The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

tooga County.
The sanitary condition Of Griffin is said to
be alarmingly bad.
A district sundav-school convention is to
be held at Boston Aug. IS and "A.
A shark fleet long was caught by negro
named simmons at Brunswick Tuesday.
J.. L. Boyt was thrown from a suiky near
Albany Monday, and his right arm was
fractured.
Agents are already in the field in Ogle-
thorpe county contracting TO take cotton
seed at % cents a bushel.
The Allen house, near the Georgia rail-
road depot, has been leased for three years
for the Decatur female seminary.
The Atlanta Bridge Company has COM
pleted the Savannah, Americas and Mont
sgomery railroad bridge across Flint river.
One lady. nine white men and sixteen
NEGRO men appeared before the civil service
commission at Atlanta Tuesday for exami-
nation.
Prof ]. E. Mathis is very favopably
spoken of by the citizens of Americas as
Prof. Gannon's successor as superintendent
of public schools.
In the past five months the section imme-
.diately around Greensboro has sold close
into the neighborhood of $1,000 worth of
eggs, or fully S4OO a month.
At Jesup, on Saturday last, young
child Of Mrs. Porcine Suidae otherwise,
hog while attempting to crawl under a
moving freight train was instantly be
headed.
Tax Receiver Mize of Sumter county
completed the tax digest OF the Twenty
seventh district yesterday. He reports the
increase in the valuation of property to be
S557, 900.
In the lower part of Greene county
Farmers are fearful that caterpillars will
seize the cotton. The nights and early
mornings have been very favorable for the
caterpillar fly.
or the corps of surveyors who thoroughly
explored and completely surveyed the Oke-
flnokee swamp under Col. r. l.. Hunter in
the winter Of 1861, Col Miller Grieve of
Milledgeville is the only survivor.
Tax Receiver D. H. Burney of Pierce
county has closed his books and forwarded
them to the comptroller general. The re-
turns for 1889 are 81, 096, 1888. For 1885
81, OBS 600, showing an increase Of S5S 3S3.
The big bridge that spans the Alapaha
river near lrwinville is completed 1t is the
largest county bridge in Southern Georgia,
being 1900 feet in length and raised above
1igh water mark on that troublesome
stream.
A prominent farmer in Athens says that
the wet weather is Injur!ng the cotton con
siderably, as it is causing suckers 10 put out
on the STALKS from the ground to the top
limbs. This viii hurt cotton badly il it
continues.
The first installment of fixtures or mate
rial for the new iron bridge to be built over
the Oconee opposite Milledgeville came in
by the dummy last Thursday morning
Other parts will follow soon, and the entire
structure will be completed by Sept l.
7. J. Hester, receiver. has completed the
tax digest of Ebert county for 1889 1t
shows an increase of taxable property Of
$llS,000 over last year, nearly 800, 600
of which is in the town of Elberton.
There is also large increase in the number
of polls.
"Gentlemen, this is Liberty hall; feel free
to do as you please" These are the words
jocularly uttered by Alexander II. Steph-
ems one day in welcoming party of friends
at Crawfordvllle, and from this expression
the home of the "old commoner" received
its name.
A sailor on the Bay at Brunswick, Tues
day, astonished the natives by strutting UP
and down the street wearing three pairs of
trousers two coats and two hats. Under
his arm he carried another hat and two
pairs of boots. He had evidently invested
his wages in clothes.
At Blackshear, last Tuesday night. Isaac
Cooper, au S-year-old colored lad, in com
pany with two others, made an attempt to
run away. They jumped the local freight
here, and in trying to leap from the train,
just before it stopped at Waycross, Isaac
fell and broke his leg.
Bill Martin of Sparta witnessed a rare
sight on Friday of last week Standing on
bis porch he counted thirty-four wild
turkeys in one dove in the grove in front of
his house. While watching them a red fox
dashed in amongst them, captured one of
them and disappeared with his booty.
When Tom Voolfolk broke his long fast
II was with syrup and bread, but soon he
was seized with intense burning in the
stomach, caused by the syrup on a stomach
that had not received food in seven days.
The burning sensation seemed to lie very
painful. He vomited freely and aud for a
time was very i'll.
Abe Tuten's horse ran away with him at
Blackshear last week, and injured him
pretty badly. He was thrown from rhe
saddle. His little boy, who was with him
in the cart, ran to the house and got his
mother, and when she got to the scene of
the accident Mr.. Tuten was insenSible aud
bleeding at the nose, mouth and ears.
The cotton crop prospects in Thoma.
county are not so good as they we're two
weeks ago. Some trouble, either rust o,
closely allied TO rust, has appeared in MANY
fields and will cut off entirely the lateI
crop of bolls. A very fair yield, however
is already assured, as the bolls ar,
grown and beyond the harm of rust OF
worms.
Judge D. B. Sanford. president of til,
board of trustees of the Middle Georgia
Mechanical and Agricultural College a
Milledgeville, has received letter from
Gen. d. II. Hill rendering his resignation a
president of the college. The feeble state O
the generals health, which has not i'm
proved, was the cause that determined hin
to take this step.
Tax Receiver Powell of Hancock count,
has completed his books. As compared witt
last years returns, they show a decided
falling off. Poll tax is returned at g., Cog
falling off of $24S The value of land il
put at 81, 220, 534 which is $50, PA less tina,
that of last year The entire value of tax
able property as returned is g., 27.Ol1-,
decrease, as compared with last year, o
$1S4, 1858.
The Macon Volunteers at their reception
presented to Miss Thompson, of New York
who accompanies the Hawkins Zouaves,
beautiful silver canteen, on which was al
appropriate inscription and the monogram
IN. W." in gilt letters. The canteen wa
similar to the one presented by the Volun
teers to Miss Winnie Davis on the memor
able visit of the Davis family to Macon il
the fall of 1887.
Hon Prirnus Tones has had his laurale a