The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-12

road Track-Clothing from st. Au
CUISINE Ruined by Fumigation.
GEORGIA.
Rome is to have a steam laundry.
The congregation of the Second Baptis
church of Atlanta contemplate building
Lew edifice.
The Perry Manufacturing Company, un
der the management Of L. Picard of Macon
Is preparing to close out its business II
Perry.
A tree containing nearly twenty gallon
of honey was cut down rear Knoxville ;
few days ago, on the plantation Of NJ. II
McElmurray.
Out of the 1900 negro voters in Glynr
county, only four-Wil!iam Pyles, Dane
Parland, Edwin Pyles and Richard Rich
ardson-vote the democratic tickets.
pig" Vann, the Chattooga county muir
derer, has been sentenced to be hanged Oh
Nov. g The jury found Vann guilty OF
murder in the first degree motion for a
new trial was made by Vann's counsel
Will Dorsey OF Macon has decided not to
go with the Katie Putnam troupe as he first
expected TO do. There was some misunder-
standing between him and the manage
ment, and the Macon actor concluded not
to travel with the company.
Work on the exposition buildings at
Rome is rapidly nearing competition. The
officers and committee are hard at work
and everything will be III perfect readiness
when the exposition opens Daily applica
tions are being received for space.
IL is said that the electric wonder. Mr.
Dixie Haygood Enbry, viii sue for
divorce from her trulnt husband, 7. L.
Embry, who is now in San f ancisco. Mrs.
ltr-sa la 70 an on Cfa
Bgain at near date, and proposes taking
a tour to the west.
A fine depot is being built at Machen on
TIE Coviugton and Macon. Contractor
Machen owns handsome stock farm at
Machen, which contains some line, pure
blooded animals. He owns one of the finest
Jersey bulls in Georgia. Capt A. O. Bacon
has presented Col. Machen with a fine
Jersey.
A report reached Albany on Saturday,
and was renewed on Sunday, and re-re-
newed on Monday, to the effect that a negro
train hand who had stopped off at Bacon
ton had died with yellow fever, and that
another negro had contracted the disease
from him and died. Both reports we're in
veStigated and found to be untrue.
Some time since First Lieut.. o. T.
Kenans of the Southern Cadets OF Macon
accept the resignation and have prevailed
on their excellent lieutenant, who is one of
the best drilled men in Georgia. to retain
the lieutenancy at least for the prescott. He
will accompany the Cadets TO Augusta.
Wa, hington Chronicle: Last Saturday
Ance Wylie (colored) bought some water
melons from a negro. Yesterday negro
man came in. bought one of the melons and
gave two children some of it. They soon
found that the melon was poisoned, and
then ate lard enough to float them to coun-
teract the effects Of the poison. and came
out all right.
Capt. Branch, from Ocoaee county, has
been al Watson Springs for several days on
a pleasure trip. With HIM was q dog which
he priced very highly. Saturday the dog
the hand and horse through the nose, The
dog was killed before it did any more dam
age. DIR. Durham was called to see Capt.
Branch and be applied a maidstone, which
adhered 10 the wound some time.
The primary election for county officers
was held in jackson county last Thurs iay.
The returns were consolidated Saturday,
and the different candidates received the
following votes: For ordinary: Bell S96,
Bradbury S72, Ross 80; for clerk: Bennett
l ,SS7; for sheriff: McEihanoa 1,1l2, Baily
945; for collector: Williamson SIP, NARROW
63l, Weir 593; for receiver Boggs 300
jackson t9S, McElroy 90; for county sur
veyor: App!eby l,427; for coroner: Wor-
sham 1872, Simpklrs 5, Stark l, Thompson
/, Wood l.
Revenue officers captured a twenty-gallon
still and two stands of beer aby ut three
quarters of a mile from Miller's station, in
Whitfield county, day or two ago They
deposited their fluid with Postmaster Field
and went to dinner. On their return,
about twenty minutes later, tho still had
disappeared, and in its place were several
shotguns with determined looking men be-
hind them, waiting 81 $50 the me1 who
would put the still on the trai1. The officers
concluded that they had no further business
at Milier's, ard left on the next train.
Brunswick Journal: There is a colored
citizen well known in Brunswick who pos
sesseS nice little home worth about 81 900,
or, rather, he did possess it. In this nice
little home things went all right until re-
Gently, but now they are going all wrong so
far as ALI Is concerned. 1t seems that he
owed some money, about $50 that was be-
ing pressed by the creditor, and in order TO
dodge the ordeal of q payment made all the
property over to Mrs. johnson, and thereby
hangs the trouble, for Mrs. johnson has
skipped off to Savannah, declaring that she
will have nothing more TO do with All, and
has instructed lawyer in this city TO sell
the property and forward the proceeds 10
her.
jackson NetUs: Capt. Snow and family,
Of st. Augustine, Fla. who are stopping at
the Dempsey house, in this place, received
their baggage few days ago that had been
stopped at Wavcross for the purpose Of
undergoing the process OF fumigation The
captain, upon opening his trunks, found
that all the clothing of bis family was en-
tirely ruined by yellow stain, pr baby
resulting from the fumes of the sulphur.
st. Augustine is not infected with yellow
fever. and up to date not q single case Of
fever has occurred in that city, yet the
quarantine officials have rendered several
hundred dollars worth of clothing belong
ing 10 Capt, Snow and his family unfit for
use by fumigation.
Messrs Green, Clark, O'Brien and Lang
all OF the brunswick quarantine force, VINO
are stationed at BuZzard Rooss and Brandy
Point 70 guard the water fronts, had ter
I1ble experience during the severe storm OF
Saturday night. Their boats broke loose
from their moorings, and we're RAPIDLY
driven 40 toward the new docks, while H.
was struggle between life and Death with
them to keep their boats from filing with
water. Efforts were made 70 reach them
Sunday morning early by means If row
boats but it was impossible steamer was
then chartered by r. r. Hopkins aud they
were finally reached aad brought 70 shore,
noO before, however, they were nearly ex-
hausted by the terrible strain they had en-.
dured.
Jackson Argus: On last Saturday even
inr George Mutt of Stark left town goip,,