The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-21

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

COUrt-A GirarQ MANS Hallure rel
at Columbus.
GEORGIA.
William Stevens of Sparta died day q
two ago
The Hancock county fair opens at Sparts
next " ednesday.
Work on the Perry bank building
progressing satisfactorily.
A contract Just signed stipulates tina
Griffin shall be lighted by electricity with
in 100 days from date.
Macon is growing about the alleged in
efficiency of her fire department, as shown
by the big fire of Wednesday night.
Sand from near Tivola, Houston county
is shipped to the glass works in Atlanta, tC
be used in the manufacture of glassware.
The cash business of one house in Hawk
insville on Saturday last, in the way o.
sales and collections, amounted to ovel
$500.
The preliminary trial at Augusta, Thurs.
day. Of Sam Cobb for the killing of Isaac
Stallings resulted in verdict Of justifiable
homicide
Athens has passed a paving bill, and the
city proposes to take advantage Of it.
Athens needs paved sidewalks more than
any city in the south.
At meeting Of the Piedmont Rifles last
Monday night the company decided to at
tend the Piedmont exposition with as full
ranks as possible.
The main building of the Union Milling
Manufacturing Company at West Point was
burned Thursday. The caus4 of the fire is
not known. The property is supposed to
have been fully insured.
Some brutal Brownsville boys INDUCED
Sn the yfciOllg snort fhi9 a ftarnpOn Of r,ouy.-
ing lot of scalding water on the back Of a
hog. The animal was simply tlayed alive,
and in its intense pain it rushed into the
river and was drowned in few minutes.
1t Is not known when H. c. Reed, the
newly appointed postmaster will take
charge of the Perry postoffice, though
Postmaster Fielder has requested him to
assume control by Oct l, if not sooner.
Mr.. Reed has not yet succeeded in making
his bond.
Daniel Boone, a prominent citizen of
Gainesville, died day or two ago. Mrs.
I. J. Barnwell, consort of Rev. 7. J. Barn
well, and Mrs. Helen T. Madison, widow of
the late Prof. Robert l.. Madison of the
Virginia military institute, have also died
IN the same city within day or two.
At a recent meeting of the commissioners
of roads and revenue of Telfair county il
was ordered that 81 30 on 500 be levied on
the taxable property of the county for
county purposes. The total amount of tax
able property S19S, $50. AT 81 30 Der 800
the amount of taxes will be Sl0,3sl %.
Probably the oldest person now living in
Barlow county IS Mrs. Charlotte Sylar of
Gainesville, who on Monday reached her
Goth birthday. Mrs. Sylar Is in fair health
now, possesses good memory on events of
thirty or forty years ago, but cannot re-
member things Of more recent occurrence.
Hon. III. L. Burch, ordinary of Dodge
county, has levied taxes as follows for 1889;
For court and jury purposes S5064 Is, for
bridge purposes 81, 7S7 SO, for pauper pur-
poses 81, 7o7 81, for jail purposes 1898 Is. for
public building purposes S14S SO, for coro-
ner purposes Sl4S SO. for incidental pur-
poses $595 IS; total $40, 428 AZ.
The Alliance men having found it i'm
practicable to take hold of fair at Athens
and carry it through together with the
building of their warehouse, and the vast
amount of other work which is now RESTING,
on them. company of several enterprlsIno
citizens have taken the matter in hand and
viii see to it that Athens has fair.
The supreme court will begin its fall
term on the first Monday in October with
practically the heaviest docket in the his
tory Of the court There have been filed
but 1872 cases, whereas the fall term of 1887
began with over 400, but in this instance
the papers are more usually voluminous,
and the cases are undoubtedly big ones.
The court will meet next Monday to deliver
afew opinions, and then adjourn over.
At Atlanta Thursday Mr.. Tyson of MoTn-
tosh offered resolution in the House that.
as the bill to encourage the raising OF oys.
tiers in Georgia waters had passed. the United
States be asked TO assist this state, as thew
assisted North Carolina, to make a thor
ough coast survey to ascertain what waters
are productive and what non-productiye
and what are fit for the cultivation of oys
ters 1t was referred to the agricultural
committee.
Burglars entered the store of w. E. Beck
ham, at Concord, Wednesday night and
stole s. worth of goods and S12 so in money,
j. X. Jenkins was evidently the next place
visited, as his safe, which contained abont
$500 in money, was bored into, but it is
supposed that the burglars must have been
scared of before they could blow it open.
but they took, as near as eau be estimated
500 worth Of general merchandise with
them.
When the new tribe of Red Men. lately
organized in Rome, were looking around
for q name with which to christen their
tribe they were ast0nished to find that the
name OF the most Oh st1nguiShed and reputa-
bic Indian in the history of the ssate-the
friend and welcomer of Oglethorpe-had
not as yet been taken by any of the score of
tribes already institut ed in Georgia, and for
this reason the stalwart braves of the Rome
council we're formally organized last night
under the striking and suggestive name of
"Tomochichi Tribe No. 90"
Ernest A. Brown had startling adven-
ture with rattlesnakes on his farm. about
six miles from Sparta, Thursday. He was
hunting and fired into a covey of partridyes
bringing down two. One was easily fonnd
but in searching for the other he stepped on
small bush, pressing it down, When a
large rattlesnake struck at him, hitting the
bush. He shot the head off the fierce rem.
tile. which had set up a vigorous rattle.
and turning to seek the bird, kicked off the
top of pile of trash, when the head of
another was thrust up about six inches
from the hole his shoe had made. This one
was also Immediately killed.
The Marietta Journal gives an account
OF colonization meeting held there bv fine
negroes. There was large crowd present
and they We're addressed by Peck and
Holmes. Whenever there was an allusion
to the colored people being separated from
the whites aud colonized in territory where
they could have their own government and
live under their own vine and fig tree there
was enthusiastic applause. The object of
the meeting was to stir up interest in the
colonization scheme and make it a national
movement. They propose to get signers to
a petition to congress asking the enactment
OF law to provide for their colonization in
some northwestern territory.