The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Refie-The Man Who Built the First
Rolling Mill in Americana Woman
Smoking on a Train.
GEORGIA
There is talk of fitting up an opera house
in Marietta.
The NelU South is the new name of the
Douglasville Star.
Several new families have recently moved
to CovingtOn from abroad.
They are talking about organizing mill
tary company at A5bevllle.
There is man at the Cobb county poor
house said to be liz years old.
Cartersviles cotton receipts to date are
1000 bales in excess Of the same period last
year.
Hereafter drunkenness on the streets Of
Covington will be punished by fine or inn
prisonment, or both.
It is said that Second Lieutenant Artope
has handed in his resignation to the South
ern Cadets of Macon.
At Covington an effort will be made to
elect a mayor and council who are opposed
to $40 liquor license
Tom jackson, the Athens taller, has sold
out his business and is preparing to go to
Africa as missionary.
George p Woods has sold an interest in
the Hawknsville Dispatch to j. T. Water
man and j. j. Whitfield.
Over 100 white citizens of Covington have
signed the petition asking for an election on
the public school question.
The city council of Marietta visited At
lanta last Monday night to examine into the
electric light system in use there.
The new Paragon mills at Columbus be-
gan operations Thursday. II has 100 looms
and will make the finer grades of cotton
goods.
Alex. McDuffie, former ordinary of Tel
fair county for fifteen years. was beaten
by two votes. by l.. p. Jones. McDuffie will
contest
South Rome has been a residence suburb,
but great enterprise is being displayed in
establishing cotton factory and steam
brick yard.
A cotton compress is to be built at Macon
by the Georgia Southern and Florida rail-
road. 1t Will be tao third compress in the
Central City.
Mrs. Josiah Sibley and her daughter, Miss
Josie, of Augusta. will in n few weeks take
up their permanent residence at their home
near Marietta.
G.. w. Wood, Of Sunny Side, who was
suddenly taken i'll on his way to Savannah,
has so far recovered as to be able to be re-
moved 10 his home
Hon. A. G. Macarthur has been danger
ously sick at his home in Montgomery
county for several weeks. At last accounts
he was somewhat improved.
G. II. Lord Of Princeton, has an inven-
ton which will do away with about one
half the labor Of looms at cotton factories.
lie will shortly apply for patent
At Madison Cohen, the wounded man,
who was Injured in the Covingtou affair is
still improving. lie walks around the
house and was out riding few days ago.
1t is expected that the Detroit Light
Infantry viii visit Macon on its southern
tonr, in which event the Macon military
will give the western company reception.
Wilkinson county fell behind in making
her usual quota Of cotton last year, but she
''got there" on raising the ribbon cane 1t
is said that 5000 or 10000 gallons of syrup
was made
John Bickers, a colored barber, has suit
in the superior court for S. 900 against the
Macon Street Railroad Company. He was
elected from a car during a row and clubhed
by policeman.
At Oconee J. T. Smith, Jr., has bought
an interest in the business of l.. A Graybill
q Co. and now l.. A. Graybll q Co. and
j. E. Smith, Jr., are consolidated, w. A.
Smelling retiring.
The Confederate Veterans Association of
Atlanta, is railing 81, 600 bill. Nine hun
dred chance have boon taken, and there is
no limit to the number that may be sold.
The rattle win occur Feb. H.
A burglar entered the house of Wash
James at Marietta one night last week near
Austel, stole his pants and carried them a
half mile from the house and robbed them
of $50 in money and left them.
Eleven farmers in the Tharp's mill neigh
borhood of Houston county have "har-
vested" 24,630 pounds of pork this season.
They kllei l52 hogs, which weighed a frac-
ton over an average Of l62 pounds each.
net
On Thursday Of last week, Willie Hall,
while engaged hauling brick from looms
boro out to his fathers home, distance of
six or seven miles, lost a fine gold watch
and chain from his vest pocket valued at
500.
Mrs. c. r. Faux has purchased the lot
on Main street at Perry, on which the old
Baptist church stood. 1t belonged to the
es ate of L. j. Cater. She will have a
handsome residence erected at an early
date.
The Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist
churches of Marietta are holding series of
union services this week nightly at the
Presbyterian church, in observance OF a
week Of prayer as requested by the Evan
gelical Alisnce.
The seats and desks for the new school
at Douglasvllle have arrived from Rush
vile, Ind. There are $50 of them, and thew
cost between $3.50 and 81 ,000 and are first
class in every respect. The school will be
ready about Feb. /.
K. II. Mcmillan the man who has created
30 many sensations by forging checks. es-
Gaping from officers and other wavs, in At
lanta and other places was brought to the
asylum the other day, and safely confined
by Constable Merritt, Of Atlanta
A young man by the name of H. Ship
hoist, employed in the shops of the branch
of the r. II. Jones Sons Manufacturing
Company, located at Rome, is missing He |
was accused Of stealing goods from the
firm, secured bondsman and then fled.
Shine B. Lawson Of Hawkinsville. who
committed suicide by shooting himself near
the heart with a pistol while in bed last
week, had $1,000 Of insurance on his life;
$4,000 in the Royal Arcanum, g., 600 in the
Legion of Honor, and $4,000 in the Equita-
Bile.
lady is visiting Augusta who is re-
ceiving much attention from some of the
older citizens. In 1854 Mrs S. q. Reid OF
Maine taught private school in Augusta.
She now returns 10 be the recipient of a
hearty welcome from those who were once
her pupils.
Henry Fulber, Of Powder Springs. was
accidentally shot in the head by Ed A, j.
Morgan while out bird hunting, One s1ot
ia off g..