The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Work on Brunswick's Jetties Com
pleted-A Carload of Melons Nets
S4oo A Thomasvills Physician
Knocked Down by Sand-bagger-A
Humming Birds Freak.
GEORGIA
A bank will be in operation at Fairburn
this fall
The new court house at Vienna is nearly
completed.
Mrs. s. E. Means of Elko has crazy
quilt that has 1900 pieces.
Elko's new depot is finished except paint
ing and is one of the neatest depots on the
road.
A. 1. Branham and wife will have charge
of the Etowah institute, at Canton, next
term.
W. s. Copeland and Miss Alice Allen,
both of Coweta county, were married at
Atlanta Wednesday. Mr.. Copeland is the
state lecturer of the farmers alliance.
AT Augusta Wednesday in the case of Mrs.
Reese of Madison, in a suit for $4,000
against the Georgia road for killing her
husband some years ago, the jury gave her
$1,000
The contrast for the bank building at
Douglasville has been let to Mr.. Boyd Bag
gstt, who says he will rush it through In
sixty days. The directors have decided not
to begin business until the building is
ready.
Owens, the man who married Miss Nor
ton, and who is in jail at Lumpkin, charged
with bigamy, still protests his innocence
most vigorously, and asserts that he will
prove what he says when the case comes up
for trial.
The daily Journal of Atlanta offers a
handsome jeweled sword for the most popu-
lar captain of the state military companies.
The contest is open for thirty days, and the
ballots must be clipped from the Atlanta
Journal.
Fairburn Standard: While going up to
Atlanta on the cannonball Sunday after
noon we saw delicate little lady board the
train up about Red Oak. We learned that
she only tips the beam at $40 pounds, and
that she has weighed over 400 pounds.
The construction of the jetties at Bruins
wick as contracted for by Green & Gaynor
of Savannah, has been completed, and the
tug and lighters used in the work taken to
Fernandina, where this firm has an
other government contract amounting to
$l27, 900.
Isaac Evans, an old negro well digger Of
Cuthbert was run over and killed by the in
coming east-bound passenger train Tuesday.
Carelessness on the part of the negro and
coroner's jury exonerated the railroad of
any fault.
While Mira Reynolds. a widow lady As
years of age, residing on Hicks street at
Augusta, was standing in the door of an
clubhouse Wednesday morning she was sud-
denly attacked with epilepsy, and fell back
ward. Her collarbone was broken and she
is otherwise injured.
A few days ago. says the Quitman Fress,
John King Of Groverville neighborhood
went gator fishing and landed one eleven
feet long. John had lost several hogs which
this gator had caught, and he was deter
mined to have him. He rugged up an iron
hook on long pole. went to the gators
headquarters in the Aucilla and dragged
him out bodily,
W. B. Roddenberry of Cairo has received
returns from car of melons shipped re-
Gently to New York They brought the
fine price of $500. On the same day last
year Mr.. Roddenberry shipped a car of a
like number to New York, for which he re-
ceived S44O. The melons this year are not
quite as large as last season, which likely
accounts for the difference in price.
Perhaps the Oldest judicial officer in the
state is the venerable Josephus Rhodes, 80
years of age, and still presiding as Justice of
the peace in Savannah district, Dawson
county. On last Saturday Squire Rhodes
ments, signing them up in very leeible
hand without his glasses. He has been
Justice OF the peace almost continuously for
over fifty years.
VIII Boozer, negro of La Grange, had
narrow escape from death Saturday after
noon. He was standing ON the plank Gov
ering over the big well at Young's old mill.
when a rotten sill gave way, precipitatine
him to the bottom. He fell about twenty
h1rf nrrhf he
and lodged. the plank under him breaking
the fall. Had he gone into the fourteen
feet OF water he would have certainly been
killed.
During violent electric storm Tuesday
night the telephone wire connecting the
quarantine station with the exchange in
Brunswick was struck near Plantation
creek, and fully 200 yards Of the line. in
Guiding two large new posts, were COM
pletely destroyed. Manager Meeks went to
the scene Of the accident, but was only able
to find about ten feet of warped and melted
wire out of the whole 200 yards that were
destroyed.
g. 81. Mooney, a travelling man, died in his
room at the Virginia house, at Newman,
Monday night. He had taken several
orders for furniture and hardware He
complained Of not feeling well, but ate his
supper and retired. as did the other guests.
During the night a drummer who occupied
a room opposite heard some one making q
noise, but thought nothing Of It until he
was informed that the man in the opposite
room was found dead.
little humming bird Is said to be max
ing himself unaccountably familiar at the
home of Dick Smith, near Thomson. Regu-
larly every Sunday, when the family go to
the dining room for dinner, the bird flies
into the family::room and brings up before
the family mirror, where he bows to him
self and fiutters and capers around extern
sively. II not disturbed, he will adjust his
necktie pull up his vest, and wink at him
self and smirk and smile like a regular
dandy.
A party was indebted to the barkeeper for
whisky, and as the residence of the debtor
is some distance from Fort Gaines, and there
being no bank or collection office near, the
account was forwarded to the postmaster
for collection and a postal card was adj
dressed to the debtor informing him of the
fact. 1t so happened thai the postmaster
was the father of the debtor aud by his adj
vice no doubt the following letter was writ
ten: Shiloh, Ca, June 1.-E W. Killings
worth, Fort Gaines, Ga Sir-Yours Of the
10Th to hand. / think l can learn You
sonethIn' about dunning a man on a postal
card. The postal got from you is Worth
s., 900 to me. You say your hav' drawed
on me. 80 l will push the postal to tbs frunt.
Yours --.
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