The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

a Boy Drowned Near Reldsvllle -
Brunswick's Ice Works in the Hands
OF the Ice syndicate-A Drummer
Fires Bullets Through His Clothes,
AdistakinR Them for a Burglar.
GEORGIA
The fig crop is an enormous one in Brooks
county.
Rain is pretty badly needed in the south
ern portion Of Jackson county.
The -Troup Hussars. a cavalry company,
was organized al LaGrsnge last week.
A strange wild beast resembling a wolf is
playing havoc with chicken roosts at
Athens.
The melon crop Of Brooks county will, it
is thought, be one-thIrd less than that OF
last year.
C. W. Jasper has sold the Reidsville En-
Ferpyiss to Col. Isaiah Beasley and II. ".
Easterlng.
The new store Of F. NJ. Smith q Son, on
court house square, at Reidsvilie, Will soon
be ready for use.
Col James NJ. Smith of Oglethorpe
County has started a factory that makes
beautiful rustic chairs.
Dennis DAILY Of Quitman made a success
of watermelon growing this year. His crop
melted him about $50 per acre.
At Reeves Station John Suther-
land was thrown from his buggy last Sat
nrday and his collar bone was fractured
Tuesday Mrs. Ross Crane of Athens
sprang from a carriage drawn by pair Of
runaway horses and severely injured her
back.
The state alliance meets i Macon Aug.
%. There are 2,03O sub-alliances in the
state, with membership Of between 5000
and 100000.
Troup factory at LaGrange will add
81, $50 worth Of machinery during the sum
lner to its already complete OUTFIT. The
mills are doing well.
A new trial has been refused J. ID. +.
Taylor of Sandersville, charged with muir
der. The appeal will probably be carried
to the supreme court.
The Banner claims that new hotel for
Athens is now a certainty. city park IS
being prepared, there is a cry for paved
streets and the street car line is to be run
by electricity or dummy.
Tuesday the brakeman on the yard en-
CINE at Americas became over-heated and
fell off the engine and was showed off the
track by the pilot, thus saved from being
ran over and killed. He soon recovered and
Is now all right.
Master John Dodd of Brownsville, Ala,
aged about II years, while at work in the
Eagle anu IlGuiA mn NO . NJ OOluulbuS
Monday, had his sleeve caught in a portion
of the gearing and the little finger of his
right hand was 80 badly crushed that it had
TO be amputated.
At Norwood during a heavy thunder
storm Tuesday, a horse was killed by the
lightning while being driven with mule
TO two-horse wagon up the street. Strange
to say, the mule by his side was not at all
affected, while the negro driver was
knocked senseess from the wagon.
d. B. Hill of Americas received on Fri
day twenty watermelons from j. H. Aliens
place. near Smthvllle, that aggregated $50
pounds Mr.. Allen has a spur track from
the main line, built out into his melon field,
where the cars are loaded for shipment
He has shipped to date 900 melons.
Gordon Kiser, a drummer of Atlanta,
while asleep in his room at a LaGrange
hotel, dreamed that burglar was III his
room. On awakening he mistook his hat
and vest hanging on a chair for the bur
glar and opened fire He put three bullets
through the garments before discovering
his mistake
Rev. f. F. Seig died at his residence in
Lection, adjoining Americas, on Sunday
after brief illness Mr. Selg had been in
feeble health for long time. he was in
his Saith year, ana was one of the
first settlers of Americas and Sumter
and daughters.
The legislature may rush through bill
giving the city recorder, or somebody else,
authority to punish people who deface the
capitol building There have been many
senseless and wicked assaults on the beauty
of the handsome structure. Plaster mould
ings are torn off, the walls are written on,
and the floor is being ruined with tobacco
juice.
Sunday Rev. j. r. Bruce rendered his res
ignation OF the pastorate OF the PTesby-
terrain church atIaGrange, subject to the
action of Presbytery at its next meeting.
After the morning services a church meet
ing was called to consider the resignation,
and by unanimous vote declined to accept
it, urging its reconsideration and with
drawal.
A. j. Heard of LaGrange is the owner OF
mare colt, Daisy about four years old,
that Is promising great things as a trotter.
She never had harness on her until few
months ago, but under the skillful training
of George Robinson she has developed a
most astonishing speed, and can now trot
her mile on heavy track inside Of three
minutes.
Little Lod Bowen, son of NJ. j. Bowen OF
Reidsville, was drowned in the Ohoopee
river last Tuesday. He was in bathing il
company with some other little boys at the
shoals, when the strong current of the river
pore MN on into deep water where he
drowned before assistance could reach him.
The body was afterward recovered neal
Hancock's mill
The Brunswick Ice Factory has changed
hands The Central Ice Company of Ala
bama has secured control of it, and Samue
nj. Whiteside assumes the management
This company already controls the factorie:
at Mobile and Birmingham, Ala, Charles
ton, S. c., and Savannah. Its capital i
$5OO,O00 There is now talk of organizing
an opposition company.
A young negro boy, Bob Freeman. Q:
years old, walked into bar in Americu
Thursday and hantered another negro for
drinking match, W hich was accepted Boil
was the first to drink, and in less than tie,
minutes he swallowed eight gills of ry,
liquor, a little over n quart. RE immedi
ateiy made break for home, and the las
Eeen of HIM lie was weaving bis own road
John Coffee is on trial at Gainesville fo
the murder Of United States Marshal Mer
rift II is rumored that the line of defens
will be TO the effect that Merritt had previ
ously interfered and caused a separatio,
between Coffee and his wife, and not bein.
satisfied with that, had followed him to hi
mountain retreat with the avowed inten
ton of breaking up the liason between
Coffee and his paramour.
On Thursday last NJ. c. Culberson. col
ored man living about mile and a hal
south of LaGrauge, killed mad dog, afte
a sharp and decisive battle Ha So " FL