The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Perjury Brought Out in a Murder
Trial at Lawrenceville - A Dollar
Sent for Roasting Ears Taken During
ForaginR Expedition During the
war-A Child Burned to Death.
GEORGIA
DIR. Gustavus G. Prothro died at Atlanta
Wednesday.
The fair of the Gate City Guards in At
Ianta is a big success.
Terrell county will vote on Tuesday next
on issuing bonds for a new court house.
Real estate in Elberton is at least 80 per
cent. higher than it was twelve months ago.
Willacoochee is now an Incorporated
town, with a mayor and board of aldermen
full-dedged.
The stations along the proposed railroad
in Tattnall county are booming; land is
worth $50 per lot
Jesse Brewton Of Reidsville had $3.50
stolen from his house while he was attend
fng county court last week.
Oscar King, Ccolored) aged IA years, is
hnder arrest for criminal assault on a
white girl Of Terrell county.
The Perry Rifles and Milledgeville Light
Infantry have been attached to the Second
battalion Georgia volunteers.
The first of the annual banquets to be
given by the chamber of commerce of At
lanta, viii take place Jan. 16 1890.
l Henry Atwood and Postal Clerk Cav
are applicants for the position of postmaster
of Brunswick. Their papers have been
filed at Washington.
The following ticket was elected at Ath-
ems Wednesday: Mayor, e. I. Brown; and
aldermen, w. C. Orr, w. A. Mcdowell, j.
II. Rucker and Moses Myers.
T. +. Koran, a young man who for about
"a war mast has hapn eupaped in TnArQhan-
tiising at Americas has disappeared, leav-
fng behind him a host Of creditors.
Lee Turner (colored) an employe of the
Macon agricultural works, was killed
Wednesday afternoon at about O'Clock by
the bursting of the emery wheel in the
shops.
The contributions for a confederate
monument at Elberton continue to roll in.
and interest is again revived in it. Oae
hundred and fifty dollars has already been
raised.
DIR. John Geraine of Athens and his
family of ten persons were poisoned by
buckwheat cakes Wednesday. How the
'buckwheat came to be poisoned is not
known yet.
There has been more drunkenness in FL
'berton for the last month than for two or
three years before There are at least two
dozen blind tigers in town, and nearly all
Grun by colored men.
A movement is on foot to form an asso-
citation to establish a shipping agency at
Macon. All growers of fruits and vege-
tables are interested in this scheme to OBJ
tain valuable and permanent market for
their products.
Last week the grand jury of Terrell
county found a bill against a prominent
citizen Of Lee county for obstructing
Kinchafoonee creek, in Terrell 1t is said
that the gentleman's trap has Melted him
over 81, 900 this year.
Fifteen thousand acres of timber land,
belonging to the Tison estate, and lying
about fourteen miles from Brunswick on
the road to Waynesville, were sold Wednes-
day to L. P. McKinnon, who will convert
the tract into turpentine farm.
Tallapoosa has induced w. q. Sutherland
to remove his foundry from Michigan to
that place. They give him site and erect
the necessary buildings, besides paying the
cost of transportation. Americus once
talked of trying to secure the enterprise.
w. n. Bonner, residing near Calhoun,
made the second attempt to take his life
Tuesday night by taking three grains sui
phate morphine and two ounces of pare
goric. DR.. w. 7. Pace, prominent Cal
houn physician, was summoned by Mr.. Bon
ner's family, and succeeded in restoring
him
Mr.. Mullis of the firm of Carnes &c Mullis
was in Macon Wednesday. He reports the
sale of the Carnes 81 Mullis saw mills at
Cochran to Messrs. Parrott, Cheeves: &
West Of Atlanta, for $4,000. Parker e.
Doughtie OF Dodge county will locate
turpentine farm near the mills of several
thousands acres
The election at Griffin Wednesday, for
aldermen passed of quietly. notwithstand-
ing the excitement over the race in the
Third and Fourth wards. The official
count gives Hudson, from the First ward,
$40; Patrick, Second ward, 5S5; Barr. Third
ward, 405; Kincaid, 2O2; Fourth ward, New
ton 312; Bennennet 295.
At Harmony Grove Tuesday, while Lu-
cinda Taylor, colored, was picking cotton,
her infant child was ia ally burned. The
child was lying in its cradle, which had
been carried to the field where she was
working by its mother, and when the cradle
caught fire from an adjacent pine stump, it
was literally roasted alive in sight of its
mother.
Mount Vernon Monitor: We are re-
quested by Rev. l. C. G. Rabun, to state
that unless the money to pay off the debt
incurred by him in behalf Of the new
Methodist church, and for which he has
mortgaged his horse, shall be raised before
that time, he will sell said horse to the
highest bidder on Friday. at the court house
door In Mount Vernon.
At Conyers Wednesday Ulysses Jones
shot negro who was working with Robin
son on the construction train. Jones was
drunk and the negro was joking him, when
Jones jerked out No. A pistol and shot
him just under the left shoulder blade. Dr.
Stewart probed the wound but did not find
the ball, as it struck rib and turned. The
wound is considered dangerous. Jones has
fed.
Some days ago "Babe" Burch of Adairs
vile received a letter bearing the postmark
Atlanta" On opening it, Mr.. Burch found
1T was from some honest soldier of the late
war, saying that on the march he went into
the field of Mr.. Burchs father and took
eight roasting ears Of corn, for which he
inclosed dollar bill. The letter was I'M
signed Mr.. Burch was much surprised.
but is glad to know that honesty is still
alive and asserting itself.
The South Atlantic Towage and Wreck
ing Company has purchased an interest in
the towage and lighterage business conducted
at Brunswick by Hazlehurst & Mason. The
two businesses are now consolidated, and
will be run under one management The
election held for officers of the company
resulted as follows: President, j. E.
duBignon; general manager, w. M Tup-
per; secretary and treasurer, L. W. Halle
ha