her winter coal
at about SO so ton, instead of paying
"a so per ton as she has heretofore dones
She bought last winter about 1000 tons
and a saving of SO per ton would have been
total saving of $4,000 to Marietta on last
winters coal alone.
Near Washington, in Wilkes county.
there lives an old man of 70 years by the
name of Isaac Dickson, who last year
raised 100 bushels Of Irish potatoes and 800
bushels of sweet potatoes off the same acre
Of ground. He is hard worker and did
all the labor himself. The way he did was
to put in sweet potato slips between the
hills of Irish potatoes when the latter were
about matured, and then as he dug the
Irish potatoes he would hill up the sweet
potato vines.
Cumming Clarion: DR.. A. Strickland
cut 5000 pounds Of clover from one acre of
ground. This, at III cents per pound is
worth 800. Another cutting this year will
yield at least 500, making total of $140
Though sown on poor land, he expended
only $40 for fertilizers, and $40 will pay for
the work done. This leaves a clear profit
of $120. Doesn't this beat cotton by up
wards of good deas II. l. Foster, q. +.
Sims, w. ]. Grower and +. FL. Mulline
also had fine patches.
The Augusta foot bridge, which was
washed away by the late freshet. has been
the cause of local strife and comment.
Council appropriated 81 900 to erect the
bridge, and already the figures have run IN
to $4,000 Saturday citizen discovered
that the structure was being imperfectiy
built. The authorities had the matter
looked into, and the lateral braces will all
have to be taken down and rebuilt The
matter is being kept quiet as possible by
the authorities, but it has leaked out, and
the taxpayers are indignant at the way
their money is being thrown away.
The Mormon missionaries have quit quite SO
much loafing over Emanuel county and have
gone down to hard preaching. They held
short series of of meetings at Nunez acad-
eny, about six miles from Swainsboro, in
In the Youmans community, but they re-
ceived very little encouragement. The last
day Of their meeting they took vote of the
congregation, to see whether or not they
should continue their meetings. From a
good congregation they only received three
votes for continuance, which was rather
poor encouragement for them, so they
then ended their meetings there and went
to hunt a mora favorable looalitu FOR +bo;,.