The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA
Farm labor is very scarce in Lee county.
A bank will shortly be organized at Wood
bury.
Fort Valleys new school building is COM
pleted-
The "blind tigers" have been chased out
of COrdele
The new CItizsns' Bank will bs organized
at Eastman during the present week.
Wiley Allison fell down a flight Of stairs
ana broke his leg, at Madison, Tuesday.
4 movement has baen started toward the
establishment Of public library at Madl-
sOn.
The question Of removing the court house
from Oglethorpe to MOnteZuma IS ag1tatlng
Macon county.
The editor Of the Watkinsville Enterprise
was presented with half Of thIrty-pound
watermelon last week.
The trustees Of the Methodist church at
Hamilton have purchased the residence OF
j. L. Dennis for parsonage.
The Arlington Banner, with G. B. & J.
W. Rodgers as editors and publishers, made
its first appearance Saturday.
The Cuthbert city council has placed a
tax of $3.50 on drummers engaged IN
soliciting orders for whisky houses.
Mrs. Margaret Stewart died at Whites
burg Jan. g. If she had lived until April
IL Of this year she would have been lO4
years old.
A. W. Walton has about concluded a sale
of the Rome exposition building TO an
Indiana carriage factory company employ
ang about 500 hands.
The negro school teacher, Octavey Spain,
who was arrested at Dallas for false swear
ing, was released on $500 bond. She has
gone to parts unknown.
burglar entered Col II. C. Shefield's
residence at Arlington Wednesday night,
and robbed that gentleman Of about $50,
which he found in his pants pockets.
Pierre Lorillard of New York has bought
thirty acres of land in Mcintosh county,
and will erect buildings which will occa-
sionally be occupied by himself and friends.
The negroes in Lee county do not take
kindly to the no-fence law, and are leaving
1T for such counties where they can have
the pleasure Of splitting rails if employed
by others.
Miss Ellen Dortch of GAINESVILLE is editor
and proprietor of the Gainesville Tribune
She is fine compositor, aud knows every
thing about the practical part of the
business.
The experimental farm people have filed
a petition for a postofIice at their station,
notwithstanding the Griffin Office is within
a mile, and the roads are good. They pro-
pose TO name it Experiment
The saw mill of J. R. Chapman & Son,
one mile above McRae, was burned do wn
Thursday night about II o'clock. The
origin of the iire is unknown. Fortunately
but little lumber was in the yard.
Last month Dwight Gibbs cut at his saw
mill. near Cordele, a number of pieces of
timber from sixty-five to seventy-six feet
IN length, and eighteen inches square at the
smallest part. The timber was shipped to a
southwestern state.
E. J. and c. II. Peacock of Dodge
county have purchased timber at Les
lie, twelve miles east of Americas, on
the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
road, and will in few days erect a turpen-
tine distillery at that point.
Col. Smith was in Woodbury. Thursday
morning for the purpose of securing the
right Of way through the town for the Ma
con and birmingham railroad The grad
ing force on this railroad is now at work
about half a mile from Woodbury.
Mrs. Rebecca Grier died at the residence
of her son-in-law, l. B. Bryan, at
McDonough at the advance age of 80
years and eleven months, lacking only one
month OF being 100 years old. She was the
great-grandmother Of Col. j. g. Zachery of
Washington city.
-
ton of Bryant Watkins. about two
miles east of Sandersville, gave her little
baby dose of laudanum, thinking it was
paregorlc, on last Sunday morning, and
the mistake proved a fatal one. The re-
mains were taken TO Warren county for
burial.
A gentleman who is very fond of fish
makes the suggestion that the crack fisher
men of Macon ought to try hand at fish
ngr nod Sr,f D,,,,
is Time Tor the shad to commence running
IN the river, and is sure that some Of them
could be caught by those familiar with the
methods of seining for them.
Wednesday afternoon at Cartersville Nat
Baker, a young white man, attempted to
shoot Jim Young, a negro boy The diff
Guilty occurred ON Main street, near J. p.
Jones' dry goods store. The two were dis
cusSing an old difficulty, and after few
angry words the negro made motion as if
TO strike Baker, and the latter drew a pistol
and fired, the ball going wide of the mark.
Thursday night a woman named Mary
Dean appeared at the Atlanta statlonhouse.
She wanted her brother James r. Smith ar
rested for clipping with his niece, her daugh-
ter, Lucy Dean. The woman said that the
two had gone off on the z o'clock train on
the East Tennessee road toward Macon.
She said that she was Just little too late Ia
stop them. Smith is married man with a
family. The police could do nothing for
her and the woman went in search of other
assistance.
A band of foot pads and thieves is play
ing havoc in Athens and vicinity. Several
negroes have been recently waylaid and
bold attempts made to rob them, and a few
nights ago prominent business man was
followed to his home by some unknown
party, but the villain was scared off from
an attempt to carry out his work. Now
they have turned their attention to burg arv.
Thursday night the residence of Capt. T.
II. Lumpkin, on Upper Prince avenue. was
entered by thieves. Mrs Lumpkin is alb
sent from the city on visit, and the captain
was staying at his placs of business down
town. The thieves, who were evidently
aware that no one was at home, entered the
house and helped themselves most literally
TO the contents, and what was not taken of
was broken up. The meat storehouse OF
Booth Bros, near the butcher pen, was also
entered that night and quantity of meat
carried off.
FLORIDA.
Two cars for the Ocala street railroad
arrived Monday
Up to Wednesday strawberry shipments
Tor the week aggregated tbirty-five bushels
Several Of the minor prizes of the Sub
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