The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


eregatioa offered 100000 for It's
Property Mckee III in Her
Cen-Sandersville's Cave.
GEORGIA.
Nine new members Joined the Atlanta
artillery Monday night
The formation Of q cavalry company at
Athens seems to have fallen through.
JEFF Davis OF SAndersville has gourd the
handle Of which is three feet long. The
bowl holds sbont one quart.
Gen. Phil Cook had a narrow esc cape from
being gored bg a vicious bull on his planta-
ton, in Lee county, a day or two ago.
The contract for the finishing Of the new
court house at Vienna expired on Feb. I
last Since that time the contractor for
feits sS2 week.
The next mandatory that is to come to
Rome is the Church Cart Mandatory
Company of St. Paul, Mimi, the company
having decided 70 move.
A farmer in Washington county made
200 bales of cotton with ten plows last year,
besides enough plantation supplies to last
him until another crop is gathered.
The congregation Of the First Baptist
church st Atlanta. it Is understood, have
been offered 500, 900 for their property on
the corner Of Walton and Forsyth streets.
W.B. Champion Of Americas, an engi-
neer on the Savannah, Amer Gus and Mont
gomery railroad, has been suffering With
bis foot for some time, aud had his toe
amputated Monday. Erysipelas was the
the cause.
Judge Charles F. Crisp has recently had
passed by congress an act allowing pen.
sion Of $50 per month to Mrs. Mary A. r.
Martin, who lives in the northern part of
Dooly county. Mrs. Martin is the widow Of
soldier no was killed in the war Of 1872.
Col. John H. GayBor has established a
camp on Joseph Doerhinger's place at
Island View. near Brunswick, where he has
force OF men engaged in getting out brush
and other material to be used In the con-
struction of the jetties In Brunswick har-
Dor.
A citizen Of Sandersville. in making out
an order for flowers and shrubbery, was at
tracted by the catalogue description of o
shrub with the technical name cacanthus.
He ordered it and to his surprise found that
it was what is commonly called sweet
shrub. The woods around Sandersville are
full of them.
A small cyclone struck the old Troup
plantation in Laurens county, last Thurs
day night, doing considerable damage
Several outhouses and barns were COM
pletely demolished, and hundreds of trees
were uprooted. The wind blew at terrific
rate, and at one time it was thought that
At g large public meeting held in Elber-
ton the people unanimously pledged them>
selves to encourage, aid and assist in every
way In their power the building of the
Macon aud Northeastern railroad. The
depot OF the Georgia, Carolina and North
ern railroad at Elberton is nearly COM
pleted, and the road will be IN operation to
the town by April l.
Elberton is 10 have a big fair for the
If bp 7
alton. II opens on March g. and will con-
tinue for ten days. The people are greatly
interested, and will make il a success. The
library association have the land on which
TO build, and 5000 in cash, but they pro-
pose to have a fine building and want
larger sum. Work will be commenced at
once on the building.
Vienna Progress: On Saturday morning
last at Penis, IN the eastern portion of this
county, young white boy named Brown,
about "A years OF age, and negro boy about
IS years old had dispute about something.
The white boy had double barrels1 shotgun
in his hands, which the negro jerAed from
him and with which he shot him. Young
Brown soon died from the effects of the
wound. The negro escaped.
Rome Tribune. Mrs Ora Mckee has
been seriously i'll for the last week with in
Illumination Of the stomach Mrs. MeKee
Is much worried by the noise made bv the
negro occupants of the jail as she is very
nervous and prostrated by her illness. She
is unable TO Leave her bed, and Is visited
daily by her mother and sisters who give
her thor constant attention, and DO every~
thing In their power to make her comforta-
bic. DR.. D. I. McCall, who is her physi-
cIau, suggested b. Mrs. Mckee that she
should ask permission from the authorities
to be removed to her home. She declined.
Although in bad health, Mrs Mckee ex-
presses herself as being ready ard anxious
for trial.
Swainsboro Pine Forest. Berry Hooks,
white man who was sent from this county
to the county chain-gang in Washington
county about two years ago, and who made
his escape from that chain-gapr shortly
afterwards, was arrested in Swainsboro
Monday and placed in jail He has been in
Florida nearly ever since he ran away, but
on receiving intelligence from his relatives
that bis fine had been paid and the matter
settled he was returning homo to remain.
His dne had been settled by his mother, but
whether TOO late or not is yet to be decided
Hooks married while IN Macon, aud was rs-
turning home with his young bride, in COM
pany with his brother-in-law and wife, the
sister OF his wife, when arrested in SWANS
boro,
Sandersville Progress: Ordinary New
man has sent on an order to the snperin-
tendent of the census for transcript Of the
census Of Washington county. The popu-
latlon OF the county. according to the OIL
cial records, is 25, 237. 1t will cost SOS %
for the transcript, which gives the age,
color and sex Of each individual! IA The
county, and is arranged by districts, so that
1t is an easy matter TO get desired informa-
ton from the transcript Sometimes
negroes claim exemption from road duty.
but the census does not always concide with
their. claims. The ordinary sometimes
anuses himself by telling the astonished
negroes the names and ages OF every men,
Der OF their families. They don't know
where he gets his information.
Sandersville Progress: There Is a cave
near tbs outskirts OF Sandersyille of which
some wonderful tales are told 1t is said
that it extends for miles, though no one has
ever fully explored it. This is limestone
region, and the cave runs through a forma-
ton Of this character. At the entrance can
be seen what are called rhinestone biscuits ,
They are about the size of an ordinary bis
cult, and on the surface of every one can be
seen the outlines of starfish The biscuit,
appear to have been made by hand, all
being about the same size, though it is pos
sible that they are of the formation OF
nature. Sharks teeth, shells and fish bone.
are to be found In the cave, aud it is evil
dent that this portion of the continent wa.