The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


Sale of a South Georgia Stallion foE
s25.ooo-Englisn Capitalists Make
an Extensive Investment in Twisgi
couuty-Au Atlanta Woman MADE
Comfortable By Pension
GEORGIA
Influenza has reached Athens.
Cotton thieves are busy at Prendergast
Ex-Mayor John Tyler Cooper Of Atlanta
is better.
DIR. Rawles. at AlarshaIlville, IS manufaot-
Gring guano
The new Presbyterian church al Falihe'vO
was dedicated Sunday.
Col. VIM. h. Willis died at his home 10
Oglethorpe Tuesday.
Atlanta has nine Baptist churches, ana
the tenth is being built
There Is talk of organizing an artillery
company at Brunswick.
Atlanta's force of postmen has been III
creased to thirty from twenty-five.
Gov. Gordon is to be the lion of the ALI
ance jubilee at Naldosta on Jan. 10.
Stock in the street railway of Washington
is in demand. 1t is paying handsomely.
c. R. Keene, at Oglethorpe, is building a
house for the purpose Of making feruIzers.
Col. E. d. Graham, the oldest member OF
the Gainesville bar. died day or two ago.
Chicken thieves robbed the hen house of
E. T. Kenuey Of Dawson, and then burnedl 1t.
Complaints of the rhing of letters are
numerous at Athens. Where the fault lies
is unknown.
The Virginia society of Atlanta has
moved into its own house, No. 40 North
Prior street
The new law that operatives IN Georgia
factories shall not work over eleven hours
day went into effect Jan. !.
A party from AbbeYille on a hunt last
week kill $50 squirrels, turkey, duck,
and caught - pounds OF fish.
Robert Rabun of Jones county is under
arrest for selling the cotton crop raised on
a rented place without settling the rent.
The adjourned term of Terrell superior
court will convene next Monday week.
Judge Bower will preside for Judge Query
The Albany Construction and Improve
ment Company was organized Tuesday. IL
represents a capital of $500 with priv
lege to increase TO 100000
At Albany, Carrie Watson, the wife Of
Joe Watson, went to visit her mother at
Frank McCartny's on Sunday afternoon,
and in returning home lost SlO7.
The citizens of Buchanan are building a
new school house. The material for new
Methodist church is being sawed, and the
building will be commenced at once.
Cards are out for the marriage of DR.. L.
G. Dozler OF Chattanooga, formerly of
Athens, to Miss Mamie Rogers Of Augusta.
The wedding is to take place on Jan. 9.
Congressman Blount, wife and two
aooonpapiad nv Mrs Tustfoa
Lamar. left Macon, Wednesday, for Wash
ington City, where they will spend the
winter.
Tuesday, Josh Ruff, alias George John
son, who declares that he has killed seven
men, was carried from Macon by Sheriff c.
NJ. Jordan of Taliaferro county to Craw-
fOrdville.
At Atlanta, Wednesday night, William
Parnel, a man who appeared to be a tramp,
attempted to climb into freight car in the
Central yards. He fell and both legs were
terribly crushed. Que leg has been ampu-
tated.
Ards Brown and Ed Page, two of the
bulkiest young men in Wrightsville, tip
ping the beam at something over 200 pounds
each, enlivened our streets on Friday after
noon last by running race Of 100 yards.
Brown won.
During last year there were on an average
pos white children and qS3 colored In
attendance upon the schools of Terrell
county. Commissioner kaigler paid out
about S., 400, the colored teachers getting
the larger portion of it.
Since Sept 10 last Mai B. II. Hood has
organized force of 275 hands and has cut
and delivered to the Columbus Southern
Railroad Company 100000 feet of timber,
md Aprivur that TINA ha fnnly
and put down three mills.
James Cotney, a jeweler Of Americas, had
a number of watches exhibited in his show
window on Cotton avenue Monday night.
Thieves smashed the large plate glass, and
abstracting several watches, made off with
them without being detected
Tuesday twenty-three negroes went to the
house Of E. G. Vandiver, a prominent citi-
zen OF Franklin county, with the intention
of robbing him of some money he had. but
were prevented from so doing by hearing
of a crowd there in readiness to receive
them.
A negro walked into a store at Rome
Tuesday, and asked to be shown a razor A
50 razor was shown him, when he said
"Look here, boss, don't want none of your
costly goods; give me 25 or so cent razor
/ just want to go to a dance with it TO-
night
About $3.50 worth of general merchan-
disc, on dray of Glover & Lanier, was
turned over on the corner OF jackson and
Finn streets, at Americus, Monday after
noon. Long and short sweeteaing covered
the ground for twenty feet around, mixed
with meal, meat, -four, coffee, ETC.
For the past two months parties have
been shooting into the night passenger
trains at Dawson, Shellman, and Graves.
A few nights ago a bullet went crashing
through the vestbule train as it was passing
through Shellman. Three negroes have
Just been arrested at the latter place.
d. L. Rodgers of Sumter was out shoot.
ing with a 80 Winchester rifle last week
when by mistake he placed Al cartridge in
st, and, while attempting to push it up, the
cartridge was discharged filling his face
with powder. His eyes We're also burned
He went to bed and remained for three days
before he could see
Mr.. Clark, young man of Ebert, who
was arraigned before the United States
court for cowhiding Henry at the election
polls, has had hearing, aud the grand
jury found no indictment against him.
The decision was that the whipping took
place after the election was over, and hence
there was no coercion.
The Western Union Telegraph COMPANY
is now engaged in building six new wire.
out of Macon, as follows: Two to Atlanta
one direct TO Jacksonville via Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad one to Jack.
sonville via Townsville; one TO Columbus
and one to Eufaula. There are now thirty
one wires leading out of Macon
William P. Calhoun of Abbeville anc