The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-22
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
GEORGIA.


The Camilla Clarion reports the death
of Tom Naples of Mitchell county.
Mrs. John ". Hinton died at her home
at The Heights" in Athens Sunday
night
E. S. steadman. late editor of the De-
Kalb New Era, died at the home Of his
mother. Mrs f. steadman of Midway,
Friday night, Dec. Is, Of catarrh of the
stomach.
Nellie Newsome. colored, charged with
the murder of her husband in Americas,
has been acquitted. The evidence adduced
showed that the NewsOme woman welded
the deadly knife in self-defense.
There is much Illegal whisky selling in
Walton county. and the citizens there have
determined to stop it. The county re-
Gently went dry. and now the people say
they will see to Il that all the blind tigers
are closed.
The acreage in wheat in Washington
county Is said to be much larger than pre-
viously and home made flour will Be plen-
tiful next year. A good deal more would
be sowed by tenants, but they have no
money to buy seed.
DR.. f. C. Davis of Atlanta late sur
geon Of the Second Georgia Regiment,
has been called to Albany by the critical
illness Of his mother, Mrs Ella c. Davis.
She has been i'll for some weeks and fears
are entertained for her recovery.
The local bill to amend the charter of the
town of Tennille was passed by the leg
islature This will regulate the elections
so that they will he held every two years
instead of annually, as heretofore The
next election will take place in May, 1879,
and biennialy thereafter.
Col. Lorenzo S. Brown of the Southern
Railway passenger department in Wash
ington, who had charge Of the presiden-
tial party on their southern tour TO the
Atlanta jubilee, and other points, is an
old Covington boy, and has been in the
railway service nearly ever since the war
Mr.. George M. Brantley now has the
largest hog in Washington county, esti-
mated to weigh between 700 and 800
pounds He believes the Duroc-Jersey IS
the best breed of hogs in existence, and
has been raising this kind for the past
ten or twelve years. He frequently sends
to the western states to purchase fresh
stock from different breeders.
l.. Floyd, a young white man, now Ian
guishes behind the prison bars at Vienna
charged with the crime of burglary. Floyd
has for some months past been in the en-
ploy of the Dooly Lumber Company at
Kerns Since his employment the COM
missary has been burglarized several
times in a mysterious manner unknown
and unexplainable to the owners. FLOYD
&c now charged with this crime.
Ex-Mayor King of Rome was touched
in Atlanta for fine diamond scarf pin.
The ex-Mayor was up on pickpockets, and
when he arrived in Atlanta to attend the
Jubilee he felt that he would outwAt any
picket that came his way. still the eN-
Mayor of Rome had to call at the police
barracks and own up that his hne dla-
mond scarf pin was stolen. Some time
during the push at the exposition park a
pickpocket secured the diamond.
Brunswicks new board of county COM
missioners is composed of Messrs. c. d.
Ogg T. Newman, j. l.. Foster, Davis
DubberIy, w. r. Townsend, Moses Isaac,
and j. j. Dot. All the members of the
board were present at the first meeting
except Capt Foster, and took the oaths of
Office which was administered by OTdi-
nary Dart The first business transacted
by the board was the election of chair
man. which resulted in the unanimous
selection of Mr. c. ID. Ogg. A request
was made to the old board for the books
and records, which will be forthcoming
within the next few days and the board
expects to have the county's affairs in
excellent shape at the beginning of the
new year.