The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-26
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


Car.
GEORGIA.
Archie Davenport's residence at Thomas
VILE was burned Friday. Tne insurance OF
the house and its contents is $500.
Peyton L. Wade passed through Tennille
Thursday on his way 70 Dublin where be viii
practice law and assume the e1itorshlp OF
the Dublin Post.
P. Roche superintendent Of the Lake
Bluff mills, near Darien, drew $1,000 out
Of the Louisiana State Lottery this Inonth.
The ticket was sold in Savannah.
The final summing up Of the returned
taxable property of Stewart county shows
that there is a gain of returned valuations
of property in the county amounting TO
about SOS, 800.
Warren Moseley gathered eight bushels
of fine pears from a single tree IN his
orchard at Mosleyville, Baldwin county.
He says his crops and fruits are the best of
any year In his recollection.
Rev, D. D. Cox of LaGrang died in
Gainesville, at the home of ms friend, j.
r. Boone, day or two ago. He belonged
to the North Georgia conference, aud was
known all over the state.
Work on the public building at Augusta
is getting along nicely. The contract calls
for its completion on Jan. 2, imposing a
fine of $50 per diem for each day thereafter
until the work is completed.
The sham battle and pyrotechnic diplay,
postponed from July 4, will take place at
the exposition grounds at Augusta next
Wednesday evening. The Oglethorpe In
fantry, Clinch Rifles and Clarke Light In
fantry will take part III the battle.
The losses by the burning of the orphan
asylum at Augusta have been adjusted.
Out Of the total $60,000 insurance, the
board of arbitration has allowed a loss of
$53, 1914 IA. The asylum management had
hoped to get the entire amount. because the
damage, they say, is more than 5000
Still, they viii be content with the fading,
having agreed to abide by the decision Of
the arbiters.
Two colored warriors, Mat Harris and
Jim Fletcher engaged in bit of scrimmage
last Tuesday night in the billiard room of
Swanse Hardaway at Greenville. In the
melee a burning lamp was broken and the
blazing oil falling upon the billiard table
set the fringe on fire and burned out the
pockets. Tue flames leape1 to the ceiling
and it looked for awhile as if q big fire
would be the result.
The dwelling house OF Mrs. w. Il. Wells,
at Covington, was destroyed By fire about
o'clock Friday morning. The origin of
the fire Is not known, but it is supposed to
have been accidental IL was first dscov-
cred in the kitchen (which was attached to
the house,, and made such rapid progr ess
that everything in that room and the dining
room was destroyed. All Of the household
furniture was saved. The house was in
sured in the Southern Mutual of Athens
for 81, 200, which will cover the loss sus-
tanned, so far as the building is concerned.
cit has been stated" said Comptroller
Wright, Saturday, that the cities of Geor-
gla are growing rich at the expense of the
country. There never was a more mistaken
idea. The tax returns this year show that
the counties where there are no towns or
cities have increased in value more than
any others. This is especially noticeable of
the counties situated in the lower part of
the state which are known as the wiregrass
counties. The reason of it is that the tur-
pentiEe stills and sawmills have greatly in
creased the value of the land, and it has
been found that where the woods have been
cleared the ground yields crop which is
surprising. These reasons together have
made wonderful increase in the value Of
property"
There seems to be growing in popular
favor desire with fashionable women to
collect quantity of old silver spoons to use
at lunches, tea, and small dinner parties
A young lady living on Capitol. avenue,
Atlanta, recently made a trip to Europe
and while there made a purchase of a
coffee and tea spoon in every city that she
visited, having it engraved with the name
of the city and the date. They are pleas
ant reminder of her trip, and each one re.
calls some happy memory or recollection
OF some occurrence which she met with
during her sojourn abroad There is
another young lady in Atlanta who gives
an odd spoon to a little boy friend of hers
on each of his birthdays. Now when the
little boy grows up he Will have dozen or
more solid spoons to start to keeping house
with.
Saturday the Dalton Gas Company. in
excavating for their gas holder, when at
the depth of ten feet, had their men run
out by the odor of gas. Lewis Bender, who
IS IN charge of the excavation, reported the
matter to the board of directors. They be-
gan an investigation. They found the
whole pit filled with ar oder like that of
petroleum. s. B. Feker, one of the dlrec-
tors, wishing to test the matter, dropped a
lighted match into the fissure of the rock
from which the gas seemed to come. when
sheet of flame leaped up several feet high.
Mr.. Hunter, who is in charge of the pipe
laying, had his hat blown off, though ht
was several feet away. The directors have
not yet certainly decided what to do. buI
they will probably sink a shaft as soon a,
possible.
Probably the Oldest clock in Atlanta is in
the possession of Jonathan Nj. Ellis,
IL is over 100 years old. The ma
chlnery OF the clock is a curious construc.
ton OF wood and iron which was patented
by Eli Terry over a century ago, and made
and sold in Plymouth, Conn The inscrIp
ton on the inside of the clock was printed
by Hudson a Skinner at Hartford, and be-
sides setting forth the fact that the clock i
warranted, gives the directions for winding
up the machinery. IF the clock goes too
fast, lengthen the pendulum; if it goes toe
slow, shorten it by means of a screw at tn,
bottom" 1t Furthermore states that tn,
clock is as good or superior to any clock il
this country. The clock has never missed
running single day, nor has it lost in al
the years gone by one minute OF time. 1t i
curious old affair, tall and unsightly. An,
shows just below the face a bright print q
soldier in gay uniform.
The first electric car ever seen in Georri,
made its first trip on the Atlanta and Edge
wood line Friday. The smoothness an,
ease with which the motor could be starte,
and stopped created a great deal of enthusi
asm among the passengers. Going dow
grade the operator could regulate the speed
TO almost snaips pace, and on the steepes
grade the motor, with its heavy load, coul,
be stopped and started again without tn
least difficulty No matter at what spec,
the motor went it would go just as fast ant
smoothly up hills as down hills or on a level
and 1T was almost entirely noiseless. Their,
Is scarcely any sound at all made by tn
motor itself, and the tracks are laid OF