The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS

GEORGIA
Chattahoochee superior court is in session
Talbot superior court adjourned Friday.
C. L. Carnes of Marietta has been granted
"a patent on a caurn.
Griffin is to have cotton factory Nc. 8
1t is 10 be a spinning factory exclusively.
A. T. Chandler Of Geneva while hunting
several days ago fell and broke one of his
legs
The taxable property in the town Of
Elberoon has increased $l2I,OOO since last
year.
They have dug up sweet potato in Muir
ray county measuring . inches IN circum-
ference.
On train, near Dawson, Sunday, Allen
Nipper and Wash Robinson quarreled, and
Nipper was shot and killed.
These are 400 seats IN the white public
schools of Brunswick. The new building
will increase the number 70 $50.
The relic hunters are cutting walking
sticks of of Ken1esaw mountain so rapidly
that the young trees have no chance to
grow.
The Central line of steamers, Pactolus
and NAiad, has been awarded the contract
for carrying the United States mail be-
tween Chattahoochee and Apalachicola.
Cobb county has the only natural writ
ing ink spring in the world. 1t is located
on Kennesew mountain, and was discov-
ed by making blast under huge rock.
J. NJ Dennis is getting up a collection of
the different kinds of wood Indigenous to
Talbot county. His collection when COM
.plete will embrace more than 100 varieties.
Miles Roar, a 16-year-old boy of Twiggs
county is the champion cotton picker. He
has been picking on an average more than
1900 pounds a week before the cotton was
opened well.
Tom Killain, the construction boss Of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad, who
shot and killed negro some time ago, was
triedin the Cherokee superior court last
week and acquitted.
A dog which was swimming in the bay
near the Brunswick and Western dock at
Brunswick Wednesday suddenly gave a
yelp and disappeared. Spectators supposed
that shark had made a meal Of him.
A. A. Nolan, shoe dealer Of Atlanta,
assigned Wednesday. The assets are put
at IS, 4S6 %, and the liabilities are in the
naighborhood of $500. A large part of
the assets is in the shape of notes and &C
Scounts.
The bill providing for the establishment
of q public school system in Perry has
passed both houses of the Georgia legisla-
'ture. The law will not become operative
except by a two-thirds vote of the citizens
OF Perry.
At Atlanta Wednesday r. J. Jordon
fled suit for IS, 900 damages against the
+, telephone exchange, in behalf of Patrol
man Jesse Jordon, who was badly injured
by the fall Of telephone pole short time
ago while on duty.
The knitting factory erected within two
miles Of Marietta by W. l.. Barnes, turned
out its first manufactured goods last week
The machinery is being put in operation
and operatives are learning the business
under experienced experts.
Senator Joseph E. Brown has returned to
Atlanta from Salt Springs, where he has
been spending the summer. He came in on
Monday afternoon in his special car, and is
now at his home on Washington street.
The senator is much improved in health.
Capt II. E. Park lost by fire Tuesday
night his fine cotton gin house, located at
Holton, besides several hundred rolls of
, cotton bagging and five bales of cotton.
The loss will be about 5000, with an insur-
ance Of $500 with Cobb, Cabanis g. Cobb.
At Townsville, Tuesday, the chain-gang
was engaged in cleaning Off and preparing
the three-acre lot, recently purchased by
the county from the Piney Woods Hotel
Company, for a Jail lot. The contractors
building.
Mercer university, at Macon, opened
"Wednesday under the presidency Of DR.. G.
A. Nunnaily. The prospects for a large
attendance are very fine. Mercsr now has
free tuition, and no doubt this boom will
largely increase the matriculation over that
OF former years.
At the municipal election held in Elber-
ton last Monday, Hon. Peyton NJ. Halves
was reelected mayor and Messrs r. F.
Tate, K, NJ. Heard, w. NJ. Wilcox, d. II.
Brown and s. L. Williams we're elected
councilmsn. There was no special contest
except for mayor.
DR.. Ellis Drewry suffered loss on his
Bermuda farm. west OF Griffin, by Mon
days storm. Al old barn was blown down
by the gale and fine Hamblstoniap colt
was killed for him. Six head of cattle and
stock were In it at the time, but all escaped
without injury except the colt.
A negro boy, about Is years old, named
Charlie Chapman, was arrested and Jailed
ct Holton Wednesday on Il charge If hav-
ing attempted to wreck a passenger train
on the East Tennessee road ~ near Holtou.
several Sundays ago by putting piece of
iron i'll the frog of the switch at that place.
A horseshoe was picked up on Washing-
ton street by james Culpepper at Albany
Wednesday, that weighed three pounds
was s inches long, 6]S inches wide aad 30
inches in circumference. A gigantic horse
must have carried that shoe, which looked
considerably rubbed and showed hard
usage.
At Columbus, Tuesday, James E. Lewis
carried round a petition, addressed to the
mayor and council, and asking the citizens
to sign it, requesting that all questionable
characters living on First avenue above the
Union hotel, be compelled to remove their
quarters. The petition was numerously
signed.
Two negroes, aged about 16 years each.
were playing with pistol on the planta-
ton of B. w. Todd, near Balls Church,
last Sunday, when the pistol, in the hands
of Loutias Wright, fired, the ball striking
Allen Todd Just behind tue ear. The bow
is still alive, out it is thought that he will
die.
Mrs. J. ID. Beall of Taylor county lost
her gin house. including good gin, large
amount of cotton seed and eight bales q
cotton, by fire on Saturday night, Sept. IA.
The fire is supposed to have beea the work
of an incendiary. The less falls heavily
upon Mrs. BeaIl, who is a widow lady, and
there was no insurance on the property.
The Macon city council does not seem te
care whether the gambhag saloons run or
not, and tabled resolution directing tbs
chief Of police to close them. The mayor
said he could attend to the business with
out any resolutions, and one councilman
was afraid the Salvation Army would in