The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Brunswick Carpenters Organize q
Unior-A Parrot Dies from Grief
Two Hen and Their Wives Have a
Narrow Escape from Drowning o.
Graysvilie Struck by Cyclone.
GEORGIA
Steps are being taken to reorganizs tie
Sunday school 2 Adamsyi.le.
The street car drivers Of Columbus struck
for higher wages Friday without giving the
company notice. Their places were filled
by new men.
Gainesville Eagle: John Welchel bought
the famous setter dog, Dan Gladstone, a few
ueeas ago from gentleman in Atlanta,
and before the dog was delivered resold him
TO gentleman in Brooklyn for $780, real
izing several hundred dollars on him.
". J. Whitehead and r. s. D. Lauier,
with their wives, came near being drowned
at McCleskey's bridge, in jackson county,
last Sunday, by the overturDing Of a
baueau. They were rescued with well
rope after clinging to the pillars Of the
bridge for some time.
Jacob Haas Of Atlanta has gone to SYRIA
cuse, y. Y, to get possession Of a check for
5000 belonging to the defaulJing ex-At-
lanta banker, c. C. Nelson. Nelson Will
hardly leave Canada to claim the check and
Is
Capital City Bank, his creditor.
A cyclone struck Graysville. in North
west Georgia, about 10 o'clock Thursday
morning The roof was blown off the Grays-
vile Touring mills. Two houses belonging
to John Woods aud T. T. Wil,ol were
blown down. Every house and outbuilding
on the Allsbrook was blown down.
At Cordele. Monday, one of the houses
occupied by factory operatives caught fire
from a defective fue and was quickly
burned. The house, worth probably 5000
or 800. was covered by insurance. but the
furniture belonging to the inmates was n
total loss. Rev. O. W. Branch, pastor Of
Methodist church, has raised by subscrip-
ton enough money to replace the loss Of the
unfortunate family.
The Carpenters Union Of Brunswick was
instituted Friday night with seventy-two
charter members. Officers were elected and
other business transacted. The union will
act in conjunction with the painters pro
gressive union and the bricklayers' and
plasterers' unions for the benefit of its mem
bers This is the sixth labor organization
now in existence in Brunswick, all of which
will Join in a grand labor celebration and
parade May /,
1t is now pretty well assured that Jim
Huff who is under sentence of death at
Lexington for murder, will have lease on
life until after October court. The supreme
court, of which he now asks for a new trial,
will not reach the northern circuit in time
for him to have the trial or be ressntenced
at our April court, aud in all probability
not in time for the probable adjourned term
in May. This viii carry his case over until
the regular October term.
Madison AdUertiser: Mrs. M. A. Torbert
has for some time past had at her home q
parrot which was sent her by her son, j. r.
Torbert of Charleston. The bird was a
good taiker and was much petoed by the
family. During the illness of Is. w. Tor
bert it seemed to understand that some
thing was wrong, and ceased to talk. Since
his death it would pay no attention to any
thing around the place, and on last Friday
died. The parrot was particularly pette1
by Wink, and its death was undoubtedly
caused from grief.