The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-09
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
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posing Of the rioters, and Prof. X. Gruop
is happy once more.
For many years. in Morgan county, no
white person has been in jail, except two,
and these for selling whisky. which cases
went 10 the lower court.
Tattnan Journal: Poulan. Ca. town
not much, If any. larger than Reidsville,
is 20 have a bank. We don't see why
Reidsville can't have one.
MIR. Sampson Lewis, a successful farm
e.. who lives about seven miles from East
man. has a brood SOW from which he
raised thirty-three hogs, all born within
eleven months
The case of the state against the Cen
trial Of Georgia Railroad Company, the
Middle Georgia and Atlantic and the Ea-
tonton branch will be argued in the state
library next Monday morning.
Montgomery Monitor The Mt. Vernon
and Oconee Railroad would sound all right
besides It would give us much cheaper
freight ra os to have a short line connect
ing this place with the steamboat lines.
Mr.. AIgernon Blair of Macon has been
awarded the contract for building the new
SchIey county court house at Ellaville.
The contract price is 9.5S5. The building
is to be completed by March Is. 1890, in
time for furnishing and arranging the in
terror by the commissioners for the Supe-
rior Court on the second Monday in April
following.
Laura Allen. a negro woman living on
the place of Capt. william Rutherford,
near Culloden, was found dead in the
woods near her house Wednesday. 1t Is
thought she was murdered by another ne
IN no MS a . thew
seen together a short time before she was
found dead and there had been trouble be
tween them
Secretary of State Cook on Thursday re-
corded bonds amounting 10 $l,5OO,OOO for
the ST. Johns division of the Savannah
Florida and Western Railroad Company
The bonds are per cent, payable in 1884
State Entomoogist Scott is making a
tour of the northern part of the state,
examining the condition of the nurseries
He will be absent several days.
Poulan News and Immigrant: Mr.. Joe p.
Brown is the boss tobacco grower and ci-
gar maker In town. He has raised about
100 pounds Of fine tobacco on a piece of
land 50x50 and now he is smoking cigars OF
his own make. Surely this is the gar
den spot OF creation when a fellow can
make everything he wants to eat wear,
chew, smoke and drink if he viii only try.
Southeast Georgian: It looks as though
the days OF the worthless dog were num-
lbered. There is quite decided expression
of opinion In favor of dog law being
passed at the next session of the legisa-
ture. The good work done at the last ses-
sion by the representative from Camden.
Hon. D. p. Rose, had something to do with
arousing the people to the necessity of
such a law.
Swansboro, Wiregrass Blade: Mr.. Peter
PEBBLES came into town Friday with
badly cut hand. 1t seemed that he was
working at Allen R.ch's, and while taxi
ing off a nut the monkey wrench slipped
and the back of his hand struck the sharp
edge of a drawing knife on the bench He
was SO long n having it dressed that he
came near bleeding to death, some arteries
having been cut.
Canton Advance: Tom Randolph was
checked by a bolt of lightning at his home
near Cherokee Mills last Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Randolph was lying upon
bed with his babe by his side when the
shock came which rendered him uncon-
scious until next morning, and. strange as
it is, indeed, that the babe was not injur-
ed at ALI Mr.. Randolph, we learn, has
about recovered from the shock.
e. A. Farrell of Barney Ga, sends the
Morning News the following receipt for
making domestic wines: Press out juice
and put two and a half 10 three pounds
sugar 10 gallon. and let it stand open
twenty-one days. Keep it filled up with
sweetened juice and don't use any water
at all. One bushel of grapes will make
three gallons of wine Jugs are best to
use When these directions are followed
failure Is impossible.
Albany Herald: negro man named Dave
Green came into the city this morning for
medical attention, having been bitten by
a rattlesnake last night. Green lives out in
the oaky woods and was walking along a
path near a swamp last night when the
snake bit him. He did not see the reptile
but heard ii rattle and knew. therefore
that ID was a rattlesuake that struck him
He bound up his leg and came 10 the city
DIT. =. L. Hilsman treated the negro. DR.
1ilsman said this morning that the negro's
foot was In a bad condition. but that he
could not yet say how serious the biCe
would be. He said the imprints of The
fangs indicated that it was large snake
that had bitten the negro.
On the banks of creek, in Wilkes coun-
", Henry Andrews had located his still.
The waste matter from the Is illery would
be thrown into the creek, and washed
down stream to a point where the stream
was partly damned. The waste matter
would stop at the dam and could be taken
from the stream and fed to the hogs. In
this way the hogs could get the stun to
eat and yet not so too near the Sun 1t
was a neat precauiCn for The moonshn-
er to take to elude the law but Deputy
Marshal Whitley caught on to the scheme
and went up stream until he located the
sin. Andrews was given a hearing by
Commissioner Calvin in Angus a and
bound over TO the United States court
Tattnan Journal: Quite an interest case
was tried at Blue Ridge last Saturday be-
fore Justice c. c. Anderson in which the
title TO some oxen were involved. Messrs
Burkhalter & Seals represented the plain
tiff and Beasley & Griffin appeared for
the claimant. Counsel grew loud and eio-
quent in the discussion OF the case, espe-
clally those for the plaintiff: SO much s,
that while Col. Burkhalter was speaking