The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


sIspt-An Incendiary Fire in Cowsta
oounty-Money Should be Sent in
Payment OF County Taxes.
w. s. Weatherly OF Athens died Sun
day.
new school house is to be built at
GAINESVILLE.
The Presbyterians of GAINESVILLE are
building new church.
There is talk Of organizing company to
build a new street railway at Macon
John NJ. Donnelly, tax collector of McIn-
tosh county, died at his residence IN arien
Sunday.
George S. Reeves an old and wealthy
citizen of Hancock county, died Sunday in
his 10th year.
Mrs. Judge McKendrie of Columbus died
in the state insane asylum at Milledgeville,
day or two ago.
The extensive -four mill of Talmage Bros,
near the northeastern depot at Athens, is
nearing completion.
The foundry which DIR. E. s. Lyndon is
having built near his planning mills at
Athens will soon be in trim for business.
The GAINESVILLE Tribune reports that the
negroes of that section OF the state ara
slowly but steadily migrating toward the
west
Willis F. Price is ready to start the list
with a subscription Of 500 toward erecting
monument at Macon to ex-President
Jefferson Davis.
William Pagett, who has bsen confined
in jail at Covington for several weeks past,
charged with assault with intent TO murder,
escaped on Tuesday night last.
w. j. A. Goolesby thinks that he has dis
Ill, (tuVs Ia
and although he has been offered fabulous
prices for the land, be refuses to sell.
In response to a request from the citizens
of Vineville, suburb Of Macon, Supt.
Hege of the Central road viii at once erect
a depot and establish station opposite the
barrel factory
Buena Vista is enjoying a period Of
marked prosperity. Her cotton receipts to
date have already reached 5000 bales.
Last year she received $500, and the year
before only 800.
Forty bales of cotton in a car at Rome
were badly damaged by fire Sunday
The total loss was estimated at $780, The
car was loaded at Admission, and was billed
for Paint Rock, N. c.
The Clubhouse Of Sandy Bingham of
Moreland, Coweta county. was destroyed
by fire Sunday night, aud over 81 600 worth
of cotton was consumed. The fire was the
the work of an incendiary.
A few weeks ago Maj David Bailey of
SatiIla went to Atlanta, where be hoped to
be cured of the disease which had attacked
him. But the illness was a fatal one, and
Monday afternoon death came and ended
his sufferings.
Capt. j. II. Nichols of Nacoochee has got
one of ex-Gov. Jos Browns pixies, manu-
featured at the penitentiary in Milledge-
VILE in the year 1861. He is anxious TO get
copy of Gov. Browns famous letter advo-
eating the use of this formidable weapon in
close fight.
AL GAINESVILLE, last Thursday, it showed
very briskly for about thirty minutes, and
tho wind was blowing hard all the time
Ten minutes later the snowfall ceased, the
wind had subsidized, the sun was shining
brightly and everything out doors indicated
mellow May day.
At Griffin. Monday, caucus of the coun-
cilmen nominated for chief of police A. B.
Shackelford. The other four will be:
First, Charles Floyd; second, B. F. Dol;
third, James Gossett; fourth, G.. e. Cum
nlngham; street overseer, j. c. Bridges;
city sexton, Henry B. Mooney
J. j. Dancla of Columbus woke up Sun
day to find that he had $12J less than when
he last counted his cash. Mr.. Dancla left
the money on shelf in two bags in his
store Saturday night, and member of the
slick fingers gently purloined it, This is
the second time Mr.. Dancla has been robbed
recently.
Manager Winters expects to have the
electric cars of Macon running by the mid
die of next week. Three miles of the road
is furnished with overhead wire aud ready
for running as soon as the dynamo is set in
motion. Enough material for nine miles
Is at hand, and the work of construction
goes steadily forward.
Sterling Elder, aged "a, and one of the
most prominent farmers in the southern
half OF Coweta county, and extensively
connected throughout the state, died sud
denly at his home, three miles from Turin,
Saturday night. He had been Ill for a few
days with a cold. but his case was not re-
garded as serious until few moments be-
fore his death.
The Lafayette Telephone, a new paper
that was started In Walker county about
month ago is dead. W. L. Duncan. who
was the editor and proprietor has sold out
TO young MIR. Bankston of Ringgold. The
Telephone goes TO take the place of the
Catoosa Courier. which has gotten into
trouble with the citizens of the town and
has since disbanded
A stranger reached Macon, day or two
ago. who SAID his name was Danv,rs, and
that he represented @. Clarke and Co..
Cumberland, Nd, soap manufacturers.
He wanted to enter into extensive contracts
for printing and advertising. The post
master at Cumberland, Md, writes: ''There
is no such person known here as Mr.. Dan
vers, and there is no firm in this city named
q. Clarke & Co., soap manufacturers. Sus-
pect both parties are frauds"
The liberia Peach Company of Macon
has organized as follows: w. A. Doodv.
president; H. s. Feagin, yice-president:
Alex. Proudfit, secretary and treasurer.
Directors; w. B. Sparks, r. F. Lawton.
jeff Lane, A Proudfit, w. A. Doody. The
company has already commenced to set out
fruit trees on 800 acres of land on the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida road, fourteen
miles from Macon, where evaporators. a
canning establishment, etc., will be erected.
Joe Plummer, Charles Thomas, King
and Smith, broke jail at Griffin Monday,
Plummer was convicted at the August
term of court, of arson, sentenced to life
imprisonment, but an appeal TO the
supreme court kept him in Spalding iail
instead of going to Dade coal mines.
Thomas was at the same time convicted OF
murder, and sentenced to hang in October
but similar motion prevented the carry
ing out of his sentence. Tho other two
we're In for simple larceny aud but little
concern is felt about their capture.
State Treasurer Hardeman received tbs