The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-06
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
News Of The Two Stats Told in Para
graphs.


Coweta-Florida's Orange Crop Esti-
mated at 100000 Boxes-orIando
Narrowly Escapes an Injunction Suit.
Bull Dog Attacks Cow.
GEORGIA.
John Monon, who lives in North Rome,
caught four 'possums in a sewer near the
Oostanauls river Saturday.
James r. Bethune died at Columbus Sat
urday, He was the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. J Bethune, and was "A years Of age.
Work has already commenced on the
new brick store being built by James
Watt on Jackson street at Thomasville.
There was large amount Of cotton on
the streets at Rome Saturday. The re-
ceipts for Rome so far amount to more
than the entire receipts Of last season.
st. Paurs church at East Americas,
was dedicated with the usual impressive
ceremonies incident TO such an occasion.
DR.. J. II. Scruggs, a very eloquent divine
of Dawson preached the dedicatory ser
mon.
At a recent election Of the officers for
the class of 80 at the Bellevue Medical
College in New York Charles Slade of
Columbus was elected president, A. W.
Williams, also a Columbus boy, was elect
ed vice president, while another Georgia
man was elected secretary and treasurer
A corps of linemen began work Satur-
day on tie Albany telephone
line. The poles are all up, and the wire
will be stretched up rapidly as possible.
Il is confidently expected by those who
have the matter In charge that the line
will be completed in less than three weeks.
petition is being circulated asking Tor
the establishment of a postofflce at Cow
eta, the new station on the Atlanta and
West Point road, between Powelville and
Palmetto. The petition has been numer-
ously signed, and the Office will probably
he established as soon as the usual pre-
liminaries can be arranged.
During the performance at the opera
house at Americas Friday night a ne
gro man sitting in the gallery fell asleep,
and came very near topping over the
rail- and falling in the midst of a fash
ionable party of ladies and gentlemen oc
cupying seats in the parouette. His body
was exactly upon balance on the gal
lery rail when a policeman caught his
trousers, and gently Gliding him with his
club, brought him to perpendicular.
The Fifth Infantry band of Atlanta
has caught the town. It was feared for
a time that 1t would prove inferior to the
splendid Third Artillery band which so
often and so greatly delighted the At
lanta public. This fear was met by the
ihusAG-lQfAG pGOb4Na VIM hdA bt6 III "
prize highly the Third Artillery band
But the Fifth Infantry band has already
proven itself. Enough has been heard Of
it to prove that it is one of the finest mu-
steal organizations in the country.
Tarlton Montgomery, an old negro man,
was committed to the United States court
at Macon by Recorder Freeman Saturday
on the charge Of passing counterfeit
money. Montgomery was arrested on
goDlu1a4mT l0duad q gfNralraapar
the Acme brewery, and spurious dollar
was found on his person. The dollar was
a poor counterfeit, and would hardly be
taken by any one who ever saw a good
dollar. Montgomery denies that he knew
the dollar was counterfeit and says some
body else paid it to him.
Americus Times Recorder: Messrs Ma
than and Oscar Strauss than whom few
others occupy higher positions in business
and political circles in New York, were
reared in Georgia, having spent the great
er portion of their boyhood days in Tai
bot county, where the elder Strauss ref
ugeed from the fatherland-Huugary 1t
was their pleasure TO have as ueighbors
and friends Mr.. and Mrs. George Stall
lings, now residing in Americas. Mrs.
Stallings taught a private school, and
among her pupils were little Nathan and
oscar Strauss. lsadoTe, the elder brother.
was old enough to assist his father at
the little store owned by him, and con
sequenuy did not attend the school. Mrs.
Stalllngs was stronly attached TO the lit
tie Strauss boys, who We're very obedient
and affectionate, and 1t was with regret
that she gave them up when the family
went north TO live. Success has been
theirs in the world, both honors and
wealth having been conferred upon them.
Oscar Strauss was minister to Turkey
during Cleveland's first administration
while Nathan Strauss, as is well known
recently declined at the hands of Tamma-
ny the nomination of mayor of New York