The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-09
m GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,rxvs OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS
GEORGIA.

Athens will have division of the Postal
Telegraph Company
The primary election for the nomination
If three aldermen of the city of Americas
uUl be held on Dec. 6, just a month hence.
1aGrange Reporter: If the Georgia Leg
stature would pass a bill that no more
hills could be passed for the next ten
years 1t would ma niue uouU4e III ie
electing itself.
At Moran the thermometer Saturday
morning was 49, Cotton and potato vines
acre killed The farmers are busy put
ing up their seed corn and making syrup
and housing potatoes
Mai Hugh Gordon, at Reynolds. receiv-
Cd a car of fine goats for the Gordon
farm recently and thinks they will be
very remunerative without the aid OF
brown Paper or railroad spikes, as he has
fine grazing for them, as well as Tor MS
horses. cattle and sheep.
The hardware store of P. L. Peacock &
Co. of Cochran was burglarlzed Sunday
night about ? O'Clock An entrance was
made by breaking one of the large plate
glass windows in front. The burglar got
seven pistols and two shotguns. The thief
bid the shotguns in an alley near the store
q ana they We're found by parties trying to
trace the thief.
Chancellor Walter B. Hill, when the
h University trustees met in Atlanta a few
5avs ago. offered to lend his law library
to the University Law School,
n Athens. if the trustees would
nr,vide for its safe-keeping. The
trustees eagerly accepted the offer,
and it was made known to the Law School
a 3av or so ago. The use of this library
win be of great aid 10 the students, as
ii consists of over 500 volumes, and reso-
lutions of thanks were sent to Mr.. Hill.
Moultrie Observer: The contract for fin
ishing the grading on the Georgia North
ern Railroad, between Moultrie and Al
hany, will be commenced within a few
days Mr., J. H. Davidson of brownsville
Is the new contractor, and his reputation
in business and railroad circles is suffi-
Gent to guarantee the completion of the
work at an early date. 1t is now proba-
bic that before great many weeks
through trains will be running from Pid-
cock to Albany as well as from Triton
10 ThomasVille.
Athens Banner: The lawyers of the Uni
yersity have organized a football team,
composed Of giants of undoubted prowess,
whose valor on the gridiron will be thing
Fl to marvel at To- these many moons to
come. The leading spirit, and, in fact, the
n life of the aggregation Is Mr.. Disk Charl-
ton, who declares his intention of playing
guard. that he may show Baby Goff
few of the salient features of the game.
He has a warm second and staunch iml-
tator in the person of Mr. Harry Hull,
who will emulate Dicks example, and play
against Hamilton at right tackle.
Cornelius Fowler. fireman for the
Central of Georgia Railway Company. was
killed in Atlanta week ago. Already
there have been three suits for damages
against the company on account of this
accident, all filed in the interest of differ
ent relatives who sue for the full value
OF his life. Each represents that the value
of the freman's services to the particular
plaintiff make his or her loss $4,000. The
fact that each claimant has secured the
services of a different firm of lawyers,
shows the resourcefulncss of the relatives
Of Fowler, and makes a new chapter in
the history of damage suit litigation.
Capt. Cassius E. Gillette and President
George A. Smith of the Macon Chamber
of Commerce have returned from care
Tul inspection of portion OF
the Oemulgee river between Ma
con and Hawkinsville. Capt. Gill
lette said: 'If the river is no worse than
/ have seen it is entirely feasible to es-
tablish a navigable channel three feet deep
at ordinary summer low water from Ma
con 10 the rivers mouth, and the appro-
prlauon of $4,000. which was made by
congress at its last session, will be ample
TO accomplish this result. The Ocmulgee
river near Macon is in a better condition
than l supposed, and the sandbar opposite
the park and the one at Nansfield's farm
can be easily removed"