The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Importance Of Case Recently De-
cided by the Supreme Court-Mur
der Of a Peddler in Irwin County.
GEORGIA.
An effort is being made TO secure the al
tendance of Ex-President Cleveland at the
Georgia Chautauqla at Albany.
Athens will doubtless have a paid fire
department after Christmas. John Ar
nold's name is prominently mentioned for
chief
Miss Pearl Mongn. an employe of the
Chronicle job department at Augusta, had
hand badly mashed while feeding pr ess
Monday.
The preponderancs of sentiment is in IA.
vor of the stephens statue a. Liberty hall
showing the roller chair in which tue gTea.
aommoLer moved about.
Mrs S. G. Kittrell of Wrightsville lost
her gin and grist mill by fire on last Friday
night. The mill was located ten miles from
town. Incendiarism is suspected. The loss
in buildings. machinery. cotton, etc. is es-
tlmated at 81, 200, with no insurance.
Fifty yards of track at point three miles
east of Arlington were burned WeineS-
day. The track caught from burning wood
rack belonging to Capt. P. E. Boyd, where
there were about 100 cords OF wood. he
immense pile of lightwood made huge
fire, the heat OF hich melted the telegraph
wire overhead, sing it to part.
jackson Argus One day last week while
Messrs. George Washington and Levi
Moore were picking cotton, buzzard
alighted near them. They noticed that
something Ike chain was dangling from
its feet. They made chase and captured
the bird and found a small steel trap aud
two feet of small chain fastened TO one OF its
feet. They released the bird OF its burden
and it few away.
Social Circle is now involved in a hot
municipal contest over the liquor question.
At present the barrooms are located just
outside the town limit, and are said to be a
great source of annoya ce to the citizens
who live near them. Those living near the
bars want EN- removed TO the csnter of
the town, while those who live in town
want them t. stay on the outside. There is
no telling which side will win.
Covington Star: We mads mention last
week about Dick Groves catching fifty
'possums the present season with two dogs.
Dick can take back seat, IS r. L. HICKS
of Downs district steps to the front as be-
ing the boss 'possum hunter. He has caught
up to date with one dog 10 'possums, be-
sides hundreds of squirrels and other game,
too numerous to mention. This is what we
would call marking them sure.
H. H. Kayton q well-known merchant of
New York city, was in Americas, Tuesday,
for the first time in twenty-five years 1t is
needless to state that Mr.. Kayton recog-
nizes a vast difference between the Ameri-
Gus of to-day and the town of twenty-five
years ago. Then he knew every man,
woman and child Of the few hundred people
who made up the population of the vilsge
Tuesday, of the l0, 900 people who throngsd
the busy streets he knew less than a half
dozen.
Covington Star: Capt. Reece of the
United States coast survey has been here
since Friday making survey of the Yellow
river from the railroad bridge to the
0cmulgee river. He will be engaged for
teveral days az the work. We understand
The object Of the survey is to ascertain the
cost Of openir e up the river for navigation,
provided the government will make the
necessary appropriation for the work. Capt.
fleece is assisted by j. c. Flowers aud j. f.
McCord
Abbeville Times: News comes to us that
peddler was murdered recently in Irwin
county, near Jake Dorminy's place. He was
travelling in a two-horss vehicle. Some
negroes told the peddler that be could sell
come goods off the road at "a place where
there we're several negroes at work. So he
took budget Of goods and went afoot as
recled TO the spot. which proved to DE a
pace for his slaughter, for having thus de-
sec!uied place, the negroes murdered him.
o. the day that Gen. Gordon was elected
to ne United States Senate two gentlemen
10elt into store at Atlanta with tiny
page OF cotton rope pinned On their coats
ney told gentleman it was part of the
fastened 10 the cannon on which Gen
O. rion was carried 10 the Kimball house
plotles-line, you know, is pretty cheap.
The storekeeper invested a quarter in cot
fa,tti inf NJ Lob ~
&c -rdon rope" sold each piece for 10 cents,
GDd as a result Of the sale had $40 in his
pockets.
An act of bravery and considerable nerve
was witnessed during the fire at Augusta
Tuesday. One of the men who worked in
the freight depot remembered that there
was large cask Of gasolise in the depot,
and that II it was left there it would cause
fearful explosion. He ran through the
burning building to where the ca X was, and
unassisIe1 by any one, rolled it out into the
streets, " here a stream of water was turned
on it. The cask was surrounded by flames,
and when gotten cut was pref hot. The
man had his hands blistered by handling
the cask.
One hundred thousand running feet OF
palmetto logs will he shipped right away
from Brunswick to Santiago, Cuba, and
the first vessel, the schooner William +.
Green & Son, Of Boston, was loading at tie
Brunswick and Western dock last week
w. F. Carnegie, the millionaire Iron
man, is largely interested in an iron mine
near Santiago, and the order was made by
his company. 1t seems that greater pa
of the timber is to be used in the construc-
ton of criLs to enclose q harbor near the
mines, in which ships can load the balanct
will be converted into piles for building
railroad across quite large body of water
a notable wedding ceremony has iu,t
been performed at Atlanta. It. uni e
Maj. Marion c. Kiser, one OF AT
lantas most prominent and wealth
merchants, and Mrs. Sarah Turner Ivey
Thirty-fve years az Mr. Kiser and Mis-
Turner we're engaged to be married. Tn
weddi. G day came, the bride and minis err
were ready, but The groom elect did no
appear. Naturally there was no wedding
Since then Miss Turn. married Mr.. Ivey
and Maj. Kiser. Ia the meantime, has ha
two wives. Some months ago Mrs. I've
lost her husband, and later Maj. kisel
second wife died. The old love was r,
newed, and now it is Mr.. and Mrs NJ. {
Kiser
The decision of the state supreme coul
in the case Of Hill and Thompson, receiver
VS.. Western and Atlantic railroad and Ga
City National Bank, is Of great importan,
to creditors OF the old Citizens Bank
Atlanta. 1t adds about 500 to the assst