The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-27
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.
Currency of Colonial Times-The Gov
ernment's History of the War Of
the RebeIlon''-TenniIIe to Have a
Bank A LUmpkin County Bride
groom Indicted for kidnapping.
GEORGIA

groom LuQlCLGO -OL A4tA4let BAAAfss
GEORGIA.
The turpentine men of Wayne county claim
that the low prices of naval stores is hurting
them badly.
The recent purchasers of the Brunswick
street railroad and st Simon $ boat line have
sold the steamer Pope CatLn 10 john uu-
Bignon.
Llewelyn Brown Of Brunswick and MISS
Hattie Hill Of Madison were secretly married
at Atlanta last OCTOBER. The fact mas Just
been announced.
The treasury Of Carroll county. accordiugto
the grand Jury prcScutmeuts. has over 5000
cash balance. This is all put aside for court
house purposes.
Handy Knox. form hand on Capt. T.. 3,
Farle's plantation near AdairsvillC received
painful and serious If not fatal injuries IucS-
day, by a horse falling on him
Thomas Pve has entered suit against the
city of Columbus for damages amounting 20
81 900 done his dwelling on Hamilton avenue
when that street was being opened.
A great deal Of interest is being taken in
raising fine horses i'm Washington county and
there has been considerable development IN
this industry within the past two years
Some Of the leading citizens Of Tennille
have taken steps to establish bank IN That
city, and the enterprise is reported TO be as
sured, the necessary stock having been sub
scribed.
A suit has been filed at Columbus for dam
ages by f. T. Darby vs.. Lewis * Gregory ana
the Merchants Retail Protective Association.
The plaintiff asks for $1,000. His account was
placed on an abstract OF unsettled DEBTS.
A white man named Grimm was accidentally
shot near Race Pond last Friday One Of the
party fired across pond, not seeing Mr..
Griffin and he was struck with one bucksh0t.
The wound is serious, but not considered
dangerous.
AS the spring advances tho prospect in
Washington county for "a good peach crop
grows brighter The trees are now fun of
young peaches that are rapidly developing.
far hn GHn ms N a
ward dropping off of the fruit
The citizens of Washington county held
meeting at the court house last Wednesday
and adopted resolutions highly COmmCndiug
Hon j. W. RenfrOe "a former citizen, for APP
pointment by President Cleveland to tho office
of marshal of the Northern district OF Geor-
gia. '...r
Two weeks ago +. NJ. Refuse who lives on
d street at the rear OF the Standard oil Com
e pany's warehouse. left Brunswick for Darien
in a sailboat. and he has not yet been heard
OF. He is a fisherman and frequently goes to
Darien ina sailboat, and his wife Is anxious
about him
One of the most successful farmers Of
Washington county never gathers the fodder
from his cornstalks. He SAYS that he finds it
pays best to allow II 10 remain on the land,
thus preserving its fertility. He makes an
abundance of hay for his stock, and feeds il
instead of fodder.
Four catfish were caught on set hooks i'm
the Oconee river by NJ. a. Hodges one night
last week that weighed 70 pounds One
weighed is one 10 and two 81 pounds each.
About 40 pounds of smaller fish We're caught
the same night making total of l20 pounds
at one catch, worth ~.
b F. Wamocl. whose store was burned at
Deep Step. Washington county. two or three
months ago. has built new one, Money is
scarce at this season of the year. but eggs
take the place OF currency. and 10 Is not UNI
usual to have 100 dozen brought in for trade
by various parties within a week lie sells
them in Sandersvllle and Augusta.
fr4 liz of "a
being organized at Columbus with "a capital
stock between $4,000 and 100000 The COM
pany Will do chiefly a wholesale business and
il will be conducted ON very extensive
scale. The men at the head are live ener-
getic and active, and are among the hest
known and most prominent business men of
the city.
The corn crib on s. Farkas' Mayo place.
down near Alligator pond, DOugherty county.
was destroyed by fire Monday night The
crib contained between 200 and 80 bushels Of
corn. About 100 bushels OF the corn belonged
to Mr.. Farkas and the balance TO A. e. Jack
son, who run the place last year. The fire is
supposed to have been the work of an iucen-
diary. There was no insurance on the prop
erty destroyed.
Bailey. Boles & Co. timber and tie dealers
of HohOken, n. J.. failed Saturday. They
shipped and dealt largely through Brunswick.
The suspension was "a voluntary affair. purely
with reference to settling their small obliga-
lions and concentrating their Indebtedness
for temporary relief The firm is said to he
and their move is simply one of prccaution.
The Brunswick parties interested say the
HoboSen firm ais all right, and could with
stand much greater pressure.
On last Saturday morning. while at work on
his new house about Az miles from Monroe
n. 3. LaCkCy was saving on piece Of sheet
ing from strip which had been nailed to the
rafterS. He put too much weight on the end
of the strip. which he was holding with his
hand over the saw. and when the saw cut
through he went TO the ground head first, The
distance to the ground was about fifteen feet
1<aekey mead passed between the SlCcpCrS
which caught his hips. and internal injuries
resulted DR. POore, the attending physician
pronOunces his injuries very grave
There is a 500 bill on deposit in the Pcoplc'
Bank. at Talhottton. which could be identified
by a certin mark. \ man came into the bank tt
have a check cashed. and Mr.. 5Call paid him
this bill In a short while another man
brought in the same bill. and had it placed K
his credit on deposit. In a few minutes Mr.
Beall had paid out this bill again, and pres
entity it was again deposited. This payin.
out and receiving back was continued unit
Mr.. Bcall had paid out 300 with the same $40
bill. in less than one hour. How many time
it may have changed hands outside the banl
Is not known.
Sandersville Progress: The greatest worl
of printing ever undertaken is supposed to b,
the publication by the government printing
office of 10000 copies of the Records of tn
War of the Rebellion in 100 royal OCTAVE
volumes Of 800 pages each, at a cost of 81 POO
600. This work viii probably be finished mex
year. Maj. Newman OF our city is one of tn
fortunate 10000 recipients to whom a vOlum
is mailed from the war department at Wash
ingtOn on an average of about once q month
He has already received So volumes and 3
large maps showing the positions of the con
tending armies in the different battles an
ssarBlshes OF the war between the states.
eFhere was a terrible runaway in East Rom
Sunday afternoon. Mike Banks and his VIII
and child We're out riding in "a hack and a
they came down the hill in front Of O. H. No
Williams place, the harness broke and tn
horse ran away. lie dashed down he street
across the railroad and made for the bridge
just as he turned on the bridge the hac
struck the street car tracks and was tuue
over and smashed on the ground. The wOma
was thrown against one OF the tracks Whic
she struck violently with her forehead He
skull was fractured and the skin was tor
from her entire forehead. None of theother
were seriously injured. The woman was take
up and carried to her home. She was attende
by Dr.. Mccall who says She is now doing we
and will recover.
p PorChcr. the ticket agent of the Ccntr:
railroad at Millcn. is the possessor of q $50 pi
dated sept 70 l1'S now ll5 years old. IN
Dill IS IN good preservation. The print j
plain and readable. The SIGNATURES however
were written with ink and cannot be rcat
bat we believe with powerful magnifvin
glass they would be disCerniblC also The bill
Is nearly square 10y 4 inches jim size Tn
print on the bin reads as follows: "Thirt
Dollars-IhiS bill entities the bearer to ,eatr
q o. % ff4ll ft4t.g So.