The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
There are nearly 1000 voters in Dooly
county.
A lodge of Odd Fellows has been organ
lied at Cordele.
A canning factory is going to be estab-
Lshed in lagrange.
The Contra Georgia alliance warehouse
will declare dividend Of 10 per cent. next
Monday.
Mr.. Bertling Of Athens caught thirty
three rats in trap in twenty-four hours
ending Monday.
The residence of Rev. C. A. Conoway, on
Dougherty street, at Athens, is rapidly
nearing completion.
Americus is moving for the establishment
of a creuatory at an early date. Toe cost
will be between s., 900 and IS, 900.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad sustained about about $4,000 dam
ages in washouts aud delays by the food.
The Ocmuigee river is falling, but not
rapidly. 1t has fallen about three feet
from the highest point that it reached Mon
day.
A. W. Muse of AlbanyRhas an Indian
water bucket followed out OF the solid rock.
1t was found on Mr.. Muses. Slappy place in
Baker county.
A Marion county planter informed an
Americus Times reporter that the cotton
acreage would be at least third of this
year from what it was last
Factor aud Product" is the title of a new
mathematical text book cotton out by Prof.
r. G. ingalls,, who is Thomas county man
and well known as a mathematician.
Several petitions have been circulated for
abolishing the county court of Emanuel
county. but the citizens appear to be di-
vided as to the wisdom of such proceed
Ing.
A number Of damage suits are upon the
Dooly superior court docket against the
Western Union Telegraph Company for not
delivering messages promptly at the diff
ferent telegraph stations In Dooly county.
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury A. s.
Littleton, advertises for proposals for the
saleto the United States OF property suit
able and conveniently located for a site for
the proposed public building nt Columbus.
Last week C. H. Griffin of LaGrange
sent registered letter to Miss K. j. Toole
at Woodbury., containing the amount of
one months rent Of her house here. When
she opened the letter she found it had been
robbed of the money. The postolice au-
thorites are Investigating.
The convention Of the State Dental Asso-
citation, which is to meet at Brunswick in
May, will be the largest of the kind ever
held in Georgia, and the members of the
arranging programme for the occasion
are determined to make it success
Twenty years ago some one stolea hand
some gold ring from w. 8 NeedhAm Of CO.
lumbus. Tuesday morning Mr.. Needham
was surprised when he received the ring iu-
closed in an envelope without word Of ex.
PLANTATION. he thiaks the ring was restored
through the medium of a confession.
Thomas Lilly, an Atlanta barkeeper,
hnsna loqt trI,k
out half his clothes on. Next day a man
called at the house and offered to show him
what had became of them. Lilly started
off with the man aud nothing has been
heard Of him since. His relatives are anx-
ious and foul play is suspected.
R. r. Lane of LAGRANGE lost three horses
on Sunday night last. He gave them what
lie supposed was nur ponllcG on Sunday
morning, and late in the day all his stock
began 10 show bad symptoms. He and his
neighbors went to work on them, but in
spite Of all they could do three died by 8
O'Clock on Sunday night, while others were
quite sick.
There is an old negro man by the name of
Jake Tatnall, who has been carrying the
mail between Fancy Bluff and Bruins wick
for long time, who is about so wears old he
says, and has about thirty-five children,
with several great grandchildren. He pulls
heavy roEboat daily between Fancy
Bluff aud Brunswick, and is as strong and
vigorous now as many men of half his age
Fort Valley Leader: J. j. Warner, the
gentleman who left Berea, o., some months
ago rolling wheelbarrow to the Florida
coast, passed through here last Friday, and
says ne will get to his destination on time il
his wheelbarrow don't give out He was in
excellent health and trim, and left his
GEORGIA buggy" tbirty-five miles above
here and took the train to pay Anderson
vile visit, as be was a prisoner there a
long time during the war.
Parker, the gold bar fakir, who played q
slick game on Messrs. Wethersbee and Ken
nedy of Wiliiston, s. c., and robbed them
of IS, 600 several weeks ago, who was caught
in Atlanta several DAYS afterward by Sergt.
Ozburn, was brought to Augusta Tuesday
night from Aiken and released. Some party
from Chicago, claiming TO be Parker's
brother-in-law, met him. 1t is said the
Chicago party paid the officer the amount
of money that Parker had faxed from the
Willistop merchants, and Parker was then
turned loose, and went his way merrily.
Augusta Euenino Nepos: William Ssoy
was arrested Tuesday night He is charged
with attempting arson. 1t in alleged that
about dark Tuesday nighs Stoy was
seen by lady to put some lighted splinters
under the shoernaker's shop on the corner Of
Kollock aud Fenwick streets, on the prop
erty or John Hill, attempting to set the
building on fire. The blaze was extinguished
and Stoy's arrest soon followed. The
case has been turned over to Magistrate
Nathan Davis, who has released Stoy
on 81 600 bond. Stoy was arrested on a
similar charge several years ago, but was
sent to the insane asylum at Milledgeville
The controlling stock in the Macon Euen-
tilg NeI0s has been purchased by A. c. Bald
win of Sedalia, No. Mr.. Baldwin took an
option on controlling interest In the stock
few days ago and yesterday completed
the deal. The Nelus has a capital stock of
$4,000, and Mr.. Baldwin has taken about
$1Loo0 interest paying cash down for his
purchase yesterday. Mr.. Baldwin il a
young man, Sand has been acti vely engaged
in journalism for some years. He has been
up to the last few days editor and proprietor
of the Sedalia NetoS, live paper Of Mis-
souri,. The change of ownership will make
no change in the editorial control of the
paper, which is so well managed by hon.
John T. Boifeulllet.
Capt Harry jackson and Gen. P. II. B.
Young have left Atlanta with a party,
which included ex-Gov. Little Of New Jer-
sey and several prominent capitalists, for a
visit TO the Okehnokee swamp. Another
of the party is engineer Cramer, represent
ing wealthy land company Of Philadel-
phia. He superintendent the drainage OF