The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-11
sANpzasvI1L srFr1NG.
Vacant Che IS to Be FiIled-Shar
Land Specuiat ors-Improv sraeats.

I Vacant Cncss to Be FiIled-Sharp
Land Specuiat ors-Improvs neats.
/ SASDzRsvILLE. GA, Oct. I0.-There are
vacancies in both the Offices of notary pub-
he and justice of the peace. The former
position was held by Judge William Dag
gan, but be died recently, a I'D the vacancy
mas not yet been filled. Col Y. ". P.
Bacon, young attorney, was the occu pant
OF the last named Office, but few days ago
resigned. Mr.. Bacon will enter theo-
logical institute at Louisville. KY, and pre-
pare himself for the ministry A1 election
70 I'LL his Iuexpfred term has been called
Tor Oct. %, and Charles G. Bacon. assistant
cisrk or the court, has been announced by
his friends as a candidates.. *
wednesday at noon the cooks at the
Sandersvills no sel were alarn med at seeing a
large, bright flame issuing from the kitchen
In the rear Of the hotel proper. The fame.
1t was found, ca ne from the chimney, a Id
was quickly extinguished.
THE MIDDLE GEORGIA AND ATLANTIC.
The engineering corps of the Middle
Georgia and Atlantic railroad, under the
| charge Of W. +. Wilson, have been in this
| city several days. They have located the
route from Ea5onton to Saudersvilie. They
western part of the town, pass
ing directly by the Sandersville
and Tennille railroad depot, end thence
in a southeasterly direction, and the other,
| d st skIrting the town on the north and
then passing through on the eastern side,
crossing the Augusta, Gibson and San
dersville railroad. IL iinot definitely set
tied which OF these routes will be selected,
but the latter is the more practical.
improvements are constantly being
| noted in our little city. T. B. Rawlings is
| having constructed a handsome residence
on desirable elevation in South Sanders
VILE. The Method Sc and Christian church
edifces ara un iergoing repairs, and
the remodeling will greatly beautify them.
The repairs are nearly completed on C. G..
Rawlings residence on Harris and Church
streets. j. d. and l. w. Newman
will at an early day have constructed two
desirable residences on the vacant lots
contiguous to the premises of Judge Mark
| Newman.
| SHARP LAND SPECTATORS.
There is thrifty land speculation going
on out west. Almost every day the supe-
| rior court clerk here receives from one to
four deeds to several thousand acres of
land purporting to lie in Washington
county. Some of these deeds call for tracts
of one thousand acres each OF land located
between the Ogeechee river and
Brier creek. An inspection of
the map of Georgia discloses that
| tnlS UerrlLOry WOulQ embrace JenoTS0A
and part of Burke county. In every in
stance the holder claims under some ancient
land grant from the state of Georgia prior
to 1890. Along about this time there ex-
! isted in Georgia, when Washington county
embraced large area of territory, from
which have been cut off several full-grown
counties. the office of surveyor general in
each county, and the incumbent was re-
| Quired TO keep a record of all surveys made
by him. There are four of these b oks now
in the ordinary's office that date away back,
and they are letterei A, B, D ard E. Book
G is missing, ard it is presumed that some
careless federal soldier during Sherman's
notable march 30 the sea allowed
this book ito take up with
him." and has for the last few
years engaged extensively in big land trans
actions Very recently we had visitor
from Illinois incuiring into the title of one
| of these claims When they find that they
are bitten they invariably manage to shift
! their bad bargain on to some one else's
shoulder and thus the deal goes on.