The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-18
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Big Reunion of NasOns to he Held
at Rome Next MOnth--A Musical
Prodigy of Six Yenrs-BiE slump
in the Tax Assessment on Proper
ty at MacOn-Fire Department
Horse Fond of His Beer.
GEORGIA
The Freemasons of Atlanta will build
temple to.cost $4,000
Another boat will be built at once by the
Macon Navigation Company, 10 run from
Macon to Brunswick.
Samuel P. Hudgins has been appointed
postmaster at Bull Gap, Pickens county;
S. ]. English, at Englishvile, Macon
county; +. ]. Williams, at Lois, Berrien
county.
A w Castlen of Culloden was robbed
Tuesday night of so. The thief entered
his room with false key and took the
money from his pockets. Mr.. Castlen had
$50 in his purse, but the thief dropped $40
on the floor he left the room.
The city assessments at Macon will this
year fall very considerably below those of
last year. 1t is estimated by one of the
assessors that the slump may amount in
all 10 something ike $liVVO,vuO IL ilol ttlc
full amount. This is due to the fall of
values.
District Deputy Meyerhardt has called
a meeting of the forty Masonic Lodges in
the Seventh district on April with the
Cherokee Lodge, at Rome. This will he
the first district meeting the Masons ever
held in Georgia. The delegats are TO re-
port the condition of lodges A grand Ma
sonic reunion will be held on April in
Rome. over 1000 Masons have been In
vited
Arlington Courier: While digging up a
flower bed In the hotel yard, few days
ago the workman struck his hoe against
some hard substance. Investigation re-
vealed medium sized snuff jar buried at
the roots of the stump of large mulberry
tree that used to stand in the yard The
Jar had evidently been buried there man
years ago. for the roots Of the tree had
grown over it. The jar was empty when
found.
George r., a beautiful gray horse, after
seven years as the pride OF the Rome fire
department, will be relieved from active
service next week and sold. He is a beer
drinker and Will drink a gallon with the
spirit and relish of a confirmed tippler. In
a spirit of fun one of the boys offered the
horse a dpper full of beer one day and to
his astonishment George R. drank every
drop. Since then he has developed a great
big thirst and takes his hop with every
sign of pleasure.
I.awrenceville Herald: Considerable ex-
citement was created Tuesday night by
the screams of Miss Ida Craig in the
upstairs of her fathers residence, about
s O'Clock. She was in her room, and s
she looked toward the door opening into
the hail discovered strange man, which
in her fright she failed TO recognize as
white or black. making toward her with
outstretched arms, as IL TO seize her. She
made a loud cutlery, and the fiend leaped
out of the back veranda from the upstairs
and made his escape.
Baxley Banner: Rev. w. ]. Googe
brought the Banner a foot of one of the
largest eagles that has been killed in APP
eiing county in recent years. 1t was kill
ed by ]. r. Horton at Town Bluff, on the
Altamaha, last Saturday and measured
seven feet three inches from tip to Zip.
The claws are eight inches in length, end
the big bird weighed forty pounds. 1t
was trying to make off with good-sized
hog it had killed when Mr.. Horton shot 1t.
The eagle has been in that neighborhood
for the last ten years, and has killed a
great many lambs, pigs and calves. The
Banner man showed the foot to some of
the older citizens of the country and
they told some interesting tales regarding
the times when the eagles made sheep
raising lottery ia this section. Lem Sell
lers said that thirty-ive years ago one
was killed near his place which measured
nine feet from tip to tip. There are two
varieties of eagles here, the bald eagle
and the gray, but they are getting scarce
now,
Eula Vaughan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. D. Vaughan of Bowman, who is only
years of age, has already composed sew
eral vocal and Instrumental pices of music
She plays entirely by ear. never having
taken music lesson. 1t seems to come
perfectly natural with her, and when she
was only "a years old she was known to
play piece on the organ while held In the
lap of a nurse Her music has been con-
fined almost entirely to the organ, because
her father has no piano, though she plays
on the piano. Al the last commencement
of John Gibson Institute she played an ac-
compartment on the piano to the orches-
ira. without ever practicing the pieces.
Her father says that she can repeat any
piece she has ever heard played. That
she may not get 1t at first, but will keep
trying until she does. She would play
certain chords OF her own composition, and
then began to play them together until
they harmonzed. One day Prof. ]. b.
Vaughan, a brother of his, happened to
hear her, and as she played the piece he
wrote the music down. This piece has been
printed, words being added TO it, and has
been sold, the proceeds going to a fund to
be kept in trust for her musical education.
FLORIDA.
Gainesville will have gala week in
May.
Schools throughout Alachua county are
closing for the summer.
j. H. Merryday has been nominated fer
Mayor of Palatka by the Democrats.
The cabbage market is still reported very
inactive. The growers find it Improbable
to ship to either the Eastern of Western
markets.
Ex-Sheriff z. B. Lambert died suddenly
ale bnYoa at Tronenp WadpaSdax,