The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Sunday. They carried over 5000 passen
gers.
Some of the commissi 0ners of roads O
Dooly county say that they are having
hard time to get the roads worked properly
Three lots, situated three miles west o
Macon, were sold Tuesday for $500 each
which shows the value OF dirt anywher
around Macon.
Tuesday Gov. Northen sent to the Senat
for confirmation the name of j. A. Edward
to be county solicitor for Macon cour IS
The appointment was confirmed. Judg
Haywood was made judge of the court las
week.
Dirt was broken for the new Masoni
building at Rome Tuesday. G. E. Murphy
is the architect and will superintend TIE
construction of this magnificent structure
which will be an honor To Rome and the
Masons Of this city.
Nine freight cars were derailed on the
Georgia railroad near Rutledge early Tues
day morning. The wreck occurred on
down grade, and 1t is thought that one car
must have jumped the track from a
Broken bumper or coupling and caused the
wreck
A. Nj. Wallerstein Of Fort Gaines has
curiosity in the shape OF a picture locket
that for ingenuity takes the bakery II
is a silver dollar followed out sufficient
depth to hold a miniature paotog raph, and
the lid il made from the part of another
coin and fits so close that it is impossible to
discover anything wrong with the money,
save the lghtness. 1t cost Mr.. Wallerstein
81.
The Spalding County Medical Associa-
ton. that has been an organization in name
only, has reorgauizet with the following
officers: President, L. j. Collier; vice presi-
dent, J. L. Moore; secretary and treasurer,
j. f. Stewart. The next meeting will BE-
held on Monday, when DR.. T. (. Drewry
Will read g paper, and the subject OF discus
sion will be typhoid fever In ell OF its
phases,
At Augusta Tuesday afternoon diff
Guilty occurred in the Arlington hotel
billiard parlors between B. Parker and
George Chassereau, in which Mr.. Parker
received q cut in the face from a pistol
which Mr.. Chassereau had in his hand. The
trouble was brought on by q remark tina;
one Of the parties made about the other.
They were separated before any serious
harm was done.
Brunswick's actual cotton receipts, a:
gathered and kept by s. J. Dent. assistant
secretary of the board Of trade, are 1914. Az.
The stock on hand Sept. /. 1890, was 81
bales; the stock on hand Sept. /, 1891, was
12l bales. The exports TO Great Britain for
the year were IS, $50 bales: exports TO tie
continent were q, $50 bsles; the shipments
coastwise amounted TO 7l.26S bales; the
home consumption was Lose bales.
Waynesboro True Citizen: The money
drawer at c. z. Sclerer's store was robbed
on last Monday of about S1I in small
change. In the change were several French
coins. Mr.. Scherer thinks the thief was
either locked in the store or entered by
means Of false key. \ gold cuff button
was smuggled back into its accustomed
place the Text night by the thief. There is
suspicion as to wno did the robbing.
The Richmond County Normal Institute
opened Monday morofng. 1t is is 70 be
known as kindergarten Institute. That is
what Supt. Evans says. the teachers must
make themselves children again for this
week, and begin right at the cotton of the
Alphabet blocks. The assembly hall of the
Central school was tolerably we'll filed.
About seventy-fve female teachers and a
half dozen male teachers were present at
the opening.
Athens Ledger: William Williams, the
agent for the Southern Express company
boasts a long lineage. de can trace his
ancestry back beyond the year OF 900, and
with more distinctness than the royal family
of England. The only relative he has in
America is nephew in New York. This
Is a remarkable showing, and very few
other individuals can coast like family
tree. Mr.. Williams has been in America
thirty years, coming here in '6l.
Ike Norwood, a negro, is in the Macon Jail
for being too slick. He is charged with
larceny in having swindled a country negro
on the hfty-two-cards-in-a deckn game.
Norwood and pal caught the country me-
gro at the. Macon and Northern depot and
wanted to bet him that there were not
hfty-two cards in an unbroken deck which
they had. He tit and at once bet 81 -;
there were fifty one. Then he bet pistol.
and there were only fifty He got mad and
notified the officers and they managed to
find Norwood, but his partner escaped.
Near Macon last Saturday afternoon
serious accident occurred to T. J. Whiting
ton, a section boss on the Georgia Southern
and Florida road. He was standing on q
pole car which was III motion and a sudden
lunge threw him in front of it, causing him
TO be run over and severely injured. His
skull was fractured and a portion of a
vertebra OF his backbone Clipped off, caus,
ing excruciatlng pain. The injuries are
very severe and may prove fatal. but it is
thought with propsr care he will recover.
Capt Bradwell, state school commits
sioner, says that the indications are that
there will be a larger attendance at the
public schools of the state this fall and
winter than ever before. He saws the
schools are better organized than they ever
have been, and that more interest has been
manifested on the part OF the people than
ever before. The people of the country, he
says, are more willing to bs taxed for edu~
catlonal purposes than they have been be-
fore, and that q demand has come from all
sections asking that the school term be
heightened from five to six months, and he
hopes that the legislature will pass bill
appropriating sufficient money for the pur-
pose.