The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Child SnotSersd to Dsath.
GEORGIA.
Brunswick is to have an encampment of
Odd Fellows.
The telegraph Office at Ball Ground has
been discontinued.
Taliaooosa is TO have q ffteen-ton ice
plant. 1t IS 70 be IN operation May l.
ANDY Strout, a negro at the county poor
house, near Monroe, was born in 1870.
T. VI. Brady has closed the contract for
the location OF extensive marble works at
Canton.
Or. j. S. Wilson Of Greensboro fell down
flight Of steps days ago and broke one OF
his arms.
R. B. Hancock was found dead in his
house, near Madison, a few days ago. Alco-
holisrn as the cause.
There will be in the neighborhood Of $50
acres of land planted In watermelons in and
arou d Sumner this season.
Mrs. Alexander Of Guild, Walker county,
has a coin something larger than silver
dollar, having the date Of 1874.
Last Saturday. while the editor OF the
Sylvania Telephone was out hunting, bis
setter was bitten By a rattlssnake aud died
in about five minutes
Hon. A. R. Wright, past gram master of
the Old Fellows, was in Adel Wednes lay
and formed lodge of Odd Feio>es. Sc
cured fifteen names Of the best young men
CT the town.
At his mill, at Dasner, on the Georgia
Southern road, on Wednesday last, J. Y.
Wisenbaker fell from moving truck and
the wheels passed over the wrist on his
right arm, crushing the BONE
A negro child was smothered to death on
F. T. Berry's place, near Crawford, one day
last week. The mother rolled over upon
the child and slept soundlY until daybreak
The child was dead when found.
Mrs. Murphey, who for several months
has filled the pos ton Of delivery clerk at
the postoffice in Albany. has been appointed
postmaster at Alapaha, and will leave in q
few days TO take charge of that office.
Jesse Parrot of Carroll county is 1ol
years old. He was in the war of 1872 and
was stationed at Savannah as & soldier OF
that war. He has been drawing pension
for about thirty years of s. per month.
Two banks will begin busine at Monroe
in April One will be known as the Bank
OF Monroe, and will be operated by a stock
company, and the other will be a private
bank conducted by g. w. and J. H
Felker.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas W. Crawford Of Lexington got
very uhul1 DilEu6u Oh NOuud1 46sL. ING
child pulled cup of boiling water off the
table on her, burning her so that the skin
came of with the clothes.
On Friday last Minda McCutchen tool-
ored), wife of Joe McCutchen, laborer on
Thlgpen & Johnson's turpentine farm, six
miles north Of DUPONT. Ciinch county, gave
birth to three girl babies. When last heard
from, four days after the event. all three Of
the babies and the mother were alive and
doing we'll.
On j. B. Mays plantation last Sunday
night William Bailey, a negro living near
Cuthbert, left a 2-year- old child with an
the largest was milking cow near by and
discovered the house on fire. He ran in TO
rescue the babe and both were burned to @
crisp, together with the old mans earthly
possessions.
Controller General Wright decides that
all rent notes are taxable and must be re-
turned in proportion TO the amount earned
on April /. In other words, rent note
given Jan. for nine mouths must be re-
turnable at one-third its value on April /.
When a note is given for produce the value
must be determined by the taxpayer and
the tax receiver.
Patrick Calhoun says that II Augusta
will subscribe $1,000 that the North Aus
gusta Company will put up a similar
amount in cash, or more if necessary, and
will then issue and float 100000 in bonds,
and put up $500, 900 hotel on the nights
across the river, overlooking the city. This
sum will put up a hotel twice the size of the
Bon Air, and fit it for guests.
7. C. Mitchell has bought the store for
merry occupied by Reid & Culpepper as a
drug sirug from J. w. Reid. The price
paid was $4,000. Mr.. Mitchell has leased
the building to the Citizens' Banking and
Trust Company. The store will be vacated
by Thomas 81 Dickinson May /, when il
will be fitted up in frst-class style for a
bank and occupied as such about July l.
J. B. Benson OF Carrollton made an as
Segment last Friday for the benefit of his
creditors. The assignment was voluntary
and W. |. Cobb was appointed assignee.
Some Of the creditors being left out the
deed of assignment was set aside by Judge
Harris, whereupon a creditors bill was
filed praying for a receiver, which was
granted and w. I. Cobb appointed tempo
rary receiver.
On Sunday last, while at Sunday schoo
az the Presbyterian church at Greensboro
Prof. j. L. Caldwell was taken suddenly il
with something like congestion of The
lungs. At first his condition was alarming
md he was conveyed to the home of Mrs
r. w. Griffin, near by, and physicians sem
ficiently to enable him to be carried HON,
on Sunday evening, but he has since thai
time Teen confined to his room.
The infant boy adopted about six month.
ago by Mr.. and Mrs. Y. H. Roper Of Cedar
town died la Sunday. Mr. Roper had ne
children OF his own, and was about to take
the necessary steps to make the adoption
legal and permanent. The baby was found
in basket Oh a night train on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road near
Rockmart. 1t was only 5 or hours old
and circumstances all lead to the belief tha
it was born in Rome and placed upon tn,
train there.
Crawford Herald: Will Glenn was say.
ing this week that in the case of a mad do,
that passed down through the Sandy Cros
section last week, it was proven that an or
binary deg in his right mind and health i
afraid of dog that is crazed with hydro
phobia. Earl and Cornelius Stevens hav
several fine hounds and when the mad do
came among them they scattered and trie
to get out of its way. Some OF them wer
bitten and their masters had them killed
We suppose instinct teaches them to b
afraid, or else they have so much sense q
know that their canine brother is in trouble
There came near being lynching i
Walker county Thursday. A young ma
named Daniels had teen arrested on charg
of la ceny, and yesterday was set for ia
preliminary trial. A negro named Nelso
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