The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

A Valuable Gift 20 the university OF
Georgia - LAGRANGE Overrun with
Thievss-The Georgia Division Of the
G. a. r. 70 Hold It's Annual Meeting
in Augusta Jan. "a - Jailed for
Forgery in Lump kin.
GEORGIA
The work of rebuilding the burned district
of Dublin Is progressing rapidly.
f. W. Hunter Of Ipswich, Mich, was in
Brunswick. Wednesday, with view to es-
tablishing tool handle factory.
At their meeting, Wednesday, the Bib
county commissioners retired 5000 Jail
bonds, leaving the county 50, 600 10 debt
The bill TO issue bonds for public improve
ments at Macon was approved at Wednes-
DAYS election. The vote stood: For, Dol;
against, 40.
Monday night, burglars entered the store
of Lo1g & Lynch, at Hamilton, and stole
$25 worth of goods There IS no clew to
the perpetrators.
The ordinary of Whitfield county has
ordered an election on the whisky question
for Feb. 6. Whisky was two years ago
voted out by large majority.
Mr.. b. NJ. Stringer, who was shot by w.
E. Smith in Gainesville. some three weeks
oning caused by the bullet wound.
Alderman Dootson of Athens has a very
neat little invention in the form of a band
tension regulator for use in cotton mills.
Mr.. DoJtsol has applied for patent.
The -four and grist mill of j. w. Reeves,
near Dallas, was destroyed by fire Wednes-
dav night. Loss g., 500; no insurance. The
fire is thought to have been Of incendiary
origin.
AT Brunswick, Wednesday, G. o. Ingram
came very near shooting himself He was
handling his pistol, when it was accidentally
discharged, the ball passing through the
brim Of his hat.
The public schools opened at Griffin Mon
day with a larger number Of pupils than on
any previous opening day since the new
system of education was Instituted IN that
city. The number enrolled was 24O.
W. J. Langston, an old and highly re-
spected citiZsn Of Harlem, dropped dead
Thursday morning on the streets. lie was
returning to work from breakfast. Heart
disease is supposed to have been the trouble.
Wednesday night the residence of f N.
Fletcher, q prominent farmer two miles
from Statesboro was burned with all of its
furniture. Loss 81, 500. On Thursday Mr..
Fietcher's neighbors helped him with 1915.
Two negroes, Aloza Grant and James
Moreland, fell out while gambling near
Shs dy Dale Ill Jasper county, Thursday,
and the difficulty resulted in the death of
Morelan0, Grant having broke the skull of
Moreland with an iron crank Of a grind
stone. Grant has been arrested.
While walking along the track of the
East Tennessee road, near the cotton yards,
at Macon. Wednesday night. an unknown
white man was struck by the pilot Of engine
No. 81 Of the local freight and knocked
from the track. His left arm was broken,
but with this and few bruises he escaped.
Oils Glass, a son Of Judge James Glass,
who lives five miles north of McDonough,
accidentally killed a negro named Joe
Glenn one day last week. Young Glass
was exhibiting a pistol to the darky with
the view of making a trade, when the pistol
went off, killing the darby almost instantly.
The Etowah Iron Company, composed of
Philadelphia capitalists, who, a snort time
since, bought the celebrated Mark A.
Cooper's iron property, near Gainesville,
Thursday closed trade for the Dobbins
property, by which all the available man
ganese ores in that section passes under
their control.
At Blackville, last week, several negroes
entered the commissarv of Stephen q
Carter, and ordered the clerk to stand aside
while they helped themselves to anything
they wanted. One took two suits OF clothes,
others fingered knives, shirts, etc. A negro
was arrested Wednesday with some of the
stolen goods in his possession.
j. C.. Fuller of Atlanta has bought the
5OO-acre farm Of I. NJ. Bingham, one mile
south of Mooreland, in Coweta county. and
proposes to build a town of his own to meet
the demands of the rapid development of
that section. The survey of the railroad
line from Greenville to Newman, which is
soon TO be built, runs through his farm.
Deputy Sheriff Holder jailed a man
named Cowan few days ago in Lumpkir
county, for forgery, who had been eludinp
the Off ers for two or three months. Al
that time he forged Mr. e. Sawyer's name
to an order for 500. and skipped. He wa:
arraigned for commitment and, sent bacI
to jail, having failed to give a $500 bond.
LaGrange is overrun with thieves. A
systematic series of burglaries has takeI
place there of late. The robberies have al
occurred about the court house square, anc
no residences have been entered. TIL,
thieves do not remove anything by which
their identity an be traced, and the peopl,
OF the town are at a loss what to do about it
The store of Jones & Son. at Condor
Laurens county, was totally destroyed b,
fire last week. Not a thing was saved
There was no Insurance. The loss is So O0O
1t was learned that the store was broker
open, the merchandise saturated with kero
sene oil and ignited. 1t is supposed that
negro woman who had some auimosit-
toward the Joneses' did the deed.
At Chauncey, Thursday night, Glenn ott
notorious negress, was cursing and other
wise abusing w. H. Forrest, white. Hi
brother, John. came up and ordere
her to desist. She turned upon him wit
her vile epithets, whereupon John shot a
her with his pistol. She ran, followed b
John, who fired three or four shots, one O
which struck near the spine. The woun
may prove fatal
John Laney, a little negro boy in Rome
wednesday morning found pocketboo
containing $500 at the Chattanooga. Rom
and Columbus depot. The boy started u
town making inquiries for the owner, an
the book was claimed by ]. c. Sanhein
drummer who had boarded the mort
bound train, which was standing at til
depot, but before he was seated he MISE
his money. The money was turn ed over I
him.
The Georgia division Of the G. A. r
will hold it annual meeting in Augusta O
Jan. "a Nine posts from Georgia an
Carolina are embraced in this division an
will take part in the meeting. Gen. Alge
is expected at the meeting, as he is comm
south about that time, and he has been cor
daily urged to attend this annual gather
ing OF the Georgia and Carolina posts.
grand banquet will be spread and a roya
time is expected.
Mamie Brooks, a little girl about Z year