The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-06
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

GEORGIA.
The Courier says that Leary needs
school house.
A prominent couple will be married il
cotton bagging at the Sparta fair.
Ben Daniels, who killed a negro las
Christmas at ToOmsboro, was arrested las
week.
At Rhine, Dodge county, two negroes go
into fight, and one bit off an ear from tn
other.
Several new stores are being erected al
Elko, on the Georgia Southern and Floridl
railroad.
The North Georgia holiness convention
meets in the Methodist church in LaGrang
tomorrow.
Steve Curry (colored), who was lodged il
Jail at Hartwell last week, charged with
stealing cotton, made MS escape ON Monday
night.
Thomas county is seeking to have strip
of two or three miles cut off the eastern
edge OF Decatur county and attached 20 her
domain
Chester Braz!etou Of Dalton has five full
blooded st. Bernard puppies which are
valued at $50 each. He has already sold
two of them.
Hog cholera has made its appearance in
Gwinnett county. W. j. Bora has lost
number Of tine hogs in the last week or two
from this disease.
Jim Campbell, foreman Of the dye house
of the East Macon cotton mill, died Satur-
day afternoon after short illness, at his
residence in East Macon.
The Presbyterians of Dalton have tender
ed the pastorate Of that church 10 Rev. Geo.
f. Robertson OF Morristown, Tenn, at a
salary Of 81, 200 per year.
Ben Means of Pike county who was ad-
judged a lu attic last spring and sent to TIT
asylum, made his escape several days ago,
and returned to his home at Meanwhile.
There are 3,O27 registered voters in Bar
tow county, 1856 white and GAL colored.
There are two districts in the county in
which there are no negroes registered,
Salacoa and Stamp Greek
George Ramspeck, Jr., II years old, acct
dentally shot himself at Decatur Saturday
morning while loading a revolver, George
Ramspeck, his father, is one of the most
prominent men il Fulton county. There Is
but little hope of the boys recovery.
The Brunswick Post says that the re-
ported attempts TO assassinate street car
drivers in that city were incorrect. Small
boys bad been amusing themselves by put
ting torpedoes on the street railway tracks,
the reports from which caused all the
alarm.
Lippman g. Barnett Of Montezuma have
failed. The assets are estimated at 500, 900
and the liabilities at S3l 900. Most of the
Indebtedness is dine Macon merchants, but
1t is understood they are pro lected by mort
cages. The failure is said to he due to bad
collections for goods sold on credit.
The overflow in Cedar creek, in Coweta,
last week, did a vast amount OF damage.
The farm Of Hon. J. p, Jones came In for
lions share of the destruction, mi uring the
crop and damaging the land to the extent
of more than $1,000. Many of Mr. Jones'
neighbors also suffered seriously.
Tuesday night of last week, while the
family Of G. w. Baggs Of Mitchell county
were at supper, his trunk was stolen from
his room. 1t contained about $3.50 In paper
money. The trunk was found with some
$40 of the money left In it. One party has
been arrested and bound over to court.
Ike Mathis, the colored porter at the
Buena Vista depot, has been jailed, having
had the crime proven on him of doing a
systematic job of stealing sundry merchal-
disc from the depot. He also robbed the
safe last Saturday night of $40. The
money has been recovered and Ike jailed to
wait his time for trial.
Aunt Penny Touchstone died at the home
of w. d. Martin at Valdosta, Tuesday, at
the age Of l05. In many respects she was a
remarkable woman; was never sick until
week before her death; never wore glasses,
yet no one remembers tune when she could
not thread needle as quickly, or make
stitches as neatly as a girl of l6 SUI miners.
The first census count gave Columbus
only 16, $50 people, and the recount gave
her 1850, an Increase of 2,100. This in
crease is well worth the trouble and time
devoted to securing the recount. The SUI
burban population In Georgia is fixed at
4, $50, and in Alabama at 900 This gives
Columbus a commercial population Of
$1,000.
On George H. Testers place near Lexing-
ton, on Thursday evening of last week, two
boys, Cobb Williamson and Mat Adkins
were shooting at a target with an old-fash-
Toned powder and ball revolver, when two
chambers we're discharged simultaneously,
splinters from one of the bullets striking
young Cobb, who had the pistol, in the face,
intlicting painful wounds.
The engine at the Buena Vista Variety
Works ran away the other day, caused by
the governor band running of. Mr. Kemp,
the engineer, was in the ginning room
weighing cotton, and before he could reach.
the engine to cut off the steam the brick
foundation was badly torn up by the rapid
motion of the engine. The damage has
oCou CPa1ioda onu Iuo ulttCuluoIy ID III WOTk
again.
R. B. Stegal, who for years has been
identified with the Cincinnati road, has
bought twelve and q half acres of the tract
known as the Mcfarland property, four
miles from Chattanooga, near Rossville Gap.
be paid 800 per acre and will not take
$500. Mr.. Stegall will build a carp pond
and make other Improvements ON tire place
The property is in Georgia. near the Ten.
nessee line.
Miss Mile Rutherford of Athens has jus;
received from bookseller in Madras, India
an order for large consignment of her
work on British Authors" This magnifi-
cent and scholarly work is attracting wide
ate ltion in literary circles, and she will fill,
as soon as the second edition is run off, al
large order from a London bookseller. Her
Work on American Authors is about halt
completed, and as soon as done will be is
sued by northern publishing company.
There is an English walnut tree on G. H.
Johnson's place, in the center of La Grange
which yielded over a bushel of nuts this
year; last year about three-quarters of a
bushel were gathered. The tree is hrty or
sixty feet high and is growing vigorously.
1t makes splendid shade tree, the branches
spreading like those of an oak, 1t i:
probably 10 or II yerrs old. An orchard
OF trees like this would be profitable. The
nuts are superior to those imported and sole
from the stores
Parson Pickett denies the truth of the
charge made by Hon. A. D. Gambler that