The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Grinan-A Cousin of Charley Ross al
Athens-An Ohio Firm in Bad Odor
at Americus-A Clergyman's House
Burned at Harmony Grove.
GEORGIA
4 three-acre lot with a small house on il
near GAINESVILLE sold at sheriff's sale last
Tuesday for $40.
The Brunswick Light Horse Guards have
been ordered TO put their saddles and uni
forms in the armory.
The building committee has decided tC
provide the new Methodist church at Doug
lassville with opera chairs.
The store of T. H. B. Cole of Trenton was
entered on Saturday night by professional
cracksmen, who blew open the safe with
dynamite and rified it of SIS.
Parties who arrived at ThomaSville from
Aucilla Wednesday, report that Capt.
Shuman, who was shot by Nose Linton,
has had relapse and is much worse.
William r. Hanleiter has been appointed
historian for the Confederate Veterans
Association Of Spalding county, and it is
his duty TO compile all war incidents of any
of its members.
A petition is in circulation at Athens
asking the grand jury at its next meeting
10 recommend the moving of the county
very many leading citizens.
David Cumming. highly respected citi-
zen of Giles district, Washington county
residing near Chalker, died very suddenly
ON Saturday last. He had been at work
and was near his HOUSE when he Ieeled, fell
down and died.
The sword presented by the confederate
states congress to Gen. Howell Cobb at the
opening of war, is on exhibition in the
window OF Haselton & Dozier i'll Athens.
1t is handsome blade and served Gen. Cobb
well until his promotion, when the rules of
service necessitated longer sword.
A meeting of Houston county ex-con-
federates was held at the court house in
Perry. Wednesday, during the noon recess
of court. The purpose was to arrange
specifically for an organized attendance at
the reunion TO be held at Chattanooga next
July. The meeting was largely attended.
E. O. Herndon's store and stock of gro
ceries at Dalton were burned a few days
ago. In the same town Wednesday morn
ing a building owned by Mr.. Sumnerour
ON North Depot street. large frame struct-
ure. two stories high, and occupied by three
families named Powers, Weiland, and Math-
ews, was badly damaged by flames.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge Of the Knights of Honor of
Georgia began at Canton Wednesday. A
large crowd met IN the court house to well
come the delegates. Addresses Of welcome
were delivered by Dr. j. NJ. Turk, mayor of
the city, and Rev. A. B. Vaughn. They
were responded TO by Steve r. Johnson Of
Atlanta, grand dictator.
Griffin Call. NJ. i. Strickland. Jr.. a
farmer living near Concord, was found in
his barn about IL O'clock Tuesday night
with his throat cut and stiff in death, the
open knife still clenched in his hand. The
deceased had been unfortunate in financial
matters the past few years from security
debts, which burdened his mind, and. it is
thought, was the real cause of the rash act.
He left wife and several children.
Athens Banner: Mr.. Ross of Philadel-
phia, cousin Of Charlie Ross, who was stolen
on a street of Germantown, Pa, several
years ago, was registered at the Clayton
house Wednesday. He says that while the
kidnapers succeeded in getting $50, 900 out
of the father for restoration Of his son,
that Charlie has never been found, aud the
impression is that he was killed Mr.. Ross
bankrupted himself searching for his son.
The large two story residence of Rev. Dr.
w. b. Hardeman at Harmony Grove was
totally consumed by fire Tuesday. The
fire originated from a spark falling in some
leaves on the roof. The piano, organ and
about S25 worth of bed quilts was all that
was saved from the flames. This is the
second house in less than a week that Rev.
Hardeman has lost by fire, and he had NO
insurance upon either. His loss by the two
fires is estimated at 81 900.
Jesup Sentinel: The old cannon which
was on the bank of the Altamaha at Doc
tortown has been taken away. The gun
was placed there during the war to prevent
the yankees from becoming too promiscuous
around the bridge which crosses the river al
that place, it forming a sort of water bat.
terry to the fort on the bluff above. Blu,
when our soldiers were obliged to evacuate
the fort they spiked the gun that it might
never be turned on them, and sadly marched
away. The fort is in a splendid state
of preservation, but is now grass grown
Americas Recorder:ssAbout a week age
Mavor Fielder received lette- from firm
in GAINESVILLE, o., stating that they wer,
the owners of large mandatory employ
ing $50 bands, which they desired to remov,
to some point in the South, and wound III
with request to send them $50 to help de
fray expenses of a trip to Americas to loo,
over the situation. 1t seems that the sam
kind of a letter was sent to a number o
cities in this state. The editor of the Re
corCler wrote TO parties in GAINESVILLE re
garding the standing of the firm, and yes
terday received a reply that they were NJ
coed, and that there was hardly grain o
truth in the representations contained il
the letter.
The committees Of the various masoni
lodges of Atlanta entrusted with raising {
fund with which to build masonic templ
have secured the following subscriptions
Atlanta Lodge No. 50, S4,O7O: FuItor
Lodge No. PIG, 81. $50; Georgia Lodge No
95. $4,000; Gate City Lodge No 2, 50. 100
the total is s20.4SQ. Cour de Leon com
mandery, Mt. Zion Chapter. Yaarab Tenn
pie, ard Mystic Shrine have not report d
but there are several Thousand dollars to b
reported by those orders, raising the sui
scription list to 1855 There are severa
subscriptions unreported which will rails
the sum to nearly $4,000. There is n
doubt but that the s40, 600 desired will b
raised, as Gate City has already raise
nearly $4,000, and three other older lodge.
only one of which number has less member
than Gate City, will exert themselves t
increase the subscription list.
FLORIDA.
Col. and Mrs VIM Scott Of Monticell
celebrated their 18th wedding anniversar,
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