The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

RuiShed TraReolan-A blS LILY GOOos
s store on the Cooperative Plan for
Macon Clews and the Georgia
Bonds-A New Court House for
CLARKE County.
GEORGIA.
The young men Of Brunswick have or
RaniEed democratic club.
A block of brick stores will soon be
erected adjoining the opera house, at Way
cross.
The residence Of W. L. Yarbrough, near
Fair Mount, Ga, was consumed oy nre
Nov. 10. No insurance.
Mrs. Thomas H. Cheadle, wife OF 7. H.
Cheadle, manager for j. r. Sanders & Co.,
died at Macon Thursday.
Wilcox county is to vote, on Dec 81, on
the question Of removing the county site
from Abbeville to Rochelle.
More substantial and handsomer resi-
dences are now being built in Griffin than
at any one time in ten years.
According to the present programme,
Lamar Clay of Macon will play "Icilius" TO
Frederick Wardes "Virginius" at Macon
next Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Morris, the newly elected pastor
of the Second Presbyterian church at Ma
con, arrived with his family Thursday from
Trenton, s. c.
Quite number of Butts county people
have gone to Brooksville. Fla, as wit
nesses In the John Holifeld murder case,
now in the courts there.
The firm of Bass & McKinnon of Thorn
asville, for many years general merchants
there, is dissolved by mutual consent, b. A
Bass continuing the business.
J. T. Mormon, a white man, who was
charged with felonious assault on little
white girl in the northern part OF Muscogee
county, was acquitted Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Kah, one of the Oldest residents
of Bib county, died Wednesday night:
She was highly esteemed lady She Will
be buried tomorrow from Jones chapel.
Prof. William B. Seals, formerly of the
Atlanta Sunny South, and later at the head
of the Sunny South Female College in that
city, has located in Columbus, where he
represents loan institution
During a quarrel in the work-room over
Shea's tailor shop, at Macon, Wednesday,
Isaac Lowenthal, stabbed Maurice Neu-
marck three times, none of the wounds
made being of serious nature.
Col. w. A. Robinson of the Thomson
Houston Electric Light Company was in
Griffin Thursday. He says that the electric
light plant has been shipped, and Griffin
viii not be without lights much longer.
At Macon Thursday a man named Will
lam Glenn got his hand badly mashed at the
Covington and Macon depot while coupling
cars. Dr. Walker, who rendered medical
attention, thinks he will be able 10 save the
hand
On Tuesday night the gin house Of R. w.
Hale at Jolly, Ga, was burned to the
ground, and a number of bales Of cotton
were lost The fire is supposed to have been
the work OF an incendiary. The loss was
about 81 500, and the property was insured
for 81, 600
The Dawson NetoS has been taking
census of the manageable timber of that
place, and finds that out Of $500 inhabi-
tants there are thirty-six widows, sixty-five
young ladies and sixty manageable men.
It makes no mention Of the old maids, if
there are any.
1t is said that Mr.. Wolf proposes erect
ing q mammoth wholesale dry goods estab-
hshment at Macon, which will be a stock
concern conducted on the cooperative plan.
Mr.. Wolff will put in large capital himself,
and country merchants are expected to
subscribe to the capital stock.
1t is proposed that Athens purchase the
court house and grounds of Clarke county
for school purposes, and that the county
erect better and more modern building
down town, and the lot CT Judge Herring
ton Is suggested as the most suitable site
The property can be bought for $4,000.
1t is said that the total outlay for the
plant of the Dalton Canning Company, in
GLIDING operating expenses the past season,
was about 5000 The company has packed
and in stock fruit to the value of 500 900,
which, it is said, they have only to put upon
the market to realize its value in that much
hard cash.
Receiver Stoney of the dummy line at
Macon, whose duties it is thought will soon
cease, rendered his bill Thursday, by re-
quest, to the representatives of the proposed
new regime Of the road and it amounted to
81, 400 for the thirty days he has acted re-
ceiver. Part of the bill is for crossties for
future delivery.
At Columbus, Wednesday, the clothing
Of John Lloyd's little daughter caught fire.
The little one gave the alarm by screaming
Mr.. Lloyd sprang out of bed and had his
daughter in his arms in an instant, smother
ing the flames with his hands. The little
girl escaped injury, but Mr.. Lloyd's hands
were painfully burned.
Rev. C. w. Minor, recently elected pastor
of the Baptist church at Irwinton, rendered
his resignation at the conference on Satur-
day last He expects to prosecute his studies
for year longer at Mercer university anC
then take a course at the Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary in Kentucky. His desire now
is to go as a missionary to Northeast
China.
Columbus is going to show the larges
registration of voters this year within it
history. The number will probably go ovel
LOO Yet this is only about half the vot-
ing population Of the city. There are a
least 500 white people and 1000 negroes
who do not register on account of the com
mutation tax. 1t does not amount to mucl
to man who is able to pay it. but So 70
the privilege of voting at one election is
big thing in poor mans eyes.
A countryman, a load of fat pine and tw,
fat 'possums fighting for dear life drew
quite a crowd to the corner of Mulberry
and Second streets, at Macon, Thursday
The countryman stopped his team to take
hand in the contest, and for few minutes
there was an amusing scene for the by
ISLANDERS. Fac 'possum held the other b,
the mouth so tightly that their jaws had T.
be forced open with stick. Both showe'
great desire to continue the fight unit
beaten into subsection.
Joseph Morea of Worth county die
suddenly at his home few days ago. Whe
he died there was no one present but hi
family-his wife and several small children
The poor woman had to walk mile and
half to her nearest neighbours, between mic
night and daybreak. Mr.. Morea was ono
well-to-do man, but some years ago b
was thrown by a hor 9 and his skull wa
hr.Clr hat, H. Al. l.