The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-10


Against the Central Railroad-An
Athsnian's Scheme for Beating the
Jute Trust.
GEORGIA
Mrs. Retta Charlton Hanssll was buried
at Townsville Monday.
Hon j. A Hunnicutt is a candidate for
reelection as mayor Of Athens.
On Wednesday last the Milledgeville Oil
1iill and Fertilizer Company put the wheels
of the factory in operation.
The state board of pharmacy will meet in
Atlanta on Oct Is in the new capitol to
examine. applicants for druggists and
pharmacists license.
For each 800 worth of property in the
state, Georgia is taxed 81 cents for public
schools, and Florida 81 cents. The average
in the southern states is 40 cents.
1t is reported that the Lilly land at Athens
has been privately sold to a company, but
a public sale will be made to perfect titles
The price paid is said to be $4,000.
Aaron Hart, who lives four and a half
miles from Ellaville, had his house COM
pletely destroyed by fire | to Saturday
night. The loss is estimated at 81, 900, with
partial insurance.
Henry R Chambers. one Of Pike county's
best and most widely known citizens, died
on Sunday of lingering illness, and was
buried on Monday from the Methodist
church at Barnesville.
A negro boy named Willie Lewis jumped
from a fence on to broken bottle in South
Macon Tuesday. An artery was severed
and the bow bled nearly TO death At las
accounts he was In precarious condition.
AT Atlanta Tuesday. Judge Hook ap-
pointed Miss Virginia NJ. Speer and Mr. w.
IT. Aydelott to fill vacancies in the state
scholarships at the Peabody Institute, which
were made by the resignation of Mr.. Carl
Thompson and Mr.. Johns.
At Abbeville Tuesday, the slayer of
Young Whigham, Willie Williams, was
found guilty of murder and sentenced to
hang on Nov. s. John Williams, charged
with assault with intent to murder, was
found guilty and sentenced TO five years in
the penitentlary.
At Columbus, Tuesday, j. G.. Houseman,
printer, started to run across the track in
front of the dummy on Fourteenth street,
when he fell on the side of the track. The
dummy struck him on the head, infiicting
several bad cuts and bruising him consid-
erably, though not hurting him seriously.
A gentleman with lady in a small car
Triage passed through Athens Sunday even
ing, having driven pair of horses from
Chicago. He said that when he left Chicago
the horses were well worth 5000, but when
tney went through Athens they looked like
they wouldn't bring third of the amount.
Edgar +. Hinton, attorney for Conductor
j. G. Drake, who has been circulating for
some days past among the friends of his
client in Columbus, has returned to Anerl-
Gus with hume touS atfidavits denouncing
the character of Eva Hammock, said to be
the girl called Eva Williams, VINO charges
the conductor with a criminal assault
against her person.
An accident occurred at the new building
of Mr.. Newman, on Bay street, Bruins
wick, Tuesday. Some time ago scaffold
fell, breaking one mans leg. Tuesday
morning lot of ioist timber gave way,
throwing three men 10 the ground below.
The men were badly bruised and injured.
One had his head and face cut up badly,
another's limbs were so mashed that be
could not walk, while the other Jared very
little better.
On Friday last the house of G. w. Biles,
In Line creek district, was burglarized, and
a trunk stolen from the house and carried
some distance from the place, where it was
rihed Of its contents, but only money was
taken from it. The trunk contained $57 20.
Josephus Coggins was put on the trail of
the guilty pa ty or parties, and on Monday
arrested Jesse Balknight, negro boy who
lived near MIR. Biles on suspicion. He has
confessed his guilt.
The Dupree place, in the northeastern
portion of B unswick, lately owned by
ROsendo Torras, as been recently sold to
F. II. Scarlet. 1t is most excellent piece
of property, situated on a bold creek in full
view of ocean, and contains forty acres
of land, more or less. When Mr.. Torras
bought Of Lewis Dupree wear or two ago
for s., 800, some people said foolish man, T"
and now Mr.. Scarlet has bought the same
property for $500
The Tuckston Farmers Alliance, number
wcax L. &
and by unanimous vote passed resolutions
denouncing the effort of Solicitor General
Russell to hold the taxpayers of Clarke
county responsible for $500 insolvent cost
They also ask Representative II. G. Tuck
and Senator James K. Lyle to use their
efforts to defeat the bill and have passed a
bill repeating the present law giving the
solicitor general $500 per annum from the
treasury of Clarke county.
T. L. Norman of West Point is exhibiting
at Atlanta a model of his recently patented
-four barrel The barrel is made of cotton
duck, wi wooden heads. Mr. Norman
says his barrel is twelve or fifteen pounds
lighter than a wooden bar Ell and 10 or Is
per cent. cheaper. When empty the barrel
can be pressed into small space and shipped
to the mill to be refilled 1t is Waterproof
and stands the weather better than the old
fashioned barrel. The inventor is looking
about for a manufacturing site, aud num-
Der Of good propositions have already been
made to him.
At Griffin Tuesday, Col. W. A. Robinson.
of the Thomson Houston Electric Light
Company, sold his contract to light the city
to a company composed of the following
persons: p. 9. Burr, j. P. Nichols, j. G..
Rhea, B. r. Blakely, and j. A. Stewart A
meeting was held, and the Griffin Light
and Water Company elected two officers
and directors H. G. Burr, president; ]. G.
Rhea, secretary and treasurer: directors.
II. c. Burr, j. P. Nichols, j. G. Rhea, B. r.
Blakely, and j. A. Stewart. This company
has all the necessary apparatus ordered and
will have work to commence as soon as it
can arrive.
At Macon Tuesday, in the clerks office of
Bibb superior curt, a suit for SIS, 900 dam
ages was filed against the Central Railroad
aud Banking Company by Lawyers hulsey
and Bateman of Atlanta, in behalf of their
client, I. j. Boyd. He alleges chat he was
passenger in the rear coach of train from
Alta ia that was backing into the car shed
at Macon on Dec. TO- 1887, when a switch
engine collided with the rear coach, and the
coach was knocked off the track aud turned
over, aud be was SO severely injured in tbs
spine that he was confined to bed for some
time, and has not been able to work since
and be and family have besn supported by
his wife and children.