The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

2 " THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
me Change IN the Time of Holding
aah County Superior Court - The
Farties to Macon Marriage Sailing
Under Several Nanes-The Fortune
a Macon Man Has Fallen Heir 10,
GroReIA.
Carrollton real estate is on boom.
hy June the streets Of Csrtersyile will
be lit up with gas.
Gotton Is stu coming in rapidly at Car
r0a.eon and bringing good price.
W y balding, prominent citizen Of
1alnesvaile, died Dec. 81, aged 81 years.
Seventy five cents on the dollar is the
nesst collections reported by Lexington
merchants,
Hon. y, NJ. Reid, former solicitor general
y tne Goweta circuit. has sold out and
moved to Atlanta.
The Carrci.ton public school will open to-
morrow under Favorable auspices, with
Prof. ]. E. Witherspoon as principal.
The Georgia Southern road expects to
construct large cotton compress in Macon.
Iney propose handling a great quantity of
hev. W. n. Cooper of the Baptist church
OF Cartersville Was presented with set Of
pa Tor furniture al Christmas present by
the ladies OF his congregation,
The members OF the Baptist church 10
Sandersville and ether friends have pre-
scented the worthy pastor, Rev. B. Il. IVey,
With a handsome suit of clothes.
Thus far bus forty-six subscriptions to the
STOCK OF the proposed furniture factory at
Tallapoosa have been received, aggregatlng
lad
to.
The Columbus Guards will hold a meet.
ing at their armory Tuesday night for the
purpose OF electing junior second lieuten-
ant Rhodes Brow has been unanimously
nominated for tbs Office, and will have no
opposition.
News OF cutting ARRAY between negroes,
near the Florida line, reached Thomasville
Friday, 1t is said that one Of the negroes
named Rowe was slashed In fearful man
ner. De lived only few minutes. HIS
murderer escaped
Tuesday last the firm Of Brooks e. Craw-
ford Of Lexington was dissolved @. W.
Brooks buying the interest Of T W. Craw-
ford In the business Mr.. Crawford will
continue with the house as salesman and
general manager.
James Price of Oconee, dreamed that If
DO would go TO Athens on the second day
after Christmas thai he would find draft
for several hundred dollars awaiting him.
tie went, and found the draft awaiting him
according 70 his dream.
Prof. Willis III. Robinson Of the Grant
vile high school and Miss Toole Of La
Grange were married Tuesday evening in
the latter city. The bride is a daughter Of
Col, John z. Toole, deceased, who was one
of LnGrange's best citizens.
The store house at Calhoun known as tho
Harlan corner was sold at administrator
sale Tuesday, as property Of the estate OF
4. A. Foster, and was bought by the family
at s., $50. The vacant lot adjoining was
bought by Judge ]. III. Harlan for Ssl5.
An Atlanta artist has estimated that all
leRst 100000 There are several homes in
the city " hich contain paintings valued at
more than $1,000. and one gentleman has
expended more than SIC, 900 for the pict-
ures taat adorn his residence.
Two negroes charged with trsin wreckinR
were brought TO Abbeville recently aud
lodged in jail. They had heal ing before
Justice Williams, and, = the evidence not
being suficiept 10 convict, they were turned
loose; The detective that worked up the
case failed to appear against them.
The barn of P. +. Gill; near Leesburg.
was consumed by fire Wednesday night,
together with its contents, consisting of
corn, fodder, peas, etc. The bnilding burned
so rapidly that the stock were barely saved
from perishing. There was no insurance.
either on tae house or its contents.
Prof. EggIestou's health is such as to
necessitate his retirement from the princi-
paiship Of the Bainhridge graded school,
and he has rendered his resignation, to take
effect at once. This leaves the school WITH
out q principal, aud the trustees are casting
about for suitable man to fill the position.
w. NJ. Howard Of Lexington has in his
possession the brand that was used during
the days Of slavery for branding slaves who
were guilty Of murder. 1t ia rudely con-
structed IN" made Of iron which was
heated red-hot aud applied 10 the person
sometimes TO the cheeks. Of the one to be
branded.
A few days ago tho renters on the farm
of DR.. Baker, on Pine Log creek, Barlow
county, found a collapsed balloon that had
lust fallNn from skyward. 1t is described
as a very pretty balloon, made Of oiled silk,
measuring IN hight about IL feet, and the
diameter Is supposed to have been, under
initiation, about feet
G. L. Elliott of Brunswick has valuable
collection OF foreign stamps, passports, for
eicn money, shinples.ers and many other
curiosities, which the lovers Of the curious
Ike TO gaze upon. His collection OF stamps
alone is valued al AOlu, ana embraces every
known variety, most Of which are old aud
have long ago disappeared.
Phil Brown, Sr., a Wilcox county
farmer, lost his gin house by fire Thursday.
His brother, Sam Brown, was ginni his
own crop at the time. The latter lost three
bales Of cotton and some cotton sesd. The
Ere. il is thought. originated from a match
In the cotton. The total loss is estimated
1t SA00 or $500, with no insurance.
At the residence of Rev. Sam P. Jones Of
on Christmas day, was held a
reunion Of the jones family TO partake Of a
turkey dinner. There were four genera
lions OF the family represented, and had IL
rot been for the absence Of the infant
of Porter Stocks Of Atlanta, there
would have been i've generations at the
able.
b. II. Hill, as attorney for George D.
zighmill Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, has
lied in the United States court at Atlanta
. suit against Thomas b. Sasfold Of Morgan
county Mr. Saffold, in 1885. gave note
o Mr.. Eighmill, on which the interest was
q be paid yearly. MIR. Saffold has failed
o be pay some OF the interest, hence the
nit on the note.
Stewart McElhannon Of Jefferson, will |
oon celsbrate his s0th birthday but be is |
till joyial ana fullof energy considering his |
.ge. He is possessed Of wonderful memory. |
IL can repeat whole books from the New |
"a lament which DO has read constantly |