The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Woman Dies From anger in Walker
County-A singular Mistake Stops
Work on thu Commercial Club s
Building ct Augusta - a Fearful
Windstorm at Abbevle.
GEORGIA.
An effort is being made at Carrollton 10
organize a military company.
An office Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company is TO be opened al jack
son.
Two carloads Of white marble arrived at
Brunswick Wednesday for the steps and
flooring Of the new city hall.
About fifteen or twenty cottages now in
course OF construction at st. Slmon's by
Waycross parties, will be completed in a
few days.
DR.. H. H. Carlton of Athens will sell bis
beautiful home place at Cloverhurst about
the middle Of this month. 1t is rumored that
he was offered $40, 600 for the properly but
he refused to accept under $50 900.
The Royal Arcauum has just paid out
So coo to families of deceased membe S in
Macon. Last week it paid $1,000 to the
family of the late A. Reynolds, aud Tuesday
a like amount was paid over TO Mrs. ID.
Flatau by Treasurer Abbott.
Eightg-six cars of melons were banded by
the Central railr ed Tuesday Something
over 900 cars have been handled by that
road during the present season. The Savan-
nah, Americus and Montgomery road has
handled good many cars of melons also.
On Friday week lat E. ~ Crawford sold
in Bl4 cks' ear three barrels OF honey, aggre-
eating 81 gallons, and 1903 pounds OF YAK,
which brou ght him 800 -. All was taken
from eighteen hives. Tbs bee industry in
Pierce county is profitable when properly
Looked after
1t is reported that a cyclone occurred
Tuesday afternoon at Plnehurst, on th3
Georgia Southern road, fifty miles from
Macon. The hotel was blown dJwn, and
many trees we're hurled across the track.
No one was hurt. A heavy wind is also re-
ported at Monticello, on the Macon and
Northern road.
A Griffin paper says: Yesterday the
relief committee granted ticket tn r.
yeer-old boy from Griffin to ChickamauRa,
who wos found IN tears by Chief Of Police
Shackelford. He claims that the soldiers
brought him off and then left him to take
care of himself He says that be has no one
On earth but his old grandma to look after
him.
Statesboro Eagle: 8. F. Ollf has a novel
way Of preparing rough land for potatoes
He sows about two bushels If shelled corn
on al acre Of ground, turns IL under with a
town TO spend a week or so with bin. In
this way be gets his ground thoroughly
pulveriZei and in excellent condition for
planting
A SIS 600 deal took place ia mercantile
circles at Dawson, Monday. Messrs. c. NJ.
and Z. r. Orr bought the interest Of J. W.
+. Lowrey in the Arm Il Lowrey & Orr.
The hsndsome storehouse on Main street
was included in the transaction. The trade
will c~O into nffaof AnU I Hbp1 ha
firm OF Lowrey a Orr will be succeed ID by
o Bros.
King David Wilson, l2~year-old negro
boy, was drowned in Flint river at Albany,
Wednesday. Wilson, with party Of COM
panlo-s, was swimming in the river at the
well known box yard bathing place, and
they made an effort to swim to a sand bar
about midway the river, which is about 800
yards from the point where they were bath
ing. Wilson was not 50 expert a swimmer
as his companions. and when within about
100 yards 4 the sand bar he gave out and
began 70 sink. He screamed as soon as he
realized he was IN danger, but before anv
one could reach him he had gone down the
third time, and sank 10 rise 10 more
At Haz!ehurst Monday afternoon the tur-
pentine still Of g. T. Mccormick caught
fire, and in few minutes was totally de-
stroyed. Owing 10 the prompt sid Of the
citizens Only nine barrels Of spirits and a
few barrels Of rosin we're burned, beside
some crude gum ready TO be stllled. Monroe
Hinson was severely burned by the hot rosin
in both hands while rolling q barrel away
from tie flames. A negro named Calvin
Malloy was Frustrated by the heat and is
dangerously ILL., For some time the Tuten
hotel was In great danger, but the bucket
brigade kept the blankets that had been
spread on the Roof and hung on the walls so
wet that It was not even scorched.
Gwinnett Herald: a terrible fight between
man and an infuriated mule occurred
an Heymau's blacksmith shop Wednesday.
The mule had an aversion 10 being shod and
had to be thrown down. Heyman said he
would shoe the mule in the regular way or
die. With the help Of three men Heyinan
Fl ally fixed the shoes and went to the door
20 cool off. He had hardly done 50 when
the mule broke away from the man holding
him, and with distended jaws made for
Heyman. Tie mule chased Heyman all
around the shop, put his swapping jaws to
Heyman's face and bit his nose and lower
right cheek. He fell to the floor and the
mule delibera' ely pound his Frustrated
body. The doctors fear Heyman will die of
poison from the foam-heck lips OF the mule,
which was shot.
Augusta Herald: A feat Of. strength YVES
witnessed by party Of gentlemen yester-
day, which SURPRISES anything ever seen in
Augusta. especially when the age of the
man is considered. London Cooper, a negro
man aged ~ years, was standing in front Of
the barroom Of T. w. Tree, on Walker
street. he was Dragging about his strength
and said that he could but down any door
in Augusta. Several men told him he
couldn't break the front door of the saloon
and he, on obtaining Mr.. Trees permission
went to work on It. Drawing back few
steps be threw his weight against it with
the force of a steam hammer; another fol
lowed, and the door panels were split int
fragments He then took the drink Offered
him for performing the feat, and walked Of
as if nothing had happened. HIS head wa
not even bruised.
Work on the new Commercial Club build
ing at Augusta stopped Tuesday because Of
the discovery Of an error which would no
permit the building TO sit square on tn
middle of the lot. 1t is reported the cit
engineer, Albert Davidson, who made
survey of the lot, made the lot frontag
fifty three feet four and one-half inche
and the rear fifty-nine feet eight inches
Mr.. Davidson, upon surveying the rear o
the lot, discovered mistake in the meas
uremeDt and that the building was nc
going up in the center. So work was dis
continued. Work on the structure wa
well under way. ALI the foundations ar
down aud at nearly every point the wall
were three or four feet above the ground
From 81 900 to 81 800 has already been ez
pended for labor alone by Contractor J. Fl
Mckenzie. The club directors Will meet {
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