The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF tbs TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Fire Near Willacoochee-A ScaffolC
Gives Way at Amsricus The State
Convicts-Atlenta's HoboS Indi Z
nans-Arrested for Stealing q @ W
Two Attempts in One Night to Burg
larize q Eouse.
GEORGIA.
The grand jury of Walker county wi
recommend that it is TO the best interests c
that county that the court of commission
ers Of roads and revenues be retained.
A 15-year-old boy Of Quitman picked %
pounds of cotton one day last week, an
rested an hour and half at noon. Til
would be a fine days picking for a man.
1t looks very much as If Lumpkin count,
will have to add luBstic asylum to ne
poorhouse. The county has many OF tn'
unfortunates and the state asylum is full.
After spending upward of $1,000 for ad-
ditional dirt on which 70 build new uTt
house for Ware county, the decision uas
now been made to put the new court hou9e
back to where the old one stool.
Gen. Phil Cook is rapidly growing
better. He was up for several hours Tues
day, standing part Of the tine. OUT, as ne
tersely put it, he's ''been paying LOT IL
since" There seems, however, no donos OF
his speedy recovery.
At Hoganville Ed Woodruff tcoloredl
was shot in a revel on Saturday night last,
and his recovery, we learn, is thought
donbtful. T. O. Smith, who has been SEQ
ton boss on the railroad, is accused of being
the principal perpetrator.
Dublin Post: The Wrightsville and
Tennile road having leased the Empire
aud Dublin, connections will be formed as
fast as money eau do it. 1t is said that the
river bridge will be completed and trains
over the Wrightsville and Tennille running
into Dublin soon.
Cotton around Dalton, though little
late, continues to grow and take on fruit
rapidly. Should there be few more weeks
of clear hot weather, and no killing frostS
before the middle of October, from present
appearances there will be a heavy crop of
the staple made in that part Of North Geor-
gia-
The Athens council will elect the three
dispensary commissioners on Monday, and
they will 60 to work at once to establish the
dispensary. They will elect a manager 70
take charge of its active work. A great
many names have been suggested for tneSe
Offices, but nobody knows or has Guy ides
who will be elected. The dispensary will
be running inside of two weeks.
At Columbus Wednesday night there was
much excitement among the Indians out
on Tenth street. Some negro purchased q
bottle Of medicine from one Of them for 81.
The negro gave the Indian an old coufed-
crate $5-note, aud got in change four silver
dollars. When tine mistake was discovered
there was much hunting for the negro, but
he had gone in search Of other suckers.
Near Willacooohee last Friday the cotton
gin of Hon. Dennis Paulk, with the entire
contents Of the building, including lot of
cotton, was swept away by the swollen
stream upon which it was situated. Mrs.
Paulk and some other persons had just
stepped out of the house upon the dam
when the entire building was torn from its
foundations and rushed down thu roaring
stream.
Wednesday afternoon some one stole the
gripsack of G. II. Hutchinson from a seat in
passenger car on the Georgia Pacific
road, where he had laid it. Mr.. Hutcheson
is drummer for Oglesby g. Meador, and
Wednesday he was going off on the Georgia
Pacific road, and laid his grip on seat in
the car and left it there, thinking it would
be perfectly safe, but when he returned the
grip was missing.
Near Harrison, Washington county, last
Sunday the handsome residence of Angus
tus Smith was destroyed by fire. The fire
originated, it seems, in shed no I'm Of the
house, where fire had been made on Sun
day, owing to the cool weather on that day.
From this it is thought the fire started
which destroyed the house. Most Of the
contents were saved, in a damaged con-
dition, however. There was 81 200 insur-
ance on the house and furniture.
At Atlanta some one tried to break into
the house of F. E. Henson on two separate
occasions Wednesday night. The first at
tempt was about 10 o'clock, but the noise
made By the thief was heard by one of the
inmates and frightened him off. About ~
O'Clock a second attempt was made to force
an entrance into Mr.. Henson's house, but
the noise again awakened some one within.
A policeman near by was informed of the
attempted burglary. but was unable TO
capture the guilty party or parties.
Statesboro Eagle: The surveyors reached
Statesboro last Thursday with the first pre-
liminary survey of the Middle Georgia and
Atlantic railroad from Savannah. They
will proceed to run another line and will
then establish the permanent location. Our
people feel great interest in the building of
this road, as a direct line from here 20 Sa-
vannah would be big thing for us. Our
town folks, together with the hep of others
have raised nearly $4,000 the amount re-
quired Of US.
The state convicts ara confined and
worked at the following camps or prisons:
Coal CITY, Dsde county, 5SS; Rising Fawn,
Dade, 81; Chattahoochee Brick Company.
Fulton, 100; Bolton Broom Factory. Full
ton. "a; Crawfish Springs. Walker. 27S:
fleetwood. Dooly, l02; Graysville, Caioosa,
52; gosselyn, Liberty, SIS; Chauncsy, Dodge,
a; Nishort, Wilcox, IS; Dempsey, Dodge,
~; Hodo, johnson, 81; Oglethorpe, Ogie-
thorpe, 50; Old Town, Jefferson, Is; Sibiey,
Dooly, SO; Amoskeag, Dodge, 81. Total
number OF convicts in the penitentiary OF
Georgia, LIN.
Jacksonville Aduertiser; Josephus
Rhodes, OF Savannah district. is very i'll
and Is not expected to live many DAYS. He
Is about 20 years OK age aud has been resis
cent OF Dawson county for many years-he
mas nIled the Office of justice of the peacs
Tor NIFTY years, and has been one Of the
standards OF the county, being very sober,
moral man and much respected by all who
know him. Ills wife, who is onIy few
years younger than he. is still living,
though she Is quite feeble. We have no
doubt this couple are the oldest in the
county that are husband and wife,
Wednesday night a negro stole fine
mich COW from q section hand on tho West
Point road, about eleven nlles from Atlanta
The next morning Pstrolman Terry
captured the cow, but missed the thief
officer Terry was told that a very sus
picious-lookDg negro was driving q fne
mich COW up Peters street. He went imme.
diately to that street and saw the negro
When the officer walked up to him he turned
the COW loose and ran down O little side
street. A short while afterwatd a negro
named Gle Hunnicutt was brought to tn,
station house, suspected with being tbs
negro.
At Americus Wednesday evening an ac-