The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Burned to Death IN wilkes County.
GEORGIA
A yarn mill Is among the possibilities at
RH Smith of Gainesville has entered
the ministry.
A steam laundry will probably be built
At Albany this summer.
Peavine postoffice, Catoosa county, has
changed its name to Boynton.
The alliancemen Of Fulton county will
propably start a store at Atlanta.
II is reported that the Columbus Guards
have entered the prize drill at Kansas City
Dawsonis cotton compress will be located
Just north of the Central railroads cotton
yard
J. B. Evans OF Towaliga. Butts
county, had a leg broken last week by a
kick from mule.
HI Kimball and family, of Atlanta,
have reached New York, after an absence
of four months in Europe.
The Spalding Greys of Griffin had their
state inspection Tuesday and passed through
the ordeal with flying colors.
Bricklaying on two structures will be
commenced Wednesday at Americus-the
iron foundry and the furniture factory.
A special policeman has been employed
to hunt up the violators of the Whisky laws
in Elberton, and the mayor is taking
action.
Dawson's first strike occurred at the new
brick yard last week. A new set Of hands
were procured nj short order, and the work
now goes on as usual.
A little girl of w. E. Prince at Parrot,
Terrell county. was playing in the front
yard, and ate piece Of the flower known
as "shoe string" She was thrown into
commissions. but her life was saved.
1t is generally stated that farm work in
Spalding county is more advanced this
year than for several years at this season.
The weather has been very propitioua for
farmers to do their work.
Capt. Renan of Macon will in a few
days inspect the Blount Volunteers Of Stew
ems Pottery, the du Bignon Volunteers Of
Milledgevi1le, and also the two colored COM
panies Of Macon, the Lincoln Guards and
Bib County Blues.
The family of r A. Hardee Of Griffin
came near being injured by some ground
glass found in their buttermilk on Sunday.
but which was fortunately discovered be-
fore it was swallowed. There is no suspi-
cion as to how it came there
The ground was broken last Monday
morning for A J. Baldwin & Co.'s three
story brick building corner OF Main and
Lee streets, Dawson. There are now FIVE
handsome business houses in course of cree
ton in Dawson, and work on several more
will begin in the next thirty days.
=. The hurricane which passed by Macon
2ate in the afternoon on April did con-
siderable more damage than has as yet been
reported. The cotton In the path Of the
hurricane has rusty appearance, and looks
as if 1t had been burned Since the hurri-
cane the damage cotton has been dying out
rapidly.
Hon. Phil. W. Davis, who was attacked
by James L. Harper of Elberton was in
Lexington Wednesday. He spoke of the
difficulty to only few special friends, but,
1T is said, his statement throws an entirely
different light on the matter than the re-
ports published. In a few days he will
make public his side Of the difficulty.
There is every indication that Newman
and Atlanta will soon be Joined together by
telephone. The line will be forty miles
long, and as it requires two lines to make a
metallic circuit, it will take eighty miles of
copper wire and forty miles of poles. All
the towns and cities adjacent to Atlanta are
discussing the question of telephone con-
nection with Atlanta and each other.
1t is reported that the purchasers Of the
OLD state capitol at Atlanta will remodel il
SO as to utilize it for a magnificent new
theater, real estate exchange, a new bank,
the finest restaurant in the south, suites of
Offices sufficient to accommodate all the in
surance men in Atlanta, club room for
business men, and rooms to accommodate
the theatrical companies who visit the city.
A man named Pitts, living near Milan,
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Parker on a
warrant sworn out by j. s. Bolton of
Americas, charging him with cheating and
swindling. In March Pitts claimed to have
given Bolton $40 and received change ON
that basis. After his departure it was dis
covered that the bill was only a 81 bill.
The case was compromised after the arrest.
1t is rumored that Uncle Billy Bowers
will force negro census enumerators upon
Athens when he begins to take the popula-
ton. he will be met by the determine ton
of the white citizens that negro enumera tors
shall not put their feet upon the places of
their residences They do not propose to
allow negroes TO quiz their wives concern
ing various things necessary to census tax
ing.
A few days ago out on George Bolton 8
place, near Clark's station in Wilkes
county, negro woman was sitting near
the fire with child in her lap, when she
fell in fit. Falling into the fire her clothes
caught, and in a few minutes she and the
child we're burned to death. There was
another child on the bed which was reached
by the blaze, and this child was also badly
burned.
At a meeting of number of ladies of Mil
ledgeville it was decided TO have memorial
services this year on Friday, May 2, Instead
of April 26. The change was made on &C.
count of the fact that April 26 falls this
year on Saturday, busy day with mer-
chants and clerks, and indeed most every
body else, and the further reason that on
account of the lateness of the season the
flowers are very scarce.
At Americas Sarah Smith (coloreD wa.
arrested Monday night for larceny from
the house. She was taken into custody at
the request of K. +. Nehring, the baker, at
whose house she was employed as a nurse
girl. Dishes and towels have been stolen from
Mr.. Nehring, and he suspected the nurse. A
search OF her room on New street revealed
the articles stolen. She is thought also to
have stolen $50 from Mr.. Nehrlng several
weeks ago.
The 6-year-old child of w. d. Smith o
Americas had a narrow escape from poiso q
ing day or two ago While playing il
the front yard the little fellow picked I'll
two pieces of biscuit upon which arsenic
had been heavily sprinkled, and then thrown
into the yard. Mrs. Smith happened to SEE
him with the biscuit and took 1t from him
else in all probability he might, childlike
have eaten some of 1t. The poisoned bread
was avidantlv thr0wn in no ward nv eo,,,,