The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Big Boar Hunt on the Tapls IN sum
Tar Countv-A Wonderful Hen and a
Calf That Was Hslf Human-A New
Manufacturing Enterprise at Wash
tugton-The New Hotel Project at
Americas.
GEORGIA.
DR. Anderson Of Madison county has be-
come deranged.
There is a movement on foot to organize
a new Methodist church at Atlanta.
MANY handsome new residences and store
houses will go up in Da Sson this year
At Warrenton, F. L. Howell's safe was
broken into Monday night and robbed of
$50.
JeFe Joiner has disappeared from Ten
nile He is deranged and is probably at
Macon.
The grand jury of Terrell county recon-
mends the erection of q new court house at
Dawson.
The machinery for the new boat has ar
rived at Montezuma, and soon the boat will
commence running.
1t is reported that Capt. w. W. Brown Of
Macon viii be nominated as the republican
candidate for governor in the next election.
The negroes around Center, jackson
county. refuse to work for the planters.
They expect to get work on railroad for
81 per day.
The convict camp, about two miles from
Dawson, is place Of popular resort. 1t is
estimated that l, 900 persons visited there
last Sunday.
After paving the state tax of $500, and
license fee Of $ for each agent. all sewing
machine companies are exempt from mu-
nicipal taxes of any sort.
The Chattahooches Knitting Company of
Columbus is testing some new automatic
knitting machines, with g view 10 equip
ping their mills with them.
Capt. Hugh H. Gordon, of Atlanta, will
deliver the commencement GRAFTON at the
Middle Georgia Military and Agricultural
College at Mllledgeville June 10.
Two tenement houses on South Albany
and Howe streets, Brunswick the property
of Mrs. Joe Lambright, were destroyed by
fire a little after o'clock yesterday morn
ing.
Mai. B. F. Brimberry, who some time
ago was appointed postmaster at Albany 70
succeed Capt. Y. G. Rust the present in
cumbent, will take charge Of the Office
Feb. /.
The oat crop in Doughsrty county is
promising, and will doubtless yield abund-
antly, if cold weather follows to kill the
flies that threaten to sap the strength of the
tender plants.
Tom Moore was shot three times and
fatally wounded by a negro named John
Williams, near Hayse & Bros railroad
camp near Thomaston Tuesday. Both
were drinking.
The alliance people Of Macon county will
put up cooperative store. The merchants
of Montezuma held meeting and got up
lot of resolutions cordially inviting them to
locate it there.
The whisky dealers of Dawson can no
longer drum the dry burg of Cuthbert.
The council Of that place has put a tax of
$3.50 ION drummers engaged in soliciting or
ders for whisky houses"
City Engineer Hendrick is arranging to
make an exhaustive Typographical survey
of all the streets Of Macon in preparation
for the new system of sewerage with which
the city is to be provided.
Solicitor General Brantley Of Brunswick
feels that Gov. Gordon did not examine the
evidence and facts in the case before COM
muting to life imprisonment the sentence Of
Lewis Phillips of Wayne county.
At Columbus tho Presbyterian church
debt Of 1900 has at last been paid off. A
Few days ago the young deacons took the
matter in hand and succeeded in raising the
amount needed to cancel the debt.
Col. Ira Jennings Of Macon, the Oldest
stage coach driver and star route mail car
rier in the United States, has had cataract
removed from one OF his eyes, out of which
he now sees for the first time in six years.
From the Attorney Generals reports. re-
Gently published, it appears that there were
5l6 persons convicted In the federal courts
OF Georgia last year and sentenced to vari-
Gus terms OF imprisonment. OF this num-
Der 512 were revenue offenders.
H., "a -
from the Americas Improvement COMPANY
to erect the cotton bagging factory az
Americas is said to be IS 200. The COM
pany also takes $4,000 stock in the factory.
and exercises no voice in the management
of the business.
Gen. Longstreet is said to lcsk careworn.
DE contemplates making a visit to Macon.
Miss, where he has three or four sisters
and the widow of his brother, William
Longstreet, who died about twelve months
ago. They all live in Noxubee county,
Macon being the county site.
The bonds voted by the people at the las,
city election at Americas, to erect city
hall and public school building, were sold
on Saturday night to ]. P. Hambledon &
Co. of Baltimore at 107 net, being in reality
about 10S. The purchasers pay all expenses
OF engraving and issuing the bonds
Detectives have been working up the
burning of j. p. Boatright's hotel which
occurred at Bremen some time ago. and
they claim that they have some Glow as t.
who did the incendiary work. Wash
Brown, (coloredl is under arrest at Blu.
chanan in connection with the case.
The difficulty between H. L. Howell anc
Louis Knight, at Redbone, has been settled
Howell returned TO Albany after shooting
at knight. He explained to the latter thai
he was intoxicated at the time. and promised
TO leave the state. He leaves the little
adopted girl, Ida Collins, with Knight. tx
whom she had gone for protection.
At Montezuma, ALI Franklin, a negro bo,
about Is years old, has been slanderint
some OF the young ladies of the town
Their brothers heard of it and told hin
that if he did not leave town they would
kill him. Aft has skipped. He is the sam,
boy who stole $50 from Max Cohen no
long ago and got off with a nominal fine.
A few days since COW belonging to G.
R Mcdonald of Redbone gave birth to ,
calf which was half human. 1t was yer,
slightly covered with hair. The back of it
head was like child's and it had a human
nose. 1t had but two legs, each about 81,
inches'long. Its feet were shapeless. a
short tail about three inches long came on
between the shoulder blades. It was borl
dead
1t is understood that Col. Locke. Macon,
new postmaster, will have no trouble il
making his bond. Capt. w. w. Brown