The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
gHE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
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cent piece dated 1868.
The Cumberland Island Company will
open its hotel and co tages May 20.
There will be a barbecue at Amerson's
mill, about ten miles from SandersVille, to-
day.
The SandersYille district conference will
be held in Wrightsville on the fourth Sun
day in July.
The Hotel st. Simon's, on st. Smon's
Island, will be thrown open to the public
Saturday night.
Ensign Robert Russell, one of the heroes
at Apia, is In Athens. on a short visit TO
relatives and friends.
The contract for building the new court
house at Buchanan has been let to G. w.
Goldin of E4wardsYille, Ala, for &c.
$50 50.
T. H. Sparks, the newly elected county
treasurer of Washington, has made his bond
of $4,000. and took charge Of that office
May IL.
Work on Jackson's cotton seed oil mill
has begun in earnest, and the building will
be pushed to completion at once. 1t will be
Of brick.
Farmers in some parts of Washington
county have about quit trying to pillow, the
soil being too hard and elJddy. Rain is
needed badly.
Capt. James R. Anthony has purchased
the Waddey place at Washington from Il.
o. Barksdale at $1,000, and will live there
with his family.
r. T. Walker Of Washington county has
been adjudged Insane and will be taken TO
the asylum as soon as necessary arrange
rnents can be made.
F. F. Driscoll, J. j. Morgan, J. C. Brown
and Charley Gassett, who comprise
Albany's Big Four" have an aggregate
weight of $685. pounds.
Lucius C. Nash, confederate veteran Of
Company E, Sixty-first Georgia Volunteers
and citizen of Abbeville, has IN his DOS
session the parole issued to him at Lees
surrender at Apponattox Court House.
A tiourishing lodge of Odd Fellows was
organized iE Albany Monday, with the fol-
lowing officers: James H. Price, noble
grand; II. A. Tarver, Jr., vice grand II.
K. Agar, T. and R. secretary; J. S. Wild
don, treasurer.
Monday noon the residence of Clarence
Ferrell just beyond the Terraces at La
Grange, was consumed by fire, having
caught IN some manner in the stove room.
The house was quickly consumed, and but
little of the furniture was saved.
Little Mary Crawford. daughter Of j. r.
Crawford of Barberville. Clarke county,
was badly bitten by mad dog Saturday
afternoon. After biting the child the dog
ran of swapping at everything he came in
contact with. He finally died in fit.
at Oakland, in Merriwether county,
Oscar SItten in handling his gun, acct
deutly discharged it and the load entered
the head of a negro boy, killing him
Instantly. DR.. Goodwin impaneled a Jury,
and after Investigation rendered a verdict
of accidental shooting.
Normandale Ne,os: We came across a
snake few days ago that surpassed any
thing IN the snake line we have ever seen
The reptile was..no larger than a lead pencil
out was about nine or thirteen feet long
and its head was about the size and shape OF
tea saucer. On top OF its head was an
exact likeness of a tiger.
s. D. Henderson, Sr., of Henderson,
claims to be the oldest merchant in the
state. He was i'll business at Hawkinsville
in lS2S-'29 and 1881, and commenced at
Henderson in 1882, and, has been continu-
ousiy engaged there eversinoe. Fifty-nine
years In the mercantile business in one
place is pretty good showing
The residence of Col. e. w. Hancock, on
College street, at Americas, narrowly
escaped destruction by fire early SUNDAY
morning. The roof of the kitchen caught
fire from defective flue, and in a few
moments was in bright blaze, and had
not assistance come promptly the house
would have been burned to the ground.
Athens Ledger: This may seem strange
but it is nevertheless true, thai there is a
man who lives on the Georgia train. He
goes every night to the sleeper, PAYS his
81 80 and gets in the berth and sleeps
through to Augusta. Next night he goes
back to Atlanta. He has plenty of money
and never mas anything to say to the con-
ductor or anybody else.
Washington Chronicle: In the high
waters III Augusta year before last Woot-
ten, Hill & Wootten of this place lost some
goods They entered suit for the amount
OF the cost of goods against the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta railroad, and the
case has been dragging slowly along
through the courts ever SINCE On Friday
last the supreme court of Georgia decided
the. case IN favor of the above firm and
their successors, Hill & Wootten, have re-.
ceived the money-$500.
AT Eastman a few days ago, while w. E.
Paul was rising to begin his davis work. a
small puppy that he had in the yard began
terrible bowling as If something was kill
ing it, He ran out and found that a very
large raccoon had the puppy by the throat.
He grabbed the coon by the tail, threw him
loose, and larger dog he had went for him,
and he says that there was the finest dog
and coon fight he has ever seen. The dog
was having tough time, and Mr.. Paul was
compelled to get his rifle and shoot his COON
ship before he could get him quiet.
jackson Argus: On Wednesday after
noon some colored people who lived on
Capt. McCord's farm. near Pittman's Ferry,
were returning from jackson. they were
in a wagon, and while going near the rail-
road about mile east of town train sud-
denly made its appearance, and the negroes
hastily got out of the wagon for fear the
team would become frightened and run
One woman alighted quickly. and, as she
reached the ground, fell over dead. IL was
supposed she died from heart failure. and
that the attack was brought on by the
scare.
Washington Chronicle: On Thursday
near Woodstock, a Miss Black was burned
to death in her fathers house, which was
consumed with all its contents. The youne
lady's mind was defective, but she had offer
been left alone. On that day all the balance
of the family was absent from home, and L
is thought she played with matches auc
thus burned herself and the house with her
Neighbors saw the smoke and ran to the
burning house, but the frame was falling
in when they got there. After the fire hac
died down search was made for the remains
of the young lady, but only the heart cou Id
be found.
Augusta Herald: The sudden death al
Madison of H. Z. Pennington is announced
1t will be remembered that Mr. Pennington