The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Good Coin Mistaken For q Counter
felt and an Arrest Made-An Allisa-
tors Escape From It's ShelI-A Col
ored Girl Held For Stealing a Watch.
a Failure st AtIanta-A Fatal Blow
With a Scsnthng.
GEORGIA.
A bleachery is to be built at Columbus.
Houston farmers have decided to decrease
the cotton acreage next year.
The Third Georgia regiment will hold its
annual reunion at Covington Sept. 80 and
Oct. l.
The sugar cane crop in Houston county
is splendid, but the area devoted 70 it is
small
The increasing fruit acreage in Houston
will soon render imperative the establish
ment Of canning factories.
The tax assessors have met and put the
rate Of taxation for Fort Valley this year
at 20 per cent, or e on the thousand
L. P. Cutler of the Cavalry neighborhood.
in Decatur county, has sold the product Of
his fve-Gcre tobacco crop for 800 cash.
The negro Lewis, who shot David
Carter Of LaWrencevile, was sentenced
Monday 10 ten years in the peaitentiary.
1t is not improbable that President Liv-
ingston will attend the next quarterly
meeting OF the Houston county alliance and
address the people.
Reports come from around Columbus
that the gins are taxed 70 their utmost
capacity with cotton. Some Of them ore
running day and night to catch up.
Austin Webb recently purchased grove
south Of Lswrenceville on the Covington
road from James D. Spence. He will be-
gin at an early day the erection Of resi-
denoe and will make that his future home.
The litigation over the site for the depo:
OF the Georgia, Carolina and Northern rail
road at Lawrence vile has been settled. tbs
owners have dismissed the appeal from tbs
award made by the assessors and the judg
ment for $500 stands as final
Maj. Haynes OF Attapulgus, one Of De-
catur oountys tobacco bsrons, has already
saved 10, 900 pounds Of tobacco, which he i
now refusing IS cents per pound for al
acres, and now stands him So, $50, and stII
he is not done cutting.
An application for charter has been filed
at Macon In the clerks offlc
Of the superior court for the Grier'.
Almanac and Medical Company, with
capital Of t6O, 900 with privilege 70 increAs,
TO 500, 001. The incorporators are
J. W. Burke, z W. Burke and Charlie.
Canning.
At Macon, Thursday, Drew Clarke,
blacksmith at the Central City Buggy
Works, on Poplar street, struck an unknown
man who bad wandered into his shop witt
a scantiing, breaking his skull. DR.. fatter,
son says be will die. Clarke las left e
elude the authorities. No one knows the
dying man. He has the appearances Of q
farmer. He was drinking.
'. P. Stephens has been receiver for the
business Of Hampton, Stephens & Co, pro-
dnce dealers on Peacatree street az Atlanta.
Mr.. Stephens is himself g member Of TIE
FIRM. and on account Of his vell-kno1l in
tsgrIty the attorneys made no objection 70
his appointment. A short tine ago the
firm failed IN bBsinsss and made al assign
rsnt 20 preferred creditors. TIE sum in
volTsd IS about s., O00
Abe Johnston. tie negro who broke into
NJ IrGDss' s,ore So Fort Valley q few
wees ago. was captured by Bailif Wede
al l. a. 1cCaTty % asst Saturday. Whsa
c. t1rsd JCa-s.- drew his gun on Aesxrs
VI ale E-6 McCa-tv, and broke away from
them alc rau. wnsrsuCon BailifT Wade
opened fra Cpon tin, bot lie missed nii
mark al1 Tie negro rnads his escA e. Xos'
CT the goods stolen were recovered
Z telegram received from Washington
announces that u now looks Is II Col. JON
i. Glenn Tlll Be sDp-ia,ed in:sI:a;s rail-
road commissioner. His application was
luoo-Es1 y Senator'S Colguit. and Gordon.
Gov NortLern. Presi5eu: Mitchell # the
Senats. Speaker Howell q the Horse, half
q the Georgia congressman, ths mayo- and
coE1cil q tie city. many ctEer prominent
democrats, END By Col. A. E. Buck. Gen.
Lewis and other Eell-knOwn republicans.
News has reached Columbus OF the
burning Q John 7. Edwards' home al BIS
plantation SIX miles east Of Columbus, in
Muscogee county,. which occurred tefort
daylight Tuesday. The house WAS in bIaze
when one Of Mr.. EDWARDS daughters awokt
and gave the alarm, and nothing wes sa rec
except few pieces OF furniture The fri
IS supposed TO have originated from
defective fac. The loss was about S2 coo
and MIR. Edwards had 81 900 insurance
Bainbridge Democrat: WIN Ingran at
Stults' bar was presented with an alliga
tors egg from Florida by a friend H,
placed the egg on the shelf in the bar three
weeks ago and on Saturday last, thinking
it was spoiled he broke the saen and there
scuf3ed from the same q live and lusty
young gator eight inches iu length. II,
was placed in a tub OF water where he ha
continued to thrive as though he were OF
his native heath. he eats beef readily aut
bids fair 70 grow 10 become lusty gator
@. W. Hare, section master Of the Ala
hama Midland road on the frs. section ives
CT cambridge, was the victim OF wha
came near being a fatal accident on MONDAY
afternoon last near the eastern approach u
the river bridge at Bainbridge Will,
standing on the front end Of a pole-car
loaded with about two tons Of dirt, the ca,
being in motion, be lost bis balance and fel
forward upon the track, and th,
car nan over him, breaking hi
left arm aud shoulder blade
and SO ma he'd the fingers upon the Ief
hand that the doctors think that IL is proba
BILE that two Of them will have to be ampu
tated. He was also severely bruised abou
the body and one leg. and it was thought a
one time that ne would never recover con
seriousness. Mr.. HARE died Of his injuries
DR.. E. w. Warren has been called to th
pastorate of the Tattnal Square Baptip
church at Macon. Since Dr. Warren
resignation Of the pastorate Of the Frs
Baptist church the Baptist denomination i
Macon has been in a sort Of unsettled state
and this last DEVELOPMENT is one of the mos
interesting since his resignation was hande
IN. As is known, the First Baptist churc
appealed 70 DR.. Warren to withdraw hi
resignation, and when he refused to d
20 offered him the place of pastor emeritu
at salary Of 81, 200 per year for life, wit
the lightest Of duties, which offer he ha
now under consideration. It is understoo
that the Tattnall square Baptists have ha
some intimation that DR.. Warren was lot
TO retiring from active church work, an
might be willing to accept some work her
his duties would be less arduous than g
pastor Of SO large a church as the Fir
Baptist. hence they concluded to secure D.
Warrap for thanEa IL pOaRibla