The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-03
GEORGIA.


GEORGIA.
The CovingtOn Rifles has been admitted INTO
the state military service.
Fred Burns, the wel-known caterer OF
Augusta, died Tuesday night after three days
illness. The cause was pneumonia.
The stockholders of Griffin cotton mill No.
are considering the question OF charging the
present plant to double its present size.
The cotton mill at Langley is TO be enlarged
and fifty houses for operatives built. An Au-
gusta firm will probably get the contract.
Mrs D. B. Dyer, the wife of Col. Dyer of the
Electric street railroad OF Augusta, is lying at
the point OF death and is not expected TO re-
cover.
The city council Of Brunswick has decreed
that saloons must close between 1880 p. m and
IA. m, and that screens must be removed IN
all barroOms
j. B. White has changed his mind about
building big theater at Augusta, ana WIN
erect an S-story Office building and confine all
his various businesses under one roof.
The experiment farm at Griffin lost one Of
its finest COWS on Monday night She got
tangled up with rope in her stall ana broke
her neck. The animal was valued at $2OO.
Tuesday while o. @. Hardin was engaged in
cleaning out the fues of the boiler at the check
factory at Athens the mop with which he was
at work few out suddenly, striking him in the
face and cutting him severely across the lips
and chin.
At Waynesboro Tuesday Sheriff p J. O'Con-
nor sold the stock Of merchandise OF Louis Co.
hen. The stock was bought IN by H. Brooks OF
Augusta. He will conduct the business until
the stock OF goods is disposed Of. The STOCK
brought 81 100
Last week while the Oostanaula was frozen
over J. G, S. Smith of Rome was gliding over
the ice on pair of skates used on the same
river in tho year 1925. The skates are of the
old style with wooden tops and blades that turn
up in front like pig tail.
A Meriwether county farmer has we'll about
fifty feet deep, which went dry short time
InFiuU
with snow and ice, hoping to thus encourage
flow of water. The gentleman was in LaGrange
last week, and says the contents OF the well
have frozen solid.
Col. W. W. Cato last week brought w. A.
Reid Of Lagrange a Rourd thar is something
of a curiosity. The gourd is about five inches
long and the size Of a cocoanut, but the handle
is forty-three inches long and only one inch in
diameter, making the whole forty seven inches
In length. Mr. Reid is going to pant the sesd
in it and try to raise some long-nandled speci-
mems himself.
Tuesday afternoon the store Of b. F. Clark, a
music dealer OF Rome, was closed by Deputy
Sheriff Mcdonnell Tuesday afternoon j.
Rhode administrator of Mrs. NJ. Rhodes, went
before 8 zee Walter Harris and swore out a
distress warrant for the collection of $685. as
rents which they aimed was due. The deputy
sheriff then took the warrant and went over
and closed the store. II Is said that MIR. CLARK
will adjust the matter in day or two aud con-
tlnue the business.
A white man named Brown was arrested at
Albany Tuesday for forging check
on Dan Gaffney a few days ago. The
check, which was for $40. purported TO be- signed
by Browns brother, and Brown asked Mr..
Gaffney to indorse it. Mr.. GaffneY took pity
on him, as he was in bad condition, and in
dorsed the check. Tuesday afternoon the check
came back with protest on which there were 50
charges. whereupon Brown was arrested and
jailed on a charge Of forgery
Judge Alexander Tuesday fined r. A. Perry
of Ochlockonee S25. He had pleaded guilty to
assault and battery. This ends case that had
caused considerable interest where the parties
to It reside. Not long ago q little daughter OF
Mr.. Perry was whipped by her teacher. Mr..
Perry considered the chastisement a very Sc
were one and sought the tru tees for redress.
Failing to receive satisfaction, and meeting tho
schoolmaster, the assault was made. The
teacher claims that the punishment inflicted on
the pupil was very light.
Jim Lynch of Atlanta, has a very novel and
pretty pet in the form of a genuine tiger cat,
which he got from Wilmington. Del, the other
day. DANDY" for that is his name, is only
months old and arrived In Atlanta on his birth
day. He is beautifully marked animal his
glossy, silken suit OF hair being dark streaked
with gray. He has the head and face OF tiger,
though the expression has no fierceness in il.
He is very gentle, even sociable, is a good
nouser, and is possibly the only tiger cat in
Georgia. He was put in the window at
Joseph Thompson's for while Wednesday. and
scores of people stopped to look at him.
Eugene Harris, Il ember of the well-known
firm of Coleman, Burden & Co. wholesale shoe
dealers of Macon. applied to Judge Bartlett
Tuesday for an Injunction to restrain his firm
from delivering certain goods The company
has been arranging its affairs to go out of bust
ness and had agreed TO sell no goods to be paid
for after April. Notwithstanding this, so Mr.
Harris alleges in his petition, George Coates
one Of the houses travelling statesmen, sold to
William Brotherton Of Atlanta a large bill OF
shoes and gave him until May to pay for them.
The petitioner also held that the shoes were
sold below cost and the order should not have
been filed The goods were packed for ship
ment, however, and were sent to the Central
railroad. At this time MIR. Harris brought an
injunction proceeding and it was this that was
argued before Judge Bartlett. The injunction
was refused
Writing from Waynesboro, where he is az
home recovering from an illness, John d. Mum
nerlyn, Jr., says; "A gentleman living in the
lower part OF this county was in town Tuesday
ana reports the strange appearance of a large
wild animal on his place. He has been miss
ing his sheep and hogs for some time, but did
not know how to account for il. Tuesday
morning. however, upon awakening he looked
out his room window, where he can get good
view OF the creek swamp which is only about a
quarter Of a mile from his house. Imagine his
surprise when be saw some huge animal which
he saya very much resembled a mountain lion
quickly making his way to the swamp with one
OF his sheep in his mouth. The gentleman i'm
mediately had his plantation bell rang when
all his negroes assembled and started in pur-
suit of the marauder The animal however
had the start, and when the party Of hunters
had reached the spot where he was last seen.
had disappeared completely"
FLORIDA.
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