The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-30
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Another Evidence of Bad FinancierIns
at Atlanta-A Bid For the New Bonds
of .Augusta-The Arrangements fol-
the Normal School at Athens in July
A sumter County Farmer Marries
the Wrong Woman.
GEORGIA.
The Georgia, Carolina and Northern will
''tote the mailn after June l.
More than 400 brandy distillers are clam
oring for a license in Georgia,
The drummers will begin their annual
convention at Indian Spring to-day.
Dan Davis killed a big wild cat near Pres
ton Friday after chase Of eight hours.
The receips Of the exposition at Augusta
last fall, were S45, $50, 9S7, expenditures
$50, 623 %, making profit Of S9,207 76.
The Rome Fire Insurance Company, which
went out of business a few months ago, has
commenced paying out dividends in liqulds-
ton.
Judge Ben Leigh Of Newman says he hoed
cotton on May Is, 1887, while 1t was snow
ing, and on Nay IS, 1857, he worked In the
field with his overcoat on.
a gentleman who has recently Travelled
over a considerable portion OF Lincoln
county, says there is fully as much cotton
planted this year as last year.
Jack Weir, the popular sheriff OF Clarke
county, will shortly commence the erection
of fine building on the Boulevard adjoin-
ing c. W. Baldwin's home, at Athens.
Elisha A. Under wood, the slayer of Alex.
Sayre. was carried from Atlanta TO the
Chattahoochee river Saturday 70 serve a
life sentence for the murder OF his friend.
The drop in the temperature. which re-
suited in the cold spell last Sunday and
Monday, is said to have injured the large
melon crops in the lower part OF Lee
county.
The demand for ball thread manufact-
ured by the Newman cotton mills has in
creased at such rate that 1t has been found
necessary TO double the spinning capacity Of
the mills in this department.
Edward Harp will open a canning factory
at Waynesboro for the summer putting up
tomatoes. If the enterprise should meet
with proper encouragement he will enlarge
the business for another season.
Frank Ribron Of Camden county died
few days ago He.was sick a short time.
He was about 70 years of age. He was a
well-known farmer Of Camden county
Mr.. Ribron's relatives are in Savannah.
j. W. Willcoxon has resigned his posi-
ton as postmaster at Lodi, and the office
rick has made application for the vacant
postmastership, and the office will be re-
opened by June 20.
John B. Maxwell OF Hartwell is a meIn-
Der of family of seven children, five boys
and two girls; the youngest is 20 and the
oldest is IS years, and all ara living. The
Oldest son, William Maxwell, is now very
Ill. and it is more than likely that the chain
will be broken soon.
Bishop Nelson of the Episcopal diocese Of
Georgia arrived at Newman Friday morn
ing and had arranged to hold services that
night at the Presbyt terrain church, but after
his arrival he received a telegram ANNOUNCE
ing the death Of his mother-in-law and
left on the 4:30 O'Clock D. m. train for At
lanta
Cotton Ryan bid 81 and John Cohen 978{
-9S Including commission-for Augusta
a. per cent. city bonds the other day. The
bids were referred to the finance committee
of the Augusta council, with instructions to
advertise that these bonds, of which there
is large amount, will be put on the market
at 98
Major Anderson (oolored) has been in
dicted by the grand jury at Americas for
the murder of Gabe Lawless. He was
placed under arrest Friday and committed
to jail. Lawless was killed several months
ago at De Soto. Two men were suspected
Anderson as the guilty person.
Col. L. A. Jordan's last years cotton
crop, which has been stored in warehouses
at Albany since 1t has been harvested, has
finally been sold. There were $50 bales of
the cotton. and IL was closed out to a COM
blnation of local buyers at 81 cents. Col.
Jordan could have sold part Of the same
cotton last fall at 10 cents a pound.
Within the past few weeks Columbus has
become overrun with beggars Ths business
man are complaining that it is impossible
for them to stand in front Of their shops for
few minutes at time without having do
nations Of small change demanded from one
or more afflicted beings whose evident desti.
tuition makes the refusal of their request
seem like heartless fnsensibility.
Maj. r. Fl. Stewart of Chicago was in
Atlantaslast week OH a mission of love for
the memory of the confederate soldiers who
died from wounds and disease in Camp
Douglass, near Chicago and who ara buried
there There are 1000 of these noble dead.
Maj. Stewart wants a carload of flowers to
be used in Chicago May 80, in decorating
the graves of these soldiers. They were
shipped by express from Atlanta Saturday
Waynesboro True Citizen: DIR. L. H.
Belt of Herndon has planted half acre of
castor beans. They sell in st. Louis for
81 % bushel. The oil is one Of the best
lubricants known. and is also good for the
internal machinery OF the young hopeful
who INDUCES too freely ia green plums.
An oil mill in Texas proposes TO buy all the
beans that can be raised in that state. 1t
could possibly be made paying industry in
Georgia.
Isaac Weatherby, merchant of Bucha-
nan, has disappeared. Atlanta creditors
have attached his stock. He has wife and
son who are left behind. Miss Mollie
Brooks is fairly handsome young lady
who has been living with Isaac Weatherby's
family for some mouths and gossip has il
that Weatherby's attentions have been I'M
duly attentive TO Miss Brooks and his
grown son run Miss Brooks away from
Weathe-by's home last week.
Last week J. w. Bowman of Lumpkin,
through mistake, administered to his baby
a child months old, about night, dose of
medicine containing morphine. The mis-
take was discovered not long efterward
but the child was already under the in
tiuence Of the opiate. Drs. J. w. and F.
u. Patterson attended the child and faith
fully worked with it all night, and through
their efforts its life was saved. The baby's
condition was quite critical for a day or
two. but is now considered out of danger.
A revolving crime is reported from Che
lower part of the Third district of Coweta
county, near the line Of Heard county. One
day last week negro boy, Is or 16 years OF
age, made criminal assault upon a color cd
female infant only 6 months old. The child
Is il precarious condition, and at last &C.
counts was not expected to live. The boy
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