The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

GtOCE-Fuller GelAllS OF ILe 4 XII =
eide In Washington County Colts
Struck By a Trein-A Farm Leased
to a Marble Company on Adva0-
tageous Terms.
GEORGIA.
= Good building lots for residences about
Covington commaad from S25O TO 500 per
acre.
Miss Bette E7glish Of Macon county was
married 10 D. W Khckly Of Irwinville on
Tuesday morning.
1t is rumored that Col Robert s Burton
has laid the foundation for a newspaper at
Rochelle in Wilcox county.
Two cows belonging to Mrs. Josephine
Collins in Baldwin county died last week
from eating too many rotten potatoes.
D J. Rivals. Of Temperance, Telfair
county. made FIVE and half heavy bales
Of colt n last year on a seven-acre patch
There we're ouly thirteen white applicants
for teachers license last Thursday ia
Liberty county There were fifty-two col
ored applicants for license.
All Of the increased stock of the Americas
Investment Company had been taken and
paid up. The former capital was SOD, 800,
and is now increased u $3.50, 900, ell Of
which was eagerly taken
At Atlanta the Jacksou-Campbell fight
has been revived in another shape. John c.
Campbell has fled sui against T. G. jack
son, Edward s McCandle-s, Burton Smith
and Harvey johnson for SIS 900 damages.
Justice Caldwell OF Butler bad quite al
assembly OF fair women and brave men at
his Office in the court house Tuesday to wit
ness the j. srrisge II William Haywood to
Miss Mary Parker, both Of Carsonvills, in
that county
hin IL L..
Tompkins at j. Walters place in Taber
nace district, Washington county. The
rsbid beast had bitten several dogs before
be was XII led aud thrown the settlement IN
a commotion
The star believes that Covington's street
railr al ough. 70 lie extended 10 Walnut
Grove AID LOgansyile. 1t could he built
aud equipped very cheap, ana the freight it
would get to haul would make it pay very
handsomely. A dummy engine would do
the work.
Two gentlemen were walking down the
road, "a mile or two from Americas Sun
day, when three tramps appeared and de-
manded money. The gentlemen each pulled
out pistol aud the tramps had business in
another direction and went in a hurry, as
one If the men fired in the air
A train on tie narrow gauge Friday
evening struck two colts belonging TO Sam
Smith, at the Bulco be place, near San
dersvIlle One animal had hind foot cut
of and the other was badly gashed The
one which lost its foot is, Of course, ruined
for lie, but the other it is thought will
recover.
Co umbus ls soon to have another steamer
added to her fleet. A company of Mobile
gentlemen have purchased the large and
handsome passenger steamer Lotus No. g
with view to having her ply between Co
lumbus gud Apalschicoa. Capt Randlette,
who has heretofore been In command Of tho
Aid, will be captain of the Lotus. His
mate, 4. N. b ryant, will succeed him as
captain Of the AID.
At Americas, W l. Cooper & Son of
Marietta, failed t. close the trade with
Cain q Brown, and IN consequence r. l..
McLeod & Co, late of Hawkinsvile, who
recently opened on Cotton avenue, have
moved their fancy groceries in the room
occupied by Cam e Brown, and will take
charge Of their liquors on March l. The
members Of the old firm will leave for
New York on or about that date.
A large quantity Of securities was sold
at public sale at Augusta Tuesday. Among
the stock sold were seventy-fve shares Of
Augusta Chronicle oci that only brought
$45 per share The company has not de-
clarei a dividend in four years. p. b
Tobin was the buyer. II. Brooks and Tom
Barrett each bought thirty shares of the
Georgia railroad ock, for which they paid
$lg7 per share. Fifty shares Of the Sibley
mill stock were sold 10 Col. C. c. Jones for
$50 a share
On Saturday night wel-known young
negro, Paul Searcy, was visiting cn the
Level, three miles south Of Butler. and ON
his return his mule took fright at an object
in tic road, which the negro found 10 be
fourteen pair Of shoes Bringing the pack
age home the negro waited for n claim Il
10 ap. ear. Late Monday +. f. Collins. who
lives two miles south OF where the shoes
were found, came in and claimed them as
part Of a lot stolen from his smoke-house
on Saturday night before by a negro Of his
section.
When a fire alarm rang at Atlanta
Tuesday Eugene Sets. member of the hook
and ladder company, and brOt er-in-law Of
Chief Joyner. jumped upon the foot board
81 the truck as 1t passed through the door
In some way he missed his footing and fell
TO tire sidewalk. The accident was not no
ticed by the driver aud the rear wheel of
the truck passed over Sets right leg lust
above the ankle. he was taken upstairs
and u surgeon summoned No bones we're
found broken, and his injury was pro-
bounced not serious.
On Monday afternoon, while }. c. Whita-
ker was walking on the East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia railroad in the
vicinity Of STATIONS brick yard, at Macon.
be missed his footing and fell on a trestle
aud remained there several hours before he
was found. He was taken up in al insensi-
BILE condition. and carried 10 his home at
l,543 Third street. After reaching home he
revived, and it was tOuud that he had suf-
fered several severe Commissions about the
head and body. Tuesday he was thought
TO be III a critical condition.
james Dckey owns a farm in Fapnin
county. For years the Dickey family has
cultivated 1t getting what could be raised
ON its thin rocky soil Mr. Dicksv has
worked 1t from his boy hood. He won't work
II any longer, for few months since a
Chicago firm that is looking for marble in
Georgia struck this farm, and after prod
ding into its creyices and gulli-s. told Mr..
Dlckey that they would Tx 10 lease il for
100 years on royalty for every square foot
Of marble quarried, which they guarantee
shell reach 81 600 a month, and not exceed
5000 month. Mr. Dickey thinks this is
good enough and has leased his farm.
Gen. r. w. Morris of Franklin county
died intestate IN the month Of October.
1881 lie left large estate, that at the
time was thought 10 be but little encuIn-
bersd with debt. As time dragged on tie
debts against the estate Kept looming M.
aud a settlement Of the accounts aud a dis.
tribution OF the estate was DELAYED from
year 20 year. The widow j. dead Tho
children that are living have all reached