The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-08
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CARCLIN a.

Quitman Man Invents e Roach Trap,
A Remedy For Seasickness.
GEORGIA.
2. T. Wright dropped dead at his home
at Goshen, Thursday night.
A canning factory and steam laundry are
among the probabilities at Thomasville.
The old veterans of SpaIding will meet
at Dallas on Sept u with the Fortleth
Georgia regiment.
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the organization of water works
company in Newman.
The canning factory at Quitman has al
ready put up over $4,000 cans Of pears and
the good work goes on with rush.
At the ssmi-annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Bank Of Sumter Of Americas
a semi-annual dividend Of per cent. was
declared and 81 ZOO was added to the sur
plus.
Capt. Henry Beusse Of Athens has the
conscript paper that kept him out OF the
war as a railroad man. He prizes 1t very
highly and says that during the war he
could have sold It for quite large sum.
R, w. Terry, who has for some time been
acting as assistant roadmaster for the
Western and Atlantic road, is locked up at
police headquarters at Atlanta on a charge
Of stealing and selling crossties belonging to
the road.
j. B. Crane of Newman has received an
offer of $4,000 from Cincinnati firm for
his patent oil filter 1t is valuable inven-
tion, however, and Mr.. Crane will probably
look little farther before accepting this
or any similar offer.
Crawfordville had q severe thunder storm
Wednesday, Lightning struck the tele-
graph wire and another bolt struck stable
just opposite Mr.. Bergstrom's warehouse.
J. T. Overton's mule was in the stable at
the time and was struck by the lightning
and instantly killed.
The premium list Of the Georgia state fair
has been printed. The premiums offered are
much larger than last year There is no
reason why the fair will not DO a great sue
cess. The fair will be held in Macon, be-
ginning Oct. rs TO Nov. l. There is $l0,-
600 in cash to be paid out in premiums.
Brunswick Times: Col w. G. Busbee re-
turned last night from a trip Co Florida,
where he visited his orange grove near
FleEington. He also visited about Orange
Lake. Dcals and several other points, and
be told Times man that the orange crop
was very short this year. He SAYS the
spectators are Offering big prices for the
coming crop ana Col. Bu1bee anticipates
that prices OF oranges will be very high.
The most important meeting of the At
lanta branch of the typographical union
night The principal matters for the unions
consideration will be a proposition submitted
to local unions by the International Typo
graphical Union to levy an assessment of
cent day, which would amount to Sl25, 900
year. upon all union printers, for the pur-
pose OF creating very strong defense fund,
and also the Labor day celebration.
Israel Bird Of Quitman has invented a
roach trap which bids fair to exterminate
the roach family. 1t is oval in shape, about
the size and shape or large butter dish
cover, has four little doors hung at an an
gle, which the reaches easily lift when
going in, but which are self-closing aud
make it impossible for them to get out
when once in the trap. One of these traps
set In the Free Press Office Thursday night
was chock full OF reaches the next morning.
A fisherman named Nichols is in Jail at
Augusta on charge Of incest. A man
named Miller swOre out the warrant for
Nichols arrest Some people say that
Miller took this action at the instigation of
Nichols own sister. who, as the story goes
has positive knowledge of the crime. A
talk with Nichols himself. He says he has
good many enemies in this city aud that
he can disprove the charges when the trial
comes off. This 10 all that could be gotten
from him.
There is In Brunswick nephew OF the
great novelist and poet, Percy Bysshe Shell
ley, whose birth occurred just 100 years ago
Friday. he is Charles Andrews Shelley,
an Englishman, who went TO
Brunswick two years ago and
who runs a little truck farm in the
northern suburbs. He does not do this
from necessity, but because ha says be likes
TO be employed. He has a coy little home
out to the right of North e street and he Ia
said to have handsome little fortune to
htc c,-adiN pubf ho hy-oY,o,bA
him when he came In a sailing ship two
years ago.
Editor Randall of the Augusta Herald
prescribes the following remedy for sea-
sickness: "Col. John Cockerill wants a
remedy for seasiekness President Lang
don of the National Bank Of Augusta has a
specific. just before proceeding on YOUR
voyage take tumblerful of water in which
a teaspoonful of chloroform has been
mingled. Repeat the dose when a few
miles at sea. President Langdon person
ally experienced the benefits of this pre
scription, and, out Of several hundred pas
sengers, was one of about twelve co show
up at every meal with a most devouring
appetite"
The annual meeting of the Stockholders
OF the Coweta Fertilizer Company was held
last Monday at the Office Of the COMPANY.
at Newman. Six hundred and seventy
shares were represented, being a majority
OF tne capital STOCK. The reports OF the
officers made a very oreditable showing for
the preceding twelve months, the total out
put Of manufactured goods for the period
mentioned amounting to 6,906 tons. The
company has produced, also, 5000 tons of
acld phosphate. aud in future will be a
seller instead Of buyer Of this useful and
valuable ingredient. The old directors
were reelected.
Columbus Enquirer-Snn: The Enoatire,-
sun mentioned in connection with the de-
parture OF the Columbus Knights Templar
on Friday to the cOnclave at Denver that
some beautiful and appropriate souvenir
badges would be carried along, the consplc.
nous feature OK which would be a cotton
boil, with suitable Inscription beneath. The
Maryland knights who left Baltimore FOR
the same place also had a UNIQUE souvenir
for distribution among other command
cries. The design is a Maryland diamond
back terrapin, with the commanderv badge
as g pendant. The souvenir has suitable
inscription, and is made of oxidized sill
yer.
A. H. Smith, conductor on train No. 81.
met with a painful accident at Quitman
Friday, and one that came very near caus-
lug him TO lose his life Conductor smith
was on top OF car putting on brakes. A
sudden starting OF the car jerked him of
hnd he fell directly on the track below. The
part OF the train that was nm orf, r,iad rottoS