Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-15

Piano Mandatory on the Tapis at
Atlanta-The Death of a Child at Au-
gusta Finally Pronounced the Result
of Murder-The Tax Digest OF 1886 at
Augusta.
GEORGIA.
Baldwin county has LOO registered
voters.
Americas will soon have an ice factory
in operation.
Steps are being taken to raise S65, 900 In
subscriptions for hotel at Rome.
At farm few miles below LAFAYETTE
is horse that was sold for $3.50 Just after
the surrender. He still knows what the
collar is.
The following Postmasters for Georgia
were commissioned March 10: William
A. Porter, AlphaTetta; William W. Kea-
ton, Damascus; Richard L. Story, Eche-
counee.
Lula Jones, 9-year-old cOlored
girl, over whose body an inquest was
held at Augusta five weeks ago, died, it
has Just been announced, from the effects
of a brutal beating at the hands OF her
half-brother, Abraham Jones. Jones is
still at large.
At Augusta Saturday, at the March
meeting of the Board of Education, re-
port from a special committee appointed
TO review the purchase Of a schOOlhouse
from Mrs. Fanny Wheless, recommended
that the purchase be Tescinded and the
president be authorized to make a quit
claim deed to the original owner.
Minnie Horton, little 6-year-old negro
girl, the daughter of Louis Horton, who
lives on Hon. Lindsay JOhRsOn's place in
East Rome, was badly burned Wednesday
afternoon, from the effects Of which she
soon afterwards died. The girl was LETT
in the house With no one but brother, a
little older than herself, and it is supposed
her dress caught from the fireplace.
At meeting of the City Council, of
Augusta, held Saturday, it was found
that the digest of 1886 amounts to $16.-
273.000; real estate, $11 1896, 900; personal,
$47S,300. An ordinance Was then passed
adopting the tax the same as last year,
as follows: One half Of one per centum
for ordinary expenses, S7% OF 100 per
centum for extraordinary expenses; and
u of per centum for the sinking fund,
which is fixed by an act ofthe legislature.
The county executive committee met at
Canton. Saturday, and decided that the
county hold primary elections in each
district on Saturday, May IS next. to de-
termine who the choice of the county is
for Senator to represent the 18th senate
rial district in the next General Assem-
bly,, and this being Cherokee's turn to
send the Representative, and Walton and
, Forsyth having previously asked for such
IN action, between now and then the eX-
sitement will continue to grow.
Thursday an old negro woman on Ches.
HOwelPs place, 10 or u miles from Amer
icus, was burned to death. She was said
to be LOG years old, and was rs helpless as
baby. Some of the eOlored people had
Laid hnt had in front Of q "
FIRE, with the old woman on it, and then
LETT the house. About II O'Clock a smoke
was seen issuing from the cabin and the
hands hurried in to see about 1t. They
found the woman literally roasted and
dead. the bedding burned up and the
house in danger. They saved the house.
Itis proposed to organize joint stock
company at Atlanta for the manufacture
of the famous Cooper piano. This piano
will have some unusual features about
it. 1t has a new pedal that enables the
sound to be held at any stage and for any
length of time. 1t is also fixed so that the
sounding board and other aceoutrements
can be detached; and an arrangement is
made for music. The company will be
organized upon the basis OF 100000 capt.
tai. and such gentlemen as W. w. Austell,
the Inmans, Col. j. f. Burke and others
are in it.
The Injunction against CARING g.
Brown. asked for by certain stockhOlde rs
of the Lanier House Company, of Macon,
and argued before Judge Simmons on
March > and 8, has been refused. The
stockholders sought to enjOin Messrs.
CARING IL Brown from carrying out tAelr
plans with regard to the Improvement Of
the property, principally on the ground
that that firm was a partnership. The
object of the injunction was to have this
co-partnership dissolved. Judge Sim
mons, while he based his refusal on gem
eral grounds. held that CARING ~ Brown,
representing a majority OF the stock, was
Corporation and not co-partnership.
Judge Richard H. Clarke, of Atlanta,
saws that John Coffee, who killed Deputy
Marshal Merritt, at Lula, is grandson
or descendant of Gen. John Gomez OF Tel
fair county, Georgia, who was elected to
Congress on the general ticket in 1884.
He died IN October, 1896, on the eve of the
Conversational election. He WAS voted for
throu 0bout the State and reelected, as
his death was not generally known. Hon.
" q. Dawson. Of Greensboro, was elected
IN an the vacancy created by COfee's
death. Gen. John Coffee has been fire.
uuentlv confounded with Gen. Gomez, Who
served on Gen. Jackson's stan. Inc
former was only military general oil
Georgia.
The Dayton Coal and Iron Company an
English concern, have Deen shlpplng
from four to5iye cars per day of ore from
their beds near Sugar Valley for the last
two months. all that they could handle,
until they got well started. They will
soon begin to ship about ten cars per day
now as thew have got everything IN work
ing order. The Sugar Valley ana car pom
dale Iron Company, which collapsed dur
ing the panic, are making ARRANGEMENTS emu
10 start up again. X. Il. hueston, Oh Oln-
cinnati, who now owns all lhe stoSA, 10
sbare making all arrangements and con-
temnlates opening out soon at Ooth thelr
SUGAR Valley and Carbonate beds, which
are five or six miles apart.
FLORIDA.
Dr. Hood is building female seminary
Weir.