The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-01
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE

GEORGIA.
Counterfeit silver dollars are in circula,
ton in Griffin.
The Methoiiss church at Gordon wa
dedicated yesterday.
The new jail for Wilkes county is TO cos
from sc, 500 60 s, 500.
Mrs. s. y Hester OF Richland has
knife that is 100 years old
The Times Publishing Company Of Ameri
Gus Is 70 erect a new building.
J. B. Badger has been appointed Uniteo
States gauger for the city Of Macon.
Rev. H. q. Parks, presiding elder of th
Athens district, is quite sick al his home il
Athens.
There is q plan on foot 10 establish new
bank in Newman, with paid up capital Of
$4,000.
The city tax books of Newman have just
closed, with about 5000 still due and TN
collected.
TIE Ringgold Ne,c South has been boy
cotted By one of the sub-aliislces OF Ca
toosa county.
DR.. H. Il johnson OF Atlanta, editor Of
the Southern Dental Journal, has decided
70 locate IN Macon.
II is not improbable that Rector Powers
will leave St. Paul's church at Macon to I'LL
apulpIt in Kentucky.
Judge John Il. Mercer CT Sylvauia wss
seriously burt g few days ago by being
thrown from horse.
AT WaycroSs, Thursday night, robbers
went TO tce residence Of DR.. 3. +. Williams
and robbed him OF $50
Ogletho-pe county last week lost three Of
her best ci,iz-ns: Judge Hilliari J. hall,
VI. F. Mattox. and W. T. Banks.
A negro woman was fatally burned at the
pauper farm near Blakely last Sunday.
She fell into the fireplace while cooking.
The stock Of cotton on hand at Macon is
larger iris year by 5000 bales than at the
sane time las. year, due entirely to the
scarcity OF money.
Fire DESTROYED Page ROark's fra ne dwell
ing ct Gainesville aad is furniture about
o'ciock Friday morning. The estimated
loss Is 81, 900. The insurance is s., so.
After i've months Of waiting the census
eBums-stors have been made half happy
by the receipt OF the money they made by
collecting the statistics Of the city Of Macon
A J. Anderson has just resigned as al
engineer. n the Western and Atlantic after
an uninterrupted service OF thirty years and
With record hardly equaled in American
rallroading.
PeFtoI Waters, car inspector for the
Columbus Southern railroad at Richland
got one IF his algers 50 badly mashed last
Friday while wora iag on car that it was
necessary 70 amputste il.
Al Athens Friday Mrs Cora Skies, wife
Of JOHN Skies, while kindling q tire in her
stove, was badly burned on the face. In
pouring kerosene upon the wood the fame
ignited and few into her face.
DR.. John ". Bowden, one Of the Oldest
citizens Of COtlcAloCga valley, died at
Adairzville Friday. he has been a pacific
ing physician here for over forty years, a
Mason Of note, and an upright man.
Il Is reported that & stock company in
Waycross las raised 5000 TO start daily
paper, and are negotiating with Ben E.
Russell OF balnorldge - get him to assume
the editorial management of the paper.
Nr. Cnbach Of Atlanta he's just received
& c mInun!caCon from a Louisville patent
agent saying that be had carefully in
spec-ed his new invention and that it
81 uld bring e. G moderate estimate
$1,000
There was g sale in Clarke county few
months ago, and IN 4 lot of things sold
there was q half gallon Jug which sold for
- ceals This Jug was brought from Vir-
glnla seventy-hve years ago as travelling
companion.
Money is getting easier in Macon, and
commercial confidence IS rapidly being re-
stored One real estate deal. involving
nearly SO, 600, is pending, and Sl0O, 900
manufacturing enterprise = something en-.
TREY news IN tbs taps.
The members Of the First Baptist church
OF Carte svllls lave called Rev. c. Z. W.
Dooos Of Columbus, Miss, to the pastorate
OF that church, the vacancy being caused
by The resignation Of Rev. W. II. Cooper,
who has accepted call from Dalton.
Thursday morning, while Findly Kihcaid
was upon tie Top u a small house on MS
place east Of Griffin, he lost his balance aud
fell . the ground, falling upon a piece Of
timber, which struck him in the small Of the
back. His injuries are not dangerous
Newman Herald: Frank SibIey, OF Sc
nols. IS perhaps the youngest merchant in
the state. he Is but six years old now, and
has been IL business several months. He
passed through the city Tuesday moruiog
on bis way 70 Atlanta, where ne will pur-
chase nice assortment Of goods for the
holiday trade.
Grant P. Edwards Of Atlanta. who few
months ago drew Sl5,o 600 in a lottery. died
Friday. At that time ne was q very moor
man. and was an engineer in the Journal
press room. Soon after getting the fortune
he and ms wife became estranged A few
months ago Mrs. Edwards died. and now
her husband has passed from earth.
r. 7. Patterson Of Africa district. near
sunny Side, Spaiding county, had the mis-
fortune TO have his ginhouse and thirteen
ba-es Of cotton destroyed by fire Thursday
Dir. Pat ersons individual loss will be- in
the height b-ho3d OF 81 200 with no in
surence. The total loss viii amount to
about 1900. The fire is supposed to have
been caused By match in the cotton.
Bainbrige Democrat: A painful accidsnt
befel the 5-year-old son Of Rich Ingram on
Sunday morning LASTLY which he came
near losing MS life. " nile playing about
his fathers horse, which was standing in
the stable, he was kicked IN the face bv the
horse-the bow breaking the bridge Of
his nose, and injuring one Of his ewes 90
seriously as TO render its entire loss verv
probable
Bainbridge Globe: Last Tuesday on the
west SIDE OF the river, Joe Williams cut and
killed stamper Thornton lcolored). 1t is
not known exactly what they quarreled
about, as 10 one was present at the time of
the difficulty except Mr. Williams and T. q
deceased. The corOneris Jury returned a
verdict Of "justihable homicide ON Mr.
Williams statement that the deceased made
the ATTACK on hlm with a knife and that he
only cut IN defecss Of himself.
Blanche, the 13-year-old daughter NJ Mrs
Mary +. Matthews, was accidentally shot
but not seriously wounded BY poiiceman
at Macon Friday night The officer was
firing at negro running through a lane
and the girl appeared on the crossing inst in
time to be hit by the bullet A hasty ex.