The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Peculiar Case Before Judge at
Macon-Macon's Fertilizer Works.
GEORGIA.
December has six holidays-five Sunda VS.
and Christmas.
Mrs. John N. Carpenter died at her home
near Munnerlyn on last Thursday morning.
Five dray loads of jug liquor, three kegs
of beer, besides large quantities OF bottled
beer, were shipped from Americas on Sat
urday.
The name of the newly settled business
place beyond the incorporate limits of Glib
son has been changed from Hamburg to
Pineburg.
The general store of NJ. Franklin. at
Waynesooro, has been closed out to r. A.
Hatcher 81 Co., and the business will be
conducted at the same old stand.
The bill Incorporating the Americas
by both the House and Senate, and active
operations will doubtless begin early in
January.
Joe G.. Outlaw, colored, has announced
himself as a candidate for coroner of
Sumter county. Several years ago he was
a candidate for representative from Sumter
in the lower house.
j. E. Gill, an agent for the New York
Life Insurance Company, is charged with
embezzling money paid him as premiums
at Rome. He is supposed to have obtained
about $500. He has fed.
There came near being destructive fire
in Button Thursday. A chunk of fire
rolled out of the fireplace in the back room
of Mr.. j. E. Mansfield's store, and had
burnt a considerable hole in the floor when
it was discovered and extinguished.
Last week Undertaken Heating of Macon
furnished coffin for MISS Babb who had
died with consumption. Monday he sup
piled coffin for Miss Virginia Babb, a
sister of the first deceased. A third sister
is also lying at the point of death with
pneumonia, the same disease with which
the sister died Monday.
Samuel Amos died suddenly Sunday at
his residence in Talbot county near
Braughville On Saturday he was in his
usual health, and attended to business all
day. He arose Sunday morning feeling
quite well, but after little exertion, a
weakness crept over him, and in few
minutes after he was dead.
A 2-year-old child of William Moore, who
lives two or three miles northeast of Bluff
ton, was severely burned Thursday night
1t was playing about the fireplace when its
clothing caught fire, and when its parents
reached it the flames had enveloped its
body. While its injuries are not very dan
gerous they are quite painful.
u.
Oil and Fertilizer Works, has gone 10 At
lanta to confer with northern capitalists
about increasing the capacity, ETC., of the
works at Macon. They have agreed to ap-
propriate $50, 900 for that purpose on the
request of Mr.. Coates for $125, 600, and may
agree to give the entire amount
The caps and belts for the T. Wheatley
Fire Company of Americas arrived yester-
day. The belts are handsomely ornamented
by raised work, while the caps are of blue
material, a figure two in gilt, and gold
cord over the frontpiece. With their white
coats, handsome caps and belts, the Wheat
leys will break the girls hearts on the an
nual parade
Friday night some unprincipled vagabond
attempted to wreck the passenger train
going into Abbeville, about six miles from
that town. A number of cross-ties were
piled upon the track on a curve, but .fortu-
nately a trackman, who was passing that
way, saw them in time to have them re-
moved before the train came along, thus
avoiding a smash up.
The near approach to the annual election
Of officers of the city government of Ameri
Gus, and the annual reports and recon-
mendations to be made by the chairmen of
committees and chief of the fire department,
has started rumor that Americas was to
have semi-paid fire department in the
near future; that Mayor Fielder swas in
favor of it, with a number of aldermen
agreeing with him.
On Saturday peculiar case was had be-
fore Judge Gustin of the superior court at
Macon. A country merchant had been in
dicted for selling whisky without the
proper license. 1t seems that he had failed
to comply with the law in not obtaining
the permission to sell from ten of his near
est neighbors, five of whom should be Free
holders. He pleaded guilty, and was fined
$25. There are several other country mer-
chants in the same boat.
At Americas one day last week, John and
James Salter bought a mule from the
Thomas estate and turned him in the lot at
night. In the morning the mule had disap-
peared- They mounted their ponies and
secured the country for a day or two, but
could hear nothing of their lost animal.
One of them happened to go to the corn
crib for some purpose and found the mule
had opened the door and gone into winter
quarters. He was feasting high and enjoy
ing the place to his fullest extent
Friday night about 10 O'Clock, fire broke
out in the store of William Fitzgerald, at
Rochelle. The store and contents were
fully covered by insurance. Mr.. Warren
suffered great loss by damage to his goods,
whose store was near FitZgerald's and all
thought it would also burn, but fortunately
it did not His goods were scattered over
renis insurance expired at 12 o'clock that
night, and the fire occurred at ten. The
fire was the work of an inceGdiary.
Benjamin McKInnon and Eddie, little
son of ]. +. Pate, were out hunting near
Button. when the formers gun was acct
dentally discharged and the load took effect
in the right leg and foot of the latter Mr..
McKinnon was few steps behind the little
fellow, when his gun, the muzzle of which
was pointing in front of him, became en-
tangled in some bushes and was discharged.
with the above result. DR.. johnson dressed
the little fellows wound (which was not a
very serious one), and lie is now doing
well.
Soon there viii be a general howl set up
by the citizens who border Americus north,
south east and west. William Wilcox has
been engaged In locating the corporation
line for several days, and as far as he has
gone in some parts of the city some will be
thrown out, and on the other side some will
be taken in. The line has been supposed TO
be at certain points all the while, but no
official survey was ever had and now since
it has been made, those who go out of the
city and those who are taken in will raise a
general howl Of dissatisfaction.
At Americas, Sunday morning, little
after ] o'clock, the police discovered the
bookstore Of Brown & Harper, on Jacks N