The morning news., 1889-03-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Giving the Towns Along the Line a
Boom-A Monument for the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad Raiders.
GEORGIA.
Senator Edmunds and Mrs. Edmunds and
Miss Edmunds reac ed Atlanta Monday
morning and left yesterday morning.
A movement is on foot to establish a
canning factory at Macon. Macon is
splendidlv situated for such an enterprise,
and it would prove a most profitable in
vestment.
Alexander Mattson has received an ap-
pointment as postal clerk on the Atlanta
and Charlotte division of the Richmond and
Danville railway. The appointment was
the first received in Atlanta since Cleveland
went out
The Ralston hall property at Macon still
remains in the possession of George B.
Turpin. as the option held by Thomas W.
Troy expired Monday night without the
latters acceptance of the terms proffered
by the owner of the property.
The grain elevator Of $1,000 bushels ca
pacity to he bulls by Roubert II. Plant and
Thomas w. Troy, al Mscoo, viii be a great
public benefit. 1t is announced that work
on the elevator will commences immediately
and 1t will be pushed to rapid completion.
Atlanta is to have another industry-one
men. Il is a hardwood finish shop The
company is now being formed, and an
organization will be effected Thursday
night next, with a capital stock of $50, Quo,
and may be $4,000
Manager Cohen of Augusta has gone to
Atlanta to look into the advisability Of
giving there in May, Pain & Sons ia nous
pyrotechnie spectacular, "The Last Days
of Pompeiin He will also go to Chatta-
aud O+har ua;rnh.rip~y oil n
where the most advantageous terms can be-
made.
n. Fl. Kirch Of Lexington, XIV, was in
Augusta Wednesday, on his way TO Jack
sonville, Fla Mr. Kirch is chief organizer
Of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, or
ganized June 9, 1886 at Cedar Rapids, Ia.
The order has a membership Of about 16, 900,
with l40 local divisions. He may organize
branch at Augusta later on.
Capt. Joseph P. Carson died, Monday, at
his home some three miles from Reynolds.
Capt. Carson was gallant officer in the
late war, aud distinguished himself oa
numerous occasions. He is the last of four
brothers; the other three were killed in the
war. Since the war he has heen engaged
in the mercantile aud farming interests at
Reynolds
The effect of the sale Of the Georgia
Southern bonds by President Sparks is
being felt among the many new towns
along the road. which are experiencing an
extensive boom. At Cordele a wholesale
Exclusively grt CO y house will be estab-
lished in a few days, while lots in all of the
towns are finding ready sale at boom
prices. Arab Is being cleared up by Supt.
Simpson and his force of hands.
Work on the sl25.OOO brewery at Macon
will begin Immediately, and it is expected
that at the end OF thirty days the
brewery viii be ready to begin operations.
Mr.. Thomas w. Troy is the only Macon
man connected with the brewery. His as
sociates are from Europe, New York and
Alabama The brewery will make daily
$50 barrels of beer. The brewery will be
built after the most approved fashion, and
will employ quite large number of hands
At Macon, Monday. warrants were sworn
out before Justice Wiley by Mr.. Turner,
agent Of the East Tennessee road, against
r. w. Salter, the yardmaste-, and Neil
Lavender, a conductor on the road The
charge against them is burglary. For some
time past goods have been mysteriously dis
appearing from the cars, and Mr. Turner
had his suspicious aroused. He undertook
the task of locating the trouble and the
warrants above stated were the result.
There are others implicated, but as yet they
have not been apprehended.
Mrs. Z. A. Wickliffe Of Bowman, Ebert
county, has ring that is known to be over
400 years old 1t is now only a very small
golden wire not larger than pin, though
It is said to have once been a very large
ring. This ring is one of the heirlooms of
the Wickliffe family, aud has always de-
scended TO the oldest son, being now the
property of Earn Wickliffe, one of Bow
mans most enterprising merchants. Mrs.
Wickliffe has worn this ring for over fifty
years, but, being afraid it would eventually
cha baaxzs . -, II L.
tied with thread TO its side. 1t is certainly
a curiosity.
For several days rumors have been cir
culating at Macon regarding a probable
combination between the Consumers Gas
Light Company and the Macon Gas and
Water Company, by which one of the
charters would be given up, and the other
company pay the stockholders a fair value
Tor their investment. The rumor gave as
foundation for the change of business the
TACT that at present neither company was
making money by the cutting Of rates in
regard to gas, and by such a sa Q or a COM
bination the rates could be raised to $2 per
l,OOO feet, or at least raised to 81 so per
1,OOO fest, the rate now charged by the
Consumers company. Both companies
deny that there is anything in the
rumor.
The management of the Pi edmont expo-
sltion mas requested PRESIDENT w. j. Nor
then and Secretary r. A. Nisbet, of the
jeorgia Agricultural Society to visit At
ianta and have q consultation rs to the
dates for holding the two exhibitions. Ac-
cordlngly Messrs Northen and Nisbet will
leave Macon for Atlanta tonight to hold
the conference. The agricultural society.
some weeks ago, decided to open the state
fair on Oct, %, and close on Nov. 1. and
these dates have been published to the
world. Messrs. Northen and Nesbit hope
there viii be no conflict of dates between
the two exhibitions. As the state fair closes
Nov. this may be an early enough date
for the exposition, as it will be the purpose
OF the Piedmont exposition to attract a
large number of northern tourists en- route
to Florida.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. Dr. Burt of
Americas, in returning from Talbotton, was
required to stop over several hours in Fort
Valley. She sent her nurse out to buy some
candy, She got some cocoanut and some
stick candy. The nurse and Mrs Burt,s
5-year-old daughter, Laura Lula ate freely
OF the stick candy. Soon after both the
nurse and little girl began to vomit. All
during the night, after Mrs. Burt got home,
the little girl was sick with high fever, with
occasional spells Of vomiting Not suspect
ing the cause of the trouble, the remainder
q the candy was given to the other chill
dren Sunday. Some ate the cocoanut. and
Percy, a boy l3 years old, ate the stick
candy. In short while be also began to
vonlt, accompanied by high fever A