The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


at Cents in Americus-The TrRV-
els of an Ancient Tile Noted
Whiteeapper Dies I'm PrisOn-PrOs-
perity at Gainesville, Fla.
GEORGIA.
The race is squarely on at Rome for the
city court iudgeship.
II Is believed the Southern railway will
build a grain elevator at Atlanta very
soon.
The city council Wednesday granted
franchise for fifty years TO the Bruins
wick Electric Street railway
Brunswick Times: About the best thing
the Spanish government can do is 10 turn
Cuba over TO the Georgia cOlonists
The Griffin water tower is completed
and the work of filling the immense tank
with water will probably begin at once.
The national Methodist camp meeting to
be held at Indian Spring beginning August
q, and lasting ten days will be Success
full one, If signs count
Americas Times-Recorder: 1t is Grand
pa Dunn now. Sumters tax collector was
bundle OF smiles yesterday when the fact
was wired him by his sOn-in-laW, MIR.
Hall, OF Milledgeville.
Charges have been preferred against
City Sexton =. ID. ROser, before the city
council Of Rome, alleging that he has
an officer and gentleman.
]. Henry Freemen exhibited Tuesday at
Americus, a short branch Of a Kelsey
plum tree from his orchard containing iif-
" plums. each as large as hens eggs. The
fruit was firm and of fine flavor.
Gordon Citizen: There is somewhat of an
excitement in our community over the ar
rest of June Smith, who had started to
Calhoun with his wife, and while on the
road found purse containing so.
The Atlanta Consolidated Street railway
IS making vast arrangements to handle the
exposition travel, and not only have the
TaFfnm- limos hnan nKHannaI
terminal arrangements are being made.
Forty rooms are TO be added to the
Acazar hotel that Is now going up on
Wilson avenue at Atlanta. The addition
of these rooms makes the total capacity
OF the hotel about four hundred people.
An old plug hat literally covered with
tags. wound up IL the Americas express
office Tuesday. The hat was started from
New Jersey In its tour of the United
States and has already travelled thousands
of miles.
Times Recorder: Eight cents for cotton
IN Americas. That was the figure paid here
Tuesday for lot of 100 bales, which fact
indicates that the staple will bring good
prices this fall-far IN advance of the fig
ures paid for last years crop.
Covington star: An old law has been dis
covered in Georgia which prohibits men
from wearing womens dresses and wo-
men from wearing mems clothing. This
makes the wearing OF bloomers a mis-
demeanor, don't it? Girls, you had better
look out.
The Brunswick Times-Advertiser is posi-
lively Informed that young lady in that
CITY, living not far from Union street
mas bloomer suit already made, and is
only awaiting the arrival of her bicycle
70 mako her appearance in the much-dis-
cussed costume.
Lightning struck a large dead old tree
standing in the bottoms near NiCkajack
station Thursday evening, and set IL fierce
~ on fire, and Notwithstanding the rain
was pouring down at the time the electric
hiaUa hn fran he.
down and consumed.
Lieut. Frank d. Aiken of the Brunswick
Naval Reserves left Wednesday for Port
Royal, on invitation, to witness the test
or the largest dry dock in the world
Just completed at that place The monitor
Amphitrite will be hauled on the ways to
prove the strength OF the machinery, etc.
suit was iled in the United States
court at Atlanta Wednesday morning
against the sureties for Jacob w F. Lit
tie, postmaster of West Point. He is
charged with a shortage Of $S9S.72 in his
accounts. The defendant is required to
answer this charge at the approaching
term of the court.
A party Of skilled workmen reached
Augusta Wednesday afternoon. They are
from the Norfolk Wa) shipyard, and
are en- route to the new dry dock at
Port Royal for the purpose Of testing it,
Tomorrow the new double-turreted mont
tor Amphitrite will be locked, and 1t is
with this ship the trial will be made.
The Ontario Land Company of Minneso-
ia, fled suit for heavy damages at At
lanta Wednesday against the Westwood
Park Company on prOmissory notes given
several years ago. The petition states that
the park company was Indebted to the on
tario Land Company $9,9l5.54 on a prom
666.66.
The Louisville News and Farmer recent
ly noted that Mrs. L. K. Hunter had
shipped several thousand pounds of grapes
she also got Is. p. Lugand of Milledge-
vile TO come down and make about 1000
gallons of wine. Mr.. Lugand is a French
man and understands well how to make
wine, and so Mrs. Hunter will have wine
of an excellent quality. Her vineyard OF
a few acres is worth more than many
fields of cotton.
John Quarles, one OF the Murray county
whitecaps sentenced by Judge Newman a
few months ago, died In the federal prison
az Columbus. O., Wednesday afternoon
BY this bereavement fourteen children and
helpless widow are left upon the tender
mercies of the public. Quarles died Of
meningitis. lie was a remarkably stout
We'll built man and uhe news of his death
VIII be read with surprise by all who were
present at the trial and remember how
well he looked at that time.
Thomasville Times Enterprise: The
country residence of c. A. Cochran, about
road, was destroyed by fire about o'clock
Monday night. Mr.. Cochran was Sleeping
in the house at the time and was awaken
ed by the roaring of the flames lust in
and toe late to save anything in the way
of household goods except mattress The
IRE, he thinks, originated in the kitchen
from new stove that had been put up
that day. Mr.. Cochran had $500 insurance
One day last week, while the little child
of Mr.. 7. S. Shannon, who lives about
three miles north of Triton, was playing
in the yard In front of the house its moth
er was attracted by the barking and yelp-
ing of dog that was with it. on going
to investigate she was Mortified to find
the child had a large black snake in its
hand, grasped near the middle and the
snake was waving it's head to and fro as
if about to strike. The mother dispatched
the reptile with stick and was gratifed
as we'll as surprised TO find the child un-
hurt.
Rome Tribune: The tax digest for FLOYD
county has been completed and the re-
turns are ready. The returns were never
so complete and well arranged as they are
this year under the management of Tax
Receiver r. L. Foster and his efficient
assistants. There is a gain in the returns
of laid of II $50 acres, which shows that
the returns have been closer than hereto
fore. There are 39l less polls returned
Taking into consideration the fact that
all Of the property returned can be ac-
counted for, and that persons and prom
erty heretofore carried from year to wear
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