The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-17


Mock Marriage - The Three Couples
Married In Cotton Bagging al
Athens.
GEORGIA.
A bank has been organized at Camilla.
The new hotel at Graham has just beer
opened
Superior court convenes at Lexington to
morrow.
There is talk of building shoe factory
at Greensboro.
A steam laundry will probably be estab'
lshed ct Montezuma.
The South Georgia conference meets il
December at Americas.
A movement has been on foot to organize
a young mems democratic club at Bruins
wick.
A dog was seen on the streets of Monte
yuma few days ago with five well devel.
oped feet
F. McC. Brown & Co. of Brunswick have
purchased the entire business Of Mr.. George
b. Hodges.
Trox Bankston, the local editor of the
Euening NeiCS of Chattanooga, speaks OF
starting weekly at Ringgold.
The directors of the Terminal road hope
in a short while 20 secure both an express
and telegraph Office at Lexington.
A man was in Griffin Thursday who the
Cal thinks may be RUDE Burrows. He left
before an attempt was made to arrest him.
The Butler Herald announces that Rev.
c. E. Crawley has abandoned his intention
Of joining the Texas conference this year.
At Montezuma day or two ago horse
belonging to Will English plunged into the
- L. 1fv,r, a n nd tpo drowned
With the removal Of Editor Whitman,
the Dalton postoffics passes into republican
hands, those OF Columbus Browning of In
diana.
Elder Wiley Rodgers Of Wilkinson county
has been Primitive Baptist preacher fifty
years, and during that time has married
over 500 couples.
About month ago Mike Rags of the
Rutland district in Bib county was bitten
by a mad dog. On yesterday Mr.. Rags
commenced going mad.
The Mutual Life Insurance. Company of
New York has paid IN the wife of J. NJ. w.
Cody, OF Gainesville, $l0,541 insurance
which Mr.. Cody had on his life.
George D. Griffin, while driving in his
phaeton two miles from Baiubridge day
or two ago, was thrown from the same
and seriously injured in his back and
hip.
In the fiatwoods section of Oglethorpe
county squiFrels and cartridges are said to
be 20 numerous as TO be a nuisance, and
hunters have no trouble in bagging all they
want
The members Of the Greene Rifles Of
Greensboro feel somewhat elated over the
passage Of the military bill. The sum
appropriated by the local grand jury also
helped them out.
A typewriter is in Perry copying the
record and bill of exceptions in the famous
Voolfolk case. There are about 500
pages, and it will take nearly a month to
copy the whole record.
Tuesday night the entire ginning outfit,
together with a saw-mill and about eleven
bales Of cotton, all the property Of Thomas
r. Tiller Of Glade, Oglethorpe county, were
destroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000.
Somebody is going around trying to get
prominent citizens to sign a petition asking
the city council of Atlanta to pass an ordi-
nance prohibiting any person from serving
ON the police force who does not pay hil
debts
Hon. d. A. Russell and bride reached
cambridge on Sunday afternoon, from East
Orange, N. j., where they were married
last week, and during this week have re-
ceived the hearty congratulations of hun
dreds of friends.
Some negroes who were passing the Fl. P
Eady place, on the plank road. near Griffin
Thursday, fired two shots into the house
and came very near hitting a white woman
who lives there. One ball hit the door and
the other narrowly, missed her head and
was imbedded in bedstead.
Poly Stevens, the son Of John Stevens
while working in his fathers mill at At
lanta Thursday, was dangerously injured
split Off plank and entered young Stevens
thigh and abdomen, piercing his bladder.
His injuries may prove fatal.
On Wednesday, Buck Dickson Of tn,
Hazard district of Bib county. aged S
years, was in the woods Telling trees TO
stock. A large pine fell on him, and o.
severely mashed his right leg that it i
unprecedented that the limb will have to b.
amputated, and as Mr. Dickson ia so old
the amputasion may produce fatal results
His left leg and arm were also badly bruised
and two ribs in the right side were broken
GuiIford Speer (colored) of Thomastol
was horn Feb. 5, 1871, and died Nov 9, 1889
which made him 90 years Of age. He ono
belonged to James Speer, and was harness
maker, and after the war accumulated
ROO0 property LOT one OF nls race. Ill
youngest son, William, at one time repre-
scented Upson county in the legislature
His mind failed him few years ago, an
he has done no work since. His funera
Sunday was largely attended.
Charles Hardin, who was arrested G
Americas Wednesday afternoon, at the RI
quest Of Marshal Brown of Eufaula, upo
charge Of horse stealing, has been re
leased from custody. This was done at til
request of the prosecuting witness. Hardi
had been furnished with peddling outfi
two horses and q wagon, by a man name
Simons of Eufaula. He disposed of the ei
tire property and went to Americas, NAL
ing no return to Simons. Having agree
to pay the latter, the prosecution w,
dropped.
Americas Republican: a farmer name
Hilton hired a very inexperienced boy I
help him about the place. One morning
told the lad to go and salt the calf over /
the pasture. The boy took about a quaI
Of salt, and rubbed it ell over the cal
working it into the hair. A gang of col
In the pasture scented the salt and got aft
the calf. They licked the hair all Off Il
Calls back, and tried to lick the hide Of
too. The farmer tried to catch the calf
wash it, but the creature, thinking
wanted to lick too, kept out of the wa
The boy, calf and farmer are all unhapp
The colts are the only ones that got any II
out Of it.
McDonough Weekly: Prince Tanner WI
sent to the Chattahoochee brick wor
Friday to serve sentence Of seven yea