The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF Tia Two STATES
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A Small sized Cyclone Near Antioch.
The Oldest Maiden Lady in the State.
q. B. Plants Offer to Els Employees.
A Barn Burned at Thomasville-A
Kan Falls From a Wagon aud Breaks
His Neck.
GEORGIA.
DR.. T a. Stewart of Boston died sud
denly last Sunday.
The store of DR.. J. "A. Evans at Davis
boro was broken into and $50 or $40 worth
of goods stolen.
Col A. P. Wright OF Townsville has
been appointed permanent receiver OF A. r.
Prevails stock. DR.. Culpepper was tenn
porary receiver.
Gen. John B. and Hugh Gordon were in
Butler last Tue i purchased some
valuable farr nd be lglng to the estate
of Tonn . tchen Il '7ased.
Bloorn Dunn Milledgeville, the lad
who VI Ccci tally shot through the body
while Oh a LntIng excursion on Thanks
giving day, still fingers In precarious con-
dition.
AtThomasville the city registration books
closed last Monday night The list is larger
this year than ever before, AT having
registered. OF these 269 are white and IT'S
colored.
Miss Catharine Alcorn, living near Rome,
Is said to be the Oldest maiden lady in Geor-
gia. She is 90 yearsJld. Strange az it may
seem to her sex, she says that she hos never
loved man.
The loss of iewelry in the consignment
which c. J. Doerhinger Of Bruns wick re-
ceived last week and which was found to
have been opened while in transit is esti-
mated TO amount to $40. The railroad au-
thorities will make good that amount.
Woodbury. Planter: A negro dropped a
small sack Of sugar on the ground one day
not long since. The sack burst and the
sugar was spilled. Declaring that time wers
too hard to lose it, he sat down and ate the
sugar from the ground. and then went back
for more.
Abram benson, an old colored man, fell
from wagon on which he was riding
Saturday afternoon, four miles from Boston,
and broke his neck. He WAS sitting on top
OF a box of meat, and as the wagon struck a
rough place 10 the road lost his balance and
toppled over, falling on his head.
S1eriff Wall came down last Monday and
closed MP the store of Moye & Moye Of
Davisb TO on tie foreclosure Of q mortgage
held by DEWEY, Hood 81 Co. of Augusta
The business, y hich is really carried on ard
owned by J. L. Moye, was satisfactorily
arranged and resumed last Saturday.
After two days trial at Butler last week
B. F. Oliver was placed in jail to await
trial at the February term Of Taylor
superior court in the killing of Starlin
Williams. The court held that Mr.. Oliver
failed to prove his whereabouts at the time
the killing is thought TO have occurred.
The following is the official result Of the
vote in the municipal election at Albany
For mayor: w. II. Gilbert 275, w. D. Price
81. For aldermen: William Lockett 63l
NJ. Neslosky 2l2, E. n. Clark 29S, R. L.
Jones 255, J. c. Cassidy 307, S. W. Gummi-
son S04, 5. J. Jones l41, Joseph Ehrlich 49,
Rev. J. H Herbener Of Townsville lost
his barn and its entire contents by fire Sat-
urday night. The blaze occurred little
after dark. The barn was worth about
$3.50. and contents, consisting of 100 bushels
Of corn. etc. about as much more. His in
surance on property burned was 800. His
loss Is about $500. Considerable fencing
was also destroyed, but was fully covered
by insurance. How the fire originated Is
unknown.
1t is understood at Augusta that the COM
mittee who have in charge the selection Of
the Presbyterian South Atlantic University
have decided to accept the proposition OF
the North Augusta aud Company and will
locate the college on Carolina flights, OPP
posite Augusta, across the river The
board of regents will meet there on Dec. %
to receive the report Of the COMMITTEES.
Several hundred thousand dollars will be
expended on the college.
The storm of last Thusday night devel~
oped into something like young cyclone out
IN the neighborhood OF Antioch. Capt J.
I. BOykin had his gin house, engine house,
and some other small houses blown down,
damaging the engine and destroying about
eight bales Of seed cotton. ]. o. Smith and
Jack Estes had their residences and some
out houses damaged, and negro cabin on
one of the places was blown entirely away.
a barn on the place of A. B. Lee was blown
down and other damage doae.
The will of the late Judge John j. Gresh-
am was probated Tuesday in solemn form
in the court OF ordinary at Macon. T. B.
Gresham, son OF the deceased, is the exec
utor. The estate is valued at nearly $500,
COO. 1t consists principally of stocks and
bonds. There is some real estate Judge
Gresham left the bulk of the property TO
his son and daughter, T. B. Gresham and
Mrs. Minnie Machen. Small legacies were
left TO nieces and nephews of the deceased.
One thousand dollars has been left to the
First Presbyterian church. and a bequest
was also willed to the South Carolina and
Tavaa svpods