The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-01

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Charles Bartlett of Bib, who will be q
member of the next senate, has large
number OF friends who would like to see
him president of the sena g. 1t is under.
st cd that Judge John ]. Hall OF Griffin
will seek the position, and that he will re-
| ceive the support of at least one of the big
politicians Of the state, who generally takes
a hand in matters of public interest When
Mr.. Bartlett was serving his last term as q
member of the house, Senator Brown was a
candidate for the senate, and blr. Bartlett
was the only man who refused to vote for
him, and instead, voted for Gen. Robert
| Toombe. Should Mr.. Bartlett make the race,
| it is safe to say that he will not he supported
| by Senator Brown, as the senator rarely,
if ever, forgsts such incidents.
Adolph Brandt, the lawyer who recently
visited Canada in company with Jacob
| Haas, cashier of the Capitol City bank. and
assisted in perfecting a settlement with G.
| G. Nelson, the defaulting banker, received
letter from Nelson Monday requesting him
| TO see Abe Fry, the jeweler, and tell him
that his diamonds were In the state of New
York, and would be forwarded to him at an
early day. Nelson says he is going into
| business in Canada and as soon as his at
| fairs are arranged he will send Fry the dia-
monds Nelson's assurances are seriously
doubted. Fry let Nelson have the diamonds
| Nelson stating that he wan al TO show
| them 10 Judge Branham Of Rome, who
would likely purchase them, 1t seems that
| Judge Branham knew nothing about the
matter, Nelson using his name merely to
get possession of the diamonds.
The tax digest, are coming in upon the
comptroller general at rapid rate Col
quit county joins hands with Charlton and
Fannin in the boast that she has no lawyers,
doctors or dentists to disturb the evon tenor
of her way. Colquitt county returns S53l, =
524, an increase Of $79,076 over last year :;
Newton county foots up $2279 ,70S, an
increase of $46, $50 over last year; Decatur
county foots up 81, G62, s9l, an increase Of
S57, 3l5 over last year; DOoly county fOots
up 81, 792, 955, an increase of S144, $50 over
last year; Clarke county foots up SIS, $40, 5S5,
an increase of $29j, 435 ovor last year; Ca
toosa foots up 1924, 573 an increase of $l55
over last year; Murray county foots up
Sl,2ll ,064, an increase Ct S14, 1923 over last
year, Douglas county fools up S1,0S9, III ,
an increase of S42, $50 over last year; Hall
county foots up So, 427 ,545, au increase OF
S136,930 over last year; Carroll county
foots up 81, S5S, $50, an increase of SIS, 1850
over last year.
Passengers ON the south bound train on
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, which arrives at Macon at IL 80
o'clock in the morning, report the particu-
lars of what might have been quite a seri-
Gus accident. While going through a COW
cred trestle between Macon and Atlanta
ono Of the top cross beams of the structure
either broke or was Jared out Of place, fall
ing between the side of the bridge and the
cars. 1t became wedged there and scraped
along the windows and outside as a boy
scrapes single on a picket fence, only on
a much louder scale. The cars were badly
bruised, and tho noise sounded as IL the
bridge was going through. The conductor
swung himself on to the bell line and
stopped tho train and then backed up to see
what was the trouble. The cross beams are
in the shape of an X, and one of these had
fallen on the train. One had been thrown
out in corn field some distance, and the
other one caught, as stated.
A correspondent of the Greensboro Sun
says that Thomas Hawkins OF Putnam
county one night not long ago was fright
ened out Of his wits, and no one was at the
bottom of it either. 1t occurred in this
way; As Mr.. Hawkins and his wife were
sleeping in different rooms, but in the same
house, Mr.. Hawkins dreamed that a tramp
had entered the house and killed his wife.
The dream was so natural that he was
awakened. Believing the dream to be true,
he jumped out of bed, ran into the room
where his wife slept, struck a match, and
his wife, which he mistook for blood This
added TO his fright, and he at once
put out 10 the nearest neighbor for
help, but the neighbor was too Old TO
render any, but was not too old to see that
Mr. Hawkins was yet in his night clothes,
and this deficiency was very soon supplied
by the old man, who was a great deal
larger than his friend. The clothes did not
fit, but he wore them rather than go TO the
hOnea xxhara L., 4;
in his night clothes When he arrived and
told his tale of sorrow, his friends turned
out en- masse to the scene of bloodshed-
picture his chagrin-mixed with a degree
of pleasure. His wife was wrapped in the
arms Of sweet sleep, unconscious of what
was going on, but was soon walked by the
noise of the crowd. A light was struck and
then be beheld himself standing there in the
midst Of his friends, as pale as a ghost,
and his friends enjoying themselves at his
expense.
A rather mysterious case was in the hands
of Detective Buchanan at Atlanta Monday.
A young man named p y. Jenkins died
Saturday afternoon at $500 at the home of
Mrs. Slater, IS CORTLAND avenue. IL was
known that a short while before he died the
young man had about 1895. A short while
after his death not cent could be found in
his pockets, and only $3.50 could be &C
counted for. Eighty five dollars is missing
The young man held a position under 6.
N. Haley, general agent of the Arbuckle
coffee company The iuval d wife
of Mr.. Haley has been at Salt
Springs for some time past, Mr.. Haley
himself being at Salt Springs Some time
last week Dir. Haley telegraphed to young
Jenkins to come by Atlanta and come with
his wife to Milwaukee, as he had written
her TO come. Thirty dollars was sent him
to purchase the lady's ticket. Mrs Haley
had two trunks, while jenkins had none,
and it was arranged that he should take
one OF the trunks and the check jenkins
had the trunk checked to Atlanta, and on
Friday he came here himself. Mrs Haley
was to start from Atlanta Monday When
she arrived here she was surprised to
learn Of young Jenkins death. II seems
that Jenkins turned over the trunk to an
other Arbuckle agent named c. B. An
drews of Thomaston, and that it was
checked all right to Milwaukee. But the
money could not be found. 1t seems,
moreover. that after he was taken ill on
Friday morning, Jenkins seat for young
friend, +. c. Brown, clerk at Hutchinson
Bros. drug store, and gave him $3.50 TO be
paid to Oglesby d Meador. The money
was paid and the receipt turned over TO
jenkins. Further than this nothing is
known except that the money is missing.
FLORIDA.
Work on the Episcopal church at Brooks
vile was begun last Monday.