The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Suitors for the Negro Heiress.
GEORGIA
The rainy season has set in at Athens.
Powdon hiss new paper called the In
tel igeace.
A Barnesville firm has just shipped a
heerse TO Cuba.
At new steamer will be built at Albany
soon t. ply the Flint.
The two dummy railroads in Atlanta
haul5d. during 1889, 100000 people who
paid
Three preachers Of different denomine-
tions will locate in Statesboro during the
year.
John NJ. Oliff has purchased a lot in
Sta esboro, and will begin building right
away.
1t is reported from Washington that Matt
Athens.
The move to put the Brunswick fire de-
partment on a better basis win probably be
successful.
-Four hogs were, by oversight, left eleven
DAYS in freight car at Atlanta without
food CT water.
f. S. Edge Of Athens will try to prove
himself the rightful heir to a North Caro-
lima estate worth $4,000.
For several wesks past Covington man
has made Si05 per sveek on cotton that he
held. Monday he sold his supply.
Mrs. n. c. Donovan was dead by her
husbands side when the latter awoke in his
bed at Wadley, Monday morning.
Gray 81 Gatchell, enterprising saw-mill
men of Lehaton, are beginning the work Of
building IA tram-road into Berrien county.
Ed Rankin, largo property owner of
Columbus, wants the city council to appro-
pirate the funds necessary for holding an
exposition year.
j. n. Gardner Of Dalton, the inventor of
the Georgia hay press, has just originated
and patented another device known as the
alliance corn planter.
L. A. NJ. Collins has been released from
the bond of Z. II. Cochran, tax collector Of
Mitchell county. The collector is called on
to file a new bond within ten days.
Peach treas are in bloom at Marietta.
Icices formed on the trees Thursday, but
the sparkling jewels only remained tor a
few hours and then melted away.
Wednesday night, at Gordon, the safe of
j. G. Pearson was blown open and robbed
of 81, 100. An attempt was made to drill
and blow open the safe of j. J. Bridger.
News of the burning of the home of
George Walker in Beach Island Tuesday
night has been received in Augusta. The
house and furniture were almost total
loss
Mrs. James A. Bryant of Murray county
gave birth on last Thursday to three baby
boys. Two of the babies weighed ~
pounds each, and the other III pounds at
birth.
Col. James W. Robertson, who has been
appointed railroad commissioner to sue
coed Mai Campbell Wallace, who had re-
sig ed, is an uncle of Chief Joyner, of the
Atlanta fire department.
The Masonic lodge at Fairburn is now
being built. 1t win be two-story, three
rooms above and one large room below.
The large room will be rented for store
room, and the others used by the Masons.
Congressman Carlton has been vexed by
the unauthorized publication that he Will
not be a candidate for reelection to con.
gress. As a matter of fact he will be a
candidate, and his reelection is easily con-
ceded.
The residence of James Martin, on J. l..
Biggers' plantation, nine miles from Column
bus, on the Hamilton road, was destroyed
by fire Tuesday, together with all of the
furniture and clothing of the family. The
fire is supposed to have caught from spark
The White Sulphur Springs (Florida) i'm
provement scheme is booming at Macon.
W. W. Collins and Capt f. S. johnson in
less than an hour during Wednesday after
noon obtained $4,000 subscription to
$l25,010 company. In another hour $25, 600
more was subscribed.
The governor is advertising the old CAPT.
toll for sale. Il will be sold on the 18th of
March, at auction, to the highest bidder,
for one-hah cash, balance in one and two
years. The sale will take place at the old
capitol building, and the first bid will have
to be ct least SIPS, 900. The lot is $50 by 100
feet.
United States Attorney Darnell is looking
for deputy marshal who has plenty of
S'sand in his giZzard.'' He wants to send
him to Murray county to arrest Mrs John
Bracket, a female moonshiner, for whom a
warrant has been sworn out. She has
already put four men to flight with her
Winchester.
Suit has been filed in the city court at
Atlanta by Mrs. Minnie M. Parker against
the Central Railroad Company for So, 900
damages for the death of her husband,
r. III. Parker in wreck near the barracks.
on the night of Sept 16 last. S g claims
that the wreck was due to the negligence of
the railway company.
Blue Ridge Post: The news comes from
Ducktown that the negro boy who so mys-
terlously disappeared few weeks ago was
found recently in the river a short distance
from where the horse and sulkY was found
SO 1t Is still unknown whether they fell
over the embankment by accident or foul
play " as used il order to take the contents
of the mail.
At Greenville, Wednesday morning about
/ O'Clock, a strange negro, who gives his
name as Heury Williams, was caught by
the W lehman and citizens in the store OF
Robert Spivey. He had carefully selected
about 800 worth of nice goods, consisting
OF wearing apparel, which were neatly
packed in box. He was ready to decamp
with his booty when captured.
The body of an infant, evidently killed
by a cruel mother, was found in the back
yard Of negro woman named Flora Min.
niefield, at Athens, Wednesday. The coro-
ner's inquest over the body revealed that il
was a white male child, and the evidence
given in tended to be suspicious toward q
certain party in town. 1t was not strong
enough, however. to fasten the guilt, auC
the jury did not SO charge.
Applications from northern white men,
for the baud Of the negro girl with dowry
OF $4,000 still continue to pour into Sheriff
Thomas office at Atlanta The latest i:
from j. B. Lewis of Radersbargh. Mon
tana- among other things, after assuring
Colonel Thomas that he will reward him
Tor his trouble in directing him to the resi-
dence OF the coveted black bride. he saws,
Il am willing, not only to marry her in
consideration of this sum- but have IL ar
hot IN