The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE 10 STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

and Clerks in the site Executive
Department Ovsrworked-A Clock s
Strange Freak-A Relic of Bygone
Days.
GEORGIA
Ebert county is to have a new court house. to
cost about SsuuO0.
Canton has a " 7istle factory, owned anu Up
Grated by Jay Rudasill.
There are more females than males in Gumer
county by several uuntred.
Fx-Ordinsry Thomas D. Gilman OF Ogle-
thorpe county died Thursday.
Respass & Son Of Atlanta have purchased
the mica property, near Gainesville
Messrs. Brice Turner & Brcs will open
general merchandise store at GalnesVlie'
The wheat crop in jackson county IS very
good aud g large number Of ceres planted
The firm of HoH AZ Bros. Of Washington
announce that they will close out tlelr STOCK OF
goods and retire from business
J. NJ. Bridges. A A. Melton, aud negro named
Tom Brown have been arrested for running an
Illicit distillery below Woodbury.
Peachtree street u Atlanta is 20 have asphalt
rom Ellis street TO the city limits. It is now
asphalted from Ellis street 70 Pine.
The land known as the Bob Washburn farm
IN Oeopee county, containing 200 acres, has
been sold 20 J. L. farrell OF Athens for $1,000.
The residence Of B. o. Hill at Grsenyille was
burned asst Thursday. The losses will foot up
et least SZ,VVV' Aho 'osiuehO7 was " AN
$1,000
J. l. Roland, who was taken to the asylum
from wilcox county few weeks ago, escaped
last week and went home. BE was taken to Nil
ledgeville again.
Sonny Boyd, a negro boy 10 years old, at
tempted 10 wreck train at Atlanta Thursday
by placing spikes on the rails. He did IL 'for
fun" He was arrested.
On Tuesday morning a trade was consummAted
at Bainbridge between R A. Lytle & Co. and
.kl q ~ Vha nj p
chasing the business OF the former.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Urs. Darby and BeynOn Of Americas has, by
mutual consent, been dissolved, Or. DARBY re-
naming in the office formerly occupied by the
hrm.
1t is said shat Hon. R. U. Thomson has gem
erously offered TO pay the railroad fare for the
entire company II the Home Guards of Madison
will attend the inaugural ceremonies in Wash
ington.
Not only has q postoffice been established at
9nelson on the Macon and Birmingham rail-
road, but Mr.. Sneson has opened up mercan-
tile and supply house for the accommodation or
his community.
beavers In Stevens millpond, near Gordon, q
day or two ago. One OF them weighed 43
pounds and the other was very nearly as heavy.
He also caught an otter.
H H. Davis and family at Canton left last
Wednesday for Childress. Tex. Mr. Davis sold
his brick mills property to John A. Scott and
bought Mr. 5cott's half section of improved
farming lands in Texas
The states pension clerks are fast winding up
the work OF paying on the widows pensions
About 3, 100 widows had drawn their $50 up to
Thursday and there will be but about 1000
more to be paid during the remaining days OF
the month.
The venerable Judge Thrasher. OK ordinary of
McDufie county will have charge of a school at
Gibson, Glascock county, this year. Judge
Thrasher had been ordinary Of McDufie county
ever since 1t was county, until defeated at the
last election.
There is an epidemic Of meningitis in some
parts of McDufie county. On Monday OF last
week W. T. Perry, aged about 10 years, died at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Eliza Perry, and
sister of the young man is quite i'll. DR.. HAYES,
the attending physician, pronounces it menin'
gifts.
Tim Cook, Grant and Will Marshall are in jail
at GFeenville charged with burglarizing the
store of Bullooh. Bussey & Co. at Bullochville.
case has been quietly but effectively worked
up Meat, lard, dry goods and money we're car
RED of.
Mrs. James Wheeler met with q painful mis-
fortune at her home near Roswell on last Sun
day evening. It was drowsy day, and Mrs
Wheeler feeling the effects OF the weather,
threw out her arms, Strengthened her form,
threw her head backward and gaped' dislocat-
ing her jaw.
A negro boy living on the farm Of Jonas
Fuller. few miles from Roswell, accidentally
shot himself in the arm on last Saturday, while
attempting to kill hawk. The entire load OF
shot passed through his arm between the elbow
and shoulder, and he came near bleeding to
death before medical attention could be OBJ
tanned.
A Mr.. King who has been in and about Canton
for the past two or three months visiting his
relatives in Cherokee and Milton counties was
arrested by Sheriff CoRgins Thursday morning
upon information received from a Rome de-
teotive. King was put in jail and telegram
sauE ha fnr in
formation and instructions.
Col B. P. Hollis purchased from ]. ]. Wilt
ford bis residence on Taylor street, at Ameri-
Gus, and will take possession about the middle
of March. Judge Crisp is building beautiful
residence on the lot next the property pur-
chased by Col. Hollis, and several other citi-
zens, including Col S. x. Taylor, Arthur ny
lander, Bloom Brown, Morgan Eldridge and
one or two others, are making preparations to
build right away.
Lineonton NstUs; While in the county treas.
urer otiloe the other day Mr.. CARTRIDGE showed
us an interesting relic of bygone days IL was
Q sand box, such as was in common use thirty
or forty years ago. At that time such a thing
as blotting paper was unknown, and people
used fine powdered sand TO dry their paper
after writing. 1t was kept In a round wooden
box with holes in the top, something like a com
mon pepper box Of to-day.
Distress warrants were levied on thir-
teen houses in the suburbs of
Augusta Friday. The houses we're
put up on leased AanQb DolOngtng 10 the
estate of Eugene Verdery. The lease money
was never paid, and the estate exacted that the
structures be levied upon and sold TO satisfy the
lease debt. The houses are generally insignia
cant little 2 roomed, 1story affairs and no fort
une will be realized from their sale.
Mai. Warren, the well known executive clerk
at the capitol, was taken suddenly sick Thurs
day from overexhaustlon and was for short
while very i'll. Maj. Warren, like the governor
himself and all of the clerks of tho executive
department is overWorked. He has been un-
usually busy for the past month or two making
in the January election. IL is deplorabe that
the last legislature refused to appropriate
money TO pay the salary of an additional clerk
for the executive department.
John Gilbert, who works on the Nelson plan.
tation about two miles from Albany, met with
severe accident on Friday morning which will
probably cripple him for life While standing
on the main body of a tree, which had just been
he endeavored to cut of limb to the right of
where he stood, but by some hook or crook, the
ak went wide of its mark and the terrible blow
which was intended for the limb was landed on
John s foot, the keen blaze of the AK entered
between the toes and cut straight to the nstep,
laying the foot wide open for several inches
AZ the sale Of the effects of the late Thomas
Hollis OF Walton, a few days ago. Lon Ozborn
OF Morgan purchased an old time clock for a
very small sum The clock had not run for
years 1t neither had pendulum nor weights
A few nights ago Mr.. Ozborn and his wife were
AWAKENED By the ticking Of a clock In the
house. Mr.. OZborn arose from his bed and soon
discovered that it was the old Hollis clock. His