The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Hanging Up Snakes.
GEORGIA.
Rev. T. B. Reams pastor of the Balm
bridge Methodist Episcopal church, has re-
signed on account OF i'll health.
The Citizens Bank of Eastman threw
open its doors Monday morning. The de-
positors on the first day footed up $l0, 900.
There was no truth in the story that a
Primitive Baptist church near Anderson
vile pGs on trial one Of its best members
for having lightning rods placed on his
house.
At Cochran few nights ago house be-
longing to Mrs. Laura Mcdonald, and
occupied by FairbJ King Ccolored) was
burned, and child years old persisted in
the flames
William Howe of the Howe VentiIating
Stove Company of Cortland, N. y, has
decided to locate a large stove plant at
Tallapoosa. He has selected site in block
No. l51, running through from Alabama to
Pacific streets.
About dark on Sunday last the saw-mill
OF 8. ID. Bowen & Co., ten miles southwest
OF Eastman, was totally destroyed by fire.
his loss falls heavily on tbs owners, s. d.
Bowen and James d. HUMPHREYS. They are
satisfied that the fire was of incsndiary
origin. They had no insurance.
John Dixon, aged u years, son of Joe
Dixon, living about five miles east of Coch-
ran, had leg amputated last Sunday, after
which he lived only thres-quarters of an
hour. Dixon hal his leg hurt some time ago,
and Inflammation set in After a ocnsuita tio1
the physicians decided that it would have
to be amputated
Mrs. Joe Shaw Of near Antioch, in Ozle-
thorpe county, had a small fishbone lodge
in her throat last Monday that eau SEQ her
considerable trouble. She went to Craw-
ford Tuesday 10 have the bone tax en-
out but the physician failed to get it out.
ana advised her to let IL remain, as 1t was
not large enough to seriously injnre her.
w. H. Wise, who he's been acting as
ballitf during tlis term Of court at East
man, says that while on one Of his trips in
Pulaski county ne came across a gosling
with three well-deveoped legs and feet.
The extra leg is ussi by the gosling in
walking. The curiosity wa'in good health,
and gives promise of rowing to be fine
specimen Of the goose family.
Crawford Herald: Sir Eugene Drake
will go TO England to see about ais fortune.
The parties who have notified Mr.. Drake
have been working on the evidence and
tracing up the rightful heir for ten years
and say that it is fully decided, without a
doubt, that our Sir Eugene is the one.
There are ten children who will share the
good luck with Eugene, giving each nearly
10000, 900.
Tuesday noon the shingle mill OF W. L.
wilcox, near Chauncey, was reduced to
ashes, together with three cars, loaded with
10000 lrst-class shingles. The fire origi-
mated in the sawdust pile, and in an credi-
oly short time the condagration was gen
eral aud swept everything before it, Mr.
Wilcox had just finished paving for bis out
Mt and was in fair way to make money.
There was no insurance.
AT Blakely, Euesday night, Mrs w. H.
Robinson, upon Ugh ing q lamp discovered
that there was something wrong about 1t,
and fearing en- explosion she took up the
lamp to throw il ous the door, bat in her
excitement she dropped it at her feat. where
IL exploded. The fla mes gnitei her cloth
Ing, and she was severely burned before
ASSISTANCE reached her. 1t is thought that
her lett hand was so severely burned that
sac will never be able to use it again
Friday, while James Alexander, who runs
workshop on Lamar street. at Americus,
was trimming piece of seasoned hickory
which he intended 10 use in his work ne wa,
surprised on splitting it oqen to find a hick-
orynut snugly imbedded in the heart of the
timber. 1t was several inches from the
outside and just above where the tree was
cut from the stump, or about two feet from
the ground. How II came there will always
be mystery, as the wood was solid all
around it.
Americas Times>Recorder: DR.. J. p.
maps the Oldest piece Of chlnaware owned By
aay one In the state-a pitcher known to be
lo2 years old. This ancient piece of china,
DR.. Hinkle says, was made in the year llO9.
which date is plainly amped upon the bot
tom. 1t has descended from one generation
70 another, and can easily he traced back
three or four generations by the present
owner. 1t Is small pitc Ter. aud, with the
exception OF broken handle, is still in q
good state of preservation.
Iallapoosa Journal: j. Fl. Plunmer
asSlstant general manager Of The Georgia
Alabama Investment and Dsvelopment
COMPANY, who has been in the east several
weeks lsborins with the iustigators OF the
Lithia Springs hotel project. returned Nom
oay fully equipped to resums and continue
WORK on that structure till IL is completei
CONTRACTOR Keller Of Button, who has the
contract, was in the city the early part of
toe week arranging matters for start
Monday, when be W Il come prepared to stay
and rush the building to completion as
rapidly as practicable.
Tallapooss Journal: n. w. Mason. who
has associated himself with Hannahs Bros.
propr1etors OF tbs Anchor Wooden mills
now operating at Maryvilie, Tenn, but
which viii be removed to this city, arrived
mere Monday, and is busy getting the
factory ready for the machinery. This
Company will occupy the Enterprise mill,
which was partially built last year and
subsequently abandoned 1t is of brick.
l5ox36 feet; with engine room, 1Sx36 feet,
two stories, and is located at the corner of
watson and Alabama streets, having q rail-
road frontage of 200 feet.
Sparta Islinldelite The Thigpen pond
which was to have been drawn off Friday,
as was advertised last week, disappeared
on Wednesday night. The dam was an i'm
mense one, something like $50 feet wide at
the base and high in proportion. In order to
lessen the volume of the water in the pond
so as to facilitate the drawing Off, a
ditch was dug through the dam and the
water started. That was all it wanted Il
wore away the narrow channel as it went.
and soou acquiring the force of a torrent
1t swept away the sandy barrier. and fish
and water went on their way rejoicing to
the river.
cambridge Democrat: The dead body of
negro man, well known in the commu-
nifty, but who had been absent since early
last fall, YVES found In the Chattahoochee
river, on the Crawford plantation. one dav
last week. Winchester bullet hole through
his head from the rear to the
frontal bone, and with a piece of
trace Chain locked round his neck, with
small size round Yale lock- When found
the body had lain in the water long enough
Tor the skin to slip off when touched The
deceased had not been seem in the neiohhor