The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Negro Boys.
While at the encampment the Dawson
Guards presented Capt Guerry with a
handsome dinner service.
The bank building at Greenville is to be
located on the vacant lot between the Ter
rell drug store and the store Of Mr.. Spivey.
R. Don Mcleod has become sole editor
and proprietor Of the Macon County Citi-
zen, and will make Oglsthorpe his perma-
nent home
A negro man went into the lot Of Col. Jo-
siah Carr, at Sparta. the other day to catch
jack, when the beast became enraged and
jumped at the negro aud bit off one Of his
ears.
w. A. Camp has just released
the Planters hotel at Augusta. The
house is also to be newly papered and fur
nished throughout with furniture and
fixtures.
At Hartwell, a day or two ago, by mis-
take, morphine was administered to child
by Thomas Nickery instead OF quinine The
child slept day and night and then awoke
all right.
A son OF A. E. Seifert, who was for many
years assistant postmaster at Macon, but is
now living at New York, was probably
fatally wounded by an accidental shot from
pistol a day or two ago.
Last Saturday evening Esper Mcdonald
of Crawfordville had the misfortune to
break his arm while frolicking with some
boys on the streets. He rev a rock at a
dog. and in so doing he twisted his arm in a
way that it broke the bone between the
elbow aud shoulder.
'Douglasville Nelc South: Marshall Cald-
well and Postmaster Bowden Of Salt
Springs, who we're seriously injured by
the rioters, are both getting along well, con-
sidering their wounds, although IL is feared
that Mr.. Caldwell will permanently lose
the power of speech.
1t is estimated that the valuation of city
property at Lagrange by the assessors this
year will reach 81 GOO, 600. This is an in
crease of about $500 900 over that of last
year. and the committee think they have
placed no estimate that would not be
verified if the property were put on the
market.
All the electric equipment for the Metro
politan street railway of Macon has been
contracted for. The contract was made
with the Thomson-H Houston Company The
motors are to be of twenty-five and thirty
horse power respectively, Of the single re-
duction model and of the latest and best
make. with less machinery and more eff
Gent in every way than the old styles.
A meeting of the tobacco planters Of De-
catur, Miller and Thomas counties, Georgia,
and Leon and Gadsden counties, Florida, is
called to convene at Bainbridge at IL O'Clock
a. N. on Saturday, July 3, to consult TO-
gether upon the subject Of handling and
selling the crop Of 1891 to the best advantage,
and the establishment of proper wares
house at some suitable point, where the crop
may be massed and stored and a market
organized and established.
Sandersville Progress: On Tuesday of last
week little Cecil. son of Capt Hermann,
with other children, was playing in q field
near his home, when he was attacked and
gored by cow. The COW, it is supposed,
pushed him down, and raised him several
feet, and also trod on him, and was still
goring at him when she was driven Off. OF
course the little fellow was terribly fright
ened. and considerably bruised on his body.
but happily no serious injury was inflicted.
Griffin Nelus: This is true: Yesterday
two men were discussing fishing and one
related the following fish story, which was
not only substantiated by Bob Hardee, but
by the first three words of this sentence:
A short tine ago, when several well known
gentlemen visited Flint river for fishing,
they set lines for trout batting the hooks
with pieces OF fish. When they went to
examine their lines they found that a
small channel catfish had swallowed their
bait on one hook, while, in turn, small
trout had swallowed a catfish, and that a
entire lot.
Watkinsville Enterprise: The sudden
death Of two negro boys, aged and 10
years, SONS of Bob Davis, has created quite
sensation in Watkinsville. They were
taken sick last Monday and Tuesday night,
never regalning consciousness FROM the mo-
ment they were stricken with the dreadful
unknown disease. And another one of his
boys that was taken at the same time is living
a no n 1hot ~ ,.Lc
they were poisoned. DR.. White says that
eating green fruits and going in the water
caused their death. 1t Ii strange that they
were all affected at the same time and with
the same symptoms. They died in terrible
agony.
The list of third-class presidential post
offices entitled to an increase of salary was
made public Friday. The following Georgia
towns are lucky: Albany gets an increase
from $500 to $1,000; GAINESVILLE from
81. 100 to $1,000; Carrollton. from 81 900 to
81, 100; Cedartown, from 81, 200 TO 81, 300:
Cuthbert, 81, 100 to 81, 800; Gainesville and
Griffin, 81 600 to $1.700; Hawkinsville and
Quitman, 81 200 to 81 800; LaGrange, from
s., 400 to ST. 800; Madison, from 81, 800 TO
81 400; Milledgeville, from 81, 400 to 81, 500:
Sandersville, from 1880 to 81, 800; Talla-
poosa, from 81 200 to 81 400; Valdosta, from
$1,000 to 900; Washington, from 81 300
to 81 400; Waycross. from 81 400 to 81, 500:
Waynesboro, from 81, 900 to 81, 100.
Augusta Herald: During the war, in
the midst Of fierce cavalry fight, Gen. P.
M. B. Young got into close quarters. A
desperate federal trooper, seeing that he
was an officer, drew his pistol and was on
the eve of letting daylight through the
generals body. just then, however, came
the sound of a rushing horse, and the next
moment something bright flashed through
the air and the Yankees head was split to
his shoulders. Gen. Young shot glance of
gratitude to his saviour. 1t was Holly"
Garfield No talking was INDUCED in then,
for bullets rained, sabers whistled and
blood flowed like water. The other day the
two gallant veterans met in Chattanooga
for the first time since the thrilling incident
just related.
There is trouble between the consolidated
street railroad lines of Atlanta and Con-
troller Wright. President Joel Hurt of the
street railroad lines returned his roads for
taxation at $500 900. Controller Wright
declared that was too little, as the news
papers had printed the fact that the new
company paid $500, coo for the roads. He
declared there was no better way of getting
at the value of a piece of property than by
taking the price it sells for. President Hurt
contends that such an assessment for taxa
ton would be too high, but Mr.. Wright
holds that property should be returned for
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