The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-20
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

ness in the Lincolnton Postofdcs-
Some Fine Crops-Work of the
FLARES.
The Clark Rifles will hold fair in Athens
within a few weeks.
One hundred and tSenty-seven marriage
licenses were issued by the ordinary OF Tai
bot county during the year 1852
Edward Wolf expects to organize com
pany with a capital stock OF SO ,OOO 10
establish pants factory at Macon.
The summer home, four miles from
GAINESVILLE, of Goodlow Yancey Of Athens,
was burned down last night. The origin CT
the fire is unknown.
The store of Muse, Heard & Muse at
Delhi, in Wilkes county, was burned thurs
day night. The stock was insured for 81, UUO.
No insurance on the building.
The handsome brick residence of A. j.
Alderman, in the western portion Of Madi-
son, was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon
at o'clock. Loss about 5000; no insur-
ance
Much distress is occasioned among the
farmers of Burke by the great lost Of pork.
The warm weather has been so continued
that almost everyone has lost all the meat
killed.
1t is expected that through mails from
Macon to Lake City will go into effect by
Feb. 3 next, over the Georgia Southern
road. This wiz open up new field OF busl-
ness for Macon merchants.
The Bank Of Thomasville has declared "a
B per cent. dividend and passed S25, 900 to
the surplus account. 1t has also increased
Its capital stock TO S150,000 This bank has
made over II per cent on its capital since
Ats organization, about two years ago.
l.
the citizens meeting, Z. II. Brund for
mayor, w. E. Brown, A. NJ. VIM, A. T.
Patterson, and G. ID. Elliott for council
men, has been elected to serve the term of
1880. W. n. Robinson was elected mar
shal.
commercial bazaar was held Friday
evening at the opera house in Milledgeville
by the ladies of the Methodist church.
Every institution and enterprise of the city
was represented in the costumes of the
young ladies. The entertainment was a
financial success, netting $3.50.
Lithonia and the surrounding country
has meat to eat and TO spare. John Floyd
killed one hog that weighed 5O4 pounds net 4;
Jacob Braswell one 40, and three that
weighed Lose; c. II. Bruce one 4l2; w. j.
Stephenson, one IL months old, AIS; Bynum
Goddard one SIS; w. J. Bishop one ass.
F. A. Maddox, bookkeeper for the Stand
ard Scale Company at Rome, met with an
accident Friday that may result in the loss
of his left eye. lie was driving team and
s1naking blow at them with his whip, the
lash snapped back into his eye, the blow
being directly on and across the eyeball.
About week ago a negro named Evans
Tooks stole a horse from Lamar Clay
looks was arrested in Forsyth, brought to
Macon and put in the Bibb Jail. He be-
came quite sick with pneumonia. Friday
afternoon has attorney, Arthur Dasher,
tooks looks out of jail on bond, and Satur-
day morning at O'Clock looks died.
Billings Socrates Ivy was the first child
born in the city of Atlanta. His father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Ivy are
yet living, twenty miles north of that city.
MIR. Ivy is employed at the Western and
Atlantic railroad shops, and has a family of
his own in the city. He is about 45 years
of age, and his father lived near the spot
where the Moore & Marsh building now
stands.
Maj Brown, one Of Dooly's county's
wealthlest and most prominent citizens, was
found dead in the burning woods on his
place, about six miles from Cordele, Friday
afternoon. Considerable excitement exists
over the discovery, as it is thought there
was foul play. Maj. Brown was a large
hearty man, and it is very improbable that
he would have suffocated without being
brst made helpless and thrown in the fire.
The store Of w. j. Powell was burglar
lied at Reynolds Thursday night The
drawer in which Mr. Powell usually kent
his money was found broken open. but
fortunately most of its contents had been
removed before night, so the thief had K
content himself with few less desirable
parcels. Lying near the door was found
Two huge iron mallets, with which the
villain, If discovered, evidently proposed Il
defend himself.
There has been much crookedness il
handling the mail matter that has left tn,
14lncoLnton postoffice since Jan. l. During
this time eleven registered letters were sen
from the postotfice at Lincolnton, aud sew
eral OF them are still unaccounted for. I
firm there sent one containing $175 to
hrm IN Augusta, Jan. e. and it has neve
reached its destination. The authorize
have been notified, and will doubtless inst
tute an investigation forthwith.
Loud complaint is made at Vienna of tn
outrageous manner in which that town
treated in the way of mail facilities by th
Georgia Southern and Florida. IL is almos
impossible to get mail from there, as til
mail trains rush through at a very hig
speed, the cranes can't work, the ma
pouches are jerked off, ripped open and COZ
tents scattered along the track, or else th
pouch is left behind. The municipal al
thorities are speaking of enacting an ord
dlnance regulating the speed of trair
through the city limits.
V. B. Aldrich. practical cotton manu-
facturer of long experience. from Charlotte
n. c., was in Quitman Friday. He is look
ing for place at which to establish
factory for the manufacture of cotton warn
for market. Clayton, Grover 81 Co. hav
a cotton factory equipped with abou
1900 spin6les, thai has RENAME
idle for about two years It
within the corporrte limits and adjoins I'll
right of way of tho Savannah, Florida an
Western railway. Mr.. Aldrich has exam
ined the property careful y, and says this
1t Can easily run $500 spindle
and that in the hands of a practici
mill man it can DO made topay handsomel
Messrs. Grover e. Co. have made Nj
Aldrich an offer, and he is considering i
and will confer with interested friends
his In North Carolina. Should the propert
change hands it would mean much f,
Quitman.
FLORIDA.
The brick is being put on the ground {,
Tampas new city hall building.
Mrs. V. g. Shipman has organized
Young Woman's Christian Association
Gainesville.
new town will ba b,,iIt On Cho,Ios II