The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

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GEORGIA.
Collector of Internal Revenue Paul
Trammell win take charge Of his Office az
Atlanta on next Tuesday.
The colored fremen of the state have
been granted the use of the park at Ma
con August for their parade.
james A. Lewis is erecting a residence
at North Highlauds.a suburb Of Columbus.
The residence is TO cost in the neighbOr-
hood of $50 900.
The city council Of Macon has ordered
the Central railroad 10 build new iron
bridge at Monroe street, removing the
wooden one there.
w. p Mcdaniel the man who was so
badly cut by John Neal at Shiloh, on last
Saturday afternoon, died Wednesday
marning at 6o'clOck.
Sarah Cronan, wife of VIM. VI. CrOnau,
who lives in Cherokee county, was ad-
Judged a lunatic before Ordinary Conn,
al Canton, last Monday.
The Dalton district conference and
Sunday school association is in session at
Calhoun, and win last until tomorrow,
when a big revival will follow.
The pears grown at and near Perry
are being shipped this week. > L. Nor
wood sold his crop at go cents per bushel.
-. IL 4N4DOAI opAAA i4Lo ivy "a" 'AAN A''t+~-~
price.
Next Tuesday morning. in the Fulton
superior court room at Atlanta, the JUS
tees of the peace from the several coun-
ties in the state will assemble in their
first convention
1t is stated by the employees Of the
Bib Manufacturing Company, al Macon,
that the mills will close down to-day for
while, which will throw over 1000 la
boring people out of employment.
The widow of the late John Bonner was
married at Elberton Wednesday after
noon to Charley BOwden. The bride is
is years old and the groom 80. Mrs. Bon
ner is worth several thousand dollars
The election in Washington county
Wednesday for tax receiver resulted as
follows: John G. Duggan, third party
man, 1885; B. G. Harris, dem, 1853.
This is only about twO-thirds Of the VOt-
ers.
A large aerolite fell in Sumter county
last week. The people of the neighbor-
hood in which it fell at first thought it
was the much-talked of comet, but inves
LEGATION showed it to be merely shooting
star
A crowd of young men from Clarkes-
vile, while fishing in the Soque river a
few nights ago, caught a huge eel, which
required the united efforts of four men to
land. The eel was as big as an ordinary
fence post.
w. K. Sherwood, Of Binehamton, n
Y, has been in Perry since last week, and
in behalf of Dr. +. Z. Taft, of Pittsburg,
Pa, he consummated the purchase of the
Clark house and lot on Main street, now
occupied by Mrs. Bates
DR.. j. c. Bivings of Dalton is the own
er of a kangaroo-shaped cat. Her front
agff fll u11A an
others ond they turn out to the right and
left somewhat like a bench-egged dog.
She is very gentle and likes to be petted.
General Deputy Collector W. O. John
son Wednesday morning seized twenty
two kegs OF contraband whisky at the Sa-
vannah and Western freight depot at Co
lumbus. This is the second lot seized
this week and doubtless more will be
captured before the week is over
Col. Levy of Augusta has received a
warrant on the state treasurer for ST.,
092 - to defray the expenses of his bat
talon while off on the ten days oncamp-
ment at Griffin. The colonel has divided
the money out and sent the Clmch,
Clarkes and OglethOrpes and the Wash
ington and WayAesborO companies a check
for their share of the full amount
William Pittman has at his store at
Athens two voluntary plants that came
up in his garden from the seed of dates
These seed were thrown in a trash pile in
the garden, and perhaps a dozen or more
plants are growing from them, Mr. Pitt
man is going to save one or two of these
plants and place them in a warm south
ern position. and will test how they will
stand this climate. The plants are about
a foot high.
There will be state convention of the
Georgia Prohibition Association at Ma
con on Wednesday, August %, AT Il
o'clock a. m, to consult as to the best
course to be pursued by the state on the
question of prohibition. While delegates
will be admitted from temperance organi-
cations, whether state or local, and from
counties and churches without limit, each
county will be allowed only twice the
number of votes it has in the house of rep
resentatives.
Atlanta Herald: After all, that $40, 0OC
check wasn't for the experiment station
Treasurer Hardemen, at first glance, mis-
understood the telegram sent by the
treasurer of the United States explaining
what appropriation the money was in.
tended TO cover. Further investigation
showed that the amount was for the sup
port of the college of agricultural and
mechanical arts, the white branch OF
which is located at Athens and the col
ored branch at Savannah.
On laSG tuesday night aDuOt O'Clock
the barn and contents of W. A. Webb, OF
Americas, were totally destroyed by fire
The barn was new and worth not less
than $3.50. The barn contained about POO
bushels of oats, sevcnty-fiYe bushels oil
corn and 900 pounds of fodder All was
burned, together with two hogs and
number of farm implements. Mr.. Wcbt
succeeded in getting out his mules auC
horses without any damage to them
The origin of the fire is unknown
A bearded woman was in Augusta
Thursday. The freak in question was al
old negress from the country, who was
seen sitting by wagon on Monument
street. Clothed in the homely garments
of the plantation, she maintained her DO
sitiOn for some time, totally uncOnsciou,
of the attention she attracted from Tho
passers by. Her hirsute appendages con
sisted of mustache that would make in
cipient manhood wild with envy, and {
tolerably heavy growth on the lower part
of her checks, chin and under the chin
In other ways she looked like her sister.
who are minus the whiskers.
There is more building, reuovating and
repairing going on in Milledgeville now
than at any time since the war and the
demand for houses to rent is unprece-
dented in the history of the place Three
blocks, out near the Central depot. which
were nothing but red hills and gullias
have besa1 cleared up and leVeled of ana
a score of pretty homes have bpeu blliIt