The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Sylvania DOTS Sis clothes and Goe'
il swimming While sleep.
GEORGIA.
Hawkinsville waats board Of health ant
board OF trade.
The city tax at Dalton this year will b
only go cents on the 500.
The alIianesmen Of Floyd county will es
tablisa a warehouse at Rome.
Rev. J. J. Lyman has resigned the pa
torate of the South Macon Baptist church
The confederate veterans Of Houston
county will hold reunion at Perry Of
July 81.
Prof. z. J. Robertson Of Gainesville ha
been elected prilcipal Of the Sandersvil
high school
Mrs. n. F. Buff will soon commence build
ing store on her lot on Commerce street al
Hawkinsville
William J. Sasnett, the infant son Of
Rev. and Mrs. B. IL. SSsnett Of Griffin, died
night before last.
T. B. Fielder. ST., Of Dublin, who was a
prominent news oaper man IN other days, Is
at the point Of death.
The usual semi-annual dividend of per
cent. has been declared by the hawkins
vile Bank aud Trust Company.
o. H. P, BeAll, president OF Washington
county alliance, is mentioned for the posi-
lion OF secretary of the state alliance.
The Terminal company has offered $lO,-
900 year for quarters in the Kaiser build
ing at Atlanta. Mr. Kaiser wants Sl2, 800.
A dummy line from Buford to Cumming
is proposed. The estimated cost is $4,000.
a d a company Of capitalists have greed
10 complete The line If the citizens will raise
$4,000
Mrs. James Bishop, wife of James Bishop.
Jr., living near Summertown, while atte.d
iag to her children Saturday night, fell
dead. 1t is supposed that she died OF heart
disease.
The firm of Leman & Hoffman. produce
and commission merchants OF Hawkinsville,
has been dissolved. The business will be
continued by Mr.. Leman. Mr.. Hoffman
will travel for a commercial house in
Macon.
The Macon Produce Exchange handled
140 cars yesterday, which were sent to
nearly 100 different points in the north,
east and west. The exchange has handled
5000 cars Of melons this season, which sold
for over S250, 600
The Third Georgia regiment reunion has
This pustponement was made at the request
Of Col. Claiborne Snead, president, aud
other officers and comrades Of the asso-
citation Tor several reasons.
Five large brick residences being built
for S. Il. jacques, at the corner of Orange
street and Co,tun avenue at Macon, are
well under way, aud Contractor Smalling
expects To finish them in time for Oct. /.
They will cost nearly $20 900.
A reporter Of the Americas Times Re-
corder has discovered that Hon. jeremiah
Simpson, the alliance leader, wears socks
and silk mixed underwear and lays him
down to sleep IN q night robe embroidered
in daisies and daffodlls and fastened with
gol buttons.
Lavoisier Lamar, son of the late Col.
Lucius NJ. Lamar, was married recently to
a wealthy and accomplished Mexican lady,
whose maiden name was Senorita Isabel De
la Pena-Aburto. The wedding took place
at the city Of Oaxaca, Mexico, the home of
the brides parents.
The Gainesville district conference Of the
Methodist church convened at Lawrence
vile Thursday. There is very large at
tendance, about 10 delegates being present.
The people of Lawrenceville have thrown
open their doors to the delegates and the
ministers, and good meeting is expected.
There is still a big demand for houses in
Macon, especially in the upper portion Of
the city Some Of the landlords are so en-
thusiastic over the prospect that they have
commenced raising prices already. Houses
renting for S25 per month have, 10 some in
stances, been raised to S27 so, aud some S35
houses are now held at $40
The grand council Of American Legion of
Honor in ia, G~St
Wednesday. 1t decided to hold its next an.
nual meeting in Macon at this time next
year. The council in Griffin was very
successful, and much business of i'm
portance TO the order was transacted. Grit
I'm received them Hospitality, and Maco u
VIII do the same when they 90 there
next year. The officers elected were as
follows: Grand commander, j. Z. Toole. OF
LaGTange; rand vice commander. John
u. Norris of Marietta; grand orator, ]. j.
Pflntup OF Rome; grand secretary, Pierre
Hubert Of Louisville; grand treasurer, J
+. Still well OF Griffin; grand chaplain
Robert Chappell Of Athens; grand warden
Z. l.. Mize Of Dawson; grand sentry, Dr. ]
G. Dean of Dawson.
Wednesday night few minutes after Z
O'CLOCK at FIAT Rock, nine miles from CO.
lumbus, on the Georgia Midland and Gult
railroad, a whole family, Calvin knight
Mrs. knight and their daughter, Miss Flors
knight, we're instantly killed BY stroke OF
lightning. Mr.. knight was a prosperou
farmer OF Muscogee county, and his HON,
Is near the station. When the members a
the family were found dead about the hous
lew moments after the bolt descended tn,
little village went wild with excitement
The bodies Of the dead persons were burne,
considerably. The electrical storm wa
disastrous ali through that section. Alonl
the Mobile and Glrard railroad the tele
graph wires were cut, trees were scattered
stock killed. and along the Columbus an
Western much damage was also done, Will
the storm was very heavy at Colu nbus.
The sixteenth annual session OF the Geor
gia State Horticultural Society will be bel
at Quitman on July 30 and 80. The South
ern Express Company will carry free
charge all packages Of fruits, flowers an
vegetables intended for exhibition. Pack
ages should be addressed Nv. T. Gauldel
Quitman, Ga, for State Horticultural 81
ciety;" and should be there by July 20,
O'Clock a. m. The railroads have given
rate Of one full fare going and one-thir
returning. Among tue essays TO be rea
are papers by Prof. J. E. Willet of Maco
Prof. J. S. Newman of Auburn, Ala: L. I
Beeckman Augusta, G.. Speth, Experiment
u. II. Miller, Rome; A. L. Perhan,
Hanlon, DR.. Grower, Quitman: Mrs. Bryai
Dillon; S. L. Bishop, Norcross; Dr. Sa
Hape, d. H. Gould, j. J. Toon, W. {
WILDLY, Atlanta. and Mrs. Matte S.ewai
John Oh Of California.
A Sylvania man who was not aware
the fact that he was addicted to walking j
his sleep, began TO miss bis clothes Q
awakening in the morning. Four sui
disappeared mysteriously when he WI
constrained 10 offer reward of sos for tt
detection IF the thief. One night his eldes
son resolved to capture the thief and secur
the reward. So he kept watch secretly i
his fathers room. That night he was sur