The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-18

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GEORGIA
Beeinnire to-day there viii be postal
CLERKS On the fast trains on che Georgia
railroad.
The soverament steamer ocmulgee IS
nov eusased tn cleaning out the Oconee
above Dublin.
Work on the Zee factory al parien has
been resumed, and 90 viii now be pushed
10 completion
". c. Purse is now planting LOO Japan
plum trees on his place mile and half
above Nald0sta-
The Muscogee grand jury condemns
rafting and calls on the officers 10 break
up the practice.
An Athens negro has a garden fence
made Of cornstaiks. He was unable TO
buy pickets, so ne utilized the material on
hand
Dr. II. T. Campbell. who owns a plan
tation about eight miles out from Angus
"a, on the savannah road, has found that
there is a rich bed Of kaolin on his prop
The woman's edition Of the Waynesboro
Free Citizen Is printed In green. The mat
ter IN the paper. however, does not read
work
Thirty thousand dollars are to be ex-
pended on sewers and sewer connections
in Augusta during the next couple OF
months Work is to be begun as soon as
the weather permits.
r. NJ. Heard Of Elberton had his grand
fathers family Bible that is at least
century old, and is quite relic. The
letter S is printed in the old style. The
record contains the marriage OF his grand
father, Coy. stephens Heard, which Oc-
CURED in 1880.
Last Sunday afternoon Mack Hughes at
tempted to cross Riley's bridge, at VIII
kinsOn, and his mule broke through, and
N the fan H., Mr.. Hughes had his shoulder
broken. This is the second accident Of
this kind that has occurred in Wilkinson
county recently.
Only a short while since the Harmony
Grove cotton mill was erected. 1t Is a
young enterprise and yet 1t is now pro-
posed to double its capacity during the
summer and negotiations are now pending
Tor the purchase OF a great deal of the
latest improved machinery.
Marcus Long, a young man well known
ABOUT Atlanta, was severely hurt Friday
by Falling down the stairway in the Nor
gross building. In descending the steps.
Long tripped and fell quite a distance,
one Of his shoulders was dislOcated by
the fall, and his face was badly bruised
Unusually, heavy rains have been fall
ing at Cochran for the past few days.
A large canal which runs through the
suburbs has oVerfiown its banks and
completely flooded some negro houses on
the edge of town. 1t IL reported that a
small negro child was drowned by the
rushing waters.
The fields OF Glasscocks farmers have
been damaged by the continuous heavy
declare that the rains were the heaviest
within their remembrance. The Augusta
Southern railroad has been washed out
and Gibson has been cut OF from cOmmu-
nication with the outside world.
Statesboro Times; The town council
has practically put an end to the sale
OF cider and such like beverages IN States
ooro, and in a month this will be one
of the driest of the dry towns of the
state, as IT Is hardly probable that any
6ody viii risk $50 in such "A business.
This is the tax the council has put upon
II, TO go into effect on April Is.
Col Davies an officer from the depart
ment Of war, whose duty it is to gather
statistics and facts concerning certain war
history of the country, has been at At
lanta several days, making hurried study
of the historic battledelds around Atlanta
He went TO Kennesaw mountain Wednes-
day and spent the day making a study
of the place, returning that night.
Statesboro Times: There is almost
beef famine in Statesboro, and the
butchers say II is just out Of the question
TO get good Bulloch county beef lust
now. For the last week or two they
ern beef. and those who were able TO
dance to the tune of Is cents per pound
have been enjoying a little extra quality
Of steak.
& Tye, as attorneys TO the receiver of the |
old Western and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany has been filed by the clerk of the
United States court at Atlanta They
succeed Julius L. Brown. In selecting
Messrs. Payne & T'ye as his legal advisers
Receiver Stahlman chooses the attornevs
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
Company under its new lease.
It is probable that the board of police
commissioners Of Atlanta, at their coming
meeting, win pass a resolution providins
for the purchase Of a pack Of HOOD
hounds to be kept at the police station. n
rs the opinion of all the officers that dogs
should be kept there ready for instant
service. as there are cases very frequent
ly where they could be put to effective
service in running down criminals
The Dublin Courier says: "A young
man in South Georgia decided 10 pIay
ghost recently, so he wrapped a white
sheet around himself and sailed forth
When he arrived at his destination he
found that the family had retired ana in |
cldentally discovered a burglar trying 10
erect an entrance through a window |
The burglar was not frightened. however
ne simply faced about, robbed the ghost |
of $50 and a gold watch and departed on
the midnight express"
Tn postofice authorities have been an
thorized to increase the letter carriers
in Atlanta by adding two new men COM
mencing July l next. There are now
Ihirty-eight letter carriers in the office |
The increase will have the effect of in |
creasing the salary of each of them SI5O
per annum. The government has a r1iIe
that in all postof1ees where forty CARRIERS
are employed, their salaries shall be 81 OO0 |
per annum, and the addition of two men
to the force will bring the Atlanta office |
within that rule.
An open and unprotected cellar door
IN the rear of the Nunnally CompanySs |
store, on the corner of Marietta and Broad
streets, at Atlanta came very nearIv
proving death trap Friday night. Abont |
$3.50 O'Clock a young man, who was pass. |
ing the stairway leading into the cellar
slipped and fell. He tried to recover bis |
balance, but failed, and fell headlone into
the opening, striking his head agafnst
the stairs as he fell. His nose was broken
and his face and hands We're ba6lv
bruised. The injured man gave his name
as Lyle.
A colored family named Gardner live
on a farm at North Augusta During a |
heavy shower, and while lightning was
flashing, bolt struck the house descend
ing into the midst of the group of peoDle I
All were more or less stunned, but only !
one was struck-a little girl about Il |
years of age. The lightning bruised and |
burned her seriously about the head and
back. She fell unconscious to the floor,
and at first was thought to be dead |
DR.. Mealing arrived, however, and soon
revived her. He thinks she will ENTIRELY /
recover in a week or two.
Thursday afternoon. about 2:sO o'clock
Mrs. +. H. Durham was knocked off the |
Southern track through North Dalton IN, /