The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-07

New Hotel-The Cutlook for ths
Melon crop in Rroos.s County This
Year.
oKoE<,rA.
Business lots at TzpIapoosa are advertised
aS cheap at $40 per front foos.
The Quiunsn Eoal Estate and Investment
Company has s.pplied for a char er.
6. ". Ne" osrn. Jr., has bought out the
hotAl at Pealron and has taken charge.
The Subscriptions to the lis, f7r building
publie school at Greens5oro now sggre-
gate s2.J0
J. P Allison is large turpsntins opera
eor, AEd is running 1890 boxes in Irwin
cou.aty this ssasoa.
fhe Georgia State Sunday School Asso-
7sation wiA hold It's sixteenth annual sss sou
at Brunswick. on "Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. May s. and 10.
The telephone is now assured for Dawson.
An exchange has been secured, and both
the Electric and Elgln telephones viii be in
operation within two or THREE weeks.
The steamer Cracker BOY came nea-
sinking at her wharf at Brunswick Friday
night She was saved by rapidly unloading
her cargo. What the trouble was IS not
known.
Specifications and plans for the new
church at Tiftou have beea received from
she architect, and the committee are ready
70 receive bids from contractors for the
building.
Alfred Fatman has purchased the steamer
Merrimac, and will take Der from Jackson
vile, Fla, to Brunswick The Merrinac
viii probably be used for towing AID other
purposes.
Capt. 2. n. Tiff has had the surveyor
complete the laying on Of the town OF Tiff
nd fta N~e
the town is received he will put lots on the
market for sale.
The election held at Greenville Wednes-
day for mayor and couacilmea resulted as
follows: For mayor Robert n. Ellis; for
councilmen, W. A. Terrell, J. B. Irwin, and
r. J. Atkinson. J. c. Baldwin and Frank
Banning are tied for the remaining place
Madison's municipal election passed of
quietly. Mayor j. w. Beardel and two OF
RE former board Of councilmen Is. A.
Turnell and r. S. Burney) were reelected,
with J. Il Hunter and f. G. Atkinson as
new members, W. r Daniel and L II.
Foster retiring.
There is now no doubt that Griffin
will soon have one, and perhaps two, cot
ton sssd oil mills in operation The site
near Bates fertilizer factory. known as the
day by party Of Griffin Capitalists for the
purpose mentioned above.
A Busna Vista party, eomposed Of about
sixteen men, with large number of dogs,
went out to kinchafoonse swamp Friday
on a rabbit hunt. The hares in this swamp
must be as numerous As they are in Aus
trails, as the party bagged about seventy
i've OF the molly cotton tails"
At Dawson the contract for the building
ef q new Prszbytzrisn church has been let
70 the DaN son Variety Manufacturing Com
pany, ard that denomination will at an
early day have a neat house Of worship,
Ths other denominations are preparing TO
follow soon in the erection Of elegant Oh urch
edifos<
A white msn under the influence Of
whisky wandered into the colored church
Mt Busaa Vista last Sunday, and after
sitting awhile arose from his seat and, ad-
dressing the preacher, said Give EN- -,
partner y He was promptly elected by
several Of THE negro msn. He no doubt
thought be was ct political meeting
The Office cat of the Guyton Chronicle
lost enc Of her tso little kittens week or
50 ago, and on Wednesday night last she
went out to the woods, robbed a rabbits
nest OF one OF it's young cotton tails,
brought it home, and has ever since ten
Derry fondled and nursed the little fellow as
II ft was her own. It's eyes are not yet
epsn.
While D. Jordan and family, residing at
Haines were visiting at Mayor on last
Monday night, thieves entered the house
through a front window after trying those
IN the rear. and securing tbs store key and
fork, broke open several trunks What
they carried of was not very valuable.
They also attempted TO set the house on
fire.
At Baena Vista last Sunday, during q
discourse of one Of the eolored preachers st
the court house, thsre were several in the
congregation who got up and retired. dis
surbing the preacher. As several Of the
women departed one OF tho deacons in the
church arose from bis seat and addressed
them in the following language: Look
hare All you who wants to retro git out
right now and stay out"
At a children's picnic at Albany the other
day TIVE snakes made their appearance. A
child stepped over one Of them, while the
other Immediately attacked q little girl IL
wrapped It's hideous coils around her ankle |
and then commenced 20 climb upon her /
dress. She nearly tainted with fright and |
harxor, bat BY vigorous effort she man |
xxed to kick IL away, ami the snake diSap- /
r<ared IN the wooda
At the academy at Albany a day or two l
ago the juveniles wanted TO play ball Soros /
81 the boys were the proud possessors Of |
time pieces. They accordingly selected a 1
snail boy who did not care 70 play and lsft /
had the ball players gotten into their game 4
when. as ia luck would have II, the mild \
booking small boy got INTO fight There 4
was = lively tussle for while aud the call
dren's watches were perfect wrecks before
tbs cessation q the struggle
The c1&pces Tor Qaitman's having a hotel
are more <1TDrzbls now than they have
ever bsea Serezsl OF the most prominent
tuzzness mes ~ the place have Put Their
shoulders 10 the wheel ard say that The /
hotel must be built. II may be 81. 900 /
one, or II may be a $4,000 one, or it may
he a $40 00J one--at any rate there viii be
kotel Of some kind. The LAST mentioned
sun haz been already subscribed. and the
men who are pushing the matter say that
Z larger amount cannot be raised they
viii build one with this Sun.
At Blakely, jurors, parties, witnesses aad
attorneys were all on hand last Monday
morning to organize the Superior court but
the judge was absent. and the court could
not ga lie. some OF the ATTORNEYS
brought the intelligence that Judge Clarke
had been attacked By a chill on SUNDAY a1d
was uasbie 20 come down, but would per
hApss he ah1e % reach hars during the day.
Acting upon this intelligence, Sheriff Black
ad11urnei coart uHrff Tuesday Il nday
night Clerk Ale1aacar received Instructions
ron the judge 20 al ourn court untu next
slo1asy, Is he was very II aAd confined 20
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