The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-16
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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on Collector at Dublin-A Legisla-
tive Joke-Ths Ugly Rumors About
the State Lunatic Asylum Declared
Unfounded.
GEORGIA.
The doctors Of Macon favor & ate board
of health.
The Cordele guanO factory will be turn
ing out fertilizers within sixty days.
In Early county tine state tax is 81 cents
per hundred and the county tax 80. 2 cents,
making a total of 90. , cents per 500 to be
paid this year.
William Dukes, young white man, is
now an inmate Of the Early county jail,
charged with hOuss-breaking and stealing
pistol and watch.
Aleck Hackney, Jr (colored), now Ian
guishes in Jail at Blakely, on a charge of
assault with intent TO murder big Annie
Davis, a notorious character.
Col W. J. David, manager CT the ALI
ance warehouse at Columbus, died Friday.
He was So years of age He was taken with
nalarial fever a week ago.
Hon r. A. Nisbet, secretary Of the Geor-
gla Agricultural Society, Is suggested by
Macon friends as a good one for commits
sioner of agriculture in the election Of the
people
For some weeks past Hon. Herbert Rey-
nolds of Twiggs county has been in pre-
carious state of health. He has for some
time been partially paralyzed. and recently
was visited with an stack that forced him
to take his bed.
Gov. J. B. Gordon, wife and two children,
registered at the Brown house at Macon
Friday. They were on their way TO the
governors stock farm, Oak Lawn, near
Reynolds, in Taylor county, to remain
day or two before returning &c Atlanta.
The Athens gas works were sold Friday.
The old owners were a stock company of
which r. L. Moss is president. The pur-
chaser is W. A. Robinson Of Atlanta. He
also bought the contract to furnish the city
with electric lights and gas lights Ho will
also furnish private citizens with electric
Lights.
When the Atlanta division of the Central
railroad sent in its yearly tax return several
weeks ago, they omitted to mention any
sidetracks. Comptroller Wright called the
roads attention to the oversight The road
has sent in an amended report comprising
twenty miles of sidetracks, valued at
$4,000
A reunion of two companies of Phillips
Legion was held at Pearl Springs Park,
Newman, Friday. A large crowd of old
veterans were present, and a number of
speeches were made by the surviving
officers. These regiments we're the last to
leave Columbia, S. c., on the advance of
the federal troops, and their major Friday
gave the lie to the SANDER that the confed-
crates burned the city of Columbia.
A subscription is being taken up for
Jimmie, a 7-year-old son Of MIR and Mrs
John Eslinger of Trion. Since his birth, he
has never walked. The object of the sub
scription is to purchase $50 four wheeled
surgical appliance, which supports above it
cross piece From this depend supports
for the head and arms BY supporting in a
measure the weight of the body in this man
ner, he viii learn to use his lower limbs.
and may in time get the perfect use of
them.
While in Lexington few DAYS ago. DR.
NunnallY mentioned as one of the needs of
Mercer university of Macon a new cottage
on the CAMPUS. The matter was hardly
discussed, but there was general recogni-
ton of the fact on a bare statement from
the doctor, and a subscription started
headed by Col. John Gibson for good
round sum. In very short time there was
money enough subscribed, and Yesterday
the contract was let for the cottage The
cottage will be known as the Gibson cottage
Douglas county will probably have an
other murder case at the next term OF the
superior court. Eta Poole and Henry
Poole, her cousin, were engaged in a
friendly scufiie Thursday night near Win
ston, in this county. Henry became angry
and threw Eta on her back against the
footboard of bed that was in the room
where they were. He choked her until she
was unconscious, and other parties stopped
him. Henry Immediately left, aud the
sheriff is now after him. 1t is reported
that Eta is dead. Both are negroes.
X. W. Smith was killed at Powelville last
Monday at his brothers cotton ginnery,
and at the time of the accident was en-
gagged in building a water tank, The tim
berS to be used in the construction of the
tank had been hoiSted on TO a platform
about IL feet high and set upin proper posi-
tion, but were unsecured Deceased was
standing near the base of the scaffolding
below, when, from some cause, the timbeFs
toppled over and fell to the ground. Before
he could get out of the way he was struck
by heavy piece of timber and killed
That was good thing that Mr.. Cogeins
of Banks and Mr.. Dodgen of Milton got
of in the lower house of the state legisla-
ture Friday. Mr.. Walker of Union intro
duced a bill to decrease the per diem of the
clerk of the House and secretary of the
Senate, so as to provide in the future that
these gentlemen shall receive only $40 per
day and their subs 81 % per day respect
lively. Mr.. Cogglns proposes to amend in
committee by adding at the end of section
one, ''and they shall receive IN addition to
the above three pounds Of meat, a peck of
meal and quart of syrup" Then Dogden
is to make the point Of order that the
amendment is not germaine, inasmuch as
syrup would be a luxury
A prize fight. according to London rules
will be fought by two young men of An,
gusta within the next three weeks. b asst
fulness OH one side and unbendng pride on
the other are the prime causes Of the dis
agreement. Neither of the parties mo
naciously pugilistic bears any good feeling
for the other, and the affair will not be en-.
tirely free from malice. In addition. sos a
side will be wagered by the priucipals ON
the result, and those closely concerned saw
it will be fight to the finish. The battle
will take place in or near HAMBURG. and
will be contested with naked fists. One Of
the young men implicated, so It's said has
been in thorough training since the match
was made.
Sheriff l. K Kolley of Grimes county
Texas. is a greatly disappointed man. He
returned TO Macon Friday from Eastman.
where be attended tee hearing before Judre
David Roberts. of the haheas corpus case ~
DIR. A. C. Fulghum of Hawkinsville. who
the sheriff had arrested on a warrant charg.
ing murder, in that by malpractice he
killed Texas woman. At the trial Sheriff
Hunt of Pulaski stated that he desired Ful.