The morning news., 1889-05-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

SlSt C1QrCn-OIQ EeEClc IN ttsLC ? o"4-
County-A Mad Stono Applied WIFE
Success at Fairourn.
oEo3cIA
Washington is talsius Of ostAsl.ehing
water works.
Work on the Baptist church a. Wrlgats-
vile is to be pushed 10 complexion.
Judge N. L. Bu-ch was elected ordinary
of Dodge county Wednesday by small
majority.
j. W. Maloy Of Marietta has bean granted
patents on true for railway cars ana a
iubricatiug device for railway cars.
The citizens of Cordele have begun the
erection Of @ handsome Baptist church t0
cost 81, 500 Within thirty days the church
viii be completed.
a note caring the threatenings Of its
author to destroy the town if the marshal
and his deputy were not removed was found
posted IL a conspicuous place IL Jesup last
week.
Some Of Sparta's citizens were out star
gazing Wednesday morning about II
O'clock. Thev thought they saw a bright
star about As above the western horizon,
though the sun was shining brightly,
A private letter from Berrien states that
n. B. Lindsay won the prizs offered by the
agricultural society of that county for the
best acre Of corn, and ). c. Norris won the
prize offered for the best acre Of cotton.
Last Saturday evening just after dark
June Harrison and Reuben Clifton got into
a difficulty at Seville, in which Harrison
shot Clifton with double-barrel shotgu ,
killing him almost instantly. The difficulty
is said to have occurred about a game Of
cards.
Two colored children were burned to
death at Wishhart's still, few miles from
AbbeviIle, last Friday afternoon. The
mother shut them up in the house and went
off TO have some Sc Ting done, a1d on her
return home found the house and the chil-
dren burned up.
Arc bishrp Gross, formerly bishop Of Sa-
vannah, but now bishop Of Oregon, is ia
Chattanooga attending the convention Of
the supreme uucil OF Catholic Knights.
He sails for Europe next week, and when
he returns be viii visit the different cities
Of Georgia, whsre he mas many friends.
The city council Of Griffin has awarded
to the Brush Electric Light Company the
contracs TO furnish the city with thirty arc
lights # ZOO candle power. The price 10
he paid for this service IS $1,000 psr year.
The only other bid sem in was the Thomp
son d Houston Company for the same
service ct u. $50.
Mr.. Kilgore Of Chattooga county was at
FsirbHrn with bis little boy asst week to
have the maidstone applied The stone al
heTe1 70 the bite Tor ten days, when Dr.
TidWell decided ali danger from hydropuo-
bia over. Nj. KlEors returned home
happy in the thought Of having saved MS
boy from the effects Of a mad dog bite.
At Vienna, John Mayo's smoke
house wss broken open a few nights since
and 1850 pounds Of meat stolsp- Tuesday
for "a RaFH.rv T-0rr,
Ben Goodwin and Zeke Cobb, were arrested
and lodged in jail, charged with the crime.
a portion Of TIE meat was found ia their
possession, and they have confes sd to the
crime.
Sidney Bum. Of Ipswich, Eng, has ar
rived at CCrdels. and viii soon begin the
manufacture Of furni ure and c1ffins. The
trip from Liverpool 70 Cordele was made IN
seven days 3Ir. Bum says be heard of
COPdele, and after investigating, decided
that, with wood so access lbls, there could
be no better place for his business. lie is
pleased
The vacant lot next to the armorv Of the
Volunteer at Macon, which for 50 long has
been an eyesore, will be improved at oace.
Mrs. Meyerof Hawkinsville, who purchased
it recently, will erect at oEce q fac two
story brick business block, which viii be an
ornament to First street Mrs. Meyer
builds 20 rent ald VIII continue IN business
at Hawkinsville.
DIG. Ray, of the lumber firm Of Ray g.
Geise Of Brenwood, mot with a painful ac-
cident Tuesday in their planning mill. His
leg was considerably bruised, from which
he viii be lame for several days He was
also thrown on The moving bslts, which
made things look quite dangerous for him
Tor few minutes, tut he recovered himself
in time to escape any serious injury.
The i'll which was formulated in Wilkes
county short tins ago does not meet the
approval Of the temperance people and II
Will be abandoned. a call is made for a
mass meeting on May 21 Of those who are
in favor Of regulating the sale Of liquor in
Wilkes county. At this meeting the tenn
peraRce question will be discussed In all its
phases and syme conclusion Will be arrived
at.
There are some old people living in Camp
bell county. Oliver Kidd is 81 years old,
T. Christopher S. years old, DR.. s. Malone
S3 years old, and Spencer Harvey 81 wears
old. An old negro living at Campbellton
says he IS 96 years I'D. Grandma Vickers.
who lives at Fairburu, is 81 years old.
Mrs a. Foster at Fairburn is 81. There
are three ladies' in Campbell county whose
aggregate age amounts TO 2Cj years
A couple had just married near the line
community decided to give them sere-
made. Last Friday night crowd Of young
men with battered pans, plows, anvils,
guns, pistols, c., proceeded 70 tine scene of
JOlLfcatioa. The man whom they were
serensding fired into the crowd, killing
one and daugerouly wounding another.
The names of tie parties could not be
learned. There isiutense excitement around
the scene Of the occ lrrence.
Capt. II. 5. Duval, president of the
Florida Railway and Navigation Company.
and j. NJ. Buchnell were in Cuthbert
"Wednesday. Their principal business no y
IS that Of maxi < an inspection tour Of the
Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus road
bed. They left for LumplIu by private
conveyance SO that they could make a pro-
per inspection. II is claimed that it win
not be long before the people may expect
some important railroad developments and
disclosures that will be # great Importance
10 the cities Of Columbus, Cuthbert and
BainbridIe.
Following is the official score Of the reel
races ia the hremauic tournamsGta at Athens
Wednesdar: Wideawakes Of Americls,
% l-lO; Pulaski OF Hawkinsville, u 50. 100;
Plo 1eer No. ) Of Athens. 10 45-lO0: Boom
field No. 4. Of Athens, 10 2-5: Queen City
Of Gainesville. ~ G-1OO: Hope No l OF
Athens, 1875. The Marietta company got
the hose tangled IN the whoel and failed to
score. In the grab race the Widea va es
were hoored. The Pniasks scored % As.
No. Of Athens was foored. No. 4 of
Athens made q. Queen City scored
- 40. Ii Da of Athens wins with 9O 1-h