The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-30
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

CAhOAlNA RUT IN TYPE
The Murderer of Conductor whigham
Narrowly Escapes Lynching Nc
Donough's New Macon
Confident of Securing the Location
of the Exchange of the Farmers
Alliance
GEORGIA
Athens has been remarkably healthy this
year.
A military company is to be organized at
Dublin.
II is thought that rice planters will escape
the freshet this year.
Work on the Sapelo quarantine building
has been commenced.
The public schools of Atlanta seat 6, 449
pupils, and are crowded.
The Putnam county fair opens at Eaton
ton on Wednesday of this week.
Dwelling houses will be uncomfortebly
scsrce at Darien the)coming season.
An effort viii be made shortly to organ
izs several football teams in Augusta
The commissary store of the Darien Short
Line was robbed Of about S14 last week.
Work on the new brick church of the
Mstnodists of Dublin viii be begun soon.
wiz riehthE, Capl. Jduies w hIUe ana
Tom Bailey have bought a controlling il
terest ia the foundry at Athens.
An otter, weighing thirty pounds, was
caught in branch some six miles from
Townsville. by Ben Simmons dogs the
other day.
The celebrated Battle plantation, the
property of tie late Or. Tnomas W. Battle,
is advertised to be sold at public QUERY il
Lumpkin on the first tuesday in November.
next
Tue case of hrs. Jennis Barlow against
the East Ten1essee Railroad Company, for
$4,000, was concluded in the city court at
Atlantis Saturday. The verdict was for
the defendant.
B. F. Parker, at Blackshear's mill, Lau-
rens county, has a boy baby months
and IA days old. At months and 10 days
he had two teeth and weighed twentyseven
pounds and could sit alone
TIE Third National Bank and the Column
bus Savings Bank will spend about S20,0O0
In fitting up their new quarters, Cranes
corner, Columbus. The banks have leased
the building for twenty years.
The insurance adjusters finished their
work Saturday adjusting the loss on the
stock of carriages and wagons of s. S. Par
melee of Macon. Sixteen thousand five
hundred dollars was awarded.
Inc Guy TAX DOCKS OF Atlanta nave been
closed, and Tax Receiver Griffin finds HIM
self S53,00O richer than last year. TIE
money came In freely, and the f. fas. issued
by the marshal will be less than last year.
After nearly quarter of century of
hard service, Capt. Couch has retired from
The Atlanta police force, and accepts a
position that commands better salary
under f. N. O'Brien, solicitor of the city
court.
Henry Meyers has received his appoint
ment as postmaster at McDonough' vice
j. I. Oglesby, removed. Mr.. Oglesby has
held the office four years, having received
his appointment under Cleveland's ad-
ministratioD.
The colored church known as Browns
Chapel, in Mountain Hill district. Harri,
county, was totally destroyed by fire last
night. The fire is supposed to have been of
incendiary origin The loss is about 81 900,
without any insurance
Thomas county is going to have barhe-
cue at the old fair grounds in Townsville.
on the occasion of the exhibition of the
Thomas County Stock Breeders Associa-
tion, Nov. Is, next. Eminent speakers will
be invited to address the crowds.
r. o. T. Walker, who lived eight miles
from Concord, committed suicide by hang
ing, Friday. Mr.. Whitaker had been
drinking hard, occasionally, for some wears.
and that is supposed to have been the cause
OF his suicide He was farmer.
The old Randel Folsom dwelling in the
upper part of Lowndes county was burned
on Wednesday night. The house was occu-
pied by DR.. James Folsom, who was from
home that night, and his wife and children
were alone. Nothing was saved. Incen.
diarism is suspected.
At Macon, Saturday, DR.. Mccarthy re-
moveda sewing needle from the hip of a
little boy. The needle had imbedded itself
IN one of the gluteal muscles. lie had
remove one from child few weeks ago.
Neither OF the parents had any idea what
1t was that gave the little fellows 50 much
pain.
Maj. ID. n Speer, president of the Ex-
position Cotton Mills, and DR.. A. w. CAL
noun, the distinguished oculist, both of At
ianta, between whom exists the warmest
and most intimate friendship, went to an
Alabama city day or two ago and were
set down as couple of Georgians bent on
fighting a duel.
The site for the location of the electric
light plant at Griffin has Leen purchased
and work will commence on it as soon as n
bid for the building can be made and ac-
cepted. The location purchased is the Lo-
gan lot, corner of Sixth street and Slaton
avenue, just across from the Nall place and
To the east OF the e.factory.
Dr.. A. g. Hsygood, VINO for a long time
has been identified with the North Georgia
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, has been transferred to the North
Alabama conference The principal object
OF DIR. Haygood's transfer is to give him an
opportunity to devote his entire energies to
the Improvement of the Methodist Indus
trial Female College at Sheffield.
A row occurred at the home of Bill
jenkins, at Columbus, Friday night. Bill
Stanton and John Miller were the partici-
pants Stanton dealt Miller blow across
the back Of the head with a stout hickory
stick, fracturing the skull The wound Is
dangerous one, and Miller's chances of re-
coyery are doubtful. AS soon as he saw
she result of his work. Stanton fed.
Maj. J. +. Hanson, the southern delegate
to the congress which will be held in Wash
ington, left Macon yesterday. The repre-
sentatives from the three Americas are
already assembling, and on Oct 2 the work
OF organization will be perfected The del
egates ON the part of the United States
meet tomorrow at the department of state
when consultation with Secretary of
State Blaine will be had.
So far, Macon has made no bid for the
loo ton OF the farmers alliance exchange
but relies solely on her superior advantages
as central locality for such an enterprise
The committee Is composed of clear-headed
business men, aud they will hardly be gov