The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Negro Warned to Leave Macon
Death on a Trai1-The Blaze at WASH
iugton-Fire at Athsns-Gored by a
Angry Bull-A Cannon Bell Train Be
tween Atlanta and Athene-A Ne1r
Probably Fatally Beats His Wife.
GEORGIA.
The old court house of Dooly county WI
sold Monday for SIS. 1t must be move
within twenty days T. @. McDonal we
the purchaser.
The Macon and Birmingham railroad be
signed a contract with the Western Unio
Telegraph Company for wire along it
line OF road. The wire will. be put up q
soon as possible.
New sugar cane was displayed for sale a
Townsville Monday. IL makes the youth
eyes glad to see the first sign that CANE
grindings are not long of. The cane croI
is reported very good this season.
1t is said that if Griffin will offer buildings
and grounds to the amount OF S4O,ooJ or
$4,000, there is a probability OF the agri-
cultural college being moved thei g.
Tue college receives an annual appFoprIa-
ton of $39, 900.
Sung Lung will have his Chinese laundry
in full operation in one of the rooms III rear
of the LaGrange hotel this week. Ills turnl-
ture was brought down last week, and nc
came himself Saturday. lie Is rus hrs0 ana
only Chinese LRGrange ever bad as resi-
dent.
Notice has bsen given that application
will he made TO abolish the court Of Macon
couBty nc this session Of the legislature.
Much investigation has been goi q on for
several yours into the advantages aud dis
advantages Of thst court. and a majority of
tho people of all classes desire that it be
abolished.
The new cotton is coming into Macon
slowly but steadily, about dozen bales
having been received at all the warehouses
up to date. It is Of good quality, fine, white
d OF good, strong staple Most of 1t cold
Monday at N cents per pound. The mill
men who have been spinning say that it
works well,
Thomas Arkwright, ex-deputy clerk Of
internal revenue, stationed in Augusta, eK-
presses his intention to bring suit against
the Euening Herald for 100000. The case
was brought about by the publication in
the Herald last week that Mr.. Arkwright
was short IN his accounts, and that his
resignation v as asked for.
The Fiber Company's factory in North
Augusta will soon be completed The walls
are up, the roof on and oil that remains to
DO done before the building will be ready
for machinery is the laying OF the 6ooring,
1t is two stories high, with a tin roof II
will now only be O short time before the
factory will be in operation.
The American Marble Company, recently
sold at receivers sale at Marietta, will or
ganize under the name of the Kennessw
Marble Company. A charter has been APP
piled for. A call for Is per cent. Of the
stock has been made to put the machinery
IN good repair. Everything is being put in
good shape to move right off as soon as the
charter is obtained.
Authentic Information 10 the effect that
the Georgia road will. early in September,
run two cannon ball trains between Au-
gusta and Atlanta, has been received in
Athens. The trains are now ready, and
will complete the run in three hours and
forty minutes. Only four stops will be
made, in order to replenish the water sup
ply, and the rats will be fifty miles an hour.
An accident occurred on the Georgia rail-
road Monday night at Rutlsdge, near the
lll~mile post The second section Of the
through freight train No, o broke loose and
the cars ran together, knocking two cars of
the track. The night train from Atlanta
due at Augusta at Z a. IN. was delayed by
the accident, and did not reach there until
1880 a. IN. Nobody was hurt in the &C.
cldenI.
Notwithstanding the enthusiasm dis
played IN Augusta for tina measure, the
EUcning Herald asserts that a petition
was being circulated on the streets Monday
morning against the levee bill. Thew
oppose the amendment TO the constitution
by which the money 30 build the levee was
TO be raised. The petition, it is understood,
Is signed by a number of the prominent
property holders in the city.
The freight agent of the Savannah, Flor
ida and Western road at Meigs, Thomas
county. discovered Wednesday morning
that burglars had attempted raid on his
office the previous night. but, fortunately,
1t was an unsuccessful one. A negro man
who bad to get up early to meet one of the
trains saw two strangers in the morning
about 2 O'Clock. but 10 the darkness he
could not tell whether they were white or
black.
Mr.. Stub of Augusta has on exhibition
an enormous rattleSnalSe watermelon which
weighs eighty~oue pounds 1t was raised
near Hephizibah, Richmond county Mr..
Stub does not know what to do with 1t.
lie was asked the price, and quickly an
s~ered, Five dollars to-day" II Grover
Gle. Gland were President he would at once
express it to the white house. 1t has been
suggested that Mr.. Stub have it frozen in
a cake OF ice aad preserve it for the exposi-
ton.
John Baldwin, a negro of Macon, beat
and abused and possibly fatally injured his
vie, Lucy, Sunday evening. Jealousy
was the cause The negro struck her about
the head, knocked her down and then
KICKED her In the side and stomach, after
which she became unconscious for a time.
Grave esults are feared from the kicks.
WHICH are believed to have caused Internal
hemorrhage. After completing his work
BALDWIN ran toward the swamp, followed
by posse Of men. He outran them. how
ever, aud made good his escape.
Willie Yellowstone, a mulatto who has
been making precarious liviug in Macon
for the past two or three years by pulling
peoples teoth with his fingers, is In trouble
Monday he brought letter to Lieut.. Wood
OF the police, written by some unknown
party, the gist Of which was as follows.
"We give you just forty eight hours. and
no more, TO leave Macon for good Unless
you get away by that time the placid waters
of the Ocmulgee will close over YOU for.
ever" Yello~ston was greatly disturbed
over this bloodthiIsty message aud made up
his mind to go.
Macon Telegraph; Thomas P. Stovall
has just employed r. S. Payne OF Atlanta
70 survey 10 900 acres Of land at Adams
Park into farm lots Of 100 acres each. He
Is about ~ let the contract for the erection
OF 100 farm houses, one to be located on
each farm lot II expects that forty Of these
houses viii be ready for occupation by
Christmas. A sl00, 600 cotton MIL is among
the contemplated enterprises at Adams
Park. Mr.. Stovsll says that ESQ, 900 Of that
amount has alredy been pledged by New
England capitalists. 70 be paid 10 when 8