The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Man Supposed 20 Have Been Muir
dered Found Near Acworth.
GEORGIA.
Warrenton will soon be in need of tin
ner.
The capital stock of the new Underwrit-
ers' Mutual Insurance Company of Atlanta
will be $250,O00
The people of Georgia have called road
congress to meet in Atlanta on May ~.
Good roads are sud necessity in this state.
The road congress Will be an event IN
Georgia next spring
The Augusta Brewing Company began
the delivery Of beer Saturday after Two
months satisfactory progress in beer
making, TIE new brewery Is wo Gh $50,
600 a d its capacity is So barrels day
The Columbus Railroad Company will
make some extensions to their lines at an
early date The first extension to be made
will be the line to Rose Hill. 1t will be ex-
tended tive-eighths Of a mile further north
ward, from its present terminus.
The West Point oil mil began operations
on Friday, making its first oil The ma
chinery is the best, and 1t has capacity Of
thirty tons day. The supply Of seed is
ample for long run. 1t has been late in
starting as unexpected delays have oc-
CURED.
Officer Oneal of Columbus has razor
which has been in constant use 1O4 years.
1t bears a close resemblance to a broad ak,
but does good service yet, and may cat
many a whisker before it is finally laid
away among the relics Of bygone days or
used for trimming corns.
LAGRANGE mills stock is on boom. Louis
Mayer sold one share at auction, and it
went to Judge r. NJ. Young for $l05 so.
Twenty-Five cents additional was hidden
after it had been knocked down The bid
ding was lively and shows the confidence of
the people in this enterprise. The mills will
pay dividend in May.
There is considerable inquiry from New
York and Cincinnati after the marble on
Mr.. st fford's place in Cherokee county.
1t seems to be in abundance and near the
surface. Perhaps Canton may yet have a
marble mill. 1t has the sand at hand, and
with S., 600 and en- acres of land donated
by the town will insure a mill.
A benevolent lady of Rome has opened
her heart to the aged and helpless, and is
making strong effort to have established
a benevolent home for them, either in Rome
or Atlanta. The plans of tAis noble lady
have been accepted by some of the leading
men of the state, and the probability is that
this institution will be established in the
near future.
Mr.. C. W. DuPre has purchased a power
press with which to do the printing ( + his
match factory at Gainesville. IL will be
run by steam, and will be used principally
to print the la els on the card board, of
which the match boxes are made. Mr.
DuPre buys his card board by the ton, and
several tons are used a month, hence the
necessity for procurinr a machine especi-
ally adapted to this kind Of work
D. F. Allgood, president of Trion factory
has refused a great many plicatious from
parties in the county who want stock in the
new factory. This is mentioned to show
there is more cash in the county seeking
profitable investment than most people sup
pose. There is enough money in the county
to build another cotton factory, and it
would be Forthcoming il some parties,
whose names are guarantees of success,
would start the enterprise.
Judge Lumpkin, holding court at Wash
ington, dismissed the petit jury Thursday.
but both judge and grand jury remain in
session, the latter investigating the Broad
river troubles On Thursday a county
bailiff, Robert Toombs Smith, was sent t.
Jail for twenty days for co tempt OF court.
His offense was that, having been ordered
to serve subpoe ia on colored woman to
appear as witness, he took occasion to adj
wise her personally 20 leave the county.
LaGrange Reporter: We learn from a
resident OF the neighborhood that the
horses and mules in the vicinity of Harri-
sonville are dying from the ''blind stag
gers" disease 'aused it is believed, by the
feeding of overtlowed and damaged corn to
them. s, NJ. WIllingham lost fine horse
on Tuesday; Samuel Heard has had two
mules and P. II. Whitaker one mule to die.
THIS is quite calamity just at this time,
,xrba tI.a Ia nd 10 9
the crop.
Elder Huffman, a Seventh Day Adventist.
sent out as a missionary from the state of
Indiana, has been holding a protracted
meeting, about five weeks, at Oak Grove,
in Forsyth county. He breaches every
night, and Saturday and Sunday His SER
vices are largely attended, and he has quite
following in that section. He clai ms that
Saturday is the Sabbath and ought TO be
observed as such; and offers a reward of
$500 to any one who will produce any scrip
ture to the contrary.
A sharp detective has just discovered a
plot OF prisoners to break jail at Decatur.
A young woman reached here Yesterday on
train from Decatur. She was evidently
stranger, and was noticed by Detective Car
son the car shed. He engaged her in con
versation, and, thrown entirely off her
guard, she asked him to buy for her half a
dozen small files Questioning the still un-
suspecting woman, Carson learned that she
was the wife of George K. Moss, whom he
knew to be confined in Dskalb county Jail
for shooting Bud Penly. Carson then told
her that he wa, an officer, and the young
woman confessed that her husband and fe-
low prisoners were to have used the files in
breaking Jail. Moss is a desperate man,
and the discovery is fortunate
After long weeks Of delay in framing
satisfactory contract TO all parties con-
cerned, the prospects are now certain that
that the Palmer Cooper Company of
barrel factory on ten acres Of the Macon
reserve granted by the FL yor and council
for that purpose. City Attorney Bartlett
and General Manager J. l.. d. Alexander Of
the Palmer company have agreed ON CON
tract, and Mayor Price said he would sign
it, and eight Of the twelve aldermen favor
1t, and tomorrow night the contract will
be formally adopted. The mandatory
will be OF brick, two stories high, requiring
about 100000 brick. 1t will be 80 by 100
feet. The first year at least four acres Will
be covered with buildings, and the balance
of the space will be built upon as rapidly as
is the demand. From 125 TO 20J hands will
be employed, ana about 100000 barrels will
be manufactured per annum. II is thought
that the freight bills the first year will ex-
coed $50, 900.
a little girl was out in the woods three
miles from Acworth Thursday digging sas-
satres, ana was startled by seeing hogs and
puZzarus gathered about gully, near a
country road. She reported the matter.
and farmer living near proceeded TO in.
vestigate, and was horrifsi to find the
manglpd bOiv of "a man who ba1 .vtd...i.