The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-02

Nineteen Bales OF Cotton Burned as
the Result of Fun with Fire Crackers
at Prattsburg.
GEORGIA.
Ri Davant, Jr., of Guyton, spent few
DAYS Of last week in Sylvania.
Misses Katie and Bessie Cooper Of Ogee-
chez are visiting friends at Sylyanla.
J.. L. Melton, who lives near Marietta,
reports that his daughter has been abducted
by tin pedder name William Cox.
At Turin day or two ago the residence
of Mrs. Susan .. Hunter was burned, with
all the provisions and part Of the furniture.
The fire caught from the stove.
RIB. Crum & Sons doing a general mer-
chandise business at bonneville, made an
assignment Monday. Assets 1920, iiabiii-
ties 81 100. Failure to make collections was
the cause
Monday morning while Joshua Zette-
rover Of Statesboro was standing up in
wagon, a sudden jerk Of the mules threw
him out on the ground, breaking his right
arm in two places.
Tom Bates has been elected teller Of the
Merchants and Mechanics Bank OF Column
bus to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of John Peabody, and George Bates has
been made bookkeeper.
a negro woman OdiElHQ Lou JDHuSDu udN1
an epileptic fit at Columbus Monday while IN
a room alone and fell in the fire. When
found her face and hands we're badly
burned, and she may die.
Messrs. L1ckhart and Buckhater will be
at Statesboro next Monday. when Mr..
Iockhart will address the citizens of the
county concerning the projected railroad
from Dover to Statesboro.
At Dawson, Sunday, while Lon Lundy
was engaged in speeding his horse against
that Of another gentleman, his buggy was
badly broken up by a collision, and he him
self had lis arm broken in several places
At Turin Sunday night about II O'Clock,
Mrs. Nancy Pages barn, with about $50
bushels Of corn, one fine family horse, one
gooi mule and a Stalled beef. fodder etc.
was burned. The barn must have been set
on FIRE, too. as there had been no fire about
the lot The loss wa, about $500.
Officers McDermond and Holmes, of
Macon, found two large slzs boxes of medi-
cine IL a culvert near the railroad junction.
The boxes were directed to $. NJ. Swain,
Altamaha, via DoctOrtown, and had evil
IDENTIFY been robbed from an East Tennessee
car. The boxes were carried to the city
hall.
e. B. Wilson Of Franklin, Tenn, and
Miss Sallie Deheil were married on Christ
mas evening, at Louisville, by Rev. II. A.
Hodges, at the residence Of r. A. Deheil
A few special friends witnessed the mar
rage TGe happy couple went 10 Florida
on their wedding trip. Thar future home
viii be Franklin, Tenn.
At Valdosta, the first carload of cotton
over the Georgia Southern and Florida
came in from Sparks Monday. The man
agement will place on a tri- weekly schedule
between XaldOs6a and Triton Jan. 10, and
,I,k Al,,s,
work, which VIII be about Jan. 20, full
schedule will be put on between Valdosta
and Macon.
A delightful musical entertainment was
given by the young ladies of Sylvania, at
the academy on Friday night A large
audience was in attendance, and showed
their appreciation and admiration for the
fair young followers of Euterpe in frequent
applause. On tie following night a free
concert was given, and a supper and re
fresh nents served up afterward.
At Monticello reports Of the failure of w.
B. White a Co have been current several
DAYS. Inquiry develops the fact that the
firm has been much embarrassed some time
on account of bad collections and short
crops. They have had a conference with
their principal creditors and arranged with
them for ample time in which to extricate
themselves from their financial straits
The two fine Ang IRA goats that belonged
TO Capt Frank Hervey, OF Macon, worth
$50 each, and were brought from Texas,
ate mock orange that some one threw
over the fence of the captains yard. In
consequence of this calamity there is weep
ing, waillng and g ashing of teeth among
the children Of the Hervey household. TINS
is the first case on record where a goat died
from anything it had eaten.
The ladies Of the Patronage Aid Society
of WaynesbOro are busy refitting up the
parsonage for the reception of Rev Bascom
Anthony, who succeeds Rev. j. X. Nc
Clesky. Rev. Mr.. Anthony IS quite young
man for this charge, but he comes highly
recommended as a scholar and pastor. He
will have al important duty on hand at @
begin ling-the finishing Of the new Metho-
dist church, which is only half completed,
and upon which work is suspended on ac-
count Of lack Of funds
Upon Friday last Lewis Patter of Pratts-
burg suffered serious loss by fire. Some
little children, while popping firecrackers
near pile of cotton bales, fired { EN- A
stiff breeze rapidly famed the blaze from
bale 10 bale till nineteen were euveloped
By the assistance of neighbors the cot
ton was quickly carted to the neighboring
fish pond Of j. T. Parker, where the fire
was rapidly quenched. Mr.. Patter's loss is
estimated at about $500. Mr. Patter has
been seriously unfortunate. Two winters
ago he lost by fire a fine gin house con-
tanning twelve bales of cotton.
Andrew j. Larkey,a prominent citizen Of
Telfair county living near Jacksonville, was
visiting friends across the river in Coffee
county last Friday, and was seen about 3
O'Clock returning home toward the jackson
vile ferry in his buggy. His mule and
buggy reached the ferry a little after that
time, but Mr. Larkey was not in the buggy,
ard Glllgent search since then has failed to
reveal his whereabouts. His overcoat was
found in the river a short distance above
the ferry, and it is feared That he was
drowned. a. the road runs very near the
river bank III some places aud 1t is known
that he had taken several drinks with
friends few miles from the river. A large
party Of friends have been dragging the
river and searching the whole country, and
at last accounts had found no trace Of his
body.
Gov. Gordon approved the following bills
Monday; To exempt 100 members Of the
Columbus Guards from jury duty: &c
amend section GIL Of the code Of 1882 by
changing the condition in the contractors
bond upon the recommendation of the com
missioners OF roads and revenues and Of The
ordinary in counties where there are nc
such commissioners; to amend an act tC
protect game and birds in the county oil
Macon: q establish in this state an expert
ment station aud an experimental farm, tc
be known as the Georgia experiment station
20 provide for board Of direc ors for the
location and management of the same, K
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