The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-11

The return of city property at Sanders
Vile for the year 1881, aggregates SAi4, l2O.
The stewards Of the Methodist church of
Elberton have fixed the salary of the pastor
at $1,000.
At Americas, Drs $ b. Hawkins and c.
A. Brooks have formed partnership IN the
practice of medicine.
At Americus, J. j. Smith, dealer in fancy
groceries, assigned Monday TO j. w. Wheat
", for the benefit OF creditors.
Work on the new jail at Darien is being
pushed right ahead and it will not be long
before it viii be ready for the reception of
guests.
On Feb. Dodge county win say by her
vote whether whisky shall come back or
not She has been dry for the past two
years.
The Hebrews of Atlanta will give a
charity ball Jan. IS in aid Of the Orphans
Home, the cornerstone OF which is TO be
laid on the day Of the ball.
The Presbyterian congregation of Au-
Eusta denies that it reduced the salary OF its
pastor only to get rid of him. Betrench-
ment is declared "A necessity.
Darien Gazette. Charlie Collins is still in
the penitentiary serving out a life sentence,
although he should be a free man. Collins
viii get justice after awhile.
The company that is proposing to organ
ize and start a cotton seed oil mill guano
factory and compress in CovingtOn will em-
ploy about seventy-iive hands
Rumor has it that the Chattahoochee
Brick Manufacturing Co. have purchased
land i'm the vicinity Of Cedartuwn, and will
establish branch of their business upon it.
a conditional contract has been made be
tween the School Commissioners of Cedar
town and the Clay Brothers for the erection
OF the school building. 1t is TO he built of
brick for $500
\ dividend of s. per share from the earn
Ings of the SandersVille and Tennile Rail
road Company has been declared by the
directors, payable at the Office of the Treas
urv on and after Jan TO-
j. Regan6, a Frenchman. many years a
resident of Albany, is making arrangements
for the location OF a moulding mandatory
there He intends manufacturing all kinds
of room and picture moulding.
Bartow's municipal election resulted as
follows: For Mayor, John A. Mcmillan.
For Aldermen, j. NJ. Brown, w. L Evans,
j. II. Rhodes, y. r. Hermm w. H. II.
Stewart. There was no opposition.
A petition for an election under the local
option law was circulated in Baldwin cOun-
ty last week There are over POO signatures
To the petition al white mem and it will be
presented to the Ordinary at an early day
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a divorce to George Harris and wife They
ore among the oldest residents in the coun-
", were married in 1874 and have raised a
large family of children, all Of whom are
married
Mr. Taylor, while on his way home Satur-
day night, when about six miles from
Rome, was fired at by two persons from the
woods One ball passed through his cravat,
but hey uninjured. No clew to the would
be aSsaSsins.
w. A. Munders, n prominent citizen of
jug Tavern, was severely bitten by mad
dog Monday while ON his way out of town
MIR. Numbers wound is very painful and
dangerous, and great fear is apprehended as
to bis recovery.
At Darien acommittee has been appointed
by Live Oak Lodge to consider the advis-
ability Of getting up, at an early day, a big
Masonic far in Darien. The proceeds Of
The fair VIII 80 toward the erection of a
$1,000 Masonic hall on Broad street
The Putaam Enterprise is the nam of a
new weekly paper started at Eatonton by
a compauy Capt !. b. REESE will edit and
manage the paper. Capt Reese Is an old
newspaper man and will doubtless make a
rSccesS Uf this new enterprise. The first
Issue will appear Tuesday week
Milledgevlle Union and Recorder: Mr..
Henry Adler was observed the other day
coming from the post Office with an open
letter III one hand and a small piece of card
with a Pc stamp attached to It in the
other Seeing that he was much amused at
something. the curiosity of the scribe
brought from his smiling friend the state
nIent that the &c. postage stamp was his
lawful share of the proceeds of the foreclos-
ure OF a mortgage, which had just been sent
10 him by mail
Al the home of J. A. Walton three miles
Charlie Haldlson and Charlie Walton were
tooling with toy pis,ol, it was accident
ally discharged, the ball passing through
the hand OF Charlie Hardlson aud entering
the abdomen of Charlie Walton DR. c. A.
W arren, who was called in, pronOunces the
wound painful, but not necessarily danger
Gus He was not able to find the ball. but
thinks II ranged downward and did not enter
the cavity of the stomach. The pistol was
a22-calibre.
At Albany Saturday afternoon j. A
Stokes, coored employee upon one of the
railroads, entered "a negro bar upon Broad
street, and after purchasing some whisky
disputed over the change with the muatto
barkeeper, r. J.. Weeks whereupon the
latter picked up a beer glass and threw
IL with full force at his customer. II struck
him directly in the temple, telling him like
an OK. He lay PROSTATE for some minutes
until some of the bystanders assisted him
up, when he tottered out the back way in a
dazed condition and the police made their
appearance
At Atlanta w. NJ. Ellison has brought
suit against the Georgia railroad and the
Central Railroad and Banking Company of
Georgia, as the lessees of the Georgia rail
road for $4,000 damages. The petitioner
claims that on Sept 81 1887,
his son, Morgan Ellison, minor Il
years of age, was Ill the employ Of the
Georgia railroad as a brakeman, or train
hand, and that while performing his duties
as train hand, he was knocked from the top
of a car, upon which he was riding, by the
Bell street bridge, Atlanta, receiving in
Jui1es from which he died.
Soon after the failure of the Citizens
Bank of Atlanta, in April, 1881, the cashier
of the defunct bank, W. H. Roberts, was
indicted by the grand jury for embezzle-
ment There We're four cases against the
accused, but they were never tried.
Recently the grand jury made a searching
Scrutiny into the charges and submitted to
the court a recommendation that the cases
be nolle pressed. Solicitor General Hill
Monday brought the cases to the attention
of Judge Richard II. Clark, who ordered a
nolle prosequi in all the cases, and they
were stricken from the docket
At Albany during the progress Of the
leap year german two countrymen from
Colquitt county, hearing the sweet strains
Of p1nCic from fba TtoIfoy, l,o,H .-+.,I1,l 80.