The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-20
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Meeting Of the Georgia Fruit Union
Iron Ore Found on Flowery Branch
ACycone Near Gainesville-A War
renton Mans Lucky Investments
Macon Engineer Killed.
GEoRGIA-
W. 81. Dickinson Of Griffin died Friday
W. II. Harris of Admission, Ala, is il
Americas, and wants to lease the new hotel
when it is finished.
w. E. HORT, postmaster at Jackson, ha:
been arrested for Incorporating funds
O. the government
In Athens Thursday it rained hard In
WatkIlsville, eight miles distant, there has
been no rain in long time.
Capt. Moseley of Toccoa has been offered
81, 500 for his house and lot. This property
he paid $1,000 for about year ago.
Carrollton Times: Charlie Matthews in
vested 81, 700 in eighteen acres Of land in
the suburbs of Atlanta in 1877, and we saw
& letter yesterday from the well-known
real estate agents. A. J. West & Co., who
estimate that the land would now bring
S25, 600 or $4,000.
An old man, IS years old, was found dead
in the woods near Decatur Saturday morn
ing. he left note for the coroner, saying
"John Smith will do as we'll for me as any
other name" The empty morphine bottle
was found near him. The coroner's jury
could not find out who he was.
The negroes had a pigeon snatching
match at their hall at Washington
a few nights ago. The bird was
turned loose and the one who
should catch it was to receive a dollar. In
the wild scramble the bird was torn into a
dozen pieces 1t was a barbarous affair.
Do,,,oo,,oF,
after the last cold snap, the people were
confident that all the peach crop had been
killed, but we find on close examination
tnat the crop is sufficiently large, if it will
only remain on the trees. The apple crop
will be larger than usual If there is nothing
to damage it hereafter. The pears, we think,
have been seriously injured from the freeze,
but there are still a few left.
Fowery Branch Journal: Hon. F. T,
Davie has recently discovered iron ore Of a
fine quality aud in large quantities on his
farm near town. He has sent specimens to
a mineralogist for analysis, and no doubt it
will prove large fortune to Mr.. Davie and
great advantage to our entire commu-
nifty. The ore is certainly plentiful in this
section, and will attract the attention Of
capitalists from abroad.
Warrenton Clipper: N. G. Edwards is a
happy man. Last fall he invested $500 in
the National Guarantee Company of Cordele
OF which J. f. ID. Shipp IS the president.
Within sixty days dividend of 10 per cent.
was declared. Yesterday he received aletter
stating that another dividend of 40 per
cent. had been declared. This makes so per
cent. on the investment in six months, or
100 per cent. in twelve months. Besides
this the company has $4l, 200 of undivided
profits
James Monroe Poole of Macon, q we'll
known engineer on the Southwestern rail-
road, was killed Saturday morning about
4:30 o'clock at Eufaula. As he was running
passenger train No. 9 between those two
cities be stepped on the bottom step Of his
engine to notice a hot box. As he was
looking back the timbers of the bridge over
the Chattahoochee at Eufau knocked him
in the river. He was killed instantly. The
river was afterward dragged and the body
recovered.
The lrish-American Investment Company
of Augusta has just declared its annual
dividend of per cent. Directors have been
elected as follows, from whom officers will
be chosen later on: A. j. Gouley J. Rival.
Patrick Walsh, William Sweigert, j. A.
Bremen, z. E. Doscher, P. II. Rice, w. J.
Davidson, P. Armstrong, c. z. Coffin, NJ j.
McAuliffe, j. l. Maxwell. z. J. OConnor,
j. {. Flynn, l.. A. r. Reab and W II.
ODowd. A dime savings bank is to be
started by the company.
Quitman Press: DIR. J. T. Davis has as
certelned, for the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, some information IN re-
gard to the melon crop in Brooks that will
interest our readers. According to his
estimate there are about 400 acres in
melons outside of the district that will ship
from Dixie He thinks this is under rather
than over the exact number of acres. He
1kTw l. -
later than last year, and thinks shipping
will not begin until the fourth week in June,
except perhaps few carloads.
The Georgia Fruit Union, composed prinoi.
pally of peach-growers from Marshallville.
Fort Valley, Butler and Powersville, met at
Marshallville Friday to devise the best
plans of handling the coming crop, which,
In spite OF the unusual weather, will be con-
siderable in this community. The union.
an Incorporated company, organized for
mutual protection, hopes, by concert Of
action, to lessen the expenses, especially
freights and refrigeration, which two years
ago was $500 per Ger to New York. The
general opinion of the fruit union is that,
while the crop is somewhat cut off, there
Will yet Ce large amount to be shipped.
Gainesville Eagle: While fishing party
was out on the river, near Clarks bridge,
passed within few hundred yards of them,
swapping off the large trees that were in its
patn Ike pipe3tems. III was not over
fifty yards wide, and only seemed to touch
the ground for short distance on the side
of small mountain, at the base Of which
the party was standing. 1t then passed on
with q roaring noise at a considerable eleva-
ton above the ground. 1t was remark
able phenomenon, as the day had been
bright and calm, and the cloud from which
the sudden blow seemed to come was 80
small that it attracted no attention.
The following racy account of colored
festival is not from the wild and woody
west, but the Fort Gaines Chronicle: '.The
festival and grand rally day with the col.
ored people for the purpose of raising funds
to build q church turned out to be a genera
jamboree. Friday night last, at the festi,
val, Albert Horton, the fawn-hued Aia1
and mogul of the colored arena, waxed ex.
ceedipgly wroth with Holly Brown, who
is a noted cog-wheel of colored society
and slightly of coal tar tinge, and they
clinched. The battle was waging hot wheI
Virgil Payne, long, crow-hued and gaud
lily attired galoot Of the flsh>pole variety,
ran up as a peacemaker, 30 he says, x
stop the row, and received a couple OF
dainty taps upon his ebon cheeks. Thil
angered The charcoal Apollo and he pro-
ceeded to fan out things with a chair
knocking down a couple of women. Then {
general row followed, in which razor,
flashed and chairs came down with {
thud On many woody pates
The grand rally day was on last Sun
dav and was NOT without lie finn 7