The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

County.
GEORGIA
The canning factory at jackson is now in
full operation.
Atlanta's new postmaster, Gen. j. X.
Lewis. has taken charge Of the office.
The ruulor last week that "a company WIS
being organized in Dawson for the purpose
of manufacturing ice was without tounda-
ton.
Capt. J. Fl. Martin Of Hawkinsvi,e has
plum Of the Kelsey Japan variety that
weighs % ounces and measures Z inches IN
circumference.
The Jones stables on Lloyd street. Atlanta,
changed hands Wednesday, and are now the
property OF W. c. Began of the Gate City
Bank saloon. Mir. Began paid 80, 200 for
the property.
Capt. Tiff of Triton has sold 100 water
melons from about three acres on one Of
his places near Triton. this year. and has
nearly 1000 more on the same piece Of
ground to sell They have averaged about
1216 cents each.
The dwelling Of c. NJ. Bozeman, on the
.Abbeville road, nine mile. below Hawkins
vile, was burned day or two ago. The
fire was accidental in origin. The house
hold goods were nearly all saved. There
was no insurance.
A $1,000 hotel is Just being completed in
Triton. It has about thirty-dve rooms III
all, including billiard rooms, 4 handsome
dining room, office, etc. II is a very hand
some structure, and viii be furnished with
electric bells and all modern cOuveniences.
Capt Tiff has shipped AS crates of pears
this season, and the crop Is not quite
gathered. His orchard is ali young, and
his pear trees Just beginning to bear The
Chi 70, Now Work This 10 10
first shipment Of fruit from Triton to a
Northern market
George Fletcher Of Irwin county is very
low from stroke Of paralysis He has
eaten nothing for ten days and at times
has violent commissions. IL is supposed 10
have been caused by the rupture Of a blood
vessel near the base of the brain. His
chances for recovering are exceedingly
small.
At Thomson, Tuesday, during thunder
storm, Julius Paschal took his horse loose
from bis wagon and hitched him to a lale
tree, and ran IN a little negro house on T.
A. SCOTS place, four miles below Thomson,
on the White Oak public road. Mr. Paschal
had just got in the house when lightning
struck his horse, killing him instantly.
J. 7. Davis If Isabella has a dog that
seems to be fulfilling t g prophecy Of the
lion and tho lamb. She is of the pointer
persuasion, and is nursing fine lot of little
pointers. A lot Of pigs use the same yard
with her, and one of them has adopted the
habit of going 10 her for his lacteal uourish-
ment. She mas never been known to refuse
him. and, as he is larger than the puppies,
he whips them of and gets the hons share
of the milk.
Isabella correspondent Albany NeloS:
The case Of seeming hydrophoba that re-
ported last week from Northwest Worth
has not vet been finished The mother and
young sister of the negro woman that
died have since been taken in the same
manner, and although the mother is fast
recovering, the girl will hardly live. This
cannot be hydrophobia, however, as none
of the parties have been bitten, but IL is
something very similar.
Marietta Journal: One of our ATTORNEYS
who writes hand not as good as COPY
plate, signed a receipt and mailed it to
another town. 1t was necessary to answer
the letter, but the signature could not be
made out So they cut the writer's sigma
ture of the law firm out and pasted il on an
envelope and backed il to Marietta When
the letter arrived here, it was given to the
law firm, but it is said the writer was I'M
able to read his own chirography.
j. A. Adams entered suit in the city court
at Atlanta Wednesday against Louis Ghol-
stin for S25, 600 damages for defamation of
character. The bill sets forth that on June
last Gholstin, IN speaking to Mr.. f. b.
McClosky, who was in his Office soliciting,
used language calculated to injure him in
his financial standing; that the language
did actually cause him to lose $1,000 on ac-
count of the withdrawal OF McClosky from
participation as q partner in his business.
Last Friday while the steamer Lotus was
at the wharf in cambridge Mate r l.. Hill
met with quite painful accident. The
gang plank was run out over the guards of
the steamer an a deck hand sent out on
the end OF it, while Mr. Hill and two others
We're upon the end of the plank on the
steamers deck. When the first man Jumped
from the plank to the shore the two on the
end where Mr.. Hill was standing also
jumped, but Mr.. Hill neglected to. the con.
sequence being that ne was shot up into the
air some ten or twelve feet, falling on his
left side upon the deck. He was knock ed
senseless and was considerably bruised up.
The News has published the particular,
Of the accidental shooting of Mr. Beaver.
By bis wife, at Rutledge. There is nothing
new to tell in regard to his wOunding DE-
Fincher, who was called in to attend the in
Jured man, picked sixty shot from the un
foruunats mans mouth and also a larg,
splinter from his tongue Mr. Beavers i,
suffering untold agonies. He is utterly
speeches. and cannot tell anything of thu
circumstances of the shooting. No les
painful is the lot of his devoted wife. Sh
is positively Frustrated with grief. and ex
cites the pity of al as she sits by the side O
her speeches and MORALLY wounded hus
band.
Alpharetta Democrat: Col. J. A. Dodgel
was on legislative committee that visite,
the eonvicts at the Dade coal mi les few
days ago. While there he saw Eugen
Beck, formerly resident of this county
who was sent TO the penitentiary for life fo
numbering his wife and his wife's sister
One of Becks ankles has an ugly sore on il
caused from slate poisoning, and the phy
stefan at the mine says his leg will have 4
be amputated. Bsck says ne has reformed
and never intends to drink any more huuor
He says while he knows he does not desery
any sympathy from any one, he would Hk
to be free man again, Just to show tn
people that he can be man,
Wednesday morning, while the lowe
house of the state legislature was in session
several English sparrows flew in the opeI
windows and tiuttered about the hall. The
found resting for their feet on the lon
cornlce around the hall above the gallery
After awhile, as If satisfied that they ba,
found flock more noisy than any the,
ever congregated, two of them flew out
But one of them could not find its way. an,
flew along the wall, and up to the roof. il
its search for an exit. At last. tired out
it flew against the transom of a CALLER.
door IN a desperate effort to escape, an
fell stunned to the floor. One of the CALLER,
keepers picked it up and put it out of th