The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

A Mans Heart Moved Out OF Place by
a bullet-Elbert County Citizens who
Have Never Ridden on a Railroad
Picking Up Mutnated Negroes Body
A Train Stops to Have Wood
Sawed.
Greensboro wants the experimental farm
located in Greene county.
David }. Bailey, Jr., is endeavoring to
get UP a telephone exchange for Griffin.
James D. Touchstone Of Zetilla has
bought the store belonging TO b. Maynard
of that place.
Judge Persons of Coweta issued 252 mar
riage licenses last year-eighty-nine for
whites and 1913 for colored.
Messrs. Donovan, Perkins g. Co, Of Pine
lucky have moved their Office to Wadley
and are going to put up planning mill
there.
The farmers of Coweta have sovn much
larger acreage in wheat and oats this season
than usual, and the outlook for good crops
of both is thus far favorable.
Mr. Randall of the Macon Telegraphs
force, was in Miledgeville Monday speaking
with prominent business men on the
subject Of daily paper for Milledgeville.
B. J. Sims, the contractor on the star
route from Ogeschee to Statesboro, has
been riding the mail" since July l, 1880
In that time he has travelled 10000 miles.
1t appears that some of the marriages
at Fort Gaines during the last three or four
years have not been recorded, and lawyers
have been consulted as to the legality Of the
marriages under those circumstances.
Statesboro Eagle: Rev Mathew Donald
son is one of the connecting links Of the
- \. g. 4.
the first preacher that lived In this county.
Uncle Mathew is still hale and hearty.
Jesse Clements of Arab has Just pur-
chased eight building lots in Cordele He
will erect houses on some Of them, but will
reserve a nice lot or two on which to build
himself handsome residence before many
more years.
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road carried one solid train Of eleven cars
for the Bruins wick and Western road last
Friday. The goods shipped were mostly
brick. This road has all it can do hand
ling brick and lumber
Last Saturday night the residence Of Gus
Hertz at Fort Gaines was entered and a
trunk, containing important papers and
other articles Of value, was taken out. Mr..
Hertz has not Yet recovered the trunk or
contents and has failed to get the thief. Two
are IN jail on suspicion.
A Andrews Of McLemores Cove. Walker
county, on Thursday of last week sold to
the d. W. Harvey party sixty acres of land
rich in cedar for 1900 1t is part Of lot
322, in the Twelfth district, lies on the cast
slope of Pigeon mountain, and the whole lot
cost him originally sos.
A movement is on foot to organize a
grape growers association in Jackson. The
object Of this association is to encourage
and foster grape growing in that section,
IL Is proposed to plant one hundred acres in
vines this spring and increase the acreage
year by year in the future.
About 1000 bales Of cotton have been re-
ceived and weighed at Turin since Sept. /.
an Increase over last years receipts Of 700
or 800 bales. Between zoo and 500 tons of
guano were sold at this point last year also.
while the freight receipts at the depot were
fully 80 per cent. heavier than for any pre-
vious year since the town was established.
Joe Rountree of Statesboro went fishing
in Roberts mill pond last week. He put
out set-hook and on going to investigate
the next day, instead of finding a big trout
at the end Of the line, he discovered that a
big owl had swallowed hook and bait. His
owlship was serenely sitting on log near
by, Inundated prisoner of hook and line.
Capt J. E. Morgan Of GAINESVILLE SMOKES
pipe which he has owned for twenty six
years. He picked it up on one of the bat
tlefelds Of the seven days fight during the
late war. IL has been broken several times.
but it lis bound nicely with silver. and il
is now likely to console the captain for
years to come. 1t looks almost new, and is
a valued relic of Mr.. Morgan.
Some wretch devoid of all principle
placed a scantling in tho switch at the
CovinGton and Macon depot at Watkins
vile on Saturday night last The train
being little late his plot was discovered
aud the piece of timber removed Had the
train come in on time the obstruction would
have thrown it off the track, and probably
several lives would have been lost.
The passengers on the Perry train last
Friday night were treated to a novel expe-
rIeace. When the train reached the wood
station there was no wood ready for the
engine, and the train actually waited for
more than half an hour while wood was
sawed the proper length aud split up. This
incident afforded the passengers an oppor-
tunlty 70 use language, and the section
master will also have an opportunity to so ex-
ercise himself when he interviews the oper
ator at the wood station.
In the troublesome days Of lS6O-'64. a gen
tleman went to the war from Cumming
and left his family living in a house belong
ing then to K. c. McAfee. The war ended
and the gentleman moved with his family
TO the west, and never came back until this
winter. When the other day he walked in
Mr.. McAfee's Office aud paid him the rent |
money Which was due over twenty wears |
ago, the latter gentlemaus surprise and |
pleasure may be better imagined than de- |
scribed, He had forgotten all about the |
matter himself
A negro Of Tattnall county went TO w |
w. Oliff's store at Excelsior last week and |
reported that he had verbal orders from |
Nathaniel Skies to get $50 The money |
was given him, but when few hours later |
Mr.. Skies himself dropped in and DENYING |
that be had given the negro such orders a |
posse Immediately went in search of the |
thief. Only part of the money was found |
in his possession, and although this was a |
bold and reckless trick, the rascal was re |
leased upon having arranged 70 settle for |
the stolen money aud SIS besides, together |
with costs.
William Bell Of Ebert county. is 70 years |
OF age and one Of her solid citizens. but n |
IS not until this year that be ever embarkej |
on railroad train. Jan. II, the old gem |
tleman had occasion 10 visit a nephew in !
South Carolina, when he took passage ON |
his first train to do so. The experience OF |
being pulled by steam power was a new |
sensation 70 him, and Mr.. Bell is reported
70 have enjoyed his ride greatly, reaching
DIS destination safely and Ia fine health |
and spirits: There are several other old |
citizens IN Ebert county who are to take
their first railroad ride.
Atlanta Journal: Judge C. C. Hammock
enjoyed the story published In the ,Jotr1aoI