The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Mare and Her Five Colts-Bruns-
wick's New Mayor-A Yellow Fever
Nurse Probably Fatally Burned at
Grifin-False Reports of Failures at
Washington.
GEORGIA.
The Wilkes county alliance shows an in
crease in membership of nearly 200 in one
month.
In the mayoralty election at Brunswick,
Saturday, Mr.. Colson was elected, defeat
ing Mr.. Dunn, the present incumbent
At Washington, many false reports of
failures in business have bean started. All
are said to have been absolutely without
foundation.
AT Fort Gaines. Friday, Jamie Coleman
was seriously cut bv Emmett Porter in
personal difficulty. The little boys repre-
SAINT two most esteemed families.
Marlin T. Hollis, a prominent resident of
Chattahoochee county. died at his residence
Friday night. He was - years of age and
was well known and highly esteemed
The office of United States inspector of
customs at Sapelo has been abolished, and
all the duties OF the port lSapelo, Do5oy
and Darierl are now performed by the
deputy collector of Darien.
T. F. Crowley OF Athens saws that some
years ago his father ran a large farm with
mare and her five colts. The mare lived
TO be 80 years of age and al = was blowing
in the same field with her five colts.
J. NJ Griffith of Daulelsvlle suffered
bad accident at Maj. Bulocks gin last
Thursday evening. He was cleaning of
steam, and in an instant his hand was cut
all TO pieces.
At Atlanta Sunday Mai. D. A. Cook sold
202lS acres of land Ia Habershan county TO
Phil Fessner. the agreement being that
Fessner is 10 pay Maj. Cook by delivering
him $50 possums at the rate OF fifty per
year for five years.
At Monroe, in the municipal election,
Col B. J. Edwards was reelected by a
handsome majority 1t is thought that he
was opposed By the saloonists Col Ed
wards did not consent TO run until the night
before the election.
At Billiards, g. W. Franck's gin house
was discovered to be on fire Friday night
about 10 o'clock. Nothing was saved. and
there was no insurance. His son George
lost ten bales of cotton he had just hauled
in the day before The fire was Of incendi-
AIRY origin.
Dock Williams (coiored), who pleaded
guilty at Albany Thursday to stealing oats
from A. P. Vasson last spring, was fined
$50 and costs, by Judge Jones.
and being unable TO pay the amount, was
committed to Jail. Saturday his friends
furnished enough money to pay him out,
and nearly fifty of them congregated at
the jail yard gate TO welcome hun back to
liberty.
Several days ago Detective Horny VIM
pee discovered IN South Rome a negro man
whose body was full of bird shot. He kept
watch on the house where the man lay in
order TO find out whether the man was a
thief or had committed some crime. It was
several days before he was able to s1Ive the
mystery. Detective Wimpee now finds
out that the mans name is Sam Jones, and
that ne was shot for interfering with two
negroes who were fighting. On the Chatta-
nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, above
Trion factory, two negro men got in a fight
and Jones separated them. This augered
one Of the negroes, who got a shotgun and
shot Jones. The shot, or rather a good por-
ton CT them, have been extracted from the
the Negroes skin and he is improving.
James A. Stewart. the newly elected
mayor of Griffin, is only % years old He
is a son OF Hon. j. D. Stewart, the pres
ent congressman from that district. but
that had nothing TO do with the case, and
his father was probably the most surprised
man in the country when he received at
Washington telegram announcing his
sons election. Brought out ono day before
the election, ne received bnlrty-nlne major
ity over one of the oldest and most solid
citizens of Griffin. This was brought about
greatly through desire for a change in the
administration of the city government
but was also largely due to MIR. Stewards
popularity and the able manner in which
the impromptu campaign was conducted.
MIR. Stewart being at the beginning of his
career, there will probably be more to say
about him in the future than there is at
present. He was born Aug. /, 1866, and is
not only native of Griffin, but has always
been resident of the city, receiving his
education here at Miss Mollie Porter's
school, and afterward under Prof G. G.
Looney, at Sam Bailey institute. After
leaving school he has clerked at various
places, and is now engaged in E. J. Elem.
ister's dry goods store, giving the best of
satisfaction to his employer The offices he
has previously held are those of secretary
and treasurer OF the fire department, which
he now holds; and he was treasurer Of
Griffin Light Guards at the time that or
ganization fell into i1anOcuous deSuetlsde
His present fighting weight is $50 pounds,
and his height feet liz inches.