The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Bankers Buying Up Macon Securi-
ties-A Cows Tongue Bitten of by
a Horse-A New Method OF Catch
ing Fish-Black Burglars Betrayed.
GEORGIA
Several new houses are to be built at
Vienna this summer.
Raw. 1. p. Neese viii soon begin the cree
ton Of a handsome two-story house at Fair
burn.
a LISTS being circulated for raising sub
scriptions toward building an academy at
Monticello.
The Presbyterians of Palmetto are about
ready to begin the erection OF a substantial
frame church at that place.
The Manly Manufacturing Company of
Dalton has just closed a $4,000 contract
with large firm in Boston, Mass.
Ross and Sanford have been awarded the
contract Of building the wharf extend
ing 700 feet at the new East Tennessee, Vir-
GINA aud Georgia railroad docks at Bruins
wick.
Triton is rapidly assuming the proper
hotel are rapidly approaching completion,
with Baptist church and Masonic hall
in prospect.
Sam Jones is one of the controlling spirits
in 6he company that has bought the Phillips
ore property, about five miles east Of
Cedartown. They pay 81, 500 cash for
eighty acres. They propose to work it at
once.
Rev o. d. Mulky of Abbeville, while in
battle one day during the war, had some Of
his fingers shot off, and the same ball struck
his gun and damaged it considerably. He
remarked: They have ruined my gum
but said nothing about his lost fingers
Mr. Williams, the superintendent at
Ladd's lime kiln. near Gainesville. had a
close call last Tuesday night. Some of the
laborers procured jug of whisky, which
Mr.. Williams threw out of his house, when
a difficulty ensued, in which John Chat
ham shot at him, infiictlng a slight flesh
wound.
While fishing in Cobb creek, near Jekyl
Island, Wednesday, Beauregard Tomlins
caught an immense sawfish. The monster
got tangled in his net, and after being shot
two or three times, was lassoed and towed
into port. The fish measured nearly IL feet
in length, and weighed $50 or 800 pounds.
The length of his saw was nearly three feet.
Charles A. Wikle of Gainesville, has
been appointed one of the delegates from
the Georgia Pharmaceutical Association to
tho American Pharmaceutical Association,
which meets at San Francisco Cal, on june
"a. The other delegates are DR.. j. w.
Stanford. Cuthbert; I. A. Chatham, Ma
con; A. r. Slack, LaGrange; George d.
Case, Milledgeyille.
Elijah Blackshear, colored boy of
Brunswick, says that John Henry aud
George Flemming promised him % cents
for watching. while they robbed Kaiser 81
Bros store OF shoes and clothing. He full
filed his part of the agreement, but they
refused to live up to theirs Therefore
BIackshear has told the police all about the
affair, and arrests have been made.
A young man Of Abbeville had taken a
young lady to certain hospitable home in
the country to spend the day, and when the
shades of evening drew near he went to the
lot to get his horse, but his mind was SO
absorbed in some other object he caught a
horse Of another color, and drove him clear
home without discovering his mistake
Somebody else had to inform him of his
mistake.
The trotting race at Americas for 500
side between horses owned by j. j. Nichol-
son and G. w. Council is declared off. Mr..
Council sold his trotting horse Wednesday
to Mr.. Summerford, of Lee county for
$3.50 cash. Mr. Council Immediately hunted
up Mr.. Nicholson and paid over the $25 for
felt The race was to come off in Sumter
county by or before July 4, and on account
Of this sale the race is off.
Baltimore bankers have been quietly
picking up the best securities in Macon and
sending them north. Within the last day
or two a large block of consolidated Macon
water bonds have been bought by these
Baltimore bankers, which they now hold at
par and interest, considering them gilt-edge
securities. These same bankers have also
just bought large block of city of Macon
bonds at $115. The above water and CITY
bonds bear 6 per cent. interest.
Gainesville Courier AmeqicGn: A gem
tleman Of large experience in mineral de-
velopment, who has recently had occasion
to observe closely the territory through
which is to pass the proposed Cartersville
and Gainesville railroad, says that the line
when constructed will be one of the most
important in the south, and will have con
tiguous to it more and greater variety of
minerals than any other one line of like
length now existing. In fact it will be
upon bed of mineral from one end to the
other.
At Hawkinsville Thursday cow belong
ing to II. S. TAYLOR had her tongue bitten
off by his horse. The horse and COW were
in adjoining stalls. There was an opening
between the planks and it is supposed that
the COW licked her tongue through the
opening, and the end-a piece about two
inches long-was bitten off. Hugh Taylor
and he has it in alcohol. The cows manned
tongue was treated, and she seems to be
getting along well, with good prospect of
recovery.
Wednesday night James Ballew, white
boy, aged Is, was shot and instantly killed
at a house of ill-fame in Hot House district
of Fannin county, by a man named Olvey.
They got into a wrangle, when the woman
ordered Olvey to leave. He left the house,
but soon returned and called Ballew out
saying he wished to make friends with him
When Ballew stepped out into the yard
Olvey shot him dead in his tracks, and then
made his escape. Sheriff Wilson is IN pur-
suit, but it is thought the murderer has
made good his escape. Olvey is a bad char
acter. and is said to have killed two men
previous to this difficulty.
Abbeville Times: Last Monday morning
it was our pleasure to go a-fishing with q
party on Alapaha, near Grover, and see
how fish are caught the s'new way From
four to six men go INTO the water with a
log in front of them, and sheet with one
edge on the log and the other edge held up by
the men so that the fish can't jump over, but
fall on the sheet. The log is pushed along
to the land, and when near it the fish begin
to try to make their escape back to the deep
water by jumping. Ii they fail to make a
good leap they lodge on the cloth, thereby
becoming victims of their own destruction
1t is amusing to see how they jump. It is
hat Oh i