The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-14
GEOHGIA THRIFT.
Dublin is to have a bank soon.

Trains will be rrnning into Dublin over
the new Wrightsyille and Teunllle railroad
bridge by Feb. l.
Robert Rowland of LaGrange has bought
lot on Galloway street aad will soon build
nice residence on it.
Mark H. Young has sold out his interest
10 the firm OF Young & Knox, stock dealers
| OF Lexington, TO G. c. Steele Of Tennessee,
| and the business will be carried on under the
firm name of Knox 81 Steele.
Ashburn Adrocdte: The product of j.
). Shinger's still this year was 800 bar
rels spirits tlrpen5ine and 6,000 barrels
rosin, while at the still of his brother there
were turned out 800 barrels spirits aud 200
barrels r-sln, making a total Of 1000 bar
| rel Of spirits aud 5000 barrels of resin, ag-
gregating In money in the neighborhood of
SEQ, COO
h. J. Wright, VINO has the building Of all
| depcts anu section houses between LOuvale
ana Montgomery, on the Georgia and Ala
banla railroad, reports work progressing
| finely. The depot at Williams crossing has
Just been completed, and that at Hurtsuoro
Is also about finished. Work he's Just been
begun on the new depot at Omaha, which is
to be beauty.
The new town Of Harris City, at the
junction Of the Columbus and Rome and
Macon and Birmingham railroads.
was named IN honor of the
iate Judge Henry Harris,
father of Hon. Henry r. Harris. Judge
Harris was one of the pionaers of the county.
and as far back as about 1880 lived near tie
site OF the present town. He afterward
| moved to Granville, where he lived until
his death, in 1860.
The Griffin stone quarries, from which
the Central railroad has been ballasting It's
track, have shut down. A few DAYS ago the
boiler Of the old locomotive usei to run the
crusher bursted, aud there was difficulty in
replacing It. Messrs. Ross & Tencn have
thrown up the contract, and are ont of it,
ms was quite an extensive industry ard
throws out Of employment about SEVENTY
I'VE hands, most Of them Griffin negroes
William G. Robinson Of Rome has pat-
ented discovery which promises to be of
great value, by which he revolutionizes the
process OF ice-making and cold storage. lie
claims that his discovery, without having
TO use machinery, can, either in large or
small quantities, reduce the temperature
| the same as can be done by the Il se of ice or
the cold-storage process through the mo
dlum or ammonia By his discovery, it is
SAID that any family in the country can get
| the same results as would be furnished by
Ice, ana at greatly reduced cost. Mr..
Robinson has associated with himself K Y
and ID. e. Dawson Of Rome, and these ge i
tienen Will at once proceed to organize q
stock company.
gainesville Eagle: The failure of John r.
Little, which occurred on last Saturday
was quite u surprise TO many of our people
as it was generally supposed that Mr.. LittIe's
business was in healthy condition and
that 1t was prospering. 1t seems that on
account OF failure to collect he was unable
to meet his paper and was consequently
forced TO make an assignment. naming q
l.. Boone as assignee. with the First Ma
tonal Bank as preferred creditor His
Indebtedness to the bank is, we learn,
between S2,500 and S. 900 As we have no
definite Information we cannot state the
amount of liabilities and assets. We have
heard it rumored. however, that the forme,
approximate $4,000 and the latter nearly
the same,
The Second Baptist church at Atlantis
was put up at auction Friday. aud knocked
! down to NJ. Benjamin of the Standard II.
Company. The price paid was $3.50 The
churcn retains possession Of the building az
1t stands until Friday, Dec. 26, 1890. afta,
which the purchaser will be REQUIRED To "a
move 1t from the lot within sixty DAYS from
J that date. The purchaser will be required
to remove from the lot within the tim.
stated the whole Of the materia
purchased in the building, and algC
all debris occasoned b. tearing IN,
building down. At one-half the price OF
new brick and less than an average of one
fourth the price Of all other material. est.
mates show the material for sale to have
been worth 81, 1000.