The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Near LaFeyette-An Explosion at a
Fire at Marietta-The Liberty County
Messiah INDUCES in a War Dance at
the Insane Asylum.
GEORGIA
Rome has two uniform ranks Knights Of
Pythias.
A. R. Mosteller has been elected deputy
marshal Of Canton.
Chris Clancy of Blackshear killed wild
cat in Big creek last week over four feet
long.
Ripe watermelons were offered on the
streets at Griffin Wednesday at % cents
apiece.
Col D. C. McLennan lies seriously I'll
with hemorrhagic malaril fever at his
home In Lumber City.
John billiard, farmer who was shot by
anegro near Cuthbert day or two ago,
has died from his injuries.
Messrs. Rawls, Mcdonald and Hood have
planted between 5000 and 5000 fruit trees
on the Knowles place, near Cuthbert
Mayor Hampton was thrown from his
buggy by runaway horse at Cedartown,
Wednesday, and severely but not danger
ously injured.
The school house at Sandlin's crossing. in
the Fourth district Of Randolph county,
school house.
Cartersville's firemen's fair has closed,
netting 500 above all expenses The funds
thus realized will be expended in uniform
ing the firemen
c. S. Crowningshield. GO years cid, a
Mason, a native of New York city, but for
the past seven years resident OF Quitman,
died of apoplexy wednesday.
''Sonny" McGehee of Perry, the negro
boy who was placed in Jail on the charge of
completely in the Miller murder, was re-
leased on bond last Saturday.
The inventory and appraisement Of the
estate OF the late Daniel NJ Stringer of
Gainesville has been filed in the Office of the
ordinary. 1t amounts to over s27, 900.
A party of Ohio excursionists will soon
visit Fort Valley, and citizens meeting
was held there Monday TO make arrange
ments for tbs reception and entertainment
of the visitors.
At Quitman, Wednesday, while sitting on
a fence, Albert Nelms lei a shotgun slip
from his grasp The hammer struck a rail,
and the load OF shot struck Nelms' head,
tearing it frghtfuly.
G. II. J. Taylor, Atlanta's colored law
yer, has been offered most remunerative
position by the New York World TO perform
special wo for that paper as its special
correspondent IN Hayti.
There is lady in Perry who has several
times found through dream an article
that had been misplaced. 1t Is also said
that something always happens shortly
after dream to forcibly remind her Of that
dream.
Steven Kent of Schley county, who is 90
years of age, is slowly passing away. lie
is now confined to his bed with a general
breakdown Of his system. He claims to
have printed the first issue of the Sumter
Republican at Americas.
The Euening Journal, of Asheville, n. c..
announces that the paving committee of
that city have decided to accept the bid of
Gen. P. NJ. b. Young of Atlanta, TO
pave the streets of Asheville with the Hal
wood paving blocks, on the Hale founda-
ton.
At Marietta, Wednesday, the barn and
stables belonging to the Harwood Semi
nary, containing fifty or more bushels of
corn, were destroyed by fire. While the
boys were fighting the fire the acid engine
boiler exploded, burning Robb Hammett
and d. York.
The barkeeper, Berni, who was shot
Christmas night by Jim Matthews, in the
Commercial no el bar at Macon, believes
that the story from Denver reporting the
sudden death of Matthews is false, and sent
out by Matthews himself to throw the law
officers off the see It.
Sandersville Herald: 1t is perhaps not
generally known that Washington county
forests furnish our seaports with valuable
ship timber. Recently a mammoth pine
was shipped by MIR. Sweeny from his swamp
on the Oconee river, los feet long. that
measured over 1900 feet after being hewed.
The two new brick stores of Victor
Frieze, on Spring street, at Sparta. are
finished DR.. 4. G. Wiley will commence
the erection Of his residence on Maiden
Lane soon, and so will Dr. A. J. Avary. on
Broad street, next to the Methodist parson-
age, aud Mrs. Lucy B. Kendrick, on Hamll-
ton street.
Perry Journal: w. NJ Stripping. who
assists Clerk of Superior Court Wellons.
says that be recorded a mortgage a few
days ago in which the articles mortgaged
were one iron gray mule, one Dixie pillow.
two plow points and twenty-five yards of
calico The paper came from merchant
in Fort Valley.
The Sparta Board OF Trade has elected
the following officers: Capt r. B. Baxter.
president; erling w. Roberts. first vice
president; L. B. Simmons, second vice
president; board Of directors: E. A. Rozier.
Frank l.. Little, I. NJ. Hunt. LINDSAY
Baker, R. H. Lewis, d. Silver, E. FL. Berry.
and Joshua L. Culver.
A house at Jesup, known as the "Honns
hotel" was completely destroyed last
Thursday night. The house is stu
ated near the railroad tracks, aud
was erected some years ago
TO be used as a hotel for colored travellers.
It was not occupied at the time when
burned. and was undoubtedly set afire by
SONS one.
A pile Of cloaks in the large dry-goods
store Of Barnes, Evans & Co.. at Gainesville.
caught fire at 2 O'clock Thursday morning.
The fire was soon extinguishei. The cloak
counter is almost directly under the electric
light, and it is supposed that a spark of
burning carbon must have fallen from the
light and ignited the goods. The loss will
exceed $1,000.
Capt. w. H. Mickey of Valdosta is dead.
He was gallant boy captain in the con-
federate army.7 He came 80 Lowndes
county from Griffin, Ca, at the close of the
war and engaged in cotton planting. and
after ward merchandising. He has been. in
bad health for several years, and was prac-
tically retired from business He was a
man of wealth.
Work on the new three-story hotel is in
progress at Quitman. On the first floor
there will be thirteen rooms, including the
olning-room, Offices, ETC.; on the second,
nineteen rooms, and on the third twenty
two. A. h. johnson is the architect, and
5. A. Remington the contractor. Both
gentlemen are of Ouitmap The hokel is IN