The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-09
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Signs of Industrial Improvement
Opening of the schOOls-Several
Accidents of Minor Importance-A
Curious Letter over n Murderer
Grave-Other Matters of Special
and General Interest.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta's public schools all opened on
Monday.
The citizens Of the Stellaville district Of
Jefferson county have petitioned the or
binary to call an election on the fence
question.
There are now more than 200 Germans
who have settled at Missler. and who are
making great success Of the cultivation
of small farms
Covington Star: Mr.. Sampson Wagner,
living near Broughtonville got his arm
caught in his gin on Thursday morning
and terribly lacerated.
DR.. w. W. Landrum who takes the
place Of DR.. ]. B. Hawthorne. was in
stalled in his pastorate in the First Bap-
fist church in Atlanta Sunday.
Covington Star: The gin house at Dixie,
belonging to Mr.. Henry S. Lunsford. was
destroyed by fire on Friday night, togeth-
er with about twenty-one bales of cotton
There was no insurance and the loss is
quite heavy.
The character Of Germans who are be-
ing brought to this country, the Atlanta
Journal says, are principally those who
have sums of money to invest in small
farms and who viii make provident and
valuable citizens.
Atlanta Constitution: Gold mining in
the public streets of a town is an unusual
spectacle. especially in the south, but
such can be seen daily in the streets of
Dahlonega. Two shafts are being put
down on the Lawrence vein in the street
near the signal Office, from which good
mill ore is being taken.
Covington Star: Covingtons elegant
and handsome new school building was
dedicated on YESTERDAY. It was the coca
sion Of the opening Of the
schools for the fall session,
and the new building havingt been COM
pleted several months ago. it was a most
suitable time for its dedication.
The official souvenirs for the Fitzgerald
Corn and Cotton exposition which opened
, cotton
made and sold by many Of F'ltzgerald's
pretty girls. Souvenir stands have been
placed in all parts of the building and
grounds. Many excellent ideas put into
practice at this exposition were obtained
from the Atlanta exposition last year
Atlanta Constitution: The Chattahoo-
chez river is lower than It has been in
many years. a, state Of affairs that Is &C.
on fHaFa Id
ness interests OF Columbus. The immense
Chattahoochee valley, with its thousands
of fertile acres, is in manner tributary
to Columbus and thus the river constitutes
one Of the city's principal sources of rev.
enue.
Louisville News and Farmer: Sunday
morning the store of Bethea & Donovan,
at wadley, caught fire. and the goods
were badly damaged. The fire had burned
very little before IL set off a can of pow
der which drew a crowd, and the fire was
put out. The windows and doors were
blown out by the explosion OF the pow
der, and the brick walls Of the building
considerably damaged. The insurance on
the building is 5000. and that on the
goods SO 000
Augusta Chronicle: Saturday night a
white man by the name of w. H. Spouse.
who lives several miles below the city,
was robbed OF his horse and wagon. His
wife was Ill in South Carolina and he was
driving to see her. AS he passed through
Fifth street he decided to get a shave and
stopped in Walton's barber shop, near
Broad. When Mr.. Spouse went out to get
in his wagon after shaving IL could not
be found. Some one had driven II OFF.
Atlanta Constitution: Mrs. 8. E. Bag
ley owns a fine plantation three miles
from Americas, on which she operates
thirteen plows. Already she has market
ed over 100 bales of cotton, despite the
short crop, and will gather at least an
other hundred. Last year, with the same
number Of plows, she made 300 bales of
cotton, an average of twenty-three bales
TO the pillow. There are few farmers in
Georgia who can show a better record at
cotton raising.
An unknown woman pinned a most Pc
culiar document to a tree over the grave
of Arthur Hanye. Will spinks' Slayer, at
Oakland cemetery in Atlanta. The docu-
ment denounces Gov. Atkinson as a MUIR
derer because he allowed Hanye to go TO
the scaffold. The letter was written In
ink and tackled on a board which was
stuck in the mound of earth where the
body of Hanye lies buried. 1t was ad-
dressed to no one and there was nothing
that would indicate from where II came
except one paragraph This paragraph in
the letter stated that she was the mother
OF number OF sons and minated that
they were of the same opinion as she was
and that against the governor. From this
paragraph 1t was evident that some wo-
man was the author OF the note.
FLORIDA.