The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.


perimental Farm-A Deer Farm in
Lowndes County-A Dream That
was q Failure.
GEORGIA.
Senator Joseph E. Brown was 6S years
old Monday.
The rice fields Of Mcintosh county are
under water
Barth Hamilton, a wealthy merchant Of
Dooly county, died at Coney Saturday OF
congestion.
joseph Scolley, a wealthy merchant Of
Newton, Baker county, was stricken with
paralysis Monday.
W. E. Riordan will begin the erection of
a large store soon, just below Capt. Fulton's,
on Main street, Dawson.
More than 100 carloads Of freight were
shipped over Col. Smiths railroad, in Ogle-
thorpe county, during March.
Barney Dunbar, an old and respected
citizen, says there was a heavy snow in Au-
gusta forty years ago last Monday.
The oat crop in Worth county is looking
well at present. A majority OF the farmers
sowed late, which makes the crop rather
late
At Danielsville Frank Meadow dropped
dead couple of days ago. He had been
strewing guano during the day, had be-
come too hot and drank too mucn water.
At Albany the early fig crop has been
destroyed by the late frosts, though the
second crop will doub less be a bountiful
one The yield Of LeConte pears will be
large
The pig puzzle" that is interesting
Worth county farmers most Just now, is
how to keep them from dying of cholera
until they are large enough to compete with
western bacon.
l.. A. Lowrey of Dawson has in his pos
session a l-shilliug piece coined in 1896. 1t
was wrapped up in a small rag by Mrs.
Dowrey's mother thirty years az in which
condition it has since been preserved.
No less than eight new residences are
now under contract for erection in Dawson,
and several Others in contemplation. Not
outstanding the past rapid increase the
record this year promises to surpass any yet
There were measured at the public boom
at Darien during the month of March 465
RATS of timber, measuring $500, 600 feet.
Timber continues 10 come in, but ia small
lots. The season for "gluts" is probably
over.
Adjt. Gen. Kell recently received the res
ignation Of Edward L. Wright captain of
the Albany Guards. Before any action was
taken Capt Wright withdrew his resigna-
ton, having been induced by his company
to reconsider it.
Thursday. at the mines in Walker county,
a negro man was the victim of a premature
explosion, and was thrown by the force
about 20 feet OFF and down the bank Dr.
Underwood, who is treating him, reports
that he is doing well.
During q thunder storm Sunday, light
ming struck and set fire to barn and smoke
house belonging to Frank Gwaltney, who
far, ,of1a No. al 49,
destroying his years supply of corn and
meat, also killing fine mule.
J. Lowe Alexander, one of the largest
stockholders in the Palmer Manufacturing
Company, spent two days in Cordele last
week. He has selected a site and will build
a branch factory there at once that will
give employment to over thirty hands.
Lewis Goodrich, an Augusta architect,
has offered as a contribution to the pro-
posed Georgia home for manned confeder-
ate soldiers, to prepare and. furnish,
free OF charge, all plans and specifications
required for the erection of a suitable
building.
At Atlanta Messrs. Bigby & Dorsey.
formerly counsel for the Atlanta and West
Point railroad, have brought suit against
the company for "a 625, which they claim as
unsettled fees. They were recently relieved
as attorneys of the road and Messrs. Cal
houn, King g. Spalding appointed.
At Fort Valley Sunday morning, about
daylight, during a rain and thunder storm,
the barn OF Col John F. Troutman was
struck by lightning, killing one mule out Of
several, and igniting the barn, destroying
it with its contents. The loss to Col Trout
man is about 81 900, with no insurance.
The Jeter & Boardman Gas and Water
Association are Dusily constructing Car
fHrEVfIlf4fz wafer works II Ie THAR
TO put water on the town within the next
three months. The mains have already been
placed on the principal streets, and the ma
sous are rapidly building the pumping
station.
The sale Of lots offered by the Summer
vile Land Company, April 10 and IL, was
an immense success, amounting to $l2 900
A great deal Of this property was bought
by northern capitalists, some of whom will
build manufactures thereon; many others
purchased by our county people, will be
improved at once.
At Atlanta Monday Tolleson, the i'm
prisoned ex- banker is reported to have
said that he has $l4,00 in cash belonging
% his creditors, and the balance is in real
estate, stocks and bonds. He still refuses
10 turn those assets over TO the receiver He
throws out hint 10 his creditors that his ex-
penses IN jail are enormous, and are fast max
ing away with the cash assets.
The acreage in melons directly around
Albany, and especially over the Lee county
line, will be larger than that OF last season.
The general crop in south and southwest
Georgia will likely be larger, owing TO the
increased territory developed by the new
railroads. Along the Southwestern and
Florida and Western railroads
the acreage has been reduced.
A gentleman living in Bailey recently
dreamed that in a certain hole under a
stump of a tree he would find a fur collar
which bad been stolen from his house. He
visited the field, found the stump. and
placing his hand in the hole felt a furry
pulled it out and dropped the
skunk on short notice, and has since been
the clothes be wore on that oc-
casion. He says that dreams are failure.
w. L. Lee Of Eastman was in hard luck
last week, in the matter of losing mules
On Friday night fine mule on his farm
just below town escaped from the lot, wan
dered of and got on the railroad. The
south-bound passenger train came along
and severed its head from its body On Sat
urday last, as he was returning from Amos
keaz, driving another good mule, har-
messed IN light wagon, the animal cut a
few capers in the road and dropped dead
An unknown negro tramp was found
lying near the track Of the Georgia railroad
early Sunday morning at.the village Of Nor. |
wood, apparently ifeless. with his skull |
crushed in and hip dislocated. No one |
knows in what way be received the wounds.
butt is supposed that be was stealing a pas