The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-05
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,,rs OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

a overIOolxcd by the state Sur
.vors and still the Property OF
.nc state Discovered i'm South
Georgia.
GEORGIA
,,.orsbiners. armed with shotguns fired
.-,,a crowd of raiding revenue officers
T.. pockdale county few night ago and
- Denuty Marshal Scott Deputy Col
tor Martin and Deputy Tom Glenn.
N-one of he officers were seriously wound
~ and all of them have continued their
u.ork Several prominent citizens OF
Rockdale county, it is said, VIII be arrest
Oh for the assault.
Nevnan Herald: 1t is unlawful now to
catch on kill a 'possum in this state be-
,resn March / and Oct. l, even if the
,nossum be found at your hen roost. The
'n,1tv ranges from $50 to $1,000, or
Nv months in the chain-gang. 1t is
lsa unlawful to catch female terrapln
al certain. seasons of the year. AS frogs
are farvorite dish with some of our edu-
,ated epicures we may expect the next
legislature to pass a bill for their protec-
ton also.
Carrollton Times: DIR. w. C. New of
mis- Mace has shown MS a copy of the
Columbus Inquirer published April IA,
1on fine wear the editor of this paper was
horn. The paper is a neatly printed eight
column folio. The column rules of this
issue are turned, draping the paper in
mourning on the occasion of President
Hsrrison's death. We notice that the In
ouirer did all the official printing for Wes-
tern Georgia in those days. The publish
ers of the paper were Bell, Goulding &
% and was edited and conducted by
z T. Marks and Jesse L. Bell, price So
pavable in advance, or 81 at the expira-
lion of The year. The advertising rates
we're 81 per hundred words. Cotton was
quoted at 10 and In cents, meat, hams
and 10, sides and 8, shoulders, and
and corn 40 cents a bushel, wheat 70
cents New Orleans molasses 80 and 81.
Macon Telegraph A movement is being
started to perpetuate the name of the Ma
con Light Artillery by forming an artil-
lerSAcoaapany by that name. No company
ever won more fame on the battlefield
than the Macon Light Artillery. Ii was
organized by Leroy Napier, who out Of
his own pocket paid 100000 for the can
non etc, with which the company was
equipped. AS a recognition of his patriot
ism and generosity, the company went to
the war.under the name of the Napier Ar
tilerv but was finally changed to the
Macon Light Artillery. just thirty-three
years ago in the month of April, the COM
pany was practically annihilated at Pc
tersburg. In It's ranks persisted many of
the bravest of Macon's soldiery. With the
exception of here and there a gray-hair-
ed veteran, nothing remains of the devo-
ted company but the memory of its gall
lart deeds.
At Wrightsville Friday night at II
o'clock a fire of unknown origin broke
out in the upper story of store house
owned by Col. V. B. Robinson. The lower
floor was occupied by an Assyrlan. The
upper floor had vacant offices, except the
one occupied by Col. Robinson. A small
Part Of the goods of the Assyrian were
saved, and Col. Robinsons loss in the
building, law books. papers, notes, etc,
is considerable. The house was valued at
500 No insurance. The flames spread to
me store occupied by r. T. & w. H.
Loyett, and owned by Mrs. ]. J. Butterfly.
The store was valued at 500, with 1915
insurance. The stock of Lovett Bros. was
valued at $780, About one-half of this
stock was saved. Insurance $1,000. Next
10 Lovetts was the law Office of Col A.
f. Daley and a house occupied by negroes,
ana owned by j. NJ. Mason. Both were
burned No insurance All the effects In
potn buildings were saved. II took hard
work to save the stores of A. S. Davis
ana j. &, Linder and the residence of
- b. Tanner. The stocks of Davis and
Hnder We're damaged by being removed.
Atlanta Constitution: Secretary of State
Clifton has been apprised of the existence
OF 6l0 acres of land in Southwest Geor-
ga between the counties of Baker and
Mitchell which has never been surveyed,
ana winch has never bpQfl granted This
Iaha IS in two tracts of oblong shape and
was found by B. F. Johnson, draughtsman
NJ me Secretary of States Office, while
preparing maps of these two counties. Mr.
'oVAhson found that the surveyor who sur
Eeyed the line between the counties of
baker and Mitchell for the Eighth dis
'r-ct when he reached the Flint river went
up he river fifty chains and then con-
'Iued the line. The surveyor who sur
E9yed the line for the Eleventh district
pesan at the Flint river where the first
man mad left off, but failed to go up fifty
THdIhs, leaving an unsurveyed, tract of
iand eight miles and fourteen chains in
.euSth and fifty chains in width. Just be-
lore this tract. also between the coun-
yes OF Mitchell and Baker, is another
'"dce which has never before been ac-
COUNTED for and which was caused in the
Taihe manner. This tract is between the
E-'eVenth and Twelfth districts and is
l1ur miles and fourteen chains long and
"IlI chains wide In both the tracts to-
'Aer there are about 800 acres of land
"u,ch has never been granted by the state
ana which still belongs to the state
whether or not this land is occupied or
gI|.ned is not known, since the investi-
7''-oh mas not gone that far.
FLORIDA.