The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-07
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Atlanta's Electric Lights-Success Of
Colored Farmer OF Lowndes
County.
GEORGIA.
The Darien bank will start agoing next
week.
Fairburn is now connected with Atlanta
by telephone.
The millponds and creeks about Atlanta
are said to be fast filling with carp.
A white man, named John McCrone had
his foot mashed by train at Cairo Friday.
Bishop Beckwith will go duck shooting
while in Darien this week lie preached
there yesterday.
The rice-planters of Mcintosh are getting
ready for next summers Cambat with the
gale and freshet
Not less than six or eight school teaohers
in Forsyth county have bosn married this
fall and winter.
Mrs. Sidney Lewis, wife of the we'll
known ex-editor of the Sparta Ishmaelite,
is dangerously i'll.
Rev. j. b. Robins of Elberton has been
appointed chaplain Of the Ninth Battalion,
Georgia Volunteers
1t is stated in Elberton that NJ. ]. Webb
will soon begin the publication of a religious
paper in Gainesville.
The Elberton Baptist church has called
the Rev. Mr.. Farmer Of Coweta county TO
the pulpit for this year.
DR.. L. G. Hardeman of Harmony Grove,
says he never took chew of tobacco or "a
drink OF whisky in his life.
Norman Mcdonald and family Of Nc
Intosh, bu. more recently of Redsville,
have gone TO Brunswick TO live.
e. T. Rumsey Of Hartwoll killed three
4 H., No
three weighed thirtY-nine pounds.
An old negro woman named Ann Phil
son was burned to death at Daren on Sun
day night last. She was an old citizen.
A young merchant in EIberton OF Christ
mas received a timely present in the shape
of $40G prize in the Louisiana lottery.
Gov. Gordon, who has just returned from
his stock farm, said Friday: 81 don't in
tend to plant one seed Of cotton this year"
j. J. Murray, of the twenty-eighth dis
trict of Sumter county killed four wild tur-
keys last Monday, three of them at a shot.
The Quitman county commissioners have
purchased 100 acres OF land from Col. Har-
rison, one mile east of Georgetown, for
pauper farm.
The Macon bridegroom mentioned in the
Georgia column Of Sundays NEWS as sail
ing under many aliases is j. w. Eads He
y
JafFrey & Co. Of New York have refused
to grant Richards e. Houston of Augusta an
extension Of time t. meet their papers now
due, and have filed creditors bill.
Twenty-Five of the leading citizens Of
Cave Spring rendered a banquet to Capt.
Felix Corrupt as an expression of their ap-
probation of him as a man and citizen.
Capt Alexander, who has been the deputy
collector for the Ellijay district for the past
two years, has been transferred to his home
division, with headquarters at Cornelia.
No jury will be required to appear at the
adjourned term of Sfmter Superior Court
on the second Monday in this month.
Judge Fort will only hold a motion court
The Haugabook farm, located about three
miles from Montezuma, was sold at Ogle
thorpe last Tuesday, and brought $2,500 Is
cash. 1t was bought by Col. j. w. Hay
good.
DIR. Curtis of ElbertOn says he never en-
tered but two barrooms in his life-once to
see wounded man and another time he
passed through one to buy some empty
bottles.
The firm of B. S. Askew & Co of Newman
has been dissolved, B. S. Askew retiring.
John Askew has purchased the entire inter
est of his brother, and will continue the
business.
Capt. John Milledge, state librarian, is
sending to each of tue 1877 ordinaries of
Georgia a copy of the last Georgia reports
and the statistics at large Of the last session
of congress.
The public school fund for Coweta county
amounted last year to.$5,9ll OF this sum
County School Commissioner Walker has
already DISTURBED $5,379, leaving balance
on hand of 1852
The impression seems to grow in Macon
that Mai B. +. Stone will be appointed
postmaster there, vice Col Hardeman, when
the latter gentleman retires under the Har-
rison administration.
At Macon the directors Of the Exchange
bank have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, Henry j. La
mar; vice president, George B. Turpin /;
cashier, j. W. CabanisS.
The Rev. Jabez Fox, former pastor OF the
new Church (Swedenborgian) Society in
Washington, d. c.. will be in Columbus
this week, to deliver a course OF lectures on
the doctrines of his church.
Francis Wooten was struck in the eve
with roman candle at Newman last week,
and it was feared for time that that deli
cate organ had been permanently injured.
1t will be saved unframed, however.
Burrell Harris (colored) Of Newman lost
his barn and contents by fire last Monday
morning about o'clock. A mule fastened
in its stall adjoining the barn also persisted.
There is no clew as to the origin of the fire.
The New York Tribune has advIces from
Richmond that DR.. J. L. Nj. Curry, father.
in-law of Mrs. Manly B. Curry, nee Miss
Gussie Bacon of Macon, is to be the next
democratic nominee for governor of Vir-
ginia.
A negro man was killed in q tussle ia the
Sixteenth district Of Lowndes county last
week. It seems that they were playiug,
and one threw the other hard fall, which
caused an internal rupture and produced
death.
J. T. Workman, dry goods merchant Of
Rome, has made assignment. The as
signee is his father-in-lHw, j. Il. Green, Of
Walker county. His Indebtedness is said
to be about $1,000, while he has So 900
stock of goods.
Z. T. Kendrick of Townsville, q nephew
of the lady, has received information that
Mrs. II. D. Kendrick died at Tampa, Fla, a
few days siuce. She was formerly the wife
Of Rev. Mr.. Martin, who preached in that
section long years ago.
The city council of Greensboro has
ordered an election on Saturday. Feb. 9, as
to whether or not the city shall issue bonds
for the purpose of building two school
houses for Greensboro. This is under the
act of the legislature recently passed.
Henry Young, formerly Of Lowndes who
has been several years i'll the turpentine
business near Darien, has moved back to