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

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GEORGIA.
A school will probably be built at Hazel
hurst soon.
During the month of April the Macon
brewery sold 5000 kegs Of beer.
Tho wife of Col. W. L. Peek of Conyers
d ed Saturday, after lingering illness OF
lOur months.
Mex. F. McCook assumed editorial con-
troll Of the Brunswick Times Sunday, Sam
L. Whitmire retiring.
A project is under way to place manu-
featuring plant on the Georgia side of the
Savannah river, near the railroad bridge,
at Elberton.
Sheriff Weir of Carke county claims that
the Most of the sherifTs of Georgia write a
bad hand. Some of them are hardly able TO
sign their name.
Elberton is in need of more dwelling
houses. People are being daily turned away
because the town cannot accommodate
them in this particular.
A gentleman picked up a roll of bank
bills containing $1,000 upon Hill stree at
Griffin Friday. At last accounts the loser
had not been discovered.
Mrs. S. H. Rumph, wife Of the fruit
grower and nurseryman Of Marshallville,
died Friday afternoon after a prolonged
sickness. She was an invalid for more than
year.
Crawfordville Denldcrat: Mrs. Laura
Chapman of this county beats the record
when it comes TO a quilt with many pieces.
She has just completed quilt that contains
6.760 squares.
The Ninth Georgia regiment has pre-
sented Col. w. F. Jones with a handsome
saddle, costing 800. The Elberton Light
Infantry is to present the colonel with an
elegant pair Of silver spurs.
President McIver of the Brunswick AMI
Western Rifle Club has received beautiful
championship badge, which will be shot
for at regular intervals by the members Of
the club. The first contest will come off
next week.
Capt. ID. J. Bailey, Jr., of Griffin has
probably the most prolific COW in Georgia.
In three years she has given birth to seven
fine calves-the last two appeared Satur-
day. The COW is q fine mixer, and is yet
young in years.
Sheriff Odom of Baker county went to
Albany Saturday for Gull Edwards, whom
he carried to Newton to be tried for killing
Louis Barbour. Pupic opinion is in Ed
wards favor. and he is likely to be acquitted
without much trouble.
Athens Ledger: There was man in the
city Saturday trying to sell bis sister-in-law
at reduced price. He says mother-in-aws
are bad enough, but we'll regulated war
like sister-in-law can knock the mother
in-law racket out in one round.
Fordham & Hunter. who owns a large
tract Of land on Cumberland Island, will
soon begin the erection of a large tourists
hotel on High Point, an elevated piece of
land situated on their property near the
landing place. They may have it built and
completed In time for next summers bust
ness.
The cadets from Moreland Park acad-
envy, near Atlanta, were in Brunswick Sun
day morning between sixty and seventy
strong. About as many ladies accompanied
them. They came down on ESPECIAL rate
from Atlanta to Brunswick. They went TO
St Simon's to spend two weeks in camp.
They will return home on May 16.
Pulaski Recorder: Bill LAMAR has a COW
that shows all the symptoms of being mad
She stands in the lot with her eyes, as it
seems, riveted on one object, and let any one
60 near the fence she will make for them
trying to tear down the fence with her
horns. She was hooked over the fence last
Friday by another cow, and Saturday morn
ing she began to show signs Of hydrophobia
Griffin Call: AS the season advances the
prospects for fruit brighten. All orchards
on elevated lands, where the trees have
been cared for fair crop will be produced.
Some of the best authority on peach cult
ture in the county said to the Call Yesterday
could have been hoped for a few weeks
SINCE Some claim more peaches in some
orchards than the trees will be able to SUD-
port.
The Rome and Columbus road passes
across Pine mountain almost at right
angles, Just above Hamilton. From the top
Of this mountain one gets a magnificent
view of Hamilton on one side aud Chipley
on the other. J. II. DOYLE, a Floridiau. Is
h11il6ino a raeidapra OF ha
on the top OF the mountain. Mr.. Doyle has
an orange grove in Florida, and is building
this for summer home. He is planting
out large vineyard and orchard. The
land is fertile and seems suitable to his pur-
pose.
Charles Battey. first violinist of the
Greenwood Opera Company. had q narrow
escape from death at Brunswick Saturday.
In company with George Kenney he went
upon the river in a sailboat for the purpose
of having swim. Being a strong swim.
mer, he anticipated no danger, but the
strong current was too much for him.
After vainly struggling to save himself he
called for assistance, and Mr.. Kenney.
promptly realizing the danger. fastened to
his friends help. 1t was with great diff
Guilty that Mr.. Battey was saved He
was placed in the boat and restoratives ap-
piled.
old Phillips boy, who was arrested Friday
evening in a beastly condition from the
effects OF whisky, was before Acti & Mayor
Foley yesterday morning. Mr. Foley
turned the boy loose after hearing his story
The boy says he was employed by peddler
named Harrison to watch the latte wagon
He says that Harrison occasionally CAV,
him drink from bottle, saying h It it con
tanned cider. with the result that he became
beastly drunk. The boys father feels very
much outraged at the conduct of this man
and expresses himself as determined tC
prosecute him to the full extent Of the law,
Mayor protein Foley instructed the police {.
arrest the man if they could find him.
Gibson Enterprise: After services wer
over at the Baptist church last Sunda,
night, and the congregation had disperset
out into the darkness of the church yard.
lady walked up to a gentleman whose hal
and beard were gray like unto her hus
bands, and taking his arm she started 70
her home, which was not far distant Tn
gentleman knowing that the lady was mis-
taken, endeavoTed to extricate himself with
out rendering an excuse, but so certain wa
the lady that she with her husband
that it was some time before she discovere
the mistake, but as soon as she found that
was not her gray. haired and whiskered hus
band she released the gentleman and rem