The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

les of the Mexican War Brought TO
the Front at Augusts-An Incen-
diary Causes the Death OF Two
Horses and Mule.
GEORGIA
John Chapman of Fsirburn is dead.
A mare foaled in Troup county in 1856 is
still living.
The bond commission Of Macon has a
surplus Of S20. 600.
Douglasville's new Methodist church is in
process Of erection.
Rev. Wiley c. Smith died at his home
near Gainesville, Wednesday.
There will soon be a new savings bank
in Macon. 1t will have a capital stock CT
100000.
Members of the Royal Arcanum in Ma
con are busily engaged in organizing a
chapter in South Macon.
The trial of Lowenthal, the killer of Her
man Bohnefeld, viii be commenced in the
superior court at Macon Monday morning.
Hon. a. G. Macarthur of Montgomery
county has been appointed as agent Of the
Davis relief fund for the Fifteenth senate
rial district.
The damage suit in Burke superior court
of DR.. Patterson for $4,000. for the loss of
an arm in a railroad accident, has been
Tulcu out on u ueuluTTeT. ne viii appear.
The death is announced of Mrs. Har-
din, of Forsyth county, who was 10 her goth
year. Mrs Patsy Bird. now living in the
upper portion of the county, is LOG years
old.
The American Fish Company of Florida
has made arrangements for making Macon
its distributing point for Georgia. The
business of this concern amounts to az leasts
$500, 600 year.
A gentleman is expected at Douglasville
in few days TO look at the canning factory
property with view to buying an interest.
and fitting it up for next years crop of
vegetables and fruits.
R. A. Strong, of the alliance warehouse
at Columbus, has a cotton receipt dated
Dec. IL, 1S49. The cotton was sold by his
father, the late Joshua Strong of Russell
county, and brought ~ cents.
AT meeting of the Dodge county beard
of education Thursday. Judge James
Bishop of Englewood, after a satisfactory
examination, was elected county school
commissioner to I'LL a vacancy in that Of
fee.
J. D. Stokes of Eastman has sold his en-
tire interest in the grist mill ana cotton
gin business to G. II. Peacock and f. J.
Peacock, and the firm name has been
changed from Peacock, Stokes * Co., to
that Of c. H. Peacock q Co.
The Muscogee oil mills at Columbus will do
nearly double as much business this season as
they have ever done before. The mills will
consume about 700, 900 tons Of cotton seed
this season, and will probably run on full
time until the middle Of April.
An election was held in Dooly county
Thursday to determine whether the county
shall issue bonds for the purpose of building
new court house at Cordele and Vienna.
A majority voted for bonds, but it is doubt
full il the necessary two-thirds has been
obtained.
George w. Yates runs a large gin about
ten miles from Macon on the Thomasuon
road Wednesday night fire broke out in the
gin and destroyed three bales of cotton, ], 900
bushels of cotton seed the gin building and
all the machinery and belts, causing a loss
of about $780,
The case of the state against Dave Cen
try, set for trial IN Muscogee superior court
Thursday, was continued until the Nav
term OF the court for providential causes.
Gentry is the man charged with having
made murderous assault upon his father,
William Gentry.
w. A. Palmer, superintendent of one of
the largest foundries and machine shops of
Admission, Ala, was in Gainesville last
week, with view of starting a similar es-
Enlistment there, provided he could pur-
u
one erected by Butler g. Mount, but which
has been idle for the past year or two.
In the election in Terrell county Thurs
day, for the issue of bonds to build q new
court house, light vote was polled, and the
necessary two-thirds failed by few votes
1t is said that the county commissioners
failed TO comply with the law ia full in ad-
vertising the election. On this ground, it
is thought, another election will be ordered
at once.
Rev. Sam W Small will not change his
course as a minister of the Episcopal church.
So soon as he has served the requisite terms
as pastor and deacon be will be ordained to
the priesthood, and will go forth as mis-
sionary, in charge of missions established
by the church. 1t is understood that his
work is to be confined to the diocese of
Georgia.
A murder is reported to have taken place
IN Texas recently that excels anything of
Its kind known to criminal history. While
two young lawyers, one of whom was a
relative OF DR.. Pope of Athens, this state,
was prosecuting criminal in court, the
prisoner arose and shot one of them dead
and fatally wounded the other. The fiend-
lsh brute was arrested.
The negro who was shot in the head
some months ago at Peterson 81 Calhoun's
still, in Montgomery county, is dead. 1t
passed through the head, but post norton
examination revealed the fact that it had
never penetrated the brain at all, but was
detected and lodged in the skull not far
from where it entered
Thursday passers along the by-path lead
Ing through Esquire Rivers plantation.
near Pendergrass, found among the stalks
OF cotton stout negro eighteen years of
age. Investigation showed that he. Jim
David, had met his death the night previ-
GUS by being knocked in the head with
some hard substance, in the hands of Win
Griffith, another negro. The accused had
at once fled.
In Whitehall street saloon at Atlanta
there is relic of bygone days. 1t is
counter made at the Western and Atlantic
railroad shops during the Bullock admins
tratlon, for the refreshment rooms OF the
old state capitol For some reason, it was
sold to private individuals, and now occu-
pies prominent position as a place where
men hnger over their beer and discuss the
political outlook of the country.
Mount Vernon Monitor: E. ID. Pattillo
showed US day or two ago about an inch
OF the end of a cows tongue that had been
bitten OF by horse at j. r. Adams. in
this county. The horse had some fodder
and the COW wanted some, but there was a
fence between them. The COW could not