The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-07
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.

Shoe Merchant of Jacksonville and
Orlando ASsigns-BiE Manufactur-
ing Company For MacOn-An At
Ianta Building Condemned-Henry
COunty's New Court House-Line of
Banks and jackson County TO lie
Strengthened out.
GEORGIA.
John Weitz of South Macon, fell and
broke his arm at the county jail at Ma
con Friday.
The Methodists of zebulon have COM
pleted their new church and are now wor-
shipping in it.
The building on Whitehall street at At
Ianta occupied by the Eads-Neel Company
and owned by W. B. Lowe. has been con-
demned.
William Martin died at Sandersville Fri
day after an illness of several weeks. He
was one of the largest planters in that
section.
Gov. Atkinson has issued an order APP
pointing a surveyor to survey the county
line of Banks and Jackson, which is in
dispute.
The appraisers of the j. H. Porter es-
tate at Atlanta have completed their work
and have filed with Ordinary Hulsey
schedule of the assets. The report shows
the property over and above all encum-
brances to be worth S7S,545.
]. w. Griffin, a farmer of Henry county,
has been placed under a $500 bond for an
alleged attempt to defraud the govern
ment. Griffin has been running a govern
ment distillery near Hampton, in Henry
county. 1t is charged that he attempted
to use the same stamps twice.
One of the most remarkable landmarks
of Cedartown is the limestone spring in
the center of the city. The electric plant
is built beside the spring and mighty
pumps draw water from it, and supply
every home in Cedartown.
DR.. ]. c. Stone was united in marriage
to Miss Mignonette Macdonald, of Mime
apolis, MINI, at Madison Friday. The
bride came south last winter for her
health. After spending some time In Flor
ida, she went to Madison with friends.
While there she became slightly Ill and
DIR. Stone was called in.
A new court house is being erected In
McDonough, the seat of Henry county.
The old court house was built when Hen
~ county comprised all that part of Geor-
gia which has since been divided into Full
ton, Newton, Rockdale, Fayette and parts
of several other counties. The square on
which the old court house stands will be
converted into park.
D. c. Fitch of Louisiana and II. b.
Evans and George w. Hubbell of Macon
have applied for charter for the Macon
Manufacturing Company, capital stock,
$4,000. The company will manufacture
hubs, spokes wheels, helVes, whiffie-trees,
wagons and other vehicles, plow handles,
beams and other like products, barrels,
boxes and all articles of woodwork and
buy, sell and lease timber lands, and man
ufacture and sell lumber. both rough and
manufactured.
a few days ago r. A. Pursley, of Chat
tooga, was looking for a steel trap which
had been placed on the creek bank to
catch mink. He desired to move the trap
TO the house, but it could not be found.
Next morning, however, he heard a heavy
Tapping of wings In a clump of bushes
near the house, and going out discovered a
buzzard that was making desperate eff
forts to fly, but could not because of some
incumbrance. Going closer he discovered
that the buzZard had on his foot the iden-
teal steel trap which he had hunted so
faithfully for the day before. The trap had
been placed near a dead pig on the creek
bank, and the buzzard had put his foot
In 1t" while investigating the merits of
the pig. The Duzzard was released from
durance and went his way.