The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-04

Gus Cotton Operations Columbus
Successful Year.
GEORGIA.
sberif Aracood Of Telfair county sold
last Tuesday ten lots Of land, the prices paid
sggregating soy.
The store house Of Henry F. Brown at
Rede was broken into last week, and goods
TO the value of $3.50 were stolen.
The Henry A. Smith lot on the corner of
Fast First street and Fourth avenue has
been selected as the site for Rome's new
public building.
Athens received her first bale of this years
cotton crop on Tuesday. 1t was brought in
by A. c. Arnold from Oglethorpe county,
and weighed 5l5 pounds.
The annual report of the bureau Of vital
statistics of Columbus shows 500 death, To-
whites and 2l1 colored: there were Az
births. 252 whites and 220 colored.
F. w. Miller of the firm of b. c. Miller
& Sons. house movers. of Brooklyn. n. Y,
Is In Augusta to inspect the court house and
furnish estimates on raising it. which some
of the committee think is the best thing
to do.
Iithonia NetO Era: The grape crop is
about disposed Of The growers say it
brought an unusually small price, from 3 20
s cents per pound. Some have received as
much as 5000 per acre. This crop is made
with very little work.
Tuesday Conyers received her first new
bale of new cotton for the season. lt was
brought in by Arthur " hitaker and sold to
J. F.. Armand q Co. at 10 cents per
pound. 1t was classsd ordinary, and was
very green and damp.
Representatives Of Company H, Third
Georgia regiment, met at Covington Tues
20 hold
Wednesday and Thursday, Sept 80 and
Oct l. The Newton County Veterans As
ISOLATION and a number of citizens also met
TO arrange for the third Georgia reunion on
Sept 80 and Oct. l.
Rochelle Recorder: The "city fathers
have added another tiger TO their fast grow
ing menagerie. 1t is not anything like the
circus Royal Bengal tiger, with ninety
nine stripes, - but was poor, little, insig
niicant, kinky-haIred black tiger. He
was convicted of selling mean whisky, and
as he didn't have $25. he is now viewing the
stars through the bars, and acquiring the
much desired accomplishment of catching
deas in the dark.
1t is understood that Jesup's worthy
mayor is very indignant over a special sent
TO the Atlanta Constitution from Savan-
nah last Monday stating that he had that
day had street duel with some tough and
TDat ne ttD6 mayor HbQ klIleu MS man. III
is thought it would be safer and more pru-
dent for the enterprising correspondent who
sent the special to keep away from Jesup
for awhile. as the people Of that city deny
the story in toto, and are very indignant
over the matter.
Americas Times Recorder: There is a
substantial farmer living in Miller county
who now has his sixth wife, having buried
five in days gone by. He seems to be as
happy and contented as though he was ems
joying his first honeymoon. The strangest
part Of the story is that each Of his deceased
wives died on Friday before the second
Sunday in the month between the hours of
I and Z o'clock p m. Our informant, who
us agent for marble yard, sold the gentle
snan fiee tombstones to place over their
graves
I The trade review Of the Columbus En-
qIirer-Sun consists Of sixteen pages giving
a complete history Of the business of the
city for the past year. 1t is credit to the
city as we'll as to the publishers. During
the year 1879 buildings have been erected at
cost of $780, 119 The cotton receipts
during the season were IS, $50 bales against
IS, 035 bales for the previous season.
showing an increase Of SSH bales.
The through cotton since Aug. 81, 1889,
which is cotton shipped from other points,
compressed in Columbus ana shipped to |
SAVANNAH, OueuCe TO new Y OrK, eastern |
spinners and Liverpool, amounts to &c, SOP |
bales.
Monday night Of last week, Mrs. j. D. |
Geise, who lives several miles from Dawson, |
made q serious mistake in taking a dose of |
morphine. During the afternoon she had a |
severe headache, and a dose of morphine |
was administered to her for relief. After |
retiring that night her head again began to |
severely pain her, and to relieve it she got |
up for another dose. Thinking that She |
could safely take the drug in the dark, she |
did not trouble TO light lamp, but went to |
where it was kept and took some of it,
more than she intended. Soon after lynn |
down the second time she began to feel tn |
effects OF the overdose. A physician was |
sent for Immediately. AT last accounts |
she was on far way to recovery.
The military will comprise one of the big |
gest features of the Augusta exposition. |
Companies will be there from all over the |
south The military exercises will take place
on Nov. 5, and z. About thirty COM
panles will be in attendance The follow
ing named gentlemen have agreed to serve
as judges: Maj. j. q. Butler of the Augusta
arsenal; Lieut.. c. B. Satterlee, United States
army: Col j. Colleton Lyons, Milledgeville
Military College; Capt. Rolf Sims, South
ern Cadets, Macon. Capt. Austin, chair
man OF the military committee is thinking
VI d9hiAlB hu huulllOnal appropriation or
$3.50 for colored prize drill and fireman's
tournament. This sum, and the contests it
would bring about would draw &C. 900 COL
ored people from the surrounding towns
and counties.
jackson Argus: Butts county was the
scene of another homicide on Friday. Jim
Stroud is the dead man and Martin Walker
did the killing. 1t seems that these young
negroes fell out about a women, and 10 set
tie the difficulty met in the road lust above
Fincherville, and began TO quarrel and
finally came to blows. Walker used his
knife freely while Stroud only used his fist.
Stroud was cut on the under part
of the right arm near the
shoulder and bled TO death in
a few minutes. Martin made his escape,
but was captured on Sunday morning by
Bailiff Cordy Barnes and lodged in Jail The
coroner held an inquest, but the jury only
returned a verdict that the deceased was
killed with knife, and that the knife was
in the hands OF Martin Walker.
Notwithstanding it was q short cotton
CROP" Americas managed TO receive 43, SO
bales Of the f1eecy article at its warehouses
during the past year, which required in
round figures 81, 400,0 600 TO move. Besides
the above the railroads brought into the
city, by actual book count, q, 006 bales of
cotton, which were compressed and re-
shipped. These were not placed to the
credit of Americas. Before the Savannah
Americas and Montgomery railroad was
built, Americas was in good luck to market
10000 bales, and at the end of the season
abe would rejoice and say she would surely
get $4,000 next season. The Savannah,
Americas and Montgomery railroad has
done the work, and to it Americas owes its