The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Street Railway Management
GEORGIA
"Aunt SYLVIA a colored woman living
near Ellabell. has a collard growing In her
garden that is II feet high.
Some Of the promoters of the Canoochee
Water Power Company are looking to
EliabeIl as the point at which TO connect
with the Savannah and Western railroad.
Thomas and Josephine Lawson. who
were jailed at Greensboro q few days ago
90 a charge OF infanticide have been re-
leased, as the evidence against them was
not sufficient to support the charge.
In addition to the gayeties Of Augusta
during the carnival, there will be big
cock fighting main in Hamburg between
Mr.. Battle Of Lower Carolina end MIR.
Butler of the upper part of the state.
The Gibson Enterprise. with Rev. o. r.
Laseter as editor. aud the Gibson Record.
with K. ]. Hawkins as editor. have consol
idated, and will be edited by X. J. hawk
ms, under the name OF Enterprfse-kecOrd.
DR.. CASTOR Armstrong, formerly of Ma
con, a son Of the late Gen. James w. ARM
strong, died in Tampa, Fla, where be has
recently practiced medicine. Wednesday
afternoon about 1870 o'clock of the grip.
he was sick only few days.
The following gentlemen have been
elected Ia Whitesburg to look after her af-
fairs for the year 1899: E. r. Roberts, DR..
G. w. Wallis, ]. s. Ansley, DIR. l. n. Brown
and +. A. Williams. They will choose one
of their own number for mayor aud also
select marshal.
J. A. Mitchell, a saddler of Carrollton,
bought dry hide the other day from F. III.
Abbott. who lives in the neighborhood of
Burwell, which weighed seventeen pounds,
and 1t came Off beef year old. Ordi-
narily be says that hides weigh only ten to
ftreen pounds that come Off fully grown
cattle.
Christmas eve night death claimed one
of the well-known figures Of Greensboro
in the person of Col Andrew Jackson
Shannon. who was found dead in his chair
the next morning by his servant. He was
found in a half-dressed condition, and the
superstition is that he was preparing TO re-
tire when the dread summons came.
j. E. Dickinson, on Monday last, moved
70 plantation he has re oently bought near
Fowltown, Decatur county, and in less than
half an hour after the arrival of his house
hold effects the residence he had moved into
clught fire aud burned. His furniture
etc, being still packed, he and his neigh
bors succeeded in saving these-but the
residence was totally consumed.
The Macon street railroad must be LARGELY
extened and improved or must be sold at
once. So Receiver Winters says in petit
tion filed by him in the superior court ask
ing to sell or be allowed TO issue receivers
certificates to the amount of ?55, 600 for the
purpose Of improving the road. The i'm
provements consist Of new power station
and an extension of electricity over the en-
tire system.
The new city council OF Gainesville met
last Friday night. Jan. 1, and after being
sworn in by the retiring council proceeded
to elect clerk, treasurer and policemen to
serve the current year, with the folio wing
result: E. r. Chambers was elected clerk,
w. 8. Williams, treasurer; F. K. johnson,
city attorney; II. ii. Towery, chief of po,
lice; ID. h. Stansbury, day policeman, and
james S. Lathem aud j. L. Williams, night
police.
The first quarterly conference for Sanders.
vile and Tennlle station will be held in
Sandersville on Saturday aud Sunday, Jan.
10 and II. DR.. j. w. Hinton. presiding
elder, will preach on Saturday and Sunday
at II a. M, and Sunday night at p. M
The district stewards will meet at Tennille
on Monday, Jan. Is, at p. m. First
quarterly conference will be held at Gordon
on next Saturday and Sunday, Jan. Q
andsl0
On the night of Dec 81 about o'clock
the steam saw-miil OF Blount 81 Boynton.
located at Woodruff, eight miles southeast
OF cambridge, on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway, was totally DESTROYED
by fire, together with more than .00O.OO
feet OF lumber on the yard and cars adjacent.
1t is believed that the property was set on
fire by passing trains which had been drill
ing off cars at that siding a short time
before. The loss is alb ut S13,500 but most
OF the lumber was covered by Insurance.
as was the mill for about half its value. the
insurance aggregating about $4,000.
Gainesville Eagle; John Martin OF Lon
don, who makes his headquarrers in this
city. returned last week from a visit to
White county, where he is interested in
some large and very valuable mining prop
critics. Considerable prospecting has been 60
lug on on these properties for the past two or
three years, and the results have been very
satisfactory. Mr.. Martin has Just shown
US another handsome collection OF nuggets
and quantity Of fine gold taken from his
mines since those mentioned in the EaoIe
about month ago. These are unmistak-
able evidences of the richness Of these mines
and demonstrate the fact that there is an
abundance OF the precious metal remain
ing where these beautiful specimens were
gathered.
Athens Banner: Mrs Wylie Eberhart
OF Nicholson died yesterday under peculiar
and distressing circumstances. Mr.. Eber-
hart, who Is well known in Athens, retired
early Thursday night, leaving his wife and
daughter sitting by the fire. Suddenly
there was crash of the window. aud a
large fiat rock fell to the floor inside the
room. Mrs. Eberhart jumped up, picked
up the rock, placed 1t on the mantel and
then ran out on the porch and
called fire" to attract attention. Coming
back, she laid down on the bed, and In less
than five minutes. before a doctor could
reach her, had expired. The fright proba-
bly, brought on an attack Of heart disease
Mrs, Eberhart was an estimable lady, about
90 or 65 years old, and her sudden death is
deplored by all of her neighbors
Mary Stanley. widow, who has been
living with young son at Atlanta for sew
eral years, died early Friday morning. She
wont to bed Thursday night saying that
she was going to die before morning. FRI
day morning her son called her, but re,
ceiving no answer, went to her bed and
found her dead He notified the neighbors
and an investigation was made, but nc
definite cause could be assigned for the
cause of her death. Her life has been sad
one. Two daughters was the result of her
marriage with railroad man. Both OF
them have been living life of shame, but
some time ago Mrs. Britain took them in
charge and sent one Of them TO the Home
of the Good Shepherd in Brooklyn and the
other TO a reformatory school in Charleston
8. G. The poor woman was heart-broken
at the course Of her daughters, and No
doubt became tired Of life.
Thursday morning at o'clock the nigh
Waterman for the eastern portion of Miller
discovered fire in small warehouse in tn,
rear of q Parknr1a sfOra Tho