The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF The TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS

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Berrien County jailed for Arson.
GEORGIA
The new hotel at Johnston Is nearing
cOmpleti u.
William Thompson died at his home near
Bronwood Tuesday, in his - year.
The merchants OF Rome srs junilant over
s the prospz c,s Of big trade this fail.
Bob Lumpkin, the drum major Of the
East Macon baad, Is Only Il years cid.
At Svlvania. G. OyeTstrset's little boy,
Rube, had his leg broken a few days ago
while trying to carry al Older brother on
his back.
JH. Logan died Tuesday at his residence,
four miles from Grifli1, n tie 90th year II
his age DE Wa TIE father Of the late Col
!. Fl. Logan.
During tue past year there has been an
Increase of S95. Sl4 Ia the taxable property
Of Dawso1. anu a reduction II taxes will
low be made.
A charter for cotton factory for Ma
rietfa will be applied for at once. Some Of
the citizens are going to make an effort u
build a cotton factory on the cooperative
Or ilstallment plan.
A well known firm in Brunswick is com
pIeting arrangements by which large
northern factory VIII ship Its entire prod
Through the southern states.
At Thomasvilla the county commission
ers have finally located the new jail SITE on
Bread S rect between the old and negro
cemeteries. Ii is a splendid lot and ad-
1nirabl, adap ed for the purpose. Work
will begin on the new Jail promptly.
The crops in the neighborhood of johns
ton are good. Sea island cotton will soon
be coming in. That crop IS about two
weeks later there this year than last year.
That place will ship about /, 200 bales of the
long staple.
Since Jan /, 1889, there has been received
at Hawkinsville, in car load lots. % cars
Hour, 2S cars meat, 10 cars bran, SO cars
corn, cars oats, Is cars hay and cars meal,
and it is estimated that as much more pro-
duce was received under the head Of miscel
la8eous freight.
Mrs. Tom Clay Of Cobb county has sold
229 dozen eggs, $50 frying chickens and 80
hens up 10 date this year. ana viii supple
1nent this splendid record before the year IS
out BY other sales She supplied her own
family ia the meantime with chickens and
eggs in abundance
At Bainbridge Lee Wes> lcoloredl has in
Btituted proceedings against parties in the
upper part Of Decatur county, Tor having,
in the night at the point IF a pistol, COM
peled him TO sign note for $50 damages
ale ed to have been done a borrowed horse.
The men indicted are reputed to be desperate
characters. and further trouble may de-
velop.
Col C. NJ. Snellings of the state univer-
sity at Athens has returned from a visit TO
New York. The report that he would
change the uniform of the university
cadets is a mistake. He says he will make
no change except having them fit better,
and for this purpose he will receive bids
from several military tailors from the north
and select the best offer.
The building committee of the New Hope
Primitive Baptist church at Villa RIGA IS
advertis ing for bids for the cree ion Of a
handsome church building On the same spot
where the old churcn is now standing; also
for bids TO purchase and remove the Old
building. The old church was built before
the Baptist church was divided. Ii was
the first church built west of the Chatta-
hoochee river.
Near Swainsboro while Solomon You
mans was driving out, short time ago, his
mule became frightened and run away,
threw him out Of the buggy and mangled
him up most fearfully. Mr.. Youmans lived
only four or FIVE days afterward The mule
that Mr. Xoumans was driving was very
old and never had attempted to run away
before Mr. Youmans was an old and
highly respected citizen.
On the plantation of G. w. Tlson, near
Ellayills, on S pit 9, Jourdal Wilson and
wife, tenants left their little 7-months-old
child in the cradle asleep and went to the
cotton patch neas by to pick cotton. Some
scoundrel went into the house and knocked
the infant in the head with rock Dr.
Smith, the attending physician, says the
child cannot live. M. Tison will offer $500
reward for the person with evidence to con
Wet.
Rev. G.. P. Hebbard has resigned the rec
torship of the st. James e iscopal church
at Marietta, and accepted call 60 Cavalry
church at Tarboro, n c., and will leave
Oct. !. He succeeds DR.. Cheshire, who has
been rector o. Cavalry church for forty
seven years, and now retires on an annuity.
The church ediice is one of the finest in
North Carolina, and cost probably $50, 600.
The chancel is made IF oak wood taken from
an cid confederate war vessel sunk on tho
coast during the late war.
The large bay horse owned by Officer Tur-
ner of Brunswick met with an unfortunate
accident Wednesday. Mr.. Turner was
riding the animal when it suddenly stun
bled and fell. Dismounting he Investigated
the cause and found that the horse had
stepped on broken bottle which cut deer
into the hook of its right fore foot, nearly
ssevering that member from its limb. TIL.
of blood, and it is thought the horse will
recover from the injury
Ii is reported that the legislative com
mites on the lunatic asylum has decided &
recommend that Thomas S. Marston d
Conyers be discharged from the asylum
I6 is also reported that the cit
liens of COnysrs are apt to protes
against Marston's liberation. The Banner
says: TON, sad and true as it may be, has
nlc ad 10 rsrfIT
excite dread at his appearance for many
years. His behavior here was savagel,
and inhumanlv wild, and it is the belief Of
many that little or no change for the better
has come over him."
George Harris and Silas Adkins, tw,
young white men of Berrien county, wer
arrested on Thursday night Of last week
charged with setting on fire Mitch Brice'
rosin. near Little river, in Berrien county
Mr.. Brice had a still there several years ag
and left about so barrels of rosin when b
moved The young men do not deny burn
ing the roSiu, but say that they thought
was abandoned, the barrels having for tn
most part rotted from around it. Justic
Jacob Reddick, before whom they wer
tried, committed them TO jail Their tris
viii take place on Sept Is.
At Macon Wednesday, the case of Hir
sen VS.. Mrs Spinks resulted in the acouitta
Of the defendant. Plaintiff was an oil
confederate soldier, who bad been shot an
badly crippled in the leg at Seven Pines
a day or two since soma ona stole e1S fror