The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-06

The Toombs House Has Narrow
Escape.
GEORGIA.
Steps are being taken toward the estab-
lishment of a telephone exchange at Al
bany.
The Methodists Of Richland have procured
and peld for the necessary material for the
erection of a new church at that place
A mass meeting was held at Griffin Satur
day i'll the interest Of securing the location
of the state agricultural experimental sta
tion there.
Lude Spencer, the Sparta boy whose skull
was broken last week, is thought to DO get
ting well. He is perfectly rational, but
seems TO have lost the power OF speech.
AT Conyers, the Stewart Jones case has
been settled by agreement of parties con-
cerned, Mrs. Ste war5 taking a decree for
81, 800, each agI eeing to pay half the costs.
A two-room frame cabin only % or 30
feet from the residence of the late Robert
Toombs at Was Iington, was burned day
or two ago, greatly importing the resi-
dence.
Is has recently been ascertained that
tombstones from old graves in some of the
many old private burying grounds about
Washington have b en- stolen and sold and
used for fferent purposes.
- w. M1lllcdn Oh lFDWbll ul1tTlCls NdIIbll
county, has in his possession an old musket,
which no doubt saw service in the reyolu-
ton of 1776, as the year l776 is stamped upon
the bar 81 us the year in which it was man
ufactured.
J. NJ. Day, professional beaver hunter
of Conyers, captured last winter, commenc-
ing Nov. 81, bunting two montas, 46 bel-
vers, otter, 10 coons and II musk rats. Mr..
Day will realize from the sale of the furs
$500 or upward.
Waycross is to have a bank. William
Parker has called upon several business men
and they agree to make up $4,000. There
is a gentlema ready to put in $50, 900,
MAKING in all $50, 900, tie amount necessary
to establish a national bank.
For reasons Of expediency, the Presby-
terians Of Dawson decided last Sunday to
postpone their church organization to the
third Sunday in March, at which time they
will hold another meeting for that purpose,
when it is probable that series of meetings
will also be held.
The 3-months-old negro baby of r. A.
PaSsly, who lives at 1742 Greene street,
Augusta, was found dead in bed Sunday
morning, lying between its father and
mother. A coroner's inquest was held, and
the verdict was that death resulted fro II
the accidental administration of an over
dose of opium.
A Dalton family owns a clock which is
thirty years old, if day. 1t went through
the war, lost one Of its hands by a spent
minnis ball, but still keeps accurate time,
and has never been repaired but once or
twice. The same family owns large oval
shaped dish, quantity ornamented, that
was brought to A nerica from the old coun-
try soon after the revolutionary war.
At Monroe, Walton county, superior court
has been in session two weeks, and ad-
journed at 9 o'clock Saturday. The whole
Of last week was consumed in disposing OF
the criminal docket, which was the heaviest
in many years. John Weathers, the white
man who killed his brother last November
was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter
and was sentenced to the penitentiary for
three years.
Joseph Blerman, prominent merchant
tailor OF Angus a, whose establishment is
under the Arlington hotel, died quite sud-
denly at $50 o'clock Sunday morning at
his house on Ieltair street, with congestion
Of the lungs. He was on the streets Satur-
day and did not retire u til IL O'CLOCK Sat
urday night. His wife found him cold in
bed Sunday morning and he was uncon-
scious all day. Mr. Bermau was 81 years
old, and he has been a resident Of Augusta
for the past twenty-five years.
Americas Republicans: A lady boarded.
the train at Cordele a few days ago to come
to Americas; she mad never been on the
cars before, AMI when they shoute
"AmericuSm she exclaimed: "Well / do
declared I've never been in Amerikis
before; but if had knowed it was so ust
! would have walked over this time Say,
mister, won't you give me back half l paid
yel When | 60 to Hawkinsville l don't
pay but quarter on the accommodation
keert." The man referred her to the agent
at Cordele.
The Southern Medical college. at Atlanta,
held its annual commencement exercises at
DeGive's opera house Saturday night. and
turned loose upon the community at large
quite number Of young doctors Among
the number who were granted diplomas was
Col. John W. helms, United States marshal
for the Northern district of Georgia. Col.
helms decided some time ago that he would
not be at the mercy Of changing admnistra-
tons, and having turn for medicine be-
gan attending lectures at the Southern
Medical college, and Saturday night re-
ceived his diploma.
Capt. o. q. Gurley has shells of the fol-
lowing varieties on exhibition in his office
at Bali bridge: Couch, oyster turtle, clam
and sea porcupine. The wonder attaching
to the above statement is that the shells are
found in the solid rock which is being
crushed for use in the massive concrete pier
Vi Sho AIdDAnd over
the Flint river. The rock is found eight
miles above here in bluffs 100 feet above
the river bed aud nearly eighty miles from
the sea. The shells are, in form, perfectly
preserved, and indicate that this corner OF
Georgia was once part of the oceans bed
There was mighty hustling of insurance
men about the capitol of Atlanta all last
week getting in the semi-annual reports of
their CO npanies. On yesterday the execu-
tive department was quite brisk with these
energetic gentlemen, who seemed to thor
oughly appreciate the fact that their time
was limited and there was danger Of losing
their legal existence in the state. Saturday
under the law was the last day in which
these returns could be filed, and the penalty
of failure is a forfeiture of license 1t is
pretty certain that all the old line companies
made their reports and likely nearly all the
others. Ii is understood that few Of the
assessment companies failed to make their
returns within the time stated, and these
will hear from the insurance commissioner
The commissioner Of agriculture has de-
cided TO take a new departure in filling up
his department in the new capitol, and will
have arranged there, for permanent exhibit
ton, select specimens of all the various
product of the state. In EDITION TO this
he Will make q new and attractive feature
in procuring specimens Of the birds. fowl.
land and aquatic, and reptiles He is in
correspondence now on this subject with
Hon. James Postell Of st. Slmons. who il
said 70 be an expert amateur taxidermist.
with view TO enlist him IN the work. II
the funds available for the PURPOSE in the