The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

Maj. McGregor Once a Resident OF
wick Commons-The Oldest Store in
Perry Demolished.
GEORGIA
Capt E. C. Arnold of Monroe died Thurs
day of paralysis.
Rome is making an effort to have another
efficient fire company.
The pan-American delegates will be in
Sited to visit Augusta.
Telfair superior court will convene at
McRae on Monday next
There is talk of building hotel at Nc
Rae. A site has been secured.
There are twenty cases before the supreme
court from the Albany judicial circuit
A third dividend of 10 per cent. has been
declared in favor of the creditors of WEIGH
q Bacon Of Albany.
Payment of pensions to disabled soldiers
for the year ending Oct. "A, 1899, will not
begin until Feb. l, 1890.
Mayor Mcintosh, of Albany, after a
vigorous administration, declines to be a
candidate for reelection.
Albany wants railroad to Cordele, and
the matter is being talked up and steps
taken to carry out the enterprise.
Gus Starr Of Starrsville, Newton county.
lost his engine house and saw-mill by fire
Monday night. The loss is about $500.
The prohibitionists of Butts county are
talking about a new campaign against the
liquor traffic, and hope 60 win this time.
City Editor Houston r. Harper is going
from the Rome Tribune to a position on
the staff of the Chattanooga, Tenn. Daily
Times.
A new and handsome Methodist church
edifce will be dedicated this month at
Prospect, in johnson county, by Rev. j. b.
Robins Of Elberton.
The residence of H. c.. Grub, III Capitol
avenue, Atlanta, was badly damaged by
lire Thursday morning. The loss is about
81 600, and is covered by insurance.
The stock of goods belonging to r. W.
Shelton, who skipped the town about three
weeks ago, were sold at auction, before the
court house door at Dublin, on Friday last.
Hhe goods brought S206 go.
On motion of Mr.. Foute of Barlow the
senate resolution, rendering the use of the
old capitol to the confederate veterans for
the purpose of having ball, was taken I'D
and agreed to by the House Wednesday.
This settles the question.
Several citizens of Rchland carried two
drummers, well known in Americas, pos
sum hunting Tuesday night last. They
walked them for seven hours over portion
of Stewart and Web ter counties and freed
a house cat just before day
The storehouse on the corner of Carroll
and Ball streets, the Oldest storehouse in
Ferry, Is being torn down. The house is
certainly more than sixty years old. In
place OF this store j. w. Clark will have
Quilt block OF three or four brick stores.
Clinton Messenburg, aged 16 a clerk in
Agent Englerth's office, aud Edward
Holder, aged Is, b)okkeeper at the furni-
ture store of James r. Sanders. engaged in
an altercatlon at Macon, Thursday, in which
the latter was stabbed in the back of the
neck.
At Macon, Wednesday night. a water nine
burst on the second floor in the printing
department of j. w. Burke & CO., on Sec
ond street The water from the nine
flooded the floor of the printing-room. and
leaked through to the first floor, causing
damage estimated at $500.
The ginnery of A. NJ 81 w. SAWYER
four or five miles west of Cuthbert was
destroyed by fire last Friday. II il SIM
posed that the fire was communicates 70
the building by spark from the engine.
Besides the house and gin, there were four
bales of cottJn and quantity of seed lost
and the press and engine are probahlv an,
tirely ruined. There was no Insurance
The loss is estimated at $500.
I'M Swift was marr;ad "a MI, Toa;o
Maghaa OF A+larto 1rh,,.eI - w Mls' OoSle
dark, in the vestibule OF Dr. Hawtborne,s
house, as they declined to enter the pnrlor
because other people were there. The bride
is the daughter of Melvin ]. Maghee who
was for many years wholesale grocer and
is now in the wholesale LIQUOR busiuess MIR
Swift is a brother of c. T. Swift. vice nresi.
dent of the Swift Specific COMPANY and ia
employed by the company as a CLERK
mart of the rear of tho first g. oe .1o
store of Carstarnhan g. TiII,na,, ~ M ~ ene
gave wav Wednpsdav ,1rht al a. en- Iit i,'.a
fhe celiar carrvirc yT;th II saV,oroI aui my
Of fonr aud oafs 1b,cL 49, 80 "a Csai ioSaus
indiscriminate mass. No one was in the
store at the time of the accident So,ne
years ago this floor gave wav at the sane
place. when Dolph Troutman Of fine Arm If
Farrar & Troutman was in the calIor and
he was crushed to death under the dahris
At maatipo Of Drbl;o,. ,,;1;+o.,-a
many hold ct the oo1rt ,,,na cDii
rigbt last the folloUin oh aolie ny
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corporal, W. l.. Thomas fourth corporal.
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