The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD N
PARAGRAPHS.

nurnt Cork Artist a. the Result Of
an ENPIosion-OId Relies owned by
Georsians-A Female BIncI<maiIer
Ordered 10 Leave MacOn-A Boys
Arms 80 BADLY Frozen thnt Ampu-
tatiOn May be Unavoidable.
GEORGIA
The firm Of Pate & Pound OF Cordele
has been dissolved.
Thlrty-hve young physicians were added
20 the, medical fraternity at Atlanta
Thursday night
There is a vacancy in the Military Acad-
envy at West Point from the Third con-
gressional district Of Georgia
a meeting has been called for Tuesday
night 10 discuss the feasibility Of organ
izing a fire department for Decatur.
II. F. West Of Atlanta. has been APP
pointed assistant cOmmssary general
of the state troops with the rank Of lieu
tenant colonel
At a largely attended meeting Of the
colOred people Of Sheilman a day or two
ago appropriate resolutions were adopted
on the death OF Frederick Douglass.
Thursday afternoon Capt. z. 5. Cody, a
prominent planter Of Warrenton, died
rather suddenly at the residence Of his
daughter on Markham street at Atlanta.
Claude Arnold and John Galloway,
charged with the murder Of oscar +.
Carter on Dec. q, 1898. were tried at the
present term Of Walton superior court and
acquitted.
The residence of +. w. Nix. Of Dixie.
IN Brooks county, caught IRE wednesday
morning, and was totally destroyed Mr..
Nix was insured In the Home Insurance
Company for Sl,o90.
J. y. Esterlin, the superintendent Of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company at Atlanta, IS 81 at his residence.
$50 Jackson street, with pneumonia. Ills
physicians hope that he will soon be out
OF all danger
III.
few miles of Dawson who is but p years
of age and has nine children. She has
given birth 70 twins at four different
times. The father OF all these children Is
but "a years old.
David Morgan Of Henry county has a
curiosity in the way Of a shuck horse
collar, which he has been using twenty
six years Henry Perry also has a bride
living at McDonough twenty-five years
ago.
DR.. T. J. Mackey has just sent into Au-
gusta from his place on the Port Royal
road, lot Of Irish potatoes planted last
August He never dug them until last
week and the potatoes lay in the ground
all winter. They were IN excellent con-
dition and brought high prices.
The wife of a street car conductor has
been matchmaking respectable men of Ma
con, threatening to allege intimacy with
them If they did not pay her money one
OF her victims has informed the police Of
her little game, and she has been told that
II she does not leave town she viii be ar
rested for blackmail.
In Dooly county there is considerable
activity in the turpentine business now.
About twenty operators have gone out
OF business in that section and as many
more have gone into n. There VIII not
be much increase In the ouput, although
the present good prices may stimulate the
operators to cut more boxes.
Bone Hudgins of Gordon county has at
his home near Calhoun grindstone frame
made of poplar and put in use in 1866 II
has been In constant use ever since. The
stone IS now a great deal smaller than
the ground so that II has been several
times necessary to move the rest higher
up, but has not ceased TO do service for
the past forty years.
Nathan Allgood, of Roswell, has a clock
which has been running and keeping cor
rect time for l20 years, and has never
been out Of repair but once. During the
war a yankee soldier broke a cog out OF
one of its wheels, which gave Il "a years
rest. Mr.. Allgood had II repaired, and
II Is now doing fun duty. The running
gear is all Of wood, and the face has an
ancient appearance.
Lexington Echo: News of a sad out
come of the severe cold Of two weeks
ago reaches us from the Big Creek sec
ton. on the Friday that II was so very
cold little son of Julius Meere went to
school a mile or SO distant from his home.
When he reached home that evening, the
hand in which he was carrying his books
was so cold that the books had to be
priced from It, His arm was frozen above
his elbow and so badly frost-bitten that It
is thought II viii have 10 be amputated.
His other arm was also injured and IL,
too may have to be taken off.
At Nickajack, Charley Stanback night
operator, had quite novel experience one
night last week. The office stove had
burned low and he replenished IL with
coal, and settled himself down to a sooth-
ing rest, when, without warning, an ex-
plosion Caused by accumulation of gasl
took place, blowing the pipe off the stove
OF smoke, SCOT, cinders etc. Rubbing his
hand over his face to ascertain how much
of his head was left, he rubbed on thick
coat of backing, and attempting to wash
1t of with cold water minus soap, hemade
matters worse. When the agent came next
morning to take charge of the Office he
was mortified to find a red-haired darby
manipulating the keys. A brief explana-
ton and big laugh followed.