The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-21
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The New Government Fish Hatchery
to BE Located at Cold Springs-A
killing at Cochran on Account of
Unique VILLA Georgia Man Bad
Iy Injured at Jacksonville.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. John MiHedge, the wife of the late
librarian, has entered the contest for the
position of assistant state librarian.
The Georgia Midland depot at Columbus,
belonging to the Southern railway which
was destroyed by fire last September, will
be rebuilt at once.
The bill to create q board of county COM
missioners for Clarke county has been
signed by the governor and is now law.
The next grand jury will select the com
missionersf
John H. Neel shot and killed P. M. Solo
mon in the business portion of Cochran at
noon Saturday. The men had a dispute
about a debt the former owed the latter
for putting water pipe connections to his
livery stable. Neel, seeing his victim was
dead armed himself with a Winches ter,
mounted his horse and escaped.
Richard Miner of Grassdale, in Barlow
county, powed up potato in his field Sat
urday that is a curiosity. 1t is a Spanish
potato of the sweet variety, and has the
shape of ground Tattlesnake being about
sixteen inches long. The tail, as it APP
pears, is folded over the body, and alto
gether it is an unusual specimen. The sup
position is that in growing out the tail part
of the potato encountered an obstruction
and grew back the other way, which form
ed the unique tail.
Capt w. H. Benton, the civil engineer
representing the government fish commits
sion, has left Columbus for Washington.
Capt Benton has been at Warm Springs
for some time, engaged in surveying a To-
cation for the new government fish hatch
cry, to be located a Cold Springs He has
completed his surveys, and will carry the
necessary maps and estimates to Washing
ton with him. The fish hatchery will COW
er about fifteen acres of ground on the
property of Bullock, Busy & Co.
Mr.. Harrington, a rich Hall county
farmer, recently deceased, leaves this ten
der paragraph in his will; ut is not my
will to close down at once on those who
are indebted to my estate at the time of
my death, but that my executors give
them reasonable time to pay such indebt-
edness by their paying interest and max
ing them secure for remainder. 1 have
friends that owe me that it would greatly
worst them financially, in my judgment
to meet their obligations at once, whom 1
have faith to believe will meet them by
giving ample time And it is not my will
that they be pressed to the wall"
A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala,
says: The Dixie Oil Company of Savan-
nah Ga, appears to have come in, con-
flict with the new Alabama oil inspection
law. The company shipped some 200 bar
rels of oil into this district a few days ago
which, when examined by Coal Oil In
spector McGough, was found to be below
the standard, The company asked TO be
allowed to grade the oil by mixing in high
class oil. Mr.. McGough acquiesced, and
the company raised the grade of the oil
Mr.. McGough stamped the barrels and pre-
scented his bill for fees, amounting to
over 800, which the company declined TO
pay on the ground that the oil had been
inspected in another distriet.
Columbus Enquirer-sunE Savannah is
agitated over the prospect of the appoint
ment by the President of a colored post
master and colored collector of the port
The board of trade and the cotton eX-
change of that city will meet on Monday
and memorabilia the President not TO take
such a step. There ought TO be no neces-
Sity for such an act on the part of the Sa-
Vannah people. If Mr.. Mckinley were
just man ne would let them know, once
and for all, in Savannah, in Georgia and
in the entire south that the people need
have no fear that such indgnities would
be heaped upon them. There are plenty
OF places open to his colored supporters
which would not bring them in contact
with the white people of the south in a
manner to humiliate the latter and cause
trouble between the races. The President
should give them these positions and not
continue to disturb the south by holding
colored appointments over them.