The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Storm Plays Havoc at Crawford-E
Successful Farmers Pecord-Light
ning's Prank With a Tree-lhe Eli
to Pay the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Commissioners-A Fair o
Desper ldoes in the Woods Neal
Buena Vista.
GEORGIA.
Hon. E. T. Brown will offer for reelection
as mayor of Athens.
A company has been organized to erect I
furniture factory at Athens.
A negro boy fell into q well near Ma iisol
a few days ago but was drawn out unhurt
City Clerk Albert L. Mitchell of Athen
has given the requisite bond and qualified
as the successor of the late w. A. GllleaDd
Tho peach crop in Dodge county is turn
ing out better than was expected earlier II
the season. The apple crop mas been llhe.
The STANDARD Oil Company has bought
q piece Of property near the electric Aght
plant at Bainbridge 1t will establish an
oil house.
Farmers of Terrell county say that the
cotton is Tot very heavily fruIted this year,
and the crop will not be as large as some
anticipate.
Isaac LAYTON and Miss Fannie Harris OF
Dawson ran away and were married low
days ago. Judge VIM. Murray periormed
the ceremony.
While handling pistol on Thursday last
MANS Ham let 1t fall and the thing WENT
off and bored hole through the flesh just
under the knee.
A few DAYS ago little kitten not year
old. which is kept as pet at the Macon On
Mills. caught a coachwhip snake "a feet
long and killed it.
The Rev. Mr.. Rohrer, pastor OF the Chris
tian church ON Hill avenue, at Valdosta,
will close his services as pastor to-day, and
return TO New York state.
The frame work at Athens Of the new
bridge across the Oconee at the foot OF Col
lege avenue, has been completed, aud the
entire structure will soon be finished.
The Alliance Farmer has bought the En-
terprise of GAINESVILLE of L. J. Mcconnell
and will take charge of 1t soon. 1t Will be
run as an alliance sheet and will be edited
by Joe Scott.
The people along the proposed line of the
Smithonia, Danielsvile and GAINESVILLE
railroad have succeeded in raising $1,000,
the amount asked for by Col. Jim Smith to
build the road.
On Monday last the election for determ.
plete the college building at LaGrauge was
held. Tho vote polled was 90-S5 for bonds
and against bOnds
Ned Daniels shot and perhaps fatally
wounded another negro, whose name has
not been learned, at Bakers tie camp, in
Thomas county, on Tuesday afternoon.
Daniels used Winchester. He has escaped.
The grand jury of Floyd county brought
in a true bill Wednesday against Joe Her
rick for murder. Herrick killed Frank
Demsey a few weeks ago, and it is probable
his trial will come off this term of the SUI
perior court.
The Athens Park and Improvement Com
pany have received a proposition from
large lumber concern to supply all the lum-
Der necessary for building houses on the
property, payment to be made in lots at a
good valuation.
p McGlashan of Savannah has leased the
Hotel Marie at Quitmal. Mrs. McGlaShan
and her two lughters will give their per-
sonal attention to the household aud Gull
nary departments. The hotel Will be
opened on Oct. l.
The turpentlne still of Wright & Dona-
hue, eighteen miles north of Quitman, was
burned last Monday night. All the fiXt-
ures, fifteen barrels OF spirits and about
100 barrels of rosin were lost. The origin
of the fire is not known.
Lightning struck Mayor Peoples house, at
Abel, last Saturday evening, ran down the
stove pipe, split q sleeper and tore off some
weather boarding on one side Of the house
and went down on the other side and split
two banister posts. None Of the occupants
were injured.
A negro boy caught a buzzard near the
residence Of Judge J. B. Park at Green's
ha1
attached to its foot The trap was similar
to a beaver trap. but only about eight
inches long. with a chain attached with
which to secure it.
Sheriff VIM and others arrested some
negroes at a church near Crawford last
Sunday week, charged with outraging q
negro woman near this place. The negroes
were carried to Jail and had a preliminary
trial and were released for the want of evi>
dence to prove them guilty. 1t was a put
up job that did not work.
Eight hands at work on the new hotel
building at Madison, struck for higher
wages last Tuesday. Messrs. Butler &
Turnell refused to make any advance, as
they were already paying good wages. All
is quiet now, and the work goes on rapidly.
With four or five new buildings going up.
hands are in demand, especially carpenters
and bricklayers.
Wess Akers shot Joe Little through the
left arm with a charge of small shot at
Williams q Sheppard's still at Nameless.
Dodge county, a few days ago. Both were
negroes, and were hands on the place. The
bone in Little's arm was shattered. DR..
Herman was sent for, and as soon as he
saw the case found that it was necessary to
amputate the LIMB. This was successfully
done.
Lexington Echo: Manager Collins and
the Blue Granite Company are on a sharp
lookout for an opportunity to do some gran.
tie work for the government. They art
confident that If they can bring their gran.
tie thus prominently before the authorities
that its excellence will so readily be recog
nized as to cause it to be specified in a grea
many of Uncle Sans buildings. Ali thu
company wants is an opportunity to bid OF
some of this class of work.
On Thursday evening of last week ire
in the yard of Mrs H. Powell on Lumpkil
street, Cuthbert, was struck by lightninl
and almost completely barked. One piect
of bark, not more than two inches wide an,
three long, hit picket some fifteen fee
away, splintering it. Bark was thrown owe
thirty feet to the south end Of the veranda
Several window glasses were broken, an,
small fragments of bark sunk into tn
blinds. The tree was split from top to DO;
tom.
Macon Ne,US: Here is something inter
esting in regard to Hon. W. A. Huff's bi
to have the election of all city officials lei
to the people. The Netcs learns that Mr
Huff, several years ago, when the syster
was in vogue in Bibb county, undertook t
have it changed and have all municips
offices filed by council. This he succeede
h. ~.