The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


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Negro Permanently Injured by q
Fall in Well
GEORGIA
Dirt has been broken for the Methodist
church at Abbeville.
A Cleveland club is to be organized in
Athens at an early date.
Rev. B. d. Ragsdale aud family have
moved from Quitman to Decatur.
There are nearly 10000 bales Of cotton in
the warehouse at Griffin waiting for rise
in prices
A temporary receiver has been appointed
by Judge Clark for the Pamela mills near
Lithonia.
The Turnell-Butlerh hotel. at Madison, will
be opened with a grand ball Monday
evening, Feb. Is.
A gentleman of Parrott, on a hunt re-
Gently, killed seventy blackeirds at one
shot with his breech-loader.
J.H. Clancy, late Of the Southern hotel.
Chattanooga, has assumed the management
of the Hotel Lanier at Macon.
DIR. s. R. Mitchell was ordained last Sum
day TO the gospel ministry at Mount Pleas
ant Baptist church at Abbeville.
The adjourned term of court for Wilcox
Judge d. NJ. Roberts on the bench.
Charles H. Edison, fatber of Thomas
Edison, the electrical inventor, will visit
Atlanta next week on pleasure trip.
Josh Davis, young farmer living In
Worth county, was thrown from a wagon
near Albany Tuesday and suffered broken
arm.
The farmers OF Wilcox county have
sowed their smaller grain crops and are now
actively engaged in preparing to plant corn
and cotton.
H. Fl. Bussey, an octogenarian. and for the
past thirty years a resident OF Stewart
county, died at his home, few miles below
Cusseta a day or two ago.
F. G.. Edwards, superintendent of the
Albany brick works, says he will wager
that he has an OK that can pull 10000
pounds from the brick yard to Broad street.
Frank Duke, well-known farmer living
near Shellman dropped dead Monday night
while falling in the fire. His death Is sup
posed to have been caused by heart disease.
circular scattered over Atlanta an
nounces the candidacy of Z. A. Angler, a
delegate from that district TO the repub-
lican convention to be held in June at Min
neapolis. The circular bases his claims
on his opposition to convict labor Compel
ing with free labor.
On last Saturday between seventy five
and one hundred rats Of timber were float
ing down the Ohoopee river for the Alta
maha river, and thence to Darien. About
fifty go down daily on an average. Prices
are ruling low. and unsatisfactory to
she timber cutter.
One Of Dougherty's leading farmers was
offered 6 cents pound for 22S bales of cot
ton Of fine grade Tuesday. Gentlemen,
you don't get my cotton" was his reply. II
have plenty TO live on at home; l am fnde-
pendent of you. and, besides, have corn
TO sell will hold my cotton"
Miss Loula Morgan of Vienna has been
appointed as missionary TO work In the in
terest of the Woman's Missionary Society
of the southern Baptist convention. Her
work will be confined for the present to
forming mission societies among the ladies
of the churches in that section of the state
T. j. Kenney of Dawson met with a
severe accident few days ago. While
hauling load OF furniture to his home his
mules took running start down hill and
threw him out. bruising him considerably
and injuring him internally. He remained
on the ground unconscious until he was
found and removed to his home.
Henry johnson is one Of the Oldest citi-
zens Of Tattnall county, being "a years of
age. In his younger days he Joined q
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ran away and came 10 Savannah, where he
enlisted under Lieut.. Mcintosh under the
assumed name OF John Baker. Mr.. John
son was In Reiosville last Wednesday and
signed check for $446 as his first pension.
A. j. Pinson Of Newman, a prominent
guano agent and life insurance man, we'll
known throughout the state, accidentally
shot himself Tuesday afternoon, near More
land, on the Atlanta and West Point road
EJA WAS N,,th M II,
rifle from his buggy it was accidentally dis
charged. the ball passing through his body
near the heart. His death was momentarily
expected at last accounts.
Rome Tribune: G.. c. Wyatt has lust re-
turned from Atlanta where he has bsea fer
the past few days, putting before the people OF
that city his patent artificial stone burial
vault. Two of Atlanta's leading citizens.
John w. Rollo and A. W. Pickett, both men
of means, have taken hold of the project for
the purpose of manufacturing sthese vaults
on a large scale. They are now erecting a
large factory and will commence opera
tions as soon as the building can be COM
pleted.
Cage Stiuson, a negro living on one of
Mrs. Robins places, near High Point, Tall
bot county, was cleaning out well few
days ago, and had reached the surface.
coming out. aud just as he was reaching for
the top of the curb the rope broke, precipi-
tating him distance OF f1fty-two feet to
the bottom. Or. Boyd is attending him and
says that no bones were broken, but that
his spinal column was injured and his nerv-
GUS system terribly shocked. He will live,
but is very likely permanently injured.
Athens Banner: Tuesday two small
white boys, Frank Sage and lobe Watkins,
were playing on the banks of the Oconee
near the Georgia railroad trestle, when their
attention was attracted to what seemed TO
be q small boat that had drifted against the
bridge. They hauled 1t out of the water.
when to their horror they found it TO be a
coffin. Ii was q small coffin, evidently that
of an infant, and was painted on the out
side dull red color. The lid of the coffin
had disappeared. There is no idea as to
where the coffin come from or who put it in
the river.
Tuesday was the day appointed for the
organization at Albany of farmers iusti-
tute, the work of organization to be eff
fected by the efforts of Prof. H. G. White
and DR.. j. B. Hunnicutt of the state uni
versity. A very fair attendance of repre-
sentative farmers was present. some
twenty-five or thirty, and each one mani
tested the deepest interest in the proceed
ings Dougherty county was not the only
farmers OF Lee, Baker and Mitchell and
gained.
Atlanta Journal: ''There will be no
nomination by the st. Louis convention on
Feb. %" said Hon. Martin V. Calvin, who
is a delegate from Georgia. THE conven-