The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Georgia manufacturers win be ia the
cracker trust.
La grippe has apparently become cpl
dernic in Perry.
A fund for the Grady monument is being
raised in Lexington.
The rock is fast being hauled for Elber-
toms new SIS, 900 hotel.
There are ninety-three pupils now attend
ING the Perry public school.
A plant for turning out 10000 brick per
day is being put in at Cordele.
The building of an academy, TO cost 1000,
will begin at Statesboro at an early day.
The Methodists of the circuit are pre-
pairing TO build a parsonage at StateSboro.
Work has been commenced on Mrs
Hooks new residence on Main street, Perry.
E. L. Demands handsome residence ON
the Riley place near Perry is nearing CON-
pletion.
1t Is rumored that the business of manu-
featuring currycombs will soon be resumed
in Perry.
Wild flowers blooming in the woods
around Perry make the season appear
spring-like
John Coffee will be tried in Gainesville
this week, or during the term, a second
time for the killing of Merritt.
Probably $4,000 has been paid by
Houston farmers for Kentucky mules and
horses within the last sixty days.
Z. NJ. Adams of Hartwell. at the last
meeting of the alliance, was elected local
agent Of the state alliance exchange.
John F. Logan has been commissioned
postmaster at Oak Lawn, Houston county,
to succeed Mrs. H. c. Reed, resigned
The trial of Matt Lewis (colored), who
was charged with killing his brother-in-law,
W. II. Wharton, ended in acquittal at Bruins
wick Friday.
The alliance men of Emanuel county have
made arrangements with two guano COM
panies to purchase 500 tons Of guano at
$22 so per ton.
The manager Of the state experimental
farm at Griffin is blowing up the wheat and
oats planted last fall on the farm, the Hes
sian fly having ruined the crops.
There was a meat war in Elberton the
past week. This commodity was retailing
in Elberton cheaper than it could be pur-
chased in Chicago in carload lots.
The body or well-dressed stranger, in
an advanced stage of decomposition, was
found in the Chattahoochee river yester-
day, near Bolton, II is impossible to ident-
ify it.
The mile extension limits of the town of
Hartwell were surveyed last week by j. w.
Baker, county surveyor, and a plat made
OF the same 1t is thought that the popula-
ton will now reach 1000.
James NJ Piper of Hart county recently
slaughtered pair of porkers, the sum
total of whose weight was $40 pounds j.
II. Pullin killed four that aggregated 1,272
pounds, the largest weighing 480 pounds
X. Simmons is having the Grinder houses
at Statesboro torn down, sand on the site
where they stood he will erect storehouse.
j. C. Jones, having purchased portion of
1t, will also build a storehouse this spring.
Macon's new postmaster, Col. Il. d.
Locke, will arrive in Macon tonight.
Monday he will make his bond, and posi-
bly, on Tuesday Col Hardeman will walk
down and out and Col. Locke will walk up
and in.
One thousand. seven hundred and eighty
dollars and twenty-five cents has been col
lected toward building and furnishing the
new church at Crawfordville, and there
remains S4l 20 to be raised yet to clear I'D
the present indebtedness
Foster Hester of Monroe came very near
being killed in a runaway last Monday.
Mr.. Hester was thrown violently against
tree, and sustained violent bruises about
the head. He was unconscious for quite q
while, but has now entirely recovered.
Burglars entered the house Of E. L. New
ton, at Social Circle Wednesday night. and
stole about sos in money. Nothing else
was taken. His gold watch was left living
on the floor. The house of Dr. l.. G.
Brantly was also entered and about $40
taken.
John Gould Of Statesboro has an heir
loom in the shape of water pitcher. 1t
has been in use over $50 years His wife,s
great-great grandmother owned it. and it
has been handed down to the present
owner. 1t is made of stone and is still in
good condition.
Friday morning about o'clock the resi-
dence of A. P. Thompson, about three miles
from Pearson, In Coffee county, was de-
stToyed by fire. The house was a neat two
story one, and had but recently been erected
at a cost of about s., 600 The fire was no
doubt of lncendiary origin.
DIR. H. G. Edmunds of Elberton purchased
the first box of TUFTS pills that were ever
made. A brother of Mr.. Land, the mail
agent of the E. A. L. railroad, was employed
IN DIR. TUFTS drug store in Augusta at that
time, and assisted DIR. Tut in getting IN
the formula of these now famous remedies
AT Macon, while the pupils were in the
school yard OF Mulberry street grammar
school at noon recess Friday, a large brown
dog, foaming at the mouth, ran in and
among them, carrying terror and con-
fusion. Tom Christian, one of the larger
boys, seeing the dog, hastily picked up a
brick, and, chasing him into a corner, killed
him.
The farmers around Rome who plant from
one to i've acres of peanuts each year. say
that the crop through that section last year
was over one-half short. The stand was
not good, then the long dry spell last fall.
just at the time the peanuts were maturing
caused them to grow small and not to fiji
out During the past week prices advanced
nearly so per cent.
R M. Heard of Elberton is the possessor
OF walking cane that is quite relic. and
Tor over century has been valued heir
loom in his family. 1t was once the prop
erty of Steven Heard, his grandfather. who
was one Of the early governors of Georgia.
MIR. Heard has grandchildren, and he will
leave it to them, and it will continue its
journey to posterity.
On last Sunday night some thief forced
an entrance into the store of o. F. McRee
at Barnett Shoals and stole one dozen pair
Shoes, tobacco, cigars, and several other
articles, also stealing sheet from his bed
70 wrap the stolen goods in. This is the
second time Mr.. McRee's store has been
broken into in the last six weeks. The first
SIS N'A"e' VI
The principal Of the Elberton Institute is
considering change in the rules of that
institution. As it now stands the young