The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Atlanta Is 70 have Masonic temple.
Frederick Ball of La Grange died Sunday.
Tbomasvills pays her mayor 5000 year.
BURGLARS are TOO numerous for the COM
fort OF Msconltes.
Macon banks will be open from to B
O'Clock hereafter.
W. F. Prices warehouse at Vienna was
burned last week
Ex-Treasurer Adams Of Macon is dying
from dependency.
A negro boy OF Macon has been abducted
by a band Of gypsies
A fair for the benefit Of the hospital is in
progress ~ Bruins wick.
A new parsonage is being built by the
Methodists II LaGTange.
During the past season $4,000 worth Of
mules were sold at Sandersvtlle.
The hunters who go out from Rome say
that partridges are plentiful this season.
A. L. Van Tassel is planting 5000 peach
trees on forty acres Of land near Forsyth.
The capacity of the Payne & Willingham
Furniture Factory at Macon will soon be
doubled.
More buildings are being erected in Rome
this month than in any January during the
history Of Rome.
Roms's streets were never in a better
down all over the city.
Hon. W. J. Northen will deliver one Of
the addresses on alliance day at the Georgia
Chautauqua at Albany.
At LaGrsnge, Wednesday, Texas pony
threw William Jones tcolored) aud broke
one Of his arms in three places.
All Prater of Atlanta, the pedestrian, was
badly mashed Monday night while coupling
cars on the Western and Atlantic railroad.
Thedifferent classes in the state university
at Athens are working up a contribution to
the fund for a monument for jefferson
Davis.
The Georgia Educational Journal, Z N.
Zettler, editor, and L. W. Burke. business
manager, has removed its business depart
ment to Macon.
j. w. Oberry and J. J. Rutter of La
Grange have dissolved partnership. w. w.
Parnell has associated himself with Mr..
Oberry in anew firm.
The military companies of LAGRANGE are
considering the Availability of having
grand interstate prizs drill and fitting con-
test there in August next.
The election on the question of issuing
bonds to pay for the right Of way through
LaGrange for he Macon and Birmingham
railroad, will take place to day.
The ant-water works men of Albany,
having been defeated at the polls and before
the city council, now want an Injunction
restraining the city from issuing bonds.
Last week Taylor Mangum, father of the
boy Artemus Mangum arrested few days
ago for breaking into The stores of j. T.
Perry and others, was arrested for the
same crime.
The Merchants and Planters Bank Of
Griffin has declared a dividend of per
cent. after being in operation only four
months. In addition $1,000 was added to
the surplus.
The Macon Construction Company VI,
fight the city's tax of Sc, 250 upon It's ga
tai stock. The city will employ ev
attorneys and will carry the case t.
higher courts
Whitfield county is in the throes of a D..
hibition campaign. Feb 6 is the dav fN.
balloting. The prohibitionists expect to
exceed their majority in the last election,
which was 400.
Near Durham's camp, about fourteen
miles from Brunswick. Monday, a negro
was knocked from a moving train, his arm
broken, two holes knocked in his head. and
otherwise injured.
Two more parks are spoken of for Atlanta.
Both are contemplated for the north side,
one in Edgewood near the Pendleton place.
and the other on the Boulevard, half mile
DIR. j. B. Roberts, postmaster of Sanders
vile, issued during the quarter ending Dec
81, 1889, 7l9 money orders and 366 postal
notes. During the same time he paid 81
money orders and So postal notes.
j. E. Young of Columbus was painfully
burned Sunday morning. He was standing
before the fire just after rising and his
clothing ignited, burning him badly before
the flames could be extinguished.
The largest sale of cotton made in AL
bany the present season was made Tuesday
by Carter q Voolfolk to Hit & Co. 1t
comprised 400 bales, and was Col, L, A Jor
dams entire crop for the past season.
j. G. Truitt & Co. of LAGRANGE are bay-
erected on Bull street, in rear of ]. T. Per-
RVS store, which will be used as a shor
where any and every class of work will bt
done.
The firm heretofore doing business a,
Troup factory, under the name of Ransom
Bros. q Freeman, has been dissolved b,
mutual consent, w. +. Ransom continuing
the business, who will settle all outstanding
indebtedness
Fire destroyed the store of j. L. Smith
at Dalton, Saturday night The loss O,
stock will be $1,000 or $4,000, with insur
ance OF $4,000. The building owned by s
il. Felker, was fully insured, an d will be re-
built at once.
Near Athens, Monday night, an iron ba,
was put on the Georgia railroad track in a,
attempt to wreck q passenger train. Tn
iron was dragged by the engine fer abou
200 yards, when 1t became disengaged an,
dropped alongside of the track.
A petition is being circulated at Colum
bus asking for the pardon of the ma,
Livingstone, who was convicted and sent I,
the penitentiary in November. 1886, for rob
bing the house of j. j. Wood and others
Livingstone is an old man and not entirely
sane
Mayor Price of Macon has appointed
A. A. Allen of the Telegraph, w. B. Sparks
and c. B. Willingham as delegates to tn,
fourth annual convention of the American
Shipping and Industrial League, to be hell
at Wizards hotel, Washington, d. c., Feb
5, 6, and Z.
A fast run was made last Sunday owe
the Brunswick and Western road from
Albany and Waycross by the Cincinnati
Southern limited express, a long train
The distance between these two points is /
miles, and was covered in two hours AM
thirty-six minutes.
w. A. Pledger, Jr. (colored), the mai
agent on the Northeastern railroad. AM
John Dixon, another negro, tried to pain
Athens red Monday. The charges agains
them are for disorderly conduct, disordcrl,