The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-16
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
.nvvS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

c,postmnster General VIII Settle
the HOgansViue POstOfiice Case.
Sxxa5ushor.,'s Trio of CuriOsities;
{ Chicken. a Dog and q GOat-A
Merchant of Dakota shot Down
while Locking Up His store-A
smoke and Hub Factory for Able
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GEORGIA.
nj The following Georgia postmasters were
w ppointed Monday: Hardy Perdue, Jay
nmnlxin. R. d. Holcombe, Vaudeville,
f,arroIl. Asa B. Cranshaw, Newbridge,
Tumplxin; Edward A. Hollis Reynoios'
Taylor.
There was destructive fire at Perry
last Saturday morning at o'clock. -Four
dwellings, and store all valued at $1,000
we're destroyed All of the buildings We're
the property of Mrs T. A. Middiebrook,
and were insured for only S,lOO.
w ]. r. Hyatt of Atlanta has filed suit
for divorce against his wife, Mrs. II. A.
n It. They were married in November,
7Ss5. and after q years of married life 1t
is alleged that the wife deserted her nus
band, and that for the past twelve years
they have lived apart.
William Dooley, of Seneca, S. c., filed a
suit at Gainesville Monday, against the
Southern Railway for $500 damages. Doc
lev saws in his declaration that he was
employed as a brakeman on the road, and
that car ran over his foot at Cornelia.
He. also says that it was necessary to cut
his leg off because of the accident.
Col. r T. Nesbitt commissioner of ag-
ricuture. will appoint w. M. Scott, of the
Virginia state experimental station, state
,ntomologist for Georgia. The appointment
will be made by authority of a law enacted
nv the last session of the genera assembly,
PASSED at the instance of Senator Gray.
The Georgia Agricultural Society has en-
dorsed Mr. Scott for the place and Col.
Nesbitt has concluded to name him for It,
George C. Bolian, who has sued the At
lanta Dental College for 100000 damages
for expellng him, has also filed suit in
Judge BloodWorth's court to recover $IU0
milton which he claims he paid and which
the college refuses to return to him. Bolian
came from New Orleans to study dentis-
rrv. The faculty of the college is said to
have assigned as reason for his expulsion
that he married a woman of bad character
The Postmaster General has agreed to
take up the Hogansville postoffice case,
with a view of appointing a postmaster ac-
ceptabIe to the people and establishing a
postoffice He will look into the charges
which have been preferred against Lo1tlh,
and if they are substantiated the Post
master General will in all probability call
for the negroes resignation and appoint a
white man. which is in line with Postmas-
ter General Gary's policy.
Fred Walton of Jackson, Mich, has been
in Abbeville for the past few days. pros
pecting for desirable location for spoke
and hub factory. Mr.. Walton says that IL
ne finds the inducements satisfactory, he
will locate there and establish a plant lie
further says that he is not alone interested
in locating a desirable site for an Industrial
enterprise but that a number OF gehtle-
men with capital will be governed by ms
advice in investing in that section.
l.. R. Freeman, merchant and popular
citizen of Dakota, in Dolly county, was
shot down while locking up his store sun
day morning at l O'Clock preparatory 10
going home to his wife and children. lie
died four hours later without giving any
positive clew as 10 the identity OF MS say
er. A short time before closing his store
Mr. Freeman was visited by number OF
men, among them an eX-conVlct. All
parties were white. The visitors were
bo.sterous as if they had been drinking,
and they behaved in such a way as TO
cause Mr. Freeman to order them out
of the store, and he went so far as TO
threaten them with violence if they refus-
ed to obey his orders The eX-conVict
has not been seen about the town since,
but the other members of the party are
still there and do moi seem afraid to an
swer for all they might know about the
affair.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: T. b. Monkey
of this town has the three greatest Curl
osities of this section. to-wit: A chicken,
dog. and goat. The chicken is about
two-thirds grown and has not, nor never
had, but one wing. The chicken was raised
by DIR. w. C. Hauser of Wadley. The dog
Is hairless being what is called a MeXl-
can. 1t is about two and half years old
and weighs about three or four pounds
4 But that which makes this dog so pc
culiar, as compared with others of its kind
Is the fact that it has never had any tail
4 Whatever. While il lacks this member, so
useful to the ordinary dog in expressing its
JOY still it possesses the most friendly
/ qualities and has the most cunning way of
expressing them. The goat is by far the
i most peculiar of ALL His dress consists first
Of a fleece of wool. over which is a~thick
coat of hair. But this is not what appears
i SO peculiar to the casual observer. Inc
fact is he looks more like mass OF horns
than like a goat. He has eighteen horns
Oe shortest OF Whlcn Is at least slA iiiShO9
long. Sixteen of these are on his feet, yet
he can walk very well, and is perfectly
healthy. He was raised in Jefferson couh-
IT, and is without doubt the most popu-
lar goat in Emanuel county. He receives
daily many visits from both gentlemen
and ladies.
FLORIDA.
The continued dry weather will cut OIL
the yield of straw berries in Polk County
considerably.
Mrs. James Mckay, wife of Capt. Nc
Kay, United States Marshal for the Soath-
tru District of Florida died at Tampa
Sunday
uranke Lake reports that larger acre
age of beans. cucumbers, cantaloupes ana
tomatoes will be planted there this year