The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

J. A. Findley's residence. near OalneS-
VILE. was burned Wednesday
The Covington and Macon railroad is
building a handsome depot at Watkinsville.
Mrs. E. NJ. Hooten, wife of the pastor of
the Baptist Church at jackson, died last
week.
Al. Tson, late Of the Rochelle Times,
will begin the publication OF the hlchland
Gazette this week
A man claiming to be Henry Stevens of
Macon is under arrest In Butts county Tor
series of burglaries.
At Macon Mrs. Carr, wife of Rev. Joseph
Carr. had the misfortune to fall from hack
THURSDAY and dislocate her hip.
The negro held in jail at Macon on sus-
picion of being Edward johnson, the muir
derer Of Capt. HugeS, has been identified,
and confessed his guilt
At Greensboro while Master Grier Cory
was driving young horse, be was kicked
from the buggy and fell upon his right arm,
breaking it just above the elbow.
WIN Pettigrew. a colored boy Of Jack
son. aged II years, has been sent to the
ebain-gang for ten months for forging the
name of Or. r. G. Bryan to an order
for 81.
Seven years ago Hon. John B. Benson
bought tract of land on Tugalo river, in
Hart county, for $3.50, and sold the same
day for s175. The same tract will now
readily bring 81 200
The carriage-house. phaeton, buggy and
road-cart belonging to e. w. Forehand
was burned at his home, about four miles
from Montezuma, last Tuesday night. In
cendiarism is suspected.
The receipts at the Macon postoffice for
the past month amounted to S4,0l6. The
salaries Of ten carriers and eighteen postal
clerks were paid aud balance OF s. l42 4S
was RENTED to Washington.
At "a recent meeting of the city council of
jackson the rate of ad valorem tax was
fixed at 4 of per cent, or l21 cents on
500. This is by far the lowest taxes the
people of jackson have ever had to pay.
VIM. Mcdonald, one of the oldest men in
Iowndes county, and one of the first set
tiers. died at his residence, near Cat creek,
several DAYS ago. He was so odd years old,
and had been living where he died ffty-one
years.
TA, finishing of the Georgia Southern and
FLORIDA railroad to Lake City has had a
marked effect on the business of the road.
During the last few days the receipts have
increased to $4,000 day and are steadily
going up.
On Wednesday night Mrs. Belle Brown,
who lives near Andersonville, heard her
yard dog making an unusual noise, and
fearing that some one was in mischief, she
aroused some of the men on the place, who
found that fire had been kindled against
the barn by some one not known.
At Athens, Thursday night, gentleman
in the dress circle accidentally let his cane
slip over the balcony during the entertain
ment, narrowly missing young mans
head. 1t created quite a little stir After
the performance no one could be found to
confess ownership Of the offending cane.
CarrO1Itan anrnahO6u on MOndou
night, fired a pistol at the handsome glass
front of NJ. A. Cason's store. Mr.. Cason was
sitting in front of his fire, suffering from
toothache, and the ball, passing through
the glass front, ranged directly toward
him. Whether the shot was fired at Mr..
Cason, or whether it was fired in a spirit Of
wanton mischief, Is not known.
A colored boy, Alex, who had been work.
ing for j. T. Boyd q Bro. of Valdosta, got
into their iron safe on the sly, and pocketed
purse which belonged to Mr.. Presley. and
which contained SIPS in cash. The money
was not missed for several days, and mean
while the boy went on wild spree and
then left for Thomasville Mr.. Presley
went after him and brought him back.
At Jasper, on the night Of Dec. 3, the
house of W. n. Ledford, with its contents,
was burned by Incendiarles. They first
fired the fodder stack near by, and Mrs
Ledford ran out with some of the children
and they then fired the dwelling The
family say the incendiaries poured oil over
the house and fired it. 1t is rumored that
Ledford was accused of reporting stills.
There is a good deal of competition for
freight from Watkinsville to Athens
against the Covington and Macon road, in
stituted by several citizens who run a wagon
train from Watkinsville to Athens. The
wagon train hauls the freight to Athens
and delivers it to the houses for 10 cents per
100, which is the same rate asked by the
Covington and Macon. This is taking quite
an advantage of the railroad, as it only
can deliver its freight at the depot in the
city.
One Mr.. Clark, representing himself as
postoffice inspector, visited Hogansville last
Saturday for the purpose of inquiring after
the characters of the various candidates
who are aspiring for the postmastership,
has thrown the patrons of the postcffice In
a fit Of Indignation, caused by the purchase
of building by John Clopton, the only
negro candidate for postmaster. There are
several aspirants who have petitioned fol
the position, the only negro being Clopton,
but all republicans.
The Granville correspondent of tn,
NEWS writes as follows: The farmers havt
about finished gathering their cotton and
there is but little throughout the country
A larger area is being sown IN small grair
this fall than for years, which betokens
determination on the part of farmers to
raise their supplies at home. More hog.
are being fattened and killed than for {
long while. May the good work go on till
Georgia farmers are independent of western
smokehouses.
Athens Banner: The buckwheat tina
was supposed to have been the source of tn,
poison that recently afflicted the family Of
DIR. John Gerdine is now undergoing thor
ough analysis by Prof G. NJ. Strahan, assis
tant state chemist Prof. Strahan wa
seen by Banner reporter yesterday, anC
asked what has been the result of his anal
ysis so far. He stated that he had no
finished the analysis yet, but had gone ia
enough to say with some degree of certainty
that the poison was not in the buckwheat
and most probably was gotten in the cake
while preparing the batter. Prof. Strahai
thinks that the fermentation of the milk il
some way caused the poisonous ingreden
30 exist i'll the buckwheat cakes.
Hartwell Sun: sold B." and Tom Hol
land were talking about ailments and Ton
told him that he had been a great sufferer
from neuralgia, and about twenty years
ago he got cured well and quickly. He sal,