The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Bible Picked Up 10 War T.mes-Two
Men Toured by the Bursting Of q
Boiler-A DOGS Devotion to His
Drunken Master-An Attempt to
Burn Live Stock ID Death at Daw-
500,
GEORGIA.
Water works will probably be established
81 Dawson soon.
The Nashville. Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway will soon erect q new depot at Ken
nesaw.
The manager of the Talbotton steam mills
is contemplating putting in a new 25-horSe
power boiler.
Last Friday was the sixteenth anniver-
sary Of the great cyclone that passed
through Talbot county.
Farmers around Kennesaw are nearly a
month behind with their work, but will soon
have their crops planted.
H. T. Thomasson, formerly Of Columbus
is dead, having committed suicide az Bluff
ton, Ala, by taking morphine.
Hardage s. Co. of Kennesaw, have received
their machinery for the manufacture OF
excelsior, and viii at once commence bust
ness.
John T. Parker of Prattsburg lost fine
barn BY fire Saturday night. The barn and
its contents were valued at $500. He had
no insurance.
Capt R. II. Leonard Of Tabotton last
week dispensed lot Of valuable garden and
field seeds sent TO him for distribution by
Hon Tom Grimes.
Albany is rapidly filling up with visitors,
drawn by the unps slleled attractions fur
nished by the Georgia Chautauqua, whose
third annual session is to open Sunday.
R r. Mckay, the retiring pastor of the
Presbyterian church at LaGrange, has just
been presented with a handsome gold watch
by his friends in the town, irrespective of
denomination.
The town authorities of Elberton have
81 500 worth of bonds for sale, the money
70 be applied to charging the college build
ing. Work Will commence on it as soon as
all necessary arrangements can be made.
The S-year-old boy of Mrs. Bennett, who
keeps a boarding house at 302l4 Bay street,
Brunswick, while playing with a razor
Wednesday, cut the end Of his thumb off.
It seemed for a time that the child would
bleed 70 death before assistance could be
summoned.
J. y. Thomas, the young man charged
with stealing clothes from a Griffin hotel
man, and suspected Of having stolen several
typewriters, was put under bond of $500 in
Griffin Wednesday. He was unable TO find
bondsmen. but should he do so, will be ar
rested on other charges.
George F. Newell has been appointed
permanent receiver of the American Marble
Company by Judge George F. Gober, and
the entire marble plant, machinery, build
ings. land, dwellings. etc, have been or
dered 20 be sold at receivers sale at
Elizabeth on the first Tuesday in July next
Some farmers in Cobb and Cherokee
counties dubbed together and bought
guano, but the strike on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad prevents its de-
livery, and some Of them are buying again
in Marietta, as their first purchase Is de-
lsyed until they will have 10 refuse to re-
ceive it.
The old Methodist parsonage in Brothers
vile, recently occupied by Robert Anderson
with a small quantity of furniture, was
totally consumed by FIRE Tuesday, catching
from q spark. Il was insured for
$1,000 in the Central City Fire
Insurance company Of Selma, Ala. fhe loss
is 81 800.
@. W. Owens, obout 60 years old, and
who has for many years resided in the
counties adjacent to Bibb. was in Macon
Wednesday for tbs first time In his life
Mr.. Ovens Is q very prosperous farmer and
lives on J. S. Stewards plantation in Jones
county az present He considers n aeon a
very great city, ana was delighted over the
sights.
A colored man named Robert Wither-
All OSOEEb w S0OD.
was taken OF one Of the electric cars by
policeman at Augusta at the order of the
conductor. There was some misunderstaud-
ing about transfer ticket, and both sides
claim to be in the right Witherspoon, it is
understood, intends suing the company for
damages.
Dawson Journal: The horses and mules
that have been affected with the grip were
QuaranUlned under the old shed at the tan
yard AEf Saturday night ahnnt q Of~IOn-
some one set fire to the shed. The fire was
discovered, however, and extlnguished,
only small hole being burned in the top
It is not known who did 1t nor what was
their object
On Monday afternoon as James and Viii
Oliver were at work on the engine of their
saw-mill, about eighteen miles from Camilla
the safety valve got caught and the boiler
exploded, throwing them both about forty
feet from where they were standing. James
Oliver had one leg broken and was badly
scalded. VIII Oliver had his arm broken
and his face badly scalded. 1t is thought
the latter will lose one of his eyes.
The daily weighing of the mail on the
Georgia Southern railway, which has been
done by order of the postal authorities since
Feb. IS, was concluded Wednesday. This
has been done In order TO form basis FOR
awarding the contract for carrying the
mail the coming year. The aggregate
weight Of mail carried during the past
thirty-four days has not yet been figured
out, but it is said to show a large increase
over the same period last year.
Talbotton Neto Era: Uncle Tom Gibson
went netting for birds not great while
ago. He located fine covey, set his net
aud was in the act of driving them in when
a hawk swooped down on the covey, caught
bird near the entrance to the net and few
into it while attempting to fly off. The re-
mainder Of the birds followed the hawk
into the net, and as Uncle Tom rushed for
ward to secure the prize he jumped rab-
bit, which also ran into the net. Thus he
secured the hawk, birds and rabbit all at
one time.
Talbotton Net0 Era: One day last weel,
Mrs. Virgil Steed heard noise among her
chickens in an old hen house. She started
out to investigate the matter, and on arriy-
ing at the hen house she found that the ward
dog had been attracted by the same noise.
and was surprised to find him munching on
large chicken hawk which he had CAP
tured and killed. The hawk had entered
through hole in the house in search of the
chickens, and the deg had caught and
killed it while attempting to make its escape
with its prey.
Marietta Journal: Mrs. Mary France
who lives on j. q. Morris farm in this