The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-20
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

six Years OId-LIcut. Col. Russell
Freaks n Leg-Two Men Promoted
From the Army Ranks to Second
Lieutenancies.
GEORGIA.
There are five applicants for the post
mastership at Reynolds.
a cotton mill is among the possibilities
of the near future at GAINESVILLE.
Lieut.. Frank Peabody has resigned the
second neutenancy Of the Columbus
Guards.
The acreage of land in Georgia has de-
creased from 100000 to 100000, as indicated
by the tax returns.
The annual meeting Of the Georgia
Teachers Association will be held at
Warm Springs, June q, 2S % and 80.
J. L. f. Matthews G. a. Harrison and
Claude Worrin are candidates for ordinary
of Epson county. The nomination by the
democratic party occurs to-day,
The fifteenth annual convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Of
Georgia will be held in Sandersvfle, Wash
ington county, April Is to 10. inclusive.
VIII TreadweII and Meschach Carithers,
both negroes. escaped from the jefferson
county jail Thursday by removing a stone
from the window. Treadwell was held
for murder, and Carithers for robbery.
In 25-round boxing match between
Jack OKeefe of Chicago and Patsy Nor
ton of Savannah, at the opera house at
Thomasville, Wednesday night, O'Keefe
knocked Norton out in the fifth round, by
a blow on the jaw.
Lieut.. Col. George B. Russell of Fort
Mcpherson is suffering from broken leg
which he received Wednesday night. He
was walking about 10 o'clock just in front
of his house. when he stepped in a gut
ter and fell several feet. Both bones in
the right leg were broken just above the
ankle
Deputy Marshal McAfee and party cap
tured an Illicit distllery and destroyed
large amount of beer two miles north of
Winder Wednesday, and captured four
boys and negro man in charge. The
boys were from twelve TO eighteen years
of age. A new copper still just set for use
was also destroyed.
Luke Polite, a drayman living in Dix
Vile, is the father Of the largest family
of boys in Brunswick. Up to last week
he had ten-all sturdy, healthy fellows.
Last week his wife. Nancy, presented him
with an additional pair, making total
of a dozen future voters now around the
Polite hearthstone.
The stockholders of the Bank Of Cullo-
den met Thursday and elected directors.
The board elected as officers: w. c. Jones.
Vracidart. TJfliap1an vice president.
H. B. Bigham, cashier, and William S.
Withan, financial agent. Il was decided to
erect a handsome marble front bank build
ing. The bank is chartered at $4,000.
The Thurman will case at Atlanta has
been appealed to the superior court. The
decision was rendered Monday by Judge
Hulsey setting up the will of 1892, by
which Mrs. Florence Underwood will
eventually come into possession of an es-
tate worth SIS. 600 The caveator, Mrs.
Thurman, was dissatisfied with the de-
cision.
Mrs. f. A. Baker of Acworth, has in
her possession a genuine maidstone. The
stone weighs ninety grains and has an in
teresting history. II was taken from the
gall of deer that was killed ffty-six
years ago at Sand Town by Seaborn j.
Tanner. The deer was said to have been
one OF the largest seen in those days,
and three men could have stood abreast
between its mammoth horns.
A fierce wind storm passed just north of
Sandersville about 6 o'clock on Sunday
morning. A funnel-shaped cloud that al
ways attends the awful cyclone, was seen
by some. but it must have been too high
for the fearful destruction that usually
follows in its wake. The fencing on farms
just west and north of town and to the
northwest and west of SandersVille was
badly blown down, with some timber also.
M. w. Bussey of Piedmont, Pike county,
has numerous old curiosities in his pos
session which belonged to his grandfather.
One of these Is pair of spectacles which
Mr.. Bussey now uses, and which are
probably close to seVenty-five years old.
He also carries a pocketbook owned by
his grandfather. This book has around it
buckskin string, which is fifty years
old. The string was taken from a deer
killed in Pike county, probably in the for
ties. He has quite number of other such
relics.
The tax digests for the different receiv-
ers of the various counties were sent out
from the Office of the controller general,
Thursday. According to the new law, the
governor, controller general and state
treasurer are required to fix upon the day
for the valuation Of property by tax pay
ers preparatory to making their returns,
and the date fixed upon this year is March
]. Persons giving in their taxes for the
current year must give them In according
to their valuation on the first day of the
present month.
Americas Recorder; 1t will be remem-
bered that four years ago Americas was
honored with a visit from that now most
distinguished American citizen, the Hon.
Robert Fitzsmmons, late of Australia.
lie was then plain Bob" Fitzsimmons,
and was starring with a company in The
Village Blacksmith. Fitz forged a horse
shoe on the stage at Glover's opera house,
which he carelessly threw aside after the
play. But that horse shoe was not lost,
and yesterday the happy owner festoon-
ed 1t with blue ribbons, and II now has
the place Of honor in the lobby of the
Hotel Windsor
Sensational proceedings have been in
PRODUCED in the sperry- Strang receiver
ship case Of the Lanier house at Macon.
Another chapter was added to the case
Thursday when petition was filed in the
United States court by President George
H Plant through his attOrnoVg asking