The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
The necessity Of a bank at Abbeville is
urgent.
The citizens of Leesburg will build new
academy.
The Abbevllls high school has roll of
nearly 100 pupils.
Over ], 900 tons of fertilizers have been
sold in Covington this season.
John Holland of Terrell county has be-
come heir to some property in Germany.
Between 1900 and 5000 will be dis
tributed in Wilkes county 70 widows Of con-
federate soldiers.
Brunswicks police force is how hand
somely uniformed and presents a metro~
politan appearance
The Covington Cotton Compress company
has been issuing stock certificates to its
stockholders during the past week.
State Lecturer Copeland will address the
Alliance of Baldwin county, at the court
house at II o'clock on Friday, March 10.
The melon planters Of Terrell county are
getting the seed in the ground. The acreage
in Terrell win be largely increased tins
year.
Josiah McCord captured a large king
snake on the streets of Covington last week.
IL has been sent TO the museum Of the state
agricultural department Of Michigan.
News comes from Webster county that
Dick Butler, a negro well digger, was buried
beneath twenty-five feet of dirt in a caving
well the other morning. The negro was in
the well working when the cave in occurred.
Several houses are being constructed in
the suburbs Of Athens. Suoh is the de-
maud for houses that these buildings are
being worked on at night by the light Of
lanterns
NJ. l. WEIGH OF Cordele is an inventive
genius. His inventions are numerous, the
last being q railway railbrake, which he
thinks will eclipse ell former inventions in
that line.
The members of the Erening Journal
staff last night called in body at the resi-
dence Of the retiring managing editor,
Josiah Carter, and presented him with
handsome gold-headed cane.
Rev. w. g. Woodward of Long Island.
n. Y, has accepted a call to the pastorate
of the Presbyterian church at Griffin. He is
expected to arrive there in time to preach
on the third Sunday of this month.
Six thousand tons represents the amount
of guano that will be sold in Dawson this
season. 1t is being hauled out by the
farmers in large quantities. Only about
$500 tons were sold in the city last year.
The only real estate sold at public sale
at Washington Tuesday was the lot on the
northeast corner Of the square owned by
the county. The corner lot brought 1907,
and the small lot S523. T. Nj. Green pur-
chased both.
Henry Deems Ccolored) last year rented
thirty-f1ve acres OF land from T. NJ, Green
Of Wilkes county on which he made 90
bales of cotton, 100 bushels Of corn, Il
bushels Of peas, so bushels of potatoes and
one barrel of syrup.
Lothair, now in its infancy, is making
rapid strides toward Improvement. Six
years ago what was then the wild woods is
built up with houses, which give it the ap-
pearance of a town that will eventually
surpass some Of its sisters in progressive
ness.
A few days ago on Jack Brim's plauta-
ton, near the Gross roads, in Terrell county,
negro woman was burned to death. 1t
is not known how the accident happened
She is an invalid, and had been left alone
by her husband. The house was also
burned.
Henry Thurston, miller at Weaver's mill,
at jackson, met with the misfortune of
breaking his arm last Saturday while at
tempting to throw a small belt on a pulley
while the machinery was in motion. His
hand was caught between the belt and pull
ley, breaking his arm above the wrist.
There is a man who lives in the southern
part OF Talbot who has never attended
services at a church, has never ridden on a
train or ever been to city. He frequently
hauls shingles and hghtwood to Talbotten.
aud recently gentleman offered TO pay
his fare to Columbus, but he refused to go.
At jackson Monday daughter Of r. l..
Daughtry Miss Irene, asked leave of alb
sence from the school room, and, on going
to the stairway leading to the ground floor
by some means fell over the Uhres-foot ban
listers to the floor below, striking her back
on q bench She was considerably bruised.
and narrowly escaped fatal injury.
Aaron Andrews, a colored man living four
or five miles from Halycondale, presents a
phenomenon in human nature. He is so deaf
that he cannot hear the report OF a gun
discharged near him. The loudeSt thunder
is not even family heard by him, but he can
be communicated with by the agency of
the human voice. He can't understand any
one except those with whom he is inti~
mately acquainted.
Marietta Journal: Thursday last snow
fell and the day was cold and disagreeable
The snow melted as fast as it fell. On Fri
day morning ice was plentiful and thick
the temperature falling TO 1872 above zero
The weather was clear, and the sunshine
soon gave an added warmth that helped
wonderfully. This cold snap viii check the
rapid blooming fruit trees and probably in
sure US good fruit crop this year.
Abbeville Times: John jackson, the
alleged murderer of B. Brown, whose tragic
death occurred at Rochelle two weeks ago.
was caught in Irwin county last Sunday,
and carried to McRae Jail There are alto
gether three negroes in Jail connected with
the murder-John jackson, principal, and
Ella Littlejohn and Samuel Kirby, access
sores. 1t Is feared that when jackson is
taken to Rochelle he will be lynchsd. His
crime was diabolicaL
Washington Chronicle: A COW as a rab-
bit hunter is quite a novelty, but Washing
ton has one, the property of Mr.. Jno. Cozart.
Last Sunday morning some little negroes
"jumpedn a rabbit and ran him over into a
pasture where Mr.. Cozart's cows were feed
ing. One of them noticed "Brer Rabbit
running by, joined in the chase and ran over
him in few seconds, As soon as she saw
the little animal in the neighborhood Of her
heels, she brought him terrible kick be-
tween the eyes, and finished bis career.
On last Monday Jerry Smith, colored
man employed by s. N. McMillen of Hines
vile, left owing Mr.. McMillen some money.
Mr.. McMillen pursued and overlook him on
Taylor's creek causeway, and, when within
about sixty yards, McMillen ordered the
negro to drop his sachel and gun. He
dropped the sachel, but still held on to his
rife and ran on. McMillen commenced
firing on him with his pistol, and Smith re-
turned fire with his Winchester. Six shots
apiece were exchanged. No one was hit
and Smith took to the swamp.