The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS

Against the Etowah IRON ana MAN
Eanese Company.
GEORGIA
Americas is again talking Of building
big hotel.
a Presbyterian church is among the prob
abilities at Butler.
The Baptists of Brunswick are going to
build a new church.
The Piedmont Chautauqua at Salt
Springs will open tomorrow.
Cant. J. NJ. Denton, Daniel Peters, and
others have recently built a splendid and
roomy church near Hazlehurst, in Coffee
county.
REVERE. the Stone mountain murderer,
who has been imprisoned in Fulton county
Jail for seme time past, will be tried at
Decatur this week.
Late Friday afternoon Simon Ellis gave
bond TO the amount Of 81, 500 for his ap-
pearance at the November term Of Sumter
superior .court-S1, 900 for arson and $500
for burglary.
John Walker and l. r. Cain have estab-
lished a single mill near Cobb station, on
the Savannah. Americas and Montgomery
road, where they will turn out daily ZO,OOO
cypress and pine shingles.
At Americas last week, DR.. Albert Hinkle
AnQ4lTAIeQ Lue muck uukNt VI lLu AOAb Aaii4
of Joseph Willett. MIR. Willett cut his
finger several weeks ago, and also bruised
it when getting out Of buggy, which
neceSsitated its amputatlon.
At Blackshear, Friday, Luke Farmer and
Tom Foster had a wrangle, and Farmer
came out best man, by split ing Fosters
skull Just above the right orbit, aud sever
ing his nose. The instrument was a turpen-
tine dipper. Both parties are coiored.
A large delegation Of fremen from
Rome are expected to reach Brunswick
this morning. They will be met by the
local companies, and the usual courtes1es
extended to them. This will include
drive over the city, and probably the serv-
ing of refreshments.
The case. of Gen. A. o. Granger VS. the
Etowah Iron and Manganese Company, APP
plications for injunction involving $50 900
worth of property, in which a number OF
Atlanta's most prominent citizens are in
terested, was argued at Gainesville Satur
day before Judge Thomas w. Miner and
decision reserved until yesterday
At Athens the negroes Evans Sanders
and VIII Jackson. who assaulted John
Jones near Tan Yard branch, two nights
since, have confessed. They say that Jones
refused to play cards with them, and they
followed him half mile when they over
JODh Nun. Ile again ltAuotA " pfdF, anu
they beat him terribly, and dragging him
into the woods left him for dead. The
chain-gang will probably get them, for the
negro is IN a serious condition.
T. G.. Folds of Greenville dined a short
time ago with lady who has a peafowl
that will be 81 years old next May. The
peacock lived ten years in single wretched-
ness, durirg which time he was never
known to spread his beautiful feathers. On
his last birthday mate was found for him,
and sinch then he has displayed all his
native vanity. treading around with stately
Enthusiastically making a perpendicular
crescent with his lengthy trail.
On last Tuesday night at Thomaston some
boys made kite and put light on it and
sent it up, out in that part of town where
most of the colored people live, and a good
many of them seeing it were badly fright
ened and SAID that the world was coming to
an end. Several of them started to come
uptown, saving they would not stay down
there, and one of them said that they need
not be frightened, as it was nothing but an
angel coming down from heaven after some
body
A committee of the last grand jury of
jackson county were appointed at the Feb
ruary term OF the superior court to investi-
gate the account between Cicero Hill, a
former tax collector, and the county, and
from the da' as before the grand jury Mr..
Hill was considered behind: but on investi-
CATION Friday it was found that Mr.. Hill
had not only paid the county her full share,
but paid more than was due the county.
hence the commit dismissed all proceed
ings against Mr.. Hill. 1
Sunday man by the name of Walton
was arrested while at church and taken to
Rutedgs for safe keeping He is charged
wwrNNh h. 80 ~
claims that he is innocent, but he was seen
with gun early Saturday morning near
where Mr.. Horton was shot, and evidence
points very strong toward him. He denies
doing the shooting and says he can prove
that he is innocent 1t il thought that
Walton was hired to do the shooting, and
more than one will be implicated in the
matter.
Some days ago John A. Park and H. NJ.
Stroller Of GreenviAe were out cunning
when they found three large owls perched
high up and close together in a tall tree
MIR. Park took aim with rife killing two
OF the owls at one shot, and the fatal ball
striking limb, rebouuded with Kissing
sound, spending its force on the hand OF
MIR. Stroller, who was in the act of shoot
ing the third owl. The strike broke the
skin and paralyzed the hand for awhile.
Mr.. Stroller picked up the ball and now
has it. Owl number three was killed by
Mr.. Park.
AT Rome Saturday the cases against ].
X. Grafton and his clerks, MeSsrs. johnson
and Beard, came up on an appeal to the
city council from the decision of the mayor.
who had fined the defendants in sums
amounting to $3.50 for a violation of the
prohibition ordinance. Upon the call of
the case, the counsel for the defendants
moved to dismiss the warrant on the ground
that 1t charged an offense which was not
provided for by the city ordinances Of
Rome. After the conclusion Of the argu-
ment, the council decided in favor of the
motion and dismissed the warrant.
Jailer Birdsong of Macon, ana the fine put
upon him by Judge Speer for putting a
chain around the neck of an unruly negro.
is becoming famous The whole matter
will be brought up again by bill which
Senator Bartlett and Representative Har-
denan introduced in the state legislature
Saturday. The bill is for the purpose of
repeating the present law which compels
jailers to receive United States prisoners in
their jails, and giving the sheriffs and iail-
ers the right to reject any and all United
States prisoners. In other words, the Jail
ers are TO be given the right to accept or
reject such prisoners. The bill is for the
protection Of jailers.
Plans have about been perfected for the
establishment of a big bleachery in Atlanta.
The Mutual Bag Company will put it in
operation, and the plant will require an out
lay OF from $50, 900 to $50, 900. The capac-
!ty OF the bleachery will be about 10000
lineal yards of white cotton cloth. such as
is used in making bags. This win be equal