The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF raz TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Street Railroed-A Burglar Drops
His Doodle - Florida's Phosphate
Fields A Heavy Shipment o
Lemons.
Heavy shipments Of coal are arrivin;
daily at Americus.
Milledgeville is getting TO be one OF tn
iiveiiest horse and mule markets in Georgia
The unwilling of the bust or Sidne,
Lanier will take place in the public hbrar.
at Macon next Friday evening.
The friends of Anton Kountz have an
nounced him as a candidate for the MAYOR
atty of Atlanta. He is native Of tina
city.
An addition is TO be made to the bankin,
facilities of Americas The farmers ALI
ance will organize and control the new
bank
Tallspoosa's foundry and machine work
are so crowded with business that electric
lights have been put in throughout the plant
preparatory for working over hours.
Albany is to have new street railroad.
The line Is 70 run from Washington street
to Broad, out Broad 10 the ariesian well,
and thence out Jefferson street through the
northern part of the city.
+. S. Myers has the contract to build for
the Tallapoosa Water Works Company an
engine house 22x24 feet, boiler house,
24x2S feet 6 inches, and a stack 90 feet
high, and has begun the work.
Daniel James fell ont of doorway at the
residence Of his son-in-law. w. A. Harris,
and knocked one of his ears nearly off. He
is being attended oy DR.. c. A. Brooks and
his many friends hope for his early recov-
cry.
Bill Ray and Sam Fitzgerald, both col
ored had difficulty on Lee street. at Daw-
son, last Sunday night and Sam was cut
several times on the head with a knife and
struck with a stick. He blsd profusely.
but DR.. Dean, who dressed the wounds, did
not think them very dangerous
Fort Valley Leader: Many people come
to the front this season and swear there is
going to be an overwhelming top crop of
cotton made. Farmers who are not in debt
may gather a good top crop, but we never
saw top crop mature for a farmer that
was in debt; so they need not depend on
such thing.
A dog, supposed to have been mad, pa ssed
through Hartwell Sunday night and bit
Win Dooly, tore the clothes off Of Sloan
Reeder and tried to get Henry Dooly by the
throat. (Au negroes) 1t was thought to
have bitten several dogs during the night.
A dog answering the same description went
to Tom Carter's house on Swan Sanders
place in Reed Creek district on Monday
morning and bit Tom Carter twice, aud was
killed by Carter Many people are appre-
hensive Of hydrophobia.
Crawfordville Democrat: Last Friday
morning few miles below town, one Sam
Wynne (colored) got mad with one old man
Frank Rhodes (also colored) and the former
beat the latter over the head numerically.
There were five gashes in the old mans
head as ugly as we ever saw. He came to
town and DIR. Breazley sewed up and other
wise dressed the wounds, and he has been
getting along very well since A warrant
was sworn out for the arrest of Wynne. but
he has not been caught yet We hope he
will be brought to Justice.
Louis Vanucci Of Macon has for several
years past cultivated fine banana plant in
front OF his place Of business on Mulberry
street. 1t has frequently tried TO fruit,
producing promising punches of ba-
nanas which did ell in youth but fell off
before ripehing. This year, however, the
patient plant had better luck It produced
a fine bunch of bananas, which matured
ami ripened They were pulled by Mr..
Vanucci Saturday, and distributed among
ms friends. The fruit has delicious taste
Each banana was large and we'll formed.
NothlnR like them has ever before been
grown In the open air in Macon.
American Times: thrifty negro from
The country coined n1ckels and dimes right
along yesterday, by exhibiting a monster
aud vicious-looking rattlesnake OF the
street corners The snake was confined In
pine box, and whenever said box was set
DOWN curious crowd quickly gathered.
The snake was five feet long and as big
around as a mans arm, and when the boys
stirred him up with a stick, the music of
MS rattles could be heard across the street.
Another darkey, who claimed to be a snake
charmer, offered to take the venomous rep
tile from the box and play with him, but
tne owner OF the snake declined the offer.
Wednesday night Mrs. Webb. who lives
near Sumter City, had quite an experience
with burglar. During the night she was
awakened by something striking heavily
She reused herself and saw a man with
trunk on his shoulder preparing to leave
the room. The lady firmly demanded that
the thief put down the trunk, which he did.
and then made a break for liberty. escap-
ing In the darkness. On the night Of the
attempted burglary there was in the house
about 5000 in money. and $500 of it was in
that trunk. There is no clew to the would
be thief, but It is thought that a negro who
knew OF the money was the guilty person.
The money was brought to Americas FRI
day and put in a bank for safe keeping.
w. II. Schatzman left Macon Sunday
morning with his entire family to take part
IN family reunion, the like of which has
probably never been held before in America.
The entire Schatzman family will meet in
Cincinnati at the home of Frederick Schatz-
man. The occasion of the reunion will be
= the golden wedding of the parents Of w. Il.
Schatzman. The popularity of the reunion
Is the wonderful record of the family. Fred
erick Schatzman is one of the oldest Ger
man citizens of Cincinnati. He is now
living within a stones throw of the
spot where he settled over sixty wears
ago. Mr.. Schatzman had a large family.
consisting of five sons and four daughters
All his children are alive and doing well,
with the exception of one son, who died
while prisoner of war at Andersonville.
the only other death which has ever oc-
Cured in the family was that of a son-iu-
Law, who was killed by being run over by a
railroad train. All the children, the grand
children and the great grandchildren Of the
aged couple will be present, numbering in
all seventy people. There is no record in
existence of family increasing to the num-
Der OF seventy people without single death
from natural causes having occurred.
FLORIDA
Prof. ]. II. Miller has been chosen princi
pal OF the Bronson public school
Rust is doing great damage to cotton in
many counties, especially Alachua.
A negro porter robbed Sabel Rros ~