The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
Sale of the Property Of the Alabama
and Georgia Manufacturing Com
pany-After q Negro Bride.
GEORGIA

j. ". IeaSe OF OOtulLous uAeA oatui uaA
Col E. o. Bostic has been elected Mayor
OF Wrightsvile.
The cotton receipts in Athens will reach
$1,000 bales before the season Is over.
There are numerous cases Of measles in
Elberton, and the disease is on the increase.
A young man named Bslienger
committed suicide near RoystOn few days
ago. He had bsen drinking heavily aud
became deiiri0us and cut Lis throat.
An alliance cooperative store will be
started at Marietta in q few weeks the
building which Mckenzie d Warren occu-
pied having been rented for that purpose.
The election for councilmen took place az
Woodbury. Wednesday, and resulted as
follows: W. A. Wales, J. A Gill, r I.
Powell, DR.. J. u. Hooten, and f. J. VIII
Jams.
The cotton receipts Of Dawson up to date
have been Il 600 bales. and the - 600 notch
will be reached before the season is over.
This is an increase Of 600 bales over last
season.
Some unknown person entered the house
of George Bedford tcOloreif, who resides in
the eastern part Of Columbus, Tuesday
night, while rs was ont visiting, and
stole $50.
A meeting of the Washington County
Agricultural Society was held at Sanders
vile Tuesday for the election of officers
and to make arrangements for county
fair next fall.
Henry Bell, a negro was shot in the head
Monday night about o'clock, by a pistol,
IN Madison, which was accidentally dis
charged by Jack FEARS, another negro,
killing him instantly.
The Logan Broom Company's plant was
sold at Atlanta, Tuesday to satisfy mort
IN fax Of tho firm Of M NJ & r Y
Lowry. The property was bought in by
the Lowry Banking Company for 1910.
An adjourned term of Carroll superior
court opened at Carrollton Tuesday morn
ing, Judge S. w. Harris presiding. Court
will continue only one week. During the
session several important cases viii be tried.
Between 1856 and $50 drummers travel for
Columbus houses The wholesale ard fac
tory trade for the year 1889 will amount TO
nearly S6,000,000, while the retail trade
will amount II between $5000,0O0 and
$6000,000.
The contract for rebuilding Concord fac
tory, at Nickaiack, has been awarded to
M. l.. and j. w. Ruff. Dimensions 30xl40
feet, two stories; capacity two sets of
wooden machinery. Work will proceed as
early as practicable.
Col. Mcpherson will soon commence to
survey the Union Point, Woodstock and
Elberton railroad. The above read will
run through a fine section of Oglethorpe,
and will also take in portion of Wilkes,
running very near Centerville.
Last Saturday was the regular time for
holding the municipal election for mayor
and aldermen for Irwinton, but for the fact
that Christmas was not quite over, or some
thing else, a ticket could not be made,
consequently the election was postponed
MI n povval1 g.
d Co. brought 1876 negroes to Dublin one
day last week. The negroes are from
Goldsboro aud Kins5on, n. c. The Powells
brought them 10 work in their immense
turpentine distilleries in Laurens county.
Ira and Vannie Hill were out hunt
ing, near Homer. last week, and found
sparro~'S nest with two eggs. They say
the ben sparrow seemed troubled when
scared off, as If she We're setting, which is a
singular occurrence this season of the year.
The largest tuT key killed in the Irwinton
neighborhood this season was bagged by a
negro in or near era Words pond on Black
creek, during the holidays. He was huge
gobbler, having beard six or more inches
long, and weighed nineteen pounds after
being dressed.
Miss Emma Burton of Elberton was out
horseback riding on the morning of Dec.
Is, when she fell from ire horse and broke
one Of her legs just above the ankle She
was attended by Dr.. Stovall, who rendered
the necessary attention, and it is hoped that
she viii soon recover from her injuries.
Rev. a. A. Little, pastor of the Third
Presbyterian church at Atlanta, has ten
dered ais resignation to take effect Feb. |.
The church has called Rev. A. r. Holderby
OF Ashland, Va, as supply for twelve
months. The new pastor will preach in At
lanta on the first Sabbath in February.
Atlantas artesian water is condemned bv
the board of health, and pumping will
probably be discontinued by their order at
the next meeting. For over two years
there has been doubt on the subject, but the
increase of sewage salt has at last become
SO marked that there can te doubt nc
longer.
At Griffin, Tuesday, two turfmen were
arrested by Chief Shackelford on a com
plant sent from Columbus. The chief tel
egraphed to Columbus for particulars, and
in the afternoon a telegram was received
by him which resulted in their release
when they procee ded on their way to Gin
cinnati.
The American Fish Company of Floridt
has made arrang ementS for making Macor
their distributing point for Georgia Tn,
business OF this concern amounts to at leas
$5OO,O0O per annum. Special cold storage
chIs are DSlng DullU Tor the use OF this com
pany for this purpose, and shipments of fish
TO Macon will begin as soon as the cold
storage establishment is in operation
AT Marietta. Monday night. Pink Bowen
of Milton county, received dangerous
wound in the left thigh by the Academia
discharge of a pistol In the hands of Lee
Richards of Cherokee county. Physicians
were summoned aud probed for the ball
but were unable to find it. Richards was
arrested for carrying concealed weapons
but was discharged by the magistrate.
court.
The election for mayor end councilmen O.
Washington will be held next Monday. Al
meeting of the citizens held in the court
house on Monday evening last the following
ticket was nominated, and, no doubt, vii
be elected: L. w. Sims, G. Z. Lyndon
Boyce Ficklen, w. NJ. Hill, and R o. Banks
dale Hon. b. S. Irwin, Hon. E. Y. Hill
and r. T. Dubose all respectfully declined
to serve further.
Noah Brooks, James Strickland, Alb
Strickland and two others, who's
names could not be learned, brok
into Greene's store, at Echols post
office, Forsyth county, one night last
week. and stole $50 or $40 worth OF goods
Yesterday evening Deputy Sheriff Hal
brook captured the whole crowd and pu
them in Jail to await trial. Some of th
stolen goods were recovered.
Charles j. Hamilton, an employe of tn
Georgia Pacific railway, fell from DO,
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