The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS

Collectorship - A Wild Beast at
Large In Gordon County-A Man
Who Lost 5000 Made Happy by It's
Recovery.
GEORGIA
Sparta is TO establish a free school system
A new CITY hall Is talked Of at Brunswick
The Rome ice factory is to be enlarged 10
y tweDty-ton plant.
Thomasviile is infested with burglars who
are busier than bees
BezcmRn Adair, well-known resident Of
Atlanta, died Thursday.
The official majority Of the anti-prohibi-
tienists in Floyd county was j32.
The confederate veterans of Gordon
county have organized an association.
Over 100 animals will be served at the
big barbecue at Mi.lea mex Wednesday.
The value of taxable prope " in Laurens
county shows al increase Of $4,000 for the
past year.
A negro Knocked down the sheriff Mt
Madison Thursday aud escaped under fire
after hot pursuit.
A barrel factory IS n rev thing for Dub
lin. Carter q Bro. have recently en- arked
in the new enterprise.
Charles NcCrary was drowned while
bathing in the river ut Rome Wednesday.
He ventured too far out.
j. J. Smith, chief OF the Amorcls fire
department will leave shortly for Savannah
where he has accepted a situation.
Dougherty county las negro that can
take a common-si2s barrel Of whisky up in
his arms and drink out IF the bulg-hoie.
Jim Sanford, who killed Dudley in the
Haywood district Of CaattJOga county
Sunday evening has not bean captured yet
The state alliance meets IN Macon Aug.
20. There are 1850 slb-alliances in tn
state, with membership Of between $1,000
and 100000.
At Athens Wednesday tho little daughter
of W. j. Hale foil from tho doorstep and
broke her arm. Thursday her little brother
while playing ball had the misfortune to
break his arm.
The people of Willaco)chee are making
determined effort 10 finish their aca iemY
building. A large number OF liberal sub
scriptions have been made. but they need
about S4e0 more.
The condition of Gen. Clement Evans OF
Atlanta is somewhat improved aud his
friends are more hopeful 1t is Il matter of
. -durance as to whether tho general will
recover permanently or not.
The Thomasville Real Estate aud I'm
provement Company has made over Is per
cent a month slice is Organization, on
capital pad In. The scC-cc5 Is the com
pounding OF interest moIta.y.
Brunswick dealers are now exporting
twice the am unit OF lumber they did "A year
ago. There is one firm alone whose exports
last year were over %, 900 00J feet and it
will be half doubled tins year.
Prof. Allen Allen will shortly commence
the publication Of Il newspaper in Dublin
called the Educational Adrance The
paper will be devoted to the interest of elu-
cation throughout the soutuerl states.
DR.. e. A. Nuunally of Mercer university
within the last thirty days has addressed
forty counties in the interest of the lnstitu-
ton he represents and be says Mercer will
have two or three hundred students next
fall
At Sylvania a few days ago Frank
McCrimmon found a turkey nest on which
an old gobDler was sitting. Ga ex uni
nation be found that the nest was filled,
not with eggs, but with apples. Mr.
McCrimmon has found it a difficult matter
TO undeceive the gobbler.
There is now exhibited on Broad street,
Athens, in front of the store of j. s. King
a. Co., the first roll of 4i-iach cotton bag
gtng ever manufactured. Ii was sent 10
the firm, as theirs Was the first order re-
ceived. II was made by the Lane mills of
New Orleans, and wi stand any strain.
Last Friday Gum swamp bridge, near
McRae, gave way with one Of WoR, Boothe
& Co.'S four-mule teams, precipitating
mules, wag Il, turpeatine anu driver, -
gether with 30 feet of The bridge TO the
ground a distance of several feet Fortu-
natelv no damage was done other taan that
to the bridge.
II is reported in Columbus that the
trouble i'll Girard over the school question
is likely to end in tloodshed w. A. Mar
a 1H ~ La I In ut..l
ting cards IN the papers, but the latter now
says that the ink used in printing an often
sive line was black, bu' tho settlement must
be bad il sO,no other color, or the language
Withdrawn.
Messrs, Torras, Stephens and Fleming of
Brunswick had an experience IN seiuiug on
st. S!mon's, Thursday They drew in q
quantity of FISH aJ tae iirst haul and among
tlem was monster saw-!ish. IL was as
large around as a barrel end measured 1875
feet. The saw alOno was 81 feet long lie
was landed after a hard struggle, which
resulted IN the net being torn to pieces.
Martha Cooper (colored), who resides on
Hell street, Athens, claims to have been
outraged y two negro boys, George Fam
brougn and Grant Chapman, several nights
ago, wnile returning home through the
campus She has had them arrested, and
will bring q case of rape against them.
hesIO DO1S cldlil lLdU IneN Simply
threw rock at her. Martha claims that
1t is plain case of rape.
Lightning struck the house of James p.
Price, ct Pennington, a dav or two ago.
and played havoc with the building, which
narrowly escaped being burned to the
ground. When the lightning rod agent of
Raymond s. Hunter put up the rods over
Mr.. Prices house they gave a written guar
antee to pay $500 should the house ever be
struck 10y lightning aud Mr.. Price will de-
nand the payment, though this fund will
not begin to pay for the damage done.
Wednesday was ''red letter. dav at
Columbus for the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus. The committee was actively at
work all day, and by night $780, 900 of the
81, 900 necessary 10 secure the two rail
roads from which c lumbus will derive so
much benefit had boon subscribed. Tele-
grams stating these facts wero sent, and an
extension of one dav asked in which tc
raise the remaining $4,000.
The smartest horse in Rome is the sorre
horse owned by NJ. g. Mcdonald. For
quite while Mr.. Mcdonald las been goi no
into the stable and finding tie water turned
on aid frequently roprimanded his servant
for leaving the water turned on whel he
would go TO water the animal. The other
day Mr.. Mcdonald chancsd to peep In and
saw the horse turning the crank and pres
aatlv the water WAS flowing freely. Whea
the trough gets dry he just turns the water