The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-13
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

veator Loses His Model - Clarl
County's Auti-Prohibitlon agitation
Miraculous Escape from Deatl
Under Buggy Wheels
GEORGIA.
James D. Wilson'S house at Buena Visits
was burned Friday. Most of its contents
were saved.
H. ?. Snow has sold his brick store OF
Gray for SIS, 900.
The Putnam Rifles have given orders fol
very neat fatigue uniform, which will ar
rive IN a week or two.
Americas will have another guano factory
run by the Sumter County Alliance Co
operative Association.
A countryman was in Athens Friday ex-
hibiting bull dog with one foot almost
exactly the shape of a hoof.
The Augusta exposition managers are
getting ready to plant four acres of cotton.
They are going to utilize it during the expo
sition in the fall to operate the Case cotton
picker.
Augusta Will have building boom this
summer. More new structures will be
started, ana a greater number are now
under contemplation than in many years
Before
Macon has a 1O-year-old stenographer
Clifton and size has established herself for
business on her own account at the Hotel
Lanier.
A game of marbles was played by several
sprminent citizens of Washington on
Wedne day morning IN the middle of that
part Of Main street which lies between the
square and Floyd's corner.
= Work is to be started on the new COM
mercial club building site at Augusta by
In Int mil
tearing down the old Tubman residence,
which now stands on the property.
Joe Walker, negro train hand on the
Savannah, Americas ard Montgomery rail-
road, at Americas, had his left arm so
badly crushed between cars day or two
ago that amputation was necessary.
President Harrison and his party are ex-
pected TO arrive i'll Atlanta next Thursday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock aud remain until 9
O'Clock Friday morning. SO far no prep
erations have been made for receiving the
presidential party.
In Lee county, day or two ago, young
couple were out driving when the horse be-
came frightened and tried TO run away.
The buggy was almost turned over and the
young lady fell out. the wheels passing
directly over her neck. She arose unhurt
and proceeded with the drive
Toccoa NetVS: The shingle mill lately
built by Me5srs. Grant q Ramsay on Tuga-
Driver was destroyed by fire on the night
of April T. These gentlemen sustain a cons
siderable loss, as the machinery was the
best and latest improved, and had lust been
put in operation; their loss is estimated at
$1,000.
William S. Mallard Of Darien has lost
valuable model, which he has been hard at
work on for over six months. MIR. Mallard
and the baggagemaster at Washington, d.
ss.N-s Al.
Mallard has a check for the model, aud of
course will get damages for it, but he saws
that he cannot be paid for the hard work
that he has done on it,
The county alliance met at Lexington
Wednesday, and in the most earnest man
ner determined to very largely increase the
acreage in corn and to largely decrease the
acreage in cotton. 1t also warmly recon-
mended that farmers generally raise all the
provisions possible, aud then make whit
cotton they could. They realize the folly
of raising no supplies and keeping in debt
topurchase them, when they could SO easily
make them.
Mrs. Kate Sprake of Lexington, KY. has
filed in the federal court at Macon suit for
damages in the sum of $780, 900 against the
Savannah, Americas and MONTGOMERY rail
road, commonly known as the ''Sam road.n
Mrs Sprake claims that her husband YVES
painting car on side>track at Rochelle
on that road in August of last year, when a
train Of moving oars struck it and caused
him to be mangled SO that he died shortly
afterRgrd.
Capt. George F. Lapham of Columbus
has purchased the entire interest of j. D.
Smith in the steamer W, d. Ellis, and will
hereafter run her independent For the
last fourteen months the Ellis has been in
the pool with very satisfactory results, but.
on account of some transactions on the part
Of the other boats. Capt. Lapham decided
to withdraw The Ellis will hereafter leave
every Monday at noon for Apalachicola and
intermediate points.
The city tax assessors of Macon have fin
ished their work, and the total valuation of
property is S14, SOC, 900. This is an increase
OF s., SOC, goo over last years figures. The
bulk OF this increase is In real estate, and
this shows wonderful growth. The above
figures do not include church property of
any kind, and then many valuable indus
trial plants are taxed on only S25. 600 the
city council having made rule TO exempt
such property of all value over sos. 600.
This is done in order to encourage new
enterprises.
Nearly all the granite works at Lithonia.
as far as paving cutting is concerned, re-
main shut down. The contractors. as vet
have not signed the bill of prices submitted
by the Paving Cutters Union. The negro
quarrymen and drlllers have also q strong
union and have raised their prices, and the
contractors have not only refused to sign
1t, but, it Is understood, have sent north
and west for white labor to supply their
places. They have also ordered steam
drills. which will save much labor. The
prospect for vast amount of work is good.
Athens Ledger: The petition to call an
election for Clarke county to vote on the
whisky question has been presented to the
ordinary. The petition has over !, ZOO names
on it, which is enough to insure an election.
and if all who signed the petition vote for
whisky it is very probable that Clarke
county will soon be dishing out whisky by
the drink The ordinary will call the cleo
ton in thirty days after the petition is
examined and passed on. The prohibition
lists will no doubt make fight at the cleo
ton, and will do all they can to beat out
the entis
The horrible murder of Nathan Burch. in
Laurens county, is still the subject of much
comment at Dublin. For atrocity aud de-
hberate GOODNESS of the perpetrators, the
case has no parallel in criminal annals. 1t
was rumored that Burch had made his wife
deed to the property, but it is absolutely
false. The plot of the murder was blunder-
ingly concocted, the assassins being appre.
hensive of danger while at their bloody
work. Though the evidence seems to be
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