The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Clergyman OF Dalton Inveais a
pswr!tsr-New Banks of tie State.
A Largo Frog-A F-shy Story About
a Turtle-A Zig Dove Hunt Near
Ferry-A Nesress Burned to Death
Near Newman.
GEORGIA.
Jesup is to have bank with $4,000 cap
ital.
Rev. NJ. II. King Of Lawrenceville has
invented an automatic car coupler.
The funeral Of J. F. Frazier, an old citi-
zen of Macon, was held Wednesday.
E. C. Branson has resigned the super
Intendency Of the public schools Of Athens.
The banks Of Augusta will charge l per
cent after April Tor collecting notes for
rent
Gus Lee, indicted at Cedartown for the
murder of Leonard Newell, was acquitted
Wednesday.
The New South Swings Bank of Talbot
ton has begun operations, aud is doing a
nice business already.
The serious illness of Mrs. Asa NJ. Jack
son Of Athens is a source OF much alarm TO
that lsdy's many friends.
Lots brought from 81 to SIS each at the
auction sale at Adams Park, near Macon,
Wednesday. Each lot is 25xlOJ feet.
Several prominent gentleman are consld-
ering the advisabilitY Of erecting an Office
building on some thoroughfare Of Athens.
Charles P. Cullen will represent the
printers Of Macon at the International con-
ventiou Of the typographical union az Bos-
ton in jane
The Southern Phosphate Works in Macon
has recently had an addition hsilt to it for
storing phosphate rock. 1t has capacity
for holding 5000 toas of rock.
Myrom Nussbaum has sold his entire un-
divided fourth interest in the Macon Hard
ware Company to W. Ross White and J.
Howard White for $24, 900 cash.
N. II. Sledge's dwelling house at Chipley
and its furniture were burned Wednesday
night 1t caught from defective stove
flue in some way. TIE loss is about 100,
and the insurance 500.
Perry Home Journal: The tallest man
in Houston county is II years old, 8 feet b
inches high, was born and reared within a
mile and a half Of Perry, ana Is now in
business here. His name is Fred II. Cutler,
son of D. h. Cutler.
Rev. G. F. Robertson of Dalton has BEEN
granted letters patent on an improved type
writer of his own invention. The inStru-
menu is said TO be very ser viceable, and can
be manufactured and sold at one-third the
cost Of the better class of machines now in
use.
The freight bills of one of Albany's firms
amount to over $4,000 per year. Their
freights for last week cost them over 81 300,
and this is about an average Of their weekly
expenditure IN this direction. A few years
ago the firm commenced business on a few
thousand dollars capital.
The Real Estate Dime Savings Bank Is
the name Of the new bank to be started in
Augusta. The real estate exchange will
work up the project. The capital of the
bank has no, yot been settled upon, but it
will be from S25, GOO to $4,000 az the start,
with the privilege Of increasing it to $780,
coo.
A son of W. F. CauIey, who lives near
Bailey. while playing with the other chill
dred at home had two OF his fingers nearly
severed from his left hand with au ak. Mr..
Cauley and his medical adviser are Of the
opinion that the fingers will grow back
without any serious disadvantage to the
child.
A negro woman working on the farm Of
Russell d Potts, about two miles from
Newman, was terribly burned Wednesday.
She was burning cornstalks at the time and
her clothing evidently caught fire from the
burning stalks. physician was sum
moned who, after an examination. pro-
nounced her case hopeless.
Young Albert Harvey, son of W. T.
Harvey, an engineer. had a narrow escape
from death at Columbus Tuesday. He and
other boys were climbing trees aud Harvey
had managed to reach a considerable hight
In q china tree. Suddenly be lost his hold
on the limo and fell about twenty-five feet
to the ground. The only injuries sustained
were several painful bruises.
Cordele Cordelean: Cullen Lane of this
county has dog that is built somewhat on
the DR.. Tanner plan, when IL comes to fast
ing. The dog got his head wedged in a
hollow tree one day while chasing a rabbit,
and, failing to release himself, remained in
that position for eleven days without food
or drink, when the master found him and
got him out. He was alive, but it is not
known what became of the rabbit.
Saunders Bros, lumber merchants, have
left Brunswick and gone TO Alexanderville.
Before leaving they sold their entire prop
erty, consisting Of seventeen lots of water
front between the Brunswick ice factory
and Gwinn'S griSt mill, to the Brunswick
and Western Railroad Company. There were
large warehouse and great deal of lum-
Der on the property, all of which was pur-
cha ed by the railroad company. The price
paid was $4,000.
Abbeville Times: An old bachelor of
Abbeville was miraculously saved from
drowning last Sunday. In attempting to
wade creek he got into swimming water,
and, as be could not SWIM went down and
clutched the first object that he came in
contact with under the water. Fortunately
it was monster turtle of the loggerhead
variety that he seized. The turtle, strange
TO say swan with the man to the shore.
his escape was miraculous.
At Macon, Wednesday, Officer Travis
found white boy acting in a strange mau-
ner near Grace church. The boy was tear
tng pickets off a fence, foaming at the
mouth, muttering incoherentlv and other
wise acting like lunatic. The policeman
took charge of him. In the cell the boy
continued to cry and struggle, and he fire..
quently tore his clothes He gave his name
as George Owens and said he was IA years
old, but could not give an intelhgible idea
OF where his home was. He said his
parents llved "away out yonder. ~ pointing
his arm toward the Columbus road. No
body at the city hall knew him.
Perry Home Journal: The largest frog
we ever saw was IN the possession Of D. H
Cutler last Tuesday. Il was caught in BIG
Indian creek swamp by Mr.. Hardy Powell
1t weighed eighteen ounces. its hind leg.
measured nine inches in length each, /;
measured nine inches around the girth. and
1875 inches from tip Of front to tip of hind
feet. Mr. Cutler carried that frog home
anticipating a delicious fry. He was disap
pointed, however as neither the cook MOI
housekeeper would preDare il FOR the irvine