The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

tons New Court HOuse-Ine GER
man Guards end Clarke Light In
fsntry of Augusta Not TO Consoii-
date.
GEORGIA.
DR.. R. Goodloe harper died Of cancer Of
the stomach at his home in MilledgeVille
Tuesday.
Dawson's city council has ordered a new
fire bell. The bell ordered weighs 100
pounds and will cost sos.
Robert Newman Of Columbus, the young
man who was run over early Saturday
morning by the dummy. died Tuesday.
Mrs. F. A. Adams of East Athens is 81
years Of age, her mother died at S. and her
father, Robert Dickerson of Ebert county,
lived to the ripe old age Of los years.
Mr.. Daggett. a nephew of Capt II. G.
Doggett, the captain of the steamer Cbatta-
hoochee that plies between Savannah and
New York, will start furniture factory at
Albany.
A day OF so ago a change was made in the
firm of c. F. Newton & Son of Griffin. by
which P. L. Newton becomes proprietor OF
the business, he having purchased the es-
tate's part.
The four acres of land owned by Mr.. In
man, offered TO Fulton county as a site for
a court house for s25000O, are assessed at
$4,000. The utmost limit Of value put on
by the assessors is $l0l, 1888 80.
The project Of a direct telephone connec-
ton between Atlanta and Macon has been
approved by the manager Of the system.
Work will be commenced at once, and it is
expected that by two months from now
Griffin and Atlanta will be connected.
Seaboru Hall, farmer living near Par
kerville in Worth county, awoke at Albany
Tuesday morning to find himself loser
to the amount of $50. He slept by hre
in the open air In a wagon yard, and his
pocket was picked while he slumbered.
A charge Of disorderly conduct and fight
Ing has been preferred against Arthur
Dasher, who cut Hope PolhIll with his
pocket knife at Macon Tuesday, and he has
been put under $500 bond until the case
can be heard. which will be next Monday.
Moses Myers will build at once g.
story brick business block on College avenue
at Athens Mr.. Myers will use his new
building entirely for the firm OF NJ. Myers
& Co. The old building will be torn down
in few days, and the new one will be COM
pleted by Aug. l.
s. j. Tribble of Athens will soon COM
mence the erection Of handsome residence
on the lot lately purchased by DR.. Goss-
Many houses are TO be erected on Prince
avenue this year. One Of the prettiest OF
LDese Will De Dullb Dy mr. ITlDO 10. one OF
Athens young attorneys.
Bob Parker. a negro, was placed in Jail
at Talbotton last week for stealing seven
hogs from G. e. Jones Of Ypsilanti. He
took them from Mr.. Jones' lot aud led them
a distance of seven miles. The hogs were
tracked by the corn which was used for
leading them and all recovered except one,
which had been killed
The Terrell county alliance held a meet
ing at the court house at Dawson Saturday
and elected delegates to the alliance conven-
ton of the Second congressional district,
which will meet at Cuthbert on Feb. 25 for
the purpose Of recommending candidate
for congress. o. B. Stevens and J. E. Jay
are the delegates from Terrell.
Recently q negro man and woman
plugged" each other in broad daylight on
one Of the streets Of Parrott. They we're
taken in charge by the marshal Of the town,
and lodged in jail. The negro man paid
his fine OF IS after confinement of little
while. but the negro woman remained In
jail all night. when next morning she paid
her fine or IS and was liberated.
The negotiations for the lease OF the
Hamilton & Co.'S store and warehouse
property at Rome, which have been going
on for some weeks past. with surety of
the deal being made, have been brought to
a close. The papers and contracts signed
by the officials of the Richmond and DAN
vile road have been received by Hamilton
& Co. The price of the rent is $4,000 and
the lease is for five years.
A burglar broke into 8. A. Anderson's
office at the warehouse at Marietta last
Friday night. The burglar broke open
drawers and desks and scattered things
around generally. The only thing missing
Is valise. About month ago the office
hr0RaD into the
SIT so In money, belonging to the Marietta
fire company, was stolen. Since then Mr..
Anderson has left no money there.
When the firm of Britain & Shepherd OF
Athens failed, z. L. johnson was appointed
receiver and started to sell the stock. Thomas
& Strickland, representing the unsecured
creditors. filed a bill for the appointment of
q new receiver and the application was
heard before Judge Hutchius at jefferson a
few days since. The application was granted
and 4. w. Lucas was appointed receiver by
the unsecured creditors. He has taken
charge and will commence selling the stock.
Mrs. Hope, an elderly woman Of about 20
years, who lived with a daughter at st.
Mary's, died in that place Sunday morning
from injuries sustained by burning the pre-
vious day. 1t appears that her daughter
was away from home and there was no one
In the house at the time, q son having left
her few minutes previously By some
means the old woman's clothing caught
fire, and before assistance reached the house
she was so badly burned that death resulted
early the next morning.
An interesting road case came before Or
binary Roberts of Terrell county on last
Saturday, which involved q long and
patient hearing. The defendants under the
rule nisi were j. K. Jolly. DR.. l. D. Graves
and J. w. Dismuke, and the plaintiffs were
B. W. Breedlove and George Breedlove.
The defendants charged the plaintiffs with
the obstruction OF a private way leading
from the Dawson and Dover road to the
Dawson and Cuthbert road. After hearing
the evidence the court rendered decision
in favor Of the plaintiffs.
Augusta Herald: There will be no fusion
OF the Gergan Guards and the Clarke Light
Infantry, as proposed by Capt. A. F. Aus
tin OF the Clarkes. The Guards at their
meeting Tuesday night thought so lightly
OF 1t that they did not take any action on
the proposition at all. A number of the
Guards were seen by reporter, and thew
say they are the German Guards still and
will remain German Guards, independent
OF other companies. They will not 90 into
the state militia and say there is nothing to
be gained by being in IL. They have or
dered their guns, which are expected in a
few days. They have also selected their
uniforms, which will be the United States
regulation blue.
Marietta Journal. There was a little in
cident at the Presbyterian church last Sun
day night that disturbed somewhat the
solemnity of the occasion for moment
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