The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRA PHs.


GEORGIA
Athens needs new hotel
Selling whisky on Sunday has become 9
nuisance in Griffin.
Daltonites think they felt an earthquake
last week Thursday.
A young mems democratic club is to be
organized soon in Athens.
The first number of Sandersville's new
paper, The Public Spirit, has made its
appearance. II is well printed.
Public schools we're defeated at an cleo
tion held in Forsyth last Friday, and a
number of business houses were draped IN
mourning.
]. G. Vanbrunt, an old and highly
esteemed citizen of Thomas county, died at
bis home, five miles from Townsville, on
Sunday afternoon of paralysis.
]. J. Huff, who killed Green Cook at
Hollonville, Spalding county, on Saturday,
has had his trial before a magistrate and
was acquitted on a clear case of self-defense.
William Spencer (colored) died on Mrs.
A. J. Futch's plantation, about six miles
from Townsville, Saturday from the
effects of fall into an old well sixty feet
deep.
There was considerable pathos in "Uncle"
Ben Duggar's farewell to the legislature
"You won't see Uncle Ben in his place
when the roll is called again." he said, 81
am going home to die"
A COW on Shad Vason's (colored) place
near Stark, on Thursday Of last week, gave
birth to three calves. They are well-devel-
oped male calves, and living with a fair
prospect Of being raised
A car containing twenty-four bales of
cotton, bound for Savannah, was burned at
Griffin Tuesday night. The loss to the rail-
road will be at least 81, 200 for the cotton,
and the burnt car was dead loss.
A cotton and produce exchange, COM
monty called a bucket shop, has been
opened at Albany, and is running at full
blast. J. NJ Lee & Co. are proprietors and
b. B. Williams is manager of the Albany
office.
Hon. ]. Z. Dart, collector of Brunswick,
and the city authorities are still at work
trying to induce the government to put
range lights in the harbor. They will
probably be successful. 1t is believed that
electric lights will be used.
Capt. G. j. Hall, now Of Swansea, Eng
land, has sent remembrance of his love
for Brunswick in the shape of an order on
j. M. Dexter, his agent, for $50, to be
turned over to the Young Mems Christian
Association, and $25 to the hospital
1t is reported that land for a park for
Athens will be purchased by a company
headed by an Athens capitalist and por.
ton of it donated to the city for this pur-
pose, while a sufficient amount will be sold
the city to make the park a spacious and
beautiful one.
Griffin builders complain because plans
for the new buildings on the experimental
farm were not sent to Griffin for their in
spection, in order that they might bid for
the work. The plans were kept at Atlanta,
and the Griffin men claim that it was a
game of freeze out.
The building boom has struck Milledge
avenue, Athens, and new and handsome
houses are going up on that street in rapid
succession. The latest to be built Is that of
Capt. w. P. WEIGH, who will erect on South
Milledge avenue, opposite Col. L. H. Char
bonnier's, an elegant residence containing
ten rooms.
The canning factory at Dalton will prob
ably close down for the winter months this
week. This industry has enjoyed a success
full season, having put up come 300, 600 cans
of peaches, tomatoes, and very fine quail
ity OF mince-meat. The factory has given
about five months steady employment to
from twenty-five to thirty operatives
A report was sent out from Athens Tues
day that another duel was imminent, be-
tween Tom Cobb Jackson aud Gordon
Kiser. both Of Atlanta, aud that arrange
ments were being made for a meeting. Mr.
Jackson has published a card declaring the
report utterly without foundation, and
saying that he has had no difficulty with
Mr.. Kiser.
As a proof of the paying qualities of
farms in the red hills of Georgia, an enthu-
siastic citizen of Oglethorpe county recently
cited the case of ex-senator James NJ
Smith, of his own county, in the House of
Representatives. Mr.. Smith commenced
farming in 1867 on $500 borrowed money
and this year his profits arising from his
farming operations will amount to 500, 900.
Patrick ODonnell who arrived in At
lanta Tuesday, is a cousin of the Patrick
O'Donnell who shot and killed Informer
Carey three or four years ago, and who was
hanged for the deed. The Irish people honor
the man who killed tho informer, and the
Irish of Atlanta entertained his cousin in
royal style last night. Mr.. O'Donnell came
from Donegal, Ireland, and will make
Atlanta his home
A calf was recently caught on the cow
catcher of one of the big locomotives of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
road, near Cohutta, and carried a distance
of nine miles. When discovered the Young
bovine was lying complacently on the pilot
apparently enjoying the mode Of rapid
transit. 1t was completely unframed, and
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unusual had happened
Dalton Citizen: This whole section. from
the Tennessee line as far down as the Eto-
wah river, is rich in iron ore, manganese
and other valuable minerals. To the west
of Dalton, about two miles, is Johns mount
ain, which is. said by mineral experts to be
almost made up of solid iron ore beds of the
finest quality. This is the range of mount
aims that pass by and encircle Tunnel Hill
where the rich iron ore and manganese beds
are now being worked with such satisfying
results.
At Atlanta Wednesday a syndicate Of
gentlemen bought from Judge Honkins
about forty-three acres of land along the
Georgia railroad west of Mason's crossing
The price paid was $4,000. The principal
members OF the syndicate were Messrs. Phil
Harrison, G. w. Smith, and j. I. Pendle-
ton. Property in the direction of Edgewood
is rapidly enhancing in value, owing to the
construction of two electric railroads to-
gether with the numerous improvements
going on.
Capt. G. A Wilde Of the German bark
'konigen Augusta, now lying at Augusta,
and loading for j. j. McDonough & Co.
by w. J. Price, went to sea at IA years of
age, and has been a sailor ever since. He
was made mate in the year 1S45 and in
1S4S was commissioned captain, and given
vessel in 1S49, so he has been captain inst
forty years last March. He has been on
his present ship just eleven years. He has
sailed over the Mediterranean Casnian