The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Remarkable Tree-Death OF Ma.
George at Telbotton-AYo Dung Negro
Tnief-Returns of Cobb and Laur ems
Counties-A Successful Pear Crop
Jack the Ripper in Americus-A Re
markedly Long Train.
GEORGIA.
The Methodists of Elgin. Butts county
are erecting a new church.
The Marshallyille Agricultural Gu
(Macon county, will hold a colt show o.
Aug. IS
The cotton compress at Elberton is near
ing completion and will be ready for bust
ness by Sept. l.
The University of the South has con
Jams of Augusta.
E. Braswell brought the first sweet pota-
toes to the Llthonia market last week. 4bey
sold for So bushel.
The Irwin Guards of Washington have
determined TO have barbecue and target
shooting on Thursday, Aug. l3.
The taxable property Of Elberton this
year will reach somewhere near e'OO'OOV'
q considerable increase over last year.
A picnic will be held at Union Chapel, on
Powder Springs road, Aug. u. me oI''eS-
boro Agricultural Club will be present.
Tax Receiver Stephens Of Newton county
has closed his books. They show an increase
of taxable property OF S3ll 600 over 1890
The dedicatorv services of the Woodbury.
Baptist church took place last Sunday. The
dedicatory sermon was preached by DR.. Il.
A. Nunnaly.
Cody Mack, a negro planter living on l..
Sterne's Blue SorinZ place, in East Doug b.
4 bill lad ~
the lightning Tuesday.
Atlanta plumbers are required to file
81 900 bond with the commissioner Of pub
lie works before they can secure permits to
tear up public street.
Last month the number Of deaths at
Thnmasville was greater than for any month
during the year and still the number is not
large ore for this season.
A branch bureau of immigration has been
established at Dublin. Lamar B. Lanier IS
president, A Il. McLaws vice president and
L. Q. Stubs secretary and treasurer.
Prof. SchaefTer, of Monroe, has cucum-
bers ripe grown from seed Of cucumbers
grown this ye4r, and will soon have roast
ing ears from seed corn grown this year.
Prof George F. Payne, the state chemist,
is working on some samples Of phosphate
rock hich have been sent him from Bos~
ton. The indications are that they are rich
specimens.
Wilkes tax returns for 1891 have just
been consolidated. Polls: White, 1909;
colored, 1913. Taxable property, 1891,
IS ,3O7 lO5; last year. $3,096,595. Increase
for 1891, S2l0.5l0.
Marietta Journal: The grape vines are
heavily loaded with fruit this year, 30 much
so as to bend beneath the weight The
limbs of peach trees are breaking with
their burden of fruit.
Tax Receiver Hilburn has just finished
the digest for Laurens county for the year
1891. The number of polls is 2,Sl9 aggre-
gate amount Of taxable property, 81, Ala, 1920;
increase over last year, 1898, 293.
Speculation ia still rife In Columbus as to
the location OF the government building.
The general impression seems to be that
most of the available sites offered the gov
eminent were at pretty steep figures.
Edward l. Smith has written letter de-
clining to be candidate for mayor Of
Athens This leaves the field thus far with
only one candidate announced. Mayor
Brown has no opponent now, and may not
have.
About o'clock Wednesday morning
Dick Moore, aged %, farmer of Austell,
was run over and fatally injured by
Georgia Pacific passenger train near Wins
ton, a small station twenty-five miles from
Atlanta.
Tax Receiver Putnam Of Cobb county
furnishes the folowiug Taxes for 1891
Polls, white 2,177; colored. 6,l73; tax on
property. s., 015, S36. Taxes for lS9l-Polls,
96l2; tax on property, $4,665, 76l. Increase
over 1890, $3l0,O75.
Hon. A. S. Clay, attorney in fact for the
Bowden estate at Lithia Springs, spent sew
eral days in Douglas county last week and
made sale of the Bowden Lithia Springs 10
E. W. Marsh for Sl5 900; also, the farm TO
the same party for $500.
Capt. Triton is constantly receiving let
lers from manufacturers of rails, locomo-
lives and cars, wanting TO supply him with
their manufactures for the Tiftcn and
Northeastern railroad, or engineers, con-
ductors, etc, seeking employment.
The commissioners Of Fulton county, at
their last meeting, authorized the county
attorney to advertise at once bill to en-
power the county commissioners to issue
bonds TO the value Of $4,000 for the pur-
pose Of building a new court house and
jail.
The Dawson Water Works company has
Is system about complete. ard has made
arrangements TO put the system in opera
tion Aug. 10. J. Fl. Dawes, who has charge
Of the construction Of the works, has APP
oonted j. A. Horsley superintendent fthe
system.
The residence of James Allen, one mile
south Of Bellevlew, IN Talbot county, caught
IRE Sunday night about 2 O'Clock and was
completely destroyed, together with most
of the contents and outhouses. The loss is
considerably greater tnan the insurance,
which is 81 800
A meeting of Sunday school workers
from tie following churches of the Flint
river Sunday school convention will be held
with Mount Gilead Baptist church, in like
county, on Aug. 10 and II, 1891: Orchard
till, Providence, Mount Gilead Griffin
and Devote chapel.
Talbotton NelC Era: There is a tree near
The home Of W. K. Dennis. on the road to
Falbotton, that has been struck by light
ning three times. Ii was struck several
gears ago and killed, was struck again
iince then, and was struck the third time a
'ew sw eeks ago, when it caught fire and
burned nearly up.
The ordinary of Gwinnett county has
ordered an election to be held in that
county on Friday, Aug. %, 1891, on the
question of prohibiting the sale Of intoxi-
Eating liquors. The election is the general
ubject of conversation in the county. The
Indications at present are that prohibition
will carry the county.
Blackshear Times: John Baxter. one OF
he successful farmers of Pierce county,
.ells US that there is more money in pears.
.or the amount of capital invested, than
anything else that you can raise He sub
rtantieted this by showing the return for
twenty seven barrels, shipped to New YORK
md Philadelphia, from which he realized
Sc 50 per barrel. He also has fine grape
.roD and cOntemplates making q shipment