The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

fHE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Mans Narrow Escape From Own
ing Atlanta An Interstate Prize
Drill Re:wesn Colored Companies at
Augusta-A Mans cheek Pierced by
Flying Piece of Board.
GEORGIA.
Albany has eleven artesisn wells.
The Georgia road will build a new depot
at COnyers.
d. A, Russell and W. NJ. Harrel of Balm
bridge have formed law partnership.
Henry county is not only out Of debt, but
has a surplus OF 900 in the treasury.
Councilman Hintou c. Pennington Of
Madison was stricken with apoplexy
Wednesday night and died Thursday morn
ing.
There is not an idle mechanic or carpen-
ter in Athens. There are numbers of new
houses going up, and every man is kept
busy.
The city council of Valdosta at its last
meeting, ordered the city attorney TO pre-
pare the papers for ordering an election for
the purpose Of passing upon the question Of
bonding the town for water works.
Charley Ozburn, Elisha A. Underwood
OF murder in the first degree, and now con
fined in Fulton county Jail, will in few
days have sentence of death passed on them
by Judge Richard II. Clark
X. F. Lineberger, who has been tax col
lector in Lowndes county for sixteen years,
but who was not reelected at the last cleo
tion, has made settlement with the county
end state in full, and has turned over the
affairs of the office TO his successor III. G.
Ulmer.
The electric cars at Augusta have been
running at the rate of twelve miles an
hour. The city council has Just passed an
ordinance compelling them to reduce their
speed to five miles. The people are kicking
and a restoration OF rapid transit will
probably be demanded.
A few years ago gentleman bought 100
acres several miles below Macon on the East
Tennessee road for which he paid $40 per
acre He improved this property at a cost of
only 81 an acre, and within four wears from
the date of the purchase cleared S27, 200 from
the sales of fruit grown on this land.
McDonough Weekly: Uncle David Lewis,
living a few miles east Of the city, was
made happy by the arrival of pair Of fine
twin boys at his house this week. Mr..
Lewis is about 80 years old, being married
twice, aud has twenty-two children, the
last four being two births Of twins.
sheriff'S sale day. One tract Of land con-
tanning about $50 acres, being the "Singel~
lion Homestead" in the corporate limits of
the town Of Sylvania was sold, and bid off
by George W. Waters for SO, 750 The pur-
chaser obtained big bargain in this sale,
as the property is worth double the amount
paid for it.
Hannah Belvin, a negro woman who lives
at Marshallville, is perhaps the Oldest per-
trR0rUia haInU no 10
the mother of p children-1l girls and 10
boys-and has n grandchildren. Her eye
sight is perfectly clear, and she is more
sprightly than many of half her age, a proof
of which Is the fact that she is getting so
cents day for chopping cotton.
J. NJ. Watson and family Of Alabama
have recently become citizens of Thomson.
J. G. Watson is merchant of Thomson.
Though having the same surname the
gentlemen are not relatives. Some trouble
between them grew out of small business
transaction, and resulted in ]. NJ. Watson
firing one shot with a pistol at j. G. Wat
son, but the call missed the mark.
Harry A. Etheridge student at the Uni
versity of Virginia from Barlow county,
has just won the S50-gold medal in an ora
torical contest held at that institution. He
has also been elected to represent the uni
versity at the interstate contest of the
southern league, which will take place at
Charlottesville, Va Mr.. Etheridge is a
poor boy, and is paying for his own educa-
ton.
Mrs. Potts of Calhoun the wife and
mother who deserted her husband, taking
with her two small children recently, re-
turued to her discousolate and sorrowing
husband last Tuesday. After trying the
charities of the cold, cold world a few days
in the besetting city of Chattanooga, Tenn,
she decided that there was more pleasure in
county life with the father of her children.
Mr.. Potts is happy.
A young lady of some II summers, who
recently came from the Lone Star state to
Gordon county and stopped in Paramount
district, known as Miss Annie Blankinship
has recently been charged with murder.
after investigation by a jury of inquest.
She gave birth to child, and attempted to
conceal 1t, having buried IL in the woods
near log. She is unable to be brought to
Jail at present, but will be held to await the
action OF the grand jury at the next August
term Of Gordon superior court.
Joseph J. Goode, a blacksmith at Adairs-
vile, went to ReSeca on Wednesday in COM
pany with NJ. l.. Moreland to fish. While
Goode was setting off dynamite cartridge
1t exploded sprematurely, blowing his
hand and forearm off. 1t was SO completely
blown away that it could not be found. He
has severe injuries also on his forehead. The
whole or his body Is bloodShot, and the
chances are that he will not live. Goode
and another man were in a boat, and the
boat was blown into atoms, and had it moi
been for another boat near by they would
both have been drowned.
Lightning-rod agents are infesting Camp.
bell county, and some are having trouble
with them. One lady claims to have bought
rods for her house for $50, but unsuspect
ingly signed the contract without reading
it, and when the rods we're up she was pre-
sented with notes to sign amounting Il
about $50. Another lady says she made {
contract some way for $50, and to her sur
prise they presented her with bill for S75
A colored man says he refused to allow
them to put rods on his house and positivel,
forbid it, and he says now. that, after h.
left, they got his wife to sign, she thought
for $l5, and they now claim to have he
obligation for $50.
A. NJ. Thomas, who resides just across tn
Georgia line in Gadsden county, Florida
but who is a native Of Decatur county, i
doubtlessy the father of more children
than most men Of twice his age (35 years.
having at home thirty-two living childre
all by one wife, who is three wear
younger than he, who is also a nativ
of Decatur county, and to whom he ha
been married fifteen years. They wer
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