The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23

Cordele has now four wholesale houses,
the last entry being the Americas Grocery
Company. which win do an exclusive
wholesale business.
Mr. J. S. Moore exhibited al the office
OF the Triton Gazette a curiosity In the
shape Of a gourd snake, two and a half
feet long. a perfect imitation OF a small
green snake. with white stripes
Brunswick wants the curfew 10 sound
in that city. to the end that bad boys may
be made TO get of the streets at night. II
Il would have that effect some towns
would ike TO keep 1t sounding all day and
all night.
The fate OF the seven weeks old baby.
that was so hearlessly deserted in At
lanta by its parents, Mr. and Mrs.
White" and left TO the care OF Mrs. Mary
Holloway, at 1873 Spring street, is settled,
and Mrs. 7. ". Hall Of 1886 East Fair
street, is now the pOssessOr OF the little
one There had been fifteen applications
for the baby.
Waycross correspondence Morning
News: The Plant system will sell tickets
to the Waycross rally at rate of one fare
for the round trip from Savannah. Bruns-
wick. Folkston, Albany and Thomas
will and intermediate stations. An effort
is being made TO have speeches on that
occasion by Senator John b. Gordon, eX-
Speaker Charles +. Crisp and Hon. w. q.
Brantley.
Chief Connolly % Atlanta purchased a
ticket for Emma Scott. and she left Friday
for her home in Toccoa- The only bag
gage she carried with her was a little
trunk that she used for her doll clothes,
in which she had stored all her wardrobe
when she came to Atlanta Chief Con
molly thinks the engineer who enticed her
there ought TO be punished. and he Is In
communication with the proper authori-
ties TO that effect
Within twelve miles OF Atlanta. in the
direct course Of the gold mining ranges OF
the northern portion Of Georgia, extend
ing through Hall county, on the
northeast 10 HARRISON county. on the
southwest. is a piece Of property, which
has been thoroughly prospected and found
10 be rich in gold bearing quartz, assaying
an average OF SIS 10 the ton Of 300 pounds,
within thirty feet from the surface, which
upon being more fully developed viii prove
very valuable.
Mr.. Allen Strickland OF Valdosta has de-
cided 10 establish one other enterprise in
Valdosta. and he says that he win have
that in operation for next seasons vege-
table crop. lie IS gums 10 bAcAAN a blNsA-
ling factory and he IS arranging now TO
buy the machinery and take such other
steps as will be necessary toward getting
il In share. He is going 10 build large
building, 50X200 feet in size and two sto-
ries high, with a cold storage cellar be-
low He expects TO pickle al sorts Of veg
etaoles and viii be ready for next years
crop.
swainsboro correspondence Morning
News, Aug. 22-Three new bank build
ings are under course Of construction in
Swainsboro.-The farmers of the county
have better crops this season than for
several years.-Some Of the populists IN
this county will not support Wright for
governor.-Emanual Will give her usual
large vote to Col. Rufus Z. Lester. The
people consider he has no oppOnent-The
county democratic nominees are making
an aggressive fight, and the majority Of
them will be elected.-The Swainsboro
News starts out with a much larger paper
in few weeks.
While Mr. Garvin was walking by pile
of saw dust at Redwood Tuesday he dis
covered the head Of a negro woman. He
gave an alarm aud further search brought
about the discovery Of her body buried
under the saw dust. The body was inden-
4ified as that of Eliza Wimbush. A coro-
produced to show that she and her hus-
band had quarreled a few nights before
and that the two and also their daughter
disappeared mysteriously. The jury rem
dered a verdict that the woman had been
murdered by her husband. He has not been
captured and no one at Redwood knows
his wherea bouts.
Augusta Chronicle: About the scarcest
thing in Augusta just now is money. 1t
cannot be had either, for love or money
and the wheels of trade are being blocked
TO no aita9e extent. Yesterday il was
learned that several produce dealers in
the city were badly Inconvenience by a
failure to obtain money from the banks
to pay drafts with bills of lading attach
ed. 1t was said that there We're tied up
in the railroad yards twelve car loads of
meat and grain, for the payment Of which
the persons 10 whom they were consign-
ed were absolutely unable to obtain funds.
This is likely to cause distress, for each
day there are many car loads of stuff ar
irving. and if the present state Of things
keep up there is no telling where it will
end.
The telephone system of Georgia is to
be very materially increased in a short
while. So great has been the patronage
OF the telephone companies that they VIII
at once begin to build new lines in ali
parts of the state. An important line viii
be built from Rome to Cave Springs and
Cedartown. Another line will be built
from Macon TO Fort Valley to Montezuma
10 OglethOrpe 10 Americas. Another line
viii be built from Macon to atlanta, maxi
ing three direct circuits between Atlanta
and that city. BY the building Of the
new line to Macon Griffin viii be given
another wire TO Atlanta, making three
lines connecting these two places. The
material for these lines is now arriving
from New York and work viii be COM
Tnenced on them at once and by next
spring they viii be completed
Washington correspondence Morning
News, Aug. %: The district meeting of
the Baptist Association will convene IN
Washington. a large crowd is eNDectsl
10 be present-A large crowd of cvpsiss
are camped about nine miles from town.
On Wednesday night one OF the party sto,a
the best horse in the outfit and skinned
for parts unknown. There was "a yiaor-
Gus chase made after the thief but 10
warrant was sworn out for him. and he
succeeded in making good his escape
Marion Johnson, Who was run over last