The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States Told in
Paragraphs.


County-A Land Sale by the Cordele
Security Company-A Bridge Gang
Hand Has an Arm Badly Mangled.
GEORGIA.
Capt T. N. Bltner is Macon's new chief Of
police.
Mr.. Wilson. colored, minister Of Amer
icus died Saturday.
Turkeys are stl' Plentiful at Washington.
at cents pound.
A County, $50 ekade for the conviets may be
built at The rock quarry, near Rome.
The stack chimney OF the Hartwell cotton
mills Is now finished. It IS about loo feet
high.
The contract has neen signed for the buIli-
ing and fitting up OF the new Masonic hall at
Dalton
Rev. J. NJ. Cham7ion has accepted the pas.
torate Of tbs Baptist church at sylvester for
another year
A conceive OF the Knights Of Damon has
been Or an led at Eatolton by Mr.. LoWen-
thai. OF Macon-
There are over three hundred colored min
is-ers and lay dele ates in ALBANY n at
Tendance upon Of the A. NJ. Z. conferen e.
An unsuccessful att npt was made 10 break
out OF the / art county jail on sunday last,
while Jailer Myers was visiting his father in
the country.
There have been more prospectors hunting
homes in Worth co niy this fall than ever
before. an many have bought lands and will
become citizens.
DR.. John F. Harris fasting hog, at Dalton
has eaten little looked meal mush. II went
fifty days without touching a mosel Of food or
drop or water.
@. W. Orr sold over 500 worth Of tickets
over the Yves ern and Atlantic from Dalton.
Thurs ". NJ "a Of th5n icing Cord N o Inty
entrants 10 re tas-
Tha oil mill at WASHINGTON has ABOUT 500
tons OF cotton seed on hand. and the s9sd is
still 10 ring In. he mill viii run night and
day for some time yet
The North Georgia Conference, ati's Gains
vile NEE. Ia :, gave the tltOn Female Col
)ege one 70 OF the educational as sessment
for next year. amounting to s1,0D.
The convi-ts who have neen wo' k ng for
Dale, Dixon 4 Co.. at Josselyn. have oeen
sent 70 TO XIV Ford. WHARF they will con.
tinue their work The Dllning mill Will still
le operated. but y free lapor.
A few days ago Os ar Golden OF Irwin
county. young man a out 10 years OF age
was found crushed TO death beneath pine
tree viii IN he c Il down one nl1ht after sup
per for the purpose of ding rail aim er,
No meeting Of the exc ;utive committee OF
the experiment stati1n was held az Or ma
Friday. on a 5.oIn' OF the absence OF two OF
the men Oers. ihsy have the SUI ect Of
water works unde, alvtsament. however, and
tbs mat or will lie settled shortly.
The firm OF j. c. Hln9s s. Co.. OF Hinesvllle
with Col. e. p. Mlller as the company has
dissolved Col Miller assumes all indie ted
ness and contracts. Tho con err viii II
o1AIA w AAAtulAAblF dlu fA5 business
transferred 70 Waitholrville. Col Miller S
headquarters.
A ne ;ro man nauai Alfred Kicks was
killed at Albert Wa tins yin al Eal ton
Wednesday, He was IN the lower room by
himself The Zig W 1eel, 1t IS supposed.
sir1ck him on the BE WIS found rros
trate and an unSonss Gus condition and d ed
from int, RIAL injuries fifteen minutes later.
Rome Iri0une: Mr.. Joel low. who lives
near Lavender Mountain. saws rom 80 to 70
SHEEP are Hii3t every year With two miles
o. his no s; and not nickel Of Inc damage is
ever paid. lie SAYS the peoole of that neigh
Cornocd are raising sh3ep in large u m ers
but the Industry suffers a serious check by
the loss caused 0y the dogs
Grim Cill VIII Akin and Ma lion Bridges
claim that they had quite aa experience W h
some WIG an MAJ o man VIII N SONG out tC
q ball at Williamson few evenings ago
They had gone several m IS. when somethin
stopped them an on being a. osted. started
70 get IN behind the .uggv. They uFed on II
i've times and then drove like fury FIR the
party. hey sup ose it was the dog eater
that has been causing so muoh excitement
near WilliG m on.
Montezuma he ord We we're informed h
the tax cole tor last saturday that not m )rt
than one fourth of the county taxes had ueeI
paid up 10 date and "a % the payments were
made slower his ear han he ever remem
pered efoge. What Is me cause OF this stat,
OF al rss imply that n people have no
The money to pay with he tax pa ers arr
JUDGED In pretty Tx to be double taxed {
DIM court house costing the IlAgnidcen
sum OF so 00J ana new building not needed
besides
LinesvilI, Herald: Geor. Eraser. colored
on Sunday shot and killed Stanford Baker
also eolored at greasy Town. near TAYLOR
creek. FrSssg claims that the shooting wa
accidental Witnesses to the affair q so SO,
that u was accidental Both parties were no
over le ears Of ase. Baker slgl ested tina
they play duel ana as raser had an old rust,
pistol they both agreed and began snappinl
their pistols at ca othec, ami Fraser S goin,
on. killed Baker n SANITY. + as9r then fel
down ana cried like laoy ex Iaimiug
have killed him, and the will hnnr me-
His friends { is said tr.el 10 nreVaiI mo,
MN 10 leave The oIntry, ut he p0sitivei
declined, saying he would stand his trial lii
man; ON monday he gave himself up L
the iicers
MontezumaR Record: A STRANGER. represent
ing lightning rod mandatory has bee
stopping In the city the past week Las
Wednesday nj hit he was very disorderly o.
the streets and Night Waterman Byrd wa
compelled TO arrest him. he asked the mar
shall TO allow hum to see a friend down i
town whom he thought would stand his fond
To this The MAJ shat ,oDsented and after al
irving at the place designated, the prisone
suddenly d. ew reyover and told the maj
shal II be moved be would be dead mar
Qplck as nash Mr.. Byrd drew his weapo
ana emil tied 10 at the retreating figure, VIII
returned The IRE as he an. lie made a Clas
Tor the swamp and lost mis- pistol in fallin
over a Zen Q. and escaped his horses an
wagon are here in a. sta lie. and VIII % he'll
until the kai LARK comes TO town AID 30 tile
lot mas lnlSNOnduC
Amerieus Times Recorder: Mr.. j, A. (Coot
keld; living near Magnolia Springs, was i
Lne CITY saturday. aud reported the loss Z
mis- gin house BY ire the morning belore. III
torch was applied shortly al err o'clock an
by the time Mr.. held reat he'd the s. enc th
house and contents we smouldering hea
81 'hes. be Gin no go was nearly new an
Contained three bales OF seed cotton, ii
bushels OF cotton seed. besides large lot 9
plantation machinery, The gin house and er
CINE W9re Insured for s5l5. out he engine wa
only silently damaged Mr.. ] ed estimate
DIS loss az I Az over ana a owe he IL
suranGe. The origin OF the ire Is unknown
oqt was evidently the work Of an incendiary
he Cordele seoul 3 con D inv sale for ~
Gem or was held last Monday morning m
farm lands sold remarkably cheap The cit
lots Thought far pri e, but not as good a
a. the Nogem er sa e. The re eiver e.
pected that this would e true as the prone
" was not US deal able as that sold III
month lefore he present prospects an
that the holders OF The FIRST issue Of bone
viii re GIVE out 70 per cent and the sevon