The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS


Dog the Cause OF a Stabbing ARRAY
in Glascock County Reunion of the
Lamar Infantry at COvington.
GEORGIA.
The health OF WaycroSs was never bet
ter.
A cigar factory IS to be established at
Brunswick.
The top CROP of Houston cotton will
not naterialiZe.
Steps are being taken to build a Roman
Catholic church in Clarksviile.
The town tax rate at Perry has been fixed
at 8 mills, reduction of = mill from the
rate of last year.
G. WE Larkin, Sr., died at his resi-
dence in East Rome Wednesday, IN the
eighty -ninth year Of his age.
The order of Red Men has been instituted
in Rome with John Temple Graves as
prophet. Thirty-eight men are on the
charter.
The Perry Rifles will enter the military
contest at the Piedmont exposition, pro-
vided the programme aad regulations are
satisfactory.
The new 40horse tubular boiler has
been put in position at the Perry Variety
Works, and the motive power OF that lnstl
tuition is about doubled.
The recent rains have greatly benefited
tie sweet potato crop in Houston county
and the fears of q comparative failure have
been practically allayed.
There is a l4-year-od youth in Perry who
is an adept in the use Of the needle and
Unread. He was seen the other day dong
figured work with colored thread, on a
white ground, in company with young
lady.
James Townley of Rome went home
u, l. ,Tawl,N ar,1 10 aofA
have beaten his wife Sne has since died
and her father, who is named Page, says
she died from the effects Of the beating
given her by her husban-.
On Tuesday last Calhoun Mathews, as
administrator of the estate of Maj. w. A.
Black, deceased. sold before the court house
at Americas 5000 acres OF land in Marion
county, on the Kiuchafoonee creek, for
$1,000, to H. r. Johnson.
The burglars are again working Bruins
wick Last Tuesday night the residence of |
4. A. Boyle, in the southern part of the |
city, was entered and relieved of about $40 |
Sn money, together with several minor arti- |
Giles.
Taking Perry receipts as a criterion, not
more than half as much Houston cotton
has been marketed this season as was sold
up to this date last year. About 2O0 bales
were received at Perry up to Sept. Iast
year, anu llOb Alul = tldt NAIL llidb nuIllDST
have been received this season.
T. D. Warren of Byron estimates that his
cotton crop, on l40 acres has been cut short
twenty-five bales within the last three
weeks by caterpilars and unfavorable
weather. he now estimates that the $40
acres in question will yield 100 bales of cot
ton. He has already sold twenty
bales.
The officers of the new bank at Buena
Vista arr: President, j. NJ. Lowe; cashier,
j. w. Roberts: directors, j. NJ. Lowe, +.
II. Buchanan, E M Butt, f. G. Nelson, $.
n Rushin, G. ii. Mccall, f. T. Mathis, j.
W. Whestley, g. Waxelbelm, J. T. Wal
ton and j. j. Dunham.
The Rev w. X. Moore was brought be-
fore committing court at McRae again
last Monday, charged with the sa @ offense
as befoIe-"mahcIous mischiefn-in the
shooting of another hog belonging to the
wife OF Allen AstoH Moore was very
profane throughout the hearing. He was
bound over to the October term of the su-
perior court.
hen at GAINESVILLE has laid an average
of au egg day since Jan. l. This tire
ms8dou, numoer, however, did MT satisfy
her, and Friday and Saturday she laid five
eggs each day. Again she was not satisfied.
and Sunday, instead Of keeping the Sab
bath cay holy, =" she laid seven eggs, milking
seventeen in three days, or for the pa DAYS
of this year she had laid 25S eggs She is
owned by Joan Van.
Atlanta was stirred from center to cir
cumterance Wednesday by a Geographic
order from jackson for thirteen cofnus
Wild rumors of railroad wrecks, riots.
smallpox epidemics, and many others
gained circulation on the stress No It'd
ings could be gotten from jackson, so the
collins were expressed. Later il was found
that mistake had been made; only one
NO. - casket had been ordered.
The reunion of the Lamar infantry of
Cobbs legion, and other confederate veter-
ans, at Covlngton Thursday, was in all re-
spects success. An appropriate address of
welcome was made by Mayor L. l.. Middle
brooks. Eloquent addresses were then
made by Capt. j. NJ. Race and Gen. John
:. Gordon. Gen. Gordon was followed by
Judge George n. Lester, whose speech was
both eloquent and humorous
Macon was startled Thursday night hy n
loud report caused by the explosion Of a
piece Of gas pipe loaded with dynamite that
had been placed on sleeper under the
house Of Edna White. a prostitute The
pipe was closed at both ends and holes
pune led In the middle, fuse inserted and
tou he'd off. A hole was torn through the
floor planks and the house badly shaken
The woman was hurled out of bed. The
rollers were broken of the bedstead by the
shock.
In an alteration Wednesday between
George Dackworth and A. johnson, both
farmers, Of Glascock county, the former
was severely cut with pocketknfe in the
hard Of tue latter. The dispute was about
fox dog belonging to one of the gentle
men, which led to blows ana ended by a
pocketknIfe being plunged into the neck of
Mr.. Duckworth and drawn diagonally across
his breast, ihhicting very painful and
y ugly wound, which will not, however.
necessarily prove fatal
One day this week clerk in one of the
dry goods stores OF Amerlcus answered a
call at the telephone from lady customer
who wished to purchase some lace. He
carried the lace to the phone and en-
deavored to show it to her and satisfy / er
that was what SIC wanted. She explained
TO him hat she could not see the lace. but
would call at the store in the afternoon.
When the clerk heard this he blushad to
such degree that the phone was in danger
of being set on fire.
Mr.. Hart of Greene succeeded Thursday
in having the lower house of the state
legislature reconsider its action Of Wednes-
day in defeating his bill to regulate and
define the liability of a person Illegally
employing the servant of another. The
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