The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

BALDWIN OnQer Arr05J.
GEORGIA
Pleasant A. Stovall will deliver the
GRAFTON on Memorial day at Augusta.
Col. c. o. Davis was thrown from q
buggy at Camilla Saturday and had a leg
bro6en.
A cotton factory plant, worth $50 900,
now in North Carolina may be moved to
Albany.
Rev. J. C. Jones. rector Of the Episcopal
church at Dalton, has &C epted call TO a
church at Baltimore, Nj
W. G.. Crowell. property man of the
Adele Frost troupe, died at the Hawkins
house at Americas, Saturday.
The Dalton Guards have ordered new
uniforms, and are drilling regularly, antici-
pating the summer encampment.
The report that Gen. Lucius J. Gartrell
OF Atlanta died Saturday was erroneous.
The general is still slivs, but very .oT.
Capt n. Christensen, of tae Norwegian
bark Aukathor, died aboard his vessel, at
Brunswick, Friday night. A bowel trouble
wes the cause.
Col. Nelson lifts Artesian City Street
railway is now in active operation q
marks another stride Of Albany towards
city-like proportions
Nettie Lee, a colorsd woman % years old,
of Sumter county is under arrest on a
charge of ha ring burned her infant to
death in order to get rid of it.
Thomas H. Bray, one Of Griffln's oldest
citizens, was reported Saturday night as be-
ing critically III and it was hardly thought
he would survive through the night.
Felix Stallings, one of the best known
old negroes in sumter county, was paral-
lied in front of Tom Glice's store, at
Americus, Saturday, and died in about half
an hour.
Father McKiniry, one Of the best known
priests in Louisiana. Is visiting st. Stanis-
lauS College at Macon. He Is president OF
the Jesultical College Of New Orleans,
which contains 500 students.
W. S. Ksefer has sold his interest in the
Thomasville Ice Manufacturing and Cold
Storage Company to James Watt. Mr..
Keefer owned a controlling interest in the
stock. MT. Watt assumes the management
of the factory.
Waynesboro Ns,U Citizen: A wild turkey
gobbler was so full Of fight that ne entered
the yard ofA. B. Syms OF the Sixty-seyenth
district a few days ago and raised a rnmpus
with his tame turkeys Mr. Thad Syms
quoted the disturbance By shooting the
disturber Of the pease Of the barn yard.
at Lithonia, Saturday, George Estes
stabbed Luther Powell three times the 0rst
two entering near the h sart, tue third enter
seems TO know just what caused the trouble
between them. They had been quarreiIng,
and Powell had started OF, whea Estes fol-
lowed and urged him to fight Both are
boys about 10 years of age.
In the city court at Atlanta Saturday
Mrs. Emma G. Harrison secured a verdict
for S., 900 from the Central railroad for the
killing Of her husband, car coupler, in the
company's Atlanta Yards jan g. Tho
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mashed to death between two cars in the
usual way. Mrs. Harrison thought the
value Of her husbands life to be $40, 600.
but the jury considered this claim exorbi-
tant.
The following young ladies of the sophie
more class at La Grange Female college
have been appointed to recite at the ap-
preaching commandment: Miss Willie
Caldwell, Wolf City, Tex; Miss Alice Glib
son, Columbus, Ga; Miss Annie Henry.
Trenton, 5. e.; Miss Julia Xix, Ka tab,
Ga. Miss Ettle Irwin, LaGrange, GA. Miss
Annie johnson, Atlanta, Ga; Miss Clara
JoAnson, Rome, Ga. Miss Lula Lovelace,
West Point, Ga; Miss Ora Martyn,
Turin, Ga; Miss Marguerite Stallings,
Griffin, GA.
The church at Hoscnton is closed, and no
entreaties on tee part Of religious people
can induce those in authority TO open the
doors. The Presbyterians claim the house,
but the people generally put in money TO
build it, with the understanding that 1t was
to 60 by the name Of "Prssbyterian,n but
that ali religious denominations u ust have
perfect right to preach IN il, just 50 they
did not conflict with the day appointed for
the Presbyterians to hold services. Now
the door is locked, and the Methodists and
Baptists have to ho1d meetings in the
schoolhouse.
The commission for the establishment Of
the negro agricultural college, composed of
Messrs. Meldrim OF Savannah, Fielder OF
Americas, Murrell of Athens, Hammond of
Atlanta and Cline Of Mil sdgeville, arrived
in Milledgeville Friday night TO examine
Milledgevills's proposition for the school.
They were taken in charge by committee
Of citizens and driven over the city Satur-
day, and were subsequently taken by a COM
mittee of white aad colored citizens and
shown the site offered by the city. The site
is the old Oglethorpe university grounds
and building, situated at Midway, consist
ing of forty acres. Of a three-story building
of thirty rooms and recitation hall, valued
at about 800, 900, and to this is added the
subscription OF two or three thousand in
money.
Macon has become the center of one Of the
most important fruit regions in the wo Id
In fact, the city is a veritable apple of sweet
ness and profit. For over 300 miles south tc
4uObdS county LhS p6ar ana the DeaCl mold
sway almost equal to that OF king cotton.
The trees of Thomas are worth more to her
to-day than the ieecy products Of the fields
To the west and north lie the country OF
which Marshallville and Fort Valley are the
centers, while to the north lies Spalding
county, equally rich In grape and peach anc
pear. East Of Macon the budding trees car
be seen on every farm. For 200 squag 6
miles around Macon IL is one grand orchard
whose future imagination fails to grasp
Hundreds of dollars in profit have grown
into thousands, and later into hundreds of
thousands. Last year the fruit profit of this
region mus have been over S1,O0O,000
Macon Telegraph: L. & A. Cohen, tive
Cotton avenue pawnbroksrs, were arrested
Saturday on a warrant issued from the city
court. charged with receiving stolen goods
Some time ago several articles Of jewery
were stolen from the residence of Randolph
Wright. The stolen goods consisted of .
gold ring, necklace. diamond earrings and .
breastpin. A few days ago the city detec
tives arrested a negro boy named Howard
lie Comte, and in bis possession some Of tn
stolen articles. He said that he had sold tn
necklace and earrings to l. Cohen g. Co.
the pawnbrokers who are now I'm lie
arrest, for the sum of 20 cents
Upon being questioned by the police
Conen denied ever having purchased th
articles. but the BOYS story was corrobo