The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Laurens.
GEORGIA.
The Brunswick Times has reduced it
size one-half to cut down expenses.
Amateur photography is all the rage il
Macon now, and some very excellent wor
is being done. Paul Hill proposes to get VI
an amateur exhibit.
Saturday was pay day with the polio
force Of Macon, ana Treasurer Tinsley pai
cut some 81, 900 to the guardians Of tn
peace for their months labOrs.
Receiver Sparks of the Macon Construc
ton Company will in the future make hi
report TO the court on the 3Oth Of eacl
month instead of the 18th as heretofore.
Rome's cotton receipts for the year, tc
date, foot up total of 90, $50 bales. The
receipts for the same period last year were
65,0i7 bales. The stock on hand at the
present time is ,347 bales
The Barrett party reached Quee lstown,
ireland. Sunday, after a safe and pleasant
trip across the Atlantic. The party, when
is composed Of Atlanta and Macon people,
sailed from New York on board the SerYla'
A. A. Wright of Griffin has an Egyptian
lotus in bloom in his pond. This IS the
sacred flower of Egypt and IS WoFshlpe1
by the natives. IL bears seed reese uOllng
pod is a curiosity.
The superjor court for Laurens coun, y
convenes on the Fourth Monday in this
month, and there Is a very heavy docket.
The most important criminal case is that Of
the state vs. the Swails, for the murder Of
Nathan Burch, which occurred on March 80.
The municipal affairs at Willacooohee
still present an ugly appearance. They have
two mayors and two sets OF aldermen, and,
in fact, two complete sets of town officers.
The town, from some cause. held al election
recently and elected new officers before the
officers terms expired.
Among last weeks shipment OF melons,
was one of unusually large proportions ship
ped to Gunby Gordon, general manager Of
the Georgia Midland and Columbus
Southern roads. The melon Tipped the
beam at seventy-two pounds and was raised
by z. L Myers of Pelham.
Robert Patterson, a negro boy about l6
years OF age, son of Rev. Patterson a we'll
known colored preacher of Macon, was
drowned Monday near Riverside cemetery
while in swimming with a crowd OF boys
He was trying to rescue a watermelon, when
he suddenly went down and was drowned.
At Arlington, a few days since, c. G.
Bostwick was called upon 10 extricate an
OK from a singular predicament. The OK
had poked his tongue through one Of the
rings on a bride bit, and got it fastened
about the middle. His tongue began to
swell. and he came near choking to death.
The ring, which had to be filed off, was not
more than l a inch in diameter.
Among the cases just settled in Bib su-
perior court is that Of Corro E. and Minnie
L. Davis against the Covington and Macon
railroad. The origin Of the cass dated back !
TO July, 1869, when sara Mccall, executrix, !
conveyed a certain tract Of land to the |
Macon and Augusta railroad. The costs of |
the case were assessed to the Georgia Rail |
road and Banking Company and the Macon
and Northern.
A thrilling story is told here by party
of ladies and gentlemen who made visit |
to the famous saltpeter cave near Carriers
vile last week. While roaming about in
the dark, damp chambers of the cave they
discovered in the center of one of the bat |
rooms newly dug grave Beside the grave,
which was only half filed with fresh earth, |
was a wheelbarrow and a spade. They did |
not wait to solve the mystery, but fled pre-
clpitately from the cavern. The mystery |
may be further looked into.
Billy Kings little boy of Yahoola dis
trlcT, Lumpkln county, was out picking
berries few days ago and bird sitting on |
a bush near the ground attracted his atten-
ton. he threw some rocks at it but 1t re-
fused to move. He concluded TO go up to |
II and capture it in his hat. Just at that |
time, when he made his pass at the bird, he |
discovered a large RATHER on the ground |
Just under where the bird was sitting. He |
dropped his hat and the monster struck at it !
and coiled himself in the hat He threw a |
rock and crippled the snake and went for |
assistance, and it was killed. 1t was 81 |
feet long and as large in proportion.
Frank Eddleman, who formerly lived in
Atlanta. was killed in Chicago Sunday. |
The killing occurred in a private boarding |
house. Eddleman and young man named |
William Cannon had fight, and bad feel !
ing existed between them Sunday night |
Eddleman, accompanied by another Young |
man, went to Cannon's room, Cannon saws
they attacked him with razors, and that he !
fired shot from pistol to save his life
Eddleman fell with bullet in his brain.
and the other young man escaped. Eddie
man was about q years Of age, and was
6rother OF Joe Eddleman, who travels for
boston house, James Edd.eman, who re-
sides In Montreal, Canada, and Mrs. II. A.
Purtell, who resides in Atlanta. be lived in
Atlanta about two years ago. The remains
will be buried in Chicago
Albany Nel0S and Advertiser: A Maine
farmer recently sent a I0-cenU STAMP 10 a
man that advertised to send tor that amount
the way to run a farm without
being troubled with potato bugs. The
answer received was as follows,
Plant fruit trees instead of pota.
toes" The Maine farmers experiences was
not quite as costly as that of two citizens OF
Albany few years ago who, in answer 10
an advertisement, sent 81 each to secure a
recipe to kill the dreaded nut grass. The
advertiser got his dollars, and the two citi
zens of Albany were rewarded with the
recipes. Each one on opening the epistle
felt like hiring a mule to kick him for a
week as he read these sententious but en-
phatic words: "Move away. Won =
fool" They have never answered any
more advertisements.
Mayor R. w. Miner of Conyers is in
trouble. He wants to organiza a military
company In his town for the protection Of
the laW-abidlng, property-holding people,
but he cannot do 1t. There is no military
money in the state treasury, that is not
now being used, but the Indications are that
there will be still less in very short time
Mr.. Miner called on Gov. Northen the other
day to tell him about serious trouble.
No more military companies can be or
ganized at present. This state of affairs
will be rendered worse if the bill introduced
by Represen tative Rainey of Cobb to with
draw all the military appropriation be-
comes law. Gov. Northen has called a
meeting of the military advisory board for
the morning Of Friday. July "a, but the
members of the board will have to pay
their own railroad fares as well as their ex-
penses at the hotel.
Macon Telegraph: The building in
Macon for the month OF June footed up TO
S27, $40 within the city limits. According
to the list of permits in the city hall this
shows decrease in the amount Of building