The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-30
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ITEMS FROM THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

,trs Milton j. Daniel, one of Griff1n's
bsst known and most honored women, is
dead.
The mill house at Pidcock, with all its
contents. went up In smoke Monday night;
insurance about $3.50 in the Norwich Union.
Ttis is the fourth bad fire in Pidcock in
tbe last few months, one being in busi-
mss building and two in the large saw
mills there.
Paul D. Reese was elected justice of the
reace Saturday of the Lindale district.
Mr. Reese is a well known pharmacist in
addition to being an eminent literary critic.
Iindale district has population of 5000,
being next to Rome in Importance in
Floyd county.
Rev. Samuel P. Jones of Cartersville,
now al Wheeling, w. Va, in an interview
predicts the failure of the prohibition bill,
stating that it will not pass the Senate
"The Legislatures can't be bought" said
he but they can be borrowed on special
occasions and the goods returned after the
affair is over"
The Chattahoochee has been rising rap
idly during the past forty-eight hours, and
the work on the addition to the Eagle and
Pbeuix mills and the dam of the North
Highland Power Company. at Columbus
has been stopped At both places the COT
feriam and works are completely sub
merged The North Highland Power COM
pany's. loss viii reach into the thousands,
as great damage has been done to the
coslerdams, derricks, railroad and other
parts Of the works.
Walton News and Messenger: Good OBJ
servers say that they never saw so much
wheat sown in Walton county as has been
sown this fall. If we have proper sea-
sons next spring a large wheat crop will
be harvested Similar report comes to
us from the entire state. Surely our
farmers are learning the advantage of liv.
ing at home and raising cotton as sur
plus crop. This together with our grow
ing manufacturing industry. means the
rapid upbuiding of the South.
Atlanta Journal: If the coal dealers are
correct in their surmises, Atlanta is threat
ened with a coal famine that may soon
force the large consumers of steam coal
10 shut down their plants. 1t is also pos
sib,e hat the supply of domestic coal may
run short unless the situation is relieved
before a severe spell of weather comes.
Several coal dea, ers were interviewed by
a Journal reporter to-day, and all, with
our exception, stated that The situation
was more serious than it has been in
years, and he future was anything but
encouraging.
The latest of natures freaks seen at Du-
poul, was a would-be house cat, and ow-
ing TO us maternity is forced to adopt the
name Of cat, while from its general ap-
pearance it would seem a sheep, or an
Onossum. The animal has ears. eyes and
feet like a cat, while its head body, etc,
are very much ike those of an opossum.
For a long while after the CATS advent
iato the world its body was devoid of COW
ering, but as IA grew up there appeared
upon its body a covering of very fine wool.
The animal is now nearing maturity, and,
strangest of all, it hasn't tooth in its
head. The cat is the property of Mr..
Jerome Corbett residing near Dowd post
office, near Dupont
The race for Mayor of Macon is grow
ing more interesting. Mr.. w. T. Morgan
is an avowed candidate against Mr.. Bridges
Smith, and declares that he is in it to a
finnish. Mr. Roland Enis is a possibility.
Mr.. George W. Duncan is almost per-
sEaded." Mr.. S. A. Crump does not mind
saying that he needs but little more en-
couCagement. Mr. Henry Horne is on rec
ORD Is having said ct a public speaking
IN INF Academy of Music when the paving
mattel II question was agitating the pub
JIG M 80 That he was out of politics, unless
Mr. ~ 7, Morgan ever offered to run for
Me sor, 10 which event he would oppose
him with all his might Thus the mat
ter stands, and the time for registering
yoIers hFs passed.
Macon Telegraph: Capt Gillette of the
United otes Engineering Corps came up
from Savannah yesterday morning, and
after remaining in the city a few hours
went down the Ocmulgee river on the
steamer Ida to Hawkinsville Since Capt
Guiette's former visit he has sent a crew
uiaer the charge Of Capt. R, B. Wooivin
TO Macon for the purpose of removing the
sand bar in the Oemulgee river near the
city. This will require quite lot of hard
"oih TO the people of Macon, which will
y4 quile interesting. The Massee Lum-
peI company viii furnish the lumber to
capt Woolvin for the boat that he will
construct al the landing on the river, near
central City Park gate The snag boa,
sauna IS now near Abbeviiie on the way
up lne Oemulgee. Capt Woolvin win in
~, pFooaoiity be engaged in work near
"a'on until after Christmas, when he
oles 10 get this end of the Ocmulgee in
abS g shape, when it is highly prob
- ne steamer Ida will make regu-
TO- ..IN- )etween Macon and points down