The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Expedient for Getting Rid of Cows.
Atlanta Financiers Kicking over
the Sale OF Her Bonds-Hon. John
Sibley's Strong Lungs May Get Him
$4,000 Position.
GEORGIA
A. ]. Jackson's house near Gainesville
was burned q few nights ago.
II. F. Ferguson's stable, at Calhoun, was
burned, with its contents, day or two
ago.
The Baptist parsonage at Madison has
been completed. The building cost some
thing over 81. 200.
/. d. Smith, who was supposed TO have
been murdered in Laurens county last June.
was in Triton last Saturday. he refused
TO say why he left home.
The following ticket has been put in
nomination at Eastman: For mayor @. II.
Peacock; for aldermen. J. G. Rawlins, j.
NJ. Arthur, j. j. Mumford.
The residences Of W. NJ. Clements aud w.
II. Andrews at Eastman were burglarized
on Monday night last A negro named
John Adams has been arrested on suspicion
The tobacco packing house at Bainbridge
received about 9, 900 pounds of tobacco from
Quincy one day last week, the owners haul
ing IL twenty five miles in wagons to get it
to cambridge.
A good many Atlanta financiers are kick
ing because the city's new issue of $7S9, 900
of AZ per cent. bonds were sold at IS. The
financiers claim that they should have
brought at least par
On Saturday of last week the residence
of Rev. f. P. Bonner at Harlem was entire
ly consumed by fire. 1t is thought a
defective fiue in the stove room was the
cause The house was insured for $780,
- O. y
chased recently the farms OF Maj. Haines
and C. H. Thomas. near Attapuigus. pay
ing IS per acre for the first and IS SO for the
latter. They are to be used as tobacco farms.
Anegro boy had his arm mutilated at
Floyd & Ellis cotton gin, at Calhoun, last
week, in a most frightful manner. DR.. R.
NJ Hardin of Calhoun and DIR. q. T.
Downey Of Petersburg amputated the
limb.
D. c. Afford, president of the democratic
executive committee OF Hart county, has
been appointed correspondent sfor that
county to the national association of the
Democratic party, with headquarters at
Washington, d. G.
Andy Taylor (colored) dropped dead al
Maxey's, in Oglethorpe county, a few days
ago. He was unloading cotton at the depot,
and after throwing off a bale of cotton be
fell lifeless to the platform. He was appa-
Tax Collector Bridges had busy day OF
it in Lexington Tuesday, collecting in the
neighborhood of $4,000. This, however,
does not by any means bring his collections
up to the usual percentage, and be will have
to issue something over ], GOO executions.
According to the Augusta Herald the
Rev. Thomas Leitch, whose sermons during
the past two years have startled sinners
in South Carolina and Georgia, and put
kfNa H,IlI
by the roadside Thursday night, having
over-indulged in intoxicants.
The $4,000 to which the state was en-
titled, out of the money brought by the
sale Of the state lottery property. has just
been paid into the treasury. The receipt
was given jointly to Capt. W. D. Ellis and
Judge George Hillyer. This is the closing
chapter in long and intricate litigation.
At Louisville Saturday night Ed Curtis
was killed by a pistol. The evidence dis
closed that Calvin Curtis, Jr., had a pistol
in his pocket. that it fell on the floor and
fired, striking Ed under the shoulder. He
died almost instantly. They were at a party
at Simon Grav's house on DIR. Kitchens
place. Calvin was bound over for carrying
pistol concealed.
The people of the neighborhood Of Ed.
wards q Arnold's mills, near Pope's station
in Oglethorpe county, are very
anxious to have postof1ce
established at the mill. The place
is sometimes called "Sapsucker," and it is
very likely that application will be made
for postoffice at 'Sapsucker." 1t is nearly
five miles from Crawford.
Oglethorpe Echo: Monday morning las,
X Nj. Tiller, most highly respected citizen
OF near the Glade was seemingly in his usual
health. He went to the Glade that evening
to do some trading, and while making some
purchases at the store of Andrew a. Glenn
his head suddenly dropped on his breast and
he sank to the floor. His friends surrounded
him and lifted him TO the counter, but be-
fore he had been made comfortable and q
physician could reach him he had breathed
his last. The doctors pronounced his trouble
heart disease
Gainesville Eagle: Fl. N Rainey. post
master at Mulberry, jackson county, and a
prominent citizen Of that place. was brought
before United States Com missioner CASTOR.
at this place, last Tuesday, charged with
settling his personal debts with postage
stamps. Rainey, IL seems, did this contrary
TO tne law In such cases made and provided
and by some means a postoffice inspector
found 1t out and had him arrested Judge
Gaston, considering the proof sufficient
placed him under bond TO answer the
charge before the United States court In
Atlanta. bond of 5000 was given.
Sumner Local: When J. T. Hooks first
oS"otoN w Ato oduu ulltt III CDls county, ne
could hardly get a crop started for the
crows. Six OF them were especially annoy
Ing and made an independent living out o.
his field for several months. Finally an idea
occurred to MIR. Hooks, and selecting seven
fresh hen eggs, he dozed them literally with
strychnine and placed them where the crow
could easily find them. Next day the six
black thieves were lying in various attitudes
OF death over the field, and one egg was lef
untouched. This egg Mr., Hooks buried &c
Keep anything else from finding 1t and tina
night coon came along, scratched up tn
egg. and next morning was found with hi.
fcrepaws on the third rail of the fence
where death had caught him. Just as be wa
climbing over.
Atlanta HeraLd: Hon. John Sibdev o
Cobb is just back from Washington. Tn
Honorable John was quite conspicuou
ngure in the last Georgia legislature. If b
didn't talk more than anybody else b.
talked louder than anybody else, and on
viva voce vote his influence was tremend
Gus. But even his admirers never suspected
perhaps, that his lungs might be worth So
COCA year to him. They may be- it appears
There were seventeen applicants for tw
positions as reading clerk in the House
They were all given chance to read, AM
the Honorable John came out with hyin
colors. Eight Of the seventeen were electe
60 "try it over" in January. The gentle