The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-14


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"Wednesday morning. about 3 O'Clock. the
e.oreboI,ea ~ I Jyilc0xen & Co at Lodi.
yros +otsiI,- dsstroved nv fire. causing a loss
Of about Il 090 The property was insured
for s2 so All the books aud accounts
were destroyed, and the safe blown open.
1t was evide Itly the work of an incendiary,
WHO, after rot bing the safe, set fire TO the
house to prevent detection. In attempting
tn protect his dwelling from the flames
Mr.. Wilcoxen was severely injured by q
falling ladder.
Frank Hall a nephew of DR.. John T.
Hail returned 70 Anericus Wednesday on
a visit 20 the home of his youth. For fiftee
wears he mas been travelling, going around
the world and everywhere else. lie comes
direct from Georgetown Demarara, British
Guaiana. Slice he left Amerlcus he mas
| 8massed half dozen fortunes End lost as
many. His health beginni & to fail him, a
desire to see his old hume a d friends crepc
| over him, and to-day e looks upon -four
ishing city instead of the little town he LETT
so long ago.
\ drummer from some Atlanta house
| and evidently green hand with the grip,
| got off at Social Circle last week and called
| for a ticket to Jerusalem. The depot
agent. with wide-eyed astonishme1t, won
| dering if the man meant to commit suicide
! right IN tie depot, mildly suggested that he
knew OF no such station N georgia, nut
| there was town called BethIenem. Inc
! drummer was somewhat conIused, out re
! tanned his presence OF mind suniciently 10
/ calculate that he knew 1t was some ----
| place with religious name.
! Monroe Fuller, Spivy Fuller. Robert
| Grie-, r. u. Mitchem, F. NJ Coody and r.
T. Lindsey are under arrest at Monroe
John p. O'Kally, brother-iA- flaw to F I'd ii
the prose- tor. Ford and wife separated
and she asked some neighbors to go and get
her Little children. Tie men went after
dark on Sunday and found him in bed with
two small chill lren. lie said they couldn' t
get the children. In the altercatlon Ford
got a CHAIR ana was bit over the neau win
bottle aud dangerously huFb' Inc war
rants were sworn out FRIDAY.
A few weeks ago man arrived at Ell
berton, giving his name as Johnson. He
had a woman with him who he said was
bis wife. About two weeks ago she was
taken sick, and he sent her off to her
fathers, who it is learned, lives somewhere
on the Air Line railroad. About week
after she left, news reached Elberton that
she was dead he never having gone to see
her after she left. a few days after he
heard his wife was dead, he and young
woma OF Eloer6on LETT together Tor South
Carolina, where Ihey were married
P. C. Colley e. Co. are erecting a nice
store on the south side of the square, at
Morgan. Calhoun county. T. j. Tinsley &
Co. are erecting a commodious store house
Rev. D. J. jay will soon erect a tidy resi-
dence. Col. J. j. Beck has let the contrac.
for roomy dwelling. Col. Sibley, no ~
most of the Sibley house, will, in tue near
future. construct a substantial aud commo-
has far under Roadway beautiful five
room dwelli 2. Joe McGirt viii also build
in the near future commodious dwelling.
T. J. Tiasley ha just completed beautiful
two-story dwelling.
News reached Eatonton Wednesday morn
ing that the body of Joe King (colored),
had been found in decomposed state in
cane brake, near the home of Fl. j. Dennis,
six miles from town. King had been in the
EN- low of Mr.. Dennis for several months
and on Nov. 10 Mr.. Dennis settled with him
and dismissed him. King then left for the
home of Daniel Re tdick. a neighbor of Mr.
Dennis. This the last seen of him until
lis body was discovered last Saturday lIy n
party of yo ing men while out hunting
ITnon examination no money was found
AMI IL is thought that he was murdered and
robbed. The inquest will be held this
evening.
For several DAYS reports have been circu-
latinS in Athens regarding the disappear
ance Of r.. T. Ha oman. mayor of Harmony
t,rove Mayer Hartman has been gone for
tas mast ten DAYS. and is now in Texas
There il no reason for his leaving. only
that ne had contracted debts that he was
| unable to meet and was afraid TO tell his
| father who was n mariner. and on this ac
count left the state There was a great deal
Of money belonging to the CITY and TO
private parties. which is still in the safe
and not a thing belonging to any one was
lonched The business viii still be con
| tin,,ad and no one will lose a dollar nv his
disanpearance.
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hallIng IRON macon, stayed lu ssoay nlght
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| stated mat While passing through the
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Johnson county laso Week. ne was suddenly
accosted by Two negroes. me one seized
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