The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


tory Burglars Blow Open a Safe.
A Deaf Mute Shot Dead While APP
plying for Admission 20 Farmers
House.
GEORGIA
There is a coal famine at Columbus
wv. Rose of Pike county died at Barnes
vile day or two ago.
Hawkinsville's two papers, the Nel0s and
the Dispatch, have been consolidated.
John H. Hamilton, a prominent business
-lnan of Columbus, died day or two ago
A hunter caught white opossum with
pink eyes, in Hancock county, few days
ago.
A hundred business men have just ap-
piled for membership IN the Columbus
z Board OF Trade.
An enterprising gentleman Of Athens is
working up factory to make cheap furni-
Iure and collins.
/ Pm. Compton, one of the oldest and
most honored of Milledgeville's merchants,
, is lying critically i'll.
The residence of Joe Brooks near, Column
bus, was burned night or two ago. He
I had only 800 insurance.
! Several prominent gentlemen of Sanders
vile will form a stock company for the
: purpose OF erecting and operating furni-
Gure factory.
The voters of Athens will soon be called
upon to decide whether or not system of
sewers shall be built in her streets. The
cost win not exceed $4,000.
The Georgia Stove and Range company
has bought the entire plant of the Atlanta
Stove works, and will commence at once
to enlarge the present foundry to a capac-
. atty of 100 stoves and ranges per day.
Architect Woodruff has completed the
/ plans for the new Exchange bank building
at Macon. The Ralston hall ruins will be
cleared away in a few days, and the foun-
cations for the bank building co nmenced.
Contractor Raymond Rees has completed
the long street railway bridge that crosses
the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
railroad about mile from Americas, be-
tween Capt. Felder's residence and the old
Price plantation.
One Of the largest mercantile houses and
~arehousemen at Athens will next fall
erect cotton compress of their own. IL
is also reported that the farmers alliance
will operate compress in connection with
their warehouse.
TIE depot at Cobb, on the Savannah,
Americas and Montgomery road, was
burned on Sunday night last Considerable
freight was burned with it, together with .
all the records of the Office. 1t is thought
that it was the work of an incendiary.
The Washington Chronicle is Of the opin-
fon that the general assembly of Georgia,
in order TO preserve the dignity, honor and
self-respect of its body. should make lobby
ing crime. Free passes, also, should not
be accepted by the legislators from the
railroads.
A report reached Madison Tuesday.
which says that two negroes were killed
dps~ d.a1
brough's barroom, on the line of Walton
and Morgan counties. The report says
that four of the six wounded negroes will
likely die.
Judge 8. c. Elan died at his home in
AAmericus, after a long illness, on Sunday
morning. He was 6S years old, and thirty
two years of his life were passed in Amer
icus. He was, when In the prime of life,
one of the most prominent lawyers in that
section of the state.
W. S. Brooks, w. T. Conn and J. c.
Whitaker have entered into contract
with the Heisler Electric Light Company
Of St Louis for the erection of electric
lights at Mflledgeville. The company is to
begin work by Jan. /, and have all the
machinery In position by Feb. l.
One Of the holders at the Macon gas works
sprung leak on Sunday, and loss of about
$1,000 feet was the result The sickening
odor Of the gas was the next night prevalent
over the lower portion of the city, and in
places il was almost sitting. The accident,
which was owing to faulty workmanship in
the construction, entailed a loss of about
5000.
At Athens Tuesday, Col. Stevens Thomas,
Of the Southern Mutual, called upon Mayor
Hunnicutt, and informed him that unless
the vast amount Of cotton now lying in the
streets is removed, the insurance would be
raised on all property along the endangered
thorougbfares. He also stated that the city
would be held responsible if a fire should
break out and do damage
IA effort is being made to alter the mail
route from Hinesville to Mcintosh by max
ing Hinesville the initial point. AS it is
now the mali stays over at Mcintosh
twenty-three hours before it goes to Savan-
nah, and twenty-one hours before it goes
west By the mail leaving Hinesville at z
o'clock in the morning, and returning, at IL
O'Clock in the morning, all this trouble
would be avoided.
There is said to be a haunted house near
the business portion of Athens, and strange
sounds are heard nearly every night. Only
short time since ghostly figure was seen
fitting about the premises, that vanished
into space on being approached. AT another
time singular rapping was kept up all
night in one corner of room where the
IamIly slept, but would at once cease when
any Of the occupants got up in bed. The
house has had the reputation of being
haunted for number of years.
From the Ohio National Military Home
G. B. Patrick has written Gov. Gordon for
the addresses of surviving members of the
Georgia delegation to the first confederate
congress. His letter does not disclose the OBJ
Ject of his inquiry and is chiefly noteworthy
because 1T calls attention to how few remain
lsof the Georgia congressman of that day.
"A. II. Keenan,, Hines Holt, Julian Hart
ridge. John W. Lewis, William W. Clarke,
and Hardy Strickland, Mr. Patrick has been
answered are all dead, while L. j. Gartrell,
"A. K Wright, r. P. Trippe, and C. j. Mum
snnerly are the only survivors.
On Friday night last the store of L. Fl.
Faylor & Co. of CHARLOTTESVILLE was entered
by burglars and robbed. The burglars en-
tered by saving Off several iron bars across
the windows, and when inside they drilled
"a hole in the safe. and blew the door off
with powder, throwing the door several
feet from the safe. The thieves secured
$151 in money. in silver, and took nothing
else. The robbing was done by expert pro-
fessionals, for the burglars worked like
men thoroughly understanding their bust
mess, Two suspicious characters were
noticed about there on Thanksgiving day,
but they disappeared aud nothing was
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