The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

cumstances at Marietta-The Vigil
at Ed Frey's Grave-The Finding OF
Baby Near Georgetown.
GEORGIA.
It's said that another drug store will soon
be established in Perry.
A daily hack line between Perry and
Kathleen is a possibility of the near future.
Dodge superior court will convene on
Feb. Is and viii continue in session two
weeks.
1t is estimated that the population Of
Gainesville will considerably exceed 5000
in 1890.
A report reached Reynolds Thursday
that Mrs. Hin in Macon county had shot
her husband.
It has been intimated that the new trial
granted Tom Voolfolk viii take place in
Houston superior court.
There is some talk of establishing post
Office at Carroll, in Dooly county, with a
route from Unadilla via Snow.
The clerks in the auditing department of
the Southern Express Company at Augusta
are going to fit up gymnasium.
There is some talk of building a new
county jail at Atlanta. 1t seems to be set
tied that there will be no city hall built this
year.
The canvasSing committee is succeeding
fairly well in securing subscriptions to the
capital stock of the Perry Loan aud Savings
Bank.
At Macon Thursday the dadicatory ser
vices for the Ballard Normal Institute took
place at the newly erected building on the
corner of New and Pine streets.
The First National Bank of Brunswick
will vote to double its stock soon, which
with the 81, 900 present surplus will give
it $3.50, 900 capital to work with.
One Of the most successful enterprises es-
tablished in Cobb county lately is a paper
Irvine factory, now in connection with the
Marietta paper mill, on Soaps creek.
George Lowery, colored man on F. c.
Smiths place, near Hawkinsville, lost his
''alln by the burning Of his cabin home last
Friday night between 8 and 9 o'clock.
The First National Bank of Marietta is on
boom. Established little over one year
ago, it has paid all expenses and settled ten
per cent. The stock is now worth 81 10.
L. C. Davis of Troup county during the
month of January sold 100 pounds of butter
He milks on an average six COWS. The yield
of his dairy amounts to several hundred
dollars during the year.
Cards have been issued announcing the
coming marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth
Martin Of Augusta to Albert Howell, Jr.,
of Atlanta. Mr.. Howell is a son of Evan
P. Howell Of the Constitution.
Mrs Leonora Fielder, the aged mother of
Rev. H. r. Fielder, the pastor of the Meth
odist church at Talbottan, died at the res
idence of the latter Wednesday night. She
was in the 10th year of her age.
R. C. Gravy of Telfair county made last
year $50 gallons of syrup, on one and a
quarter acres of ground, and saved 1000
stalks for seed. At 40 cents a gallon. Mr.
Cravy's syrup crop will amount to 1920.
1t is reported that Rev w. J. Pirkle of
Lawrenceville has instituted suit for libel
against large number of parties who in
the last campaign published certain charges
against him in hand-bills and sen them
over the district.
Rev. John Dupree of Laurens county.
who is Familiarity known as "Uncle John, y
was witness at the recent session of Lau-
rens superior court. Although he is over
20 years old, this is the first time he was
ever brought before a court, as witness or
otherwise.
A day or two ago negro girl about IA
years of age was burned to death on the
plantation of A. s. Phillips, in Columbia
county The girl met her death by her own
imprudence, that of jumping back and
forth across the fire, from which her cloth
ing caught, burning her so badly that death
ensued in few hours.
J. F. Bolton of Americas, after trying
for several years to make fortune selling
groceries, has now developed into a full
fiedged contractor and builder. He started
out yesterday with force of hands tearing
down the burned and charred timbers Of
the Hudson building. preparatory to put
ting it back in an inhabitable condition.
A colored woman and little colored girl
IN earfot,cfxy h. 6
c. H. Peacock, near Eastman, on Monday
last. The girl was burning brush, when
her clothing caught fire, and during the
efforts of the woman TO extinguish the
flames on the child, her clothing also igni-
ted, and both were severely, if not fatally
burned.
A gentleman of Atlanta who talked with
Gen. Harrison says that the general told
him positively that southern confederate
general will be made member of his cabi-
net. 1t is also definitely understood that
Gen. Longstreet is the man. The coming
President regards Gen. Longstreet as a
typical southern republican. and proposes
to give such men in the south solid recogni-
ton.
At Albany, Wednesday, Andrew, one Of
the porters Of the Hotel Mayo. went into
the room of guest to get gun that the
gentleman might 60 hunting. Andrew
didn't know the gun was loaded, but he
knows it now, for as he was coming back
through the dining room the hammer got
caught some way, and the load was dis
charged, blowing down through the floor
and making terrible hole.
A contract has been given to the Bronze
Monumental Company Of Bridgeport
Conn, for the erection of fine monument
over the resting place of Rev. James
Williamson, at Hawkinsville. "Uncle Jim
mic" as he was Familiarity known, was
pastor OF the Baptist church in Hawkins
vile for period Of over twenty years be
fore the war. He died last year In Telfair
county, more than 80 years of age.
DR. Young of Cartersville has Just re-
ceived letter that he is bothered about
and would like to get someone to read 1t
lie an incomprehensible mass of hyeroglyph-
ics covering four pages and though in
tended to be written In the English Ian
guage would pass for Chinese manuscript
or foreign war map. Ali he can decipher
u the card on the envelope that shows that
Q % docuu Q It emanatel from the Kansas
iunatic asylum at Topeka.
Six let's Of wild lands in Dooly. county be-
longing to the estate Of j. II. Whitsett de-
ceased, were sold on Tuesday Of last week,
and the prices fully received demonstrate the
value In which the lands of Dooly are held.
These lands brought all the way from $500
70 &625 per lot. Not more than two wears
ago these same lots would have sold for
from S75 to 500 per lot This rise in
value has been since the railroads were