The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Barn at AbOevile - Escape OF e
Prisoner in Worth County.
GEORGIA.
Isaac Granthan contemplate the erection
of a large o-story Dwelling in Dublin.
tits estimated that 100000 brick will
be required 10 buAd the new factory at
Trion.
J. w. Hurt in Lee county has child
years old that weighs O. pounds. Ihis Is a
healthy chill aud dol 6 we'll
1t viii take ESQ., telegraph poles to run
the Ii 9 from McRae 70 LOuv'le, On the
Savannah, Americas aud ho tgomery
road.
At West Point. Monday, the residence of
Y.F. Harrington was destroyed by fire. Il
was ore Of the most dssira bic places in
town. The IA lilly was away from me.
Mrs. Gorge Seig Of Americus killed a
chicken last week and found imbed led in
its ctaw large brass p L, which had pene-
trated the craw and was showing on the
outside.
Near Madison, Sunday morning at $50
O'Clock, the barn. stables, AID -four mules,
one horse and valuable jersey bull tel9nging
TO Wool Po-lla;n, we're burned. Loss
about $4,000.
It is reported at Macon that the new tels-
graph ines being built in this state y the
Beapett-Macxsy combinatio ha, en1sce1
into n ag cement with the Western Ualon
that will p event rate cutting.
At Rome the agitation over the non
enforcement Of the prohibition law grow
ing intense. In a sermon delivered the
other night by Re-. Sam Jones he
sal ed into the officers for neglect Of duty.
Mayor Aver feels that Injustice has teen
done him.
On May II and IS there will Ae meeti e
in Boston of tue Northern Educational So
ciety, at which will e representatives, Of
Mercer univer ity Of Macon 20 a set her
clai 10 dopaIi Of S250)0 from fund
left b. a wealthy Ohioan 70 be divided
amoag southern Baptist colleges.
R. Don Mcleod of Tallahassee arrived il
Ealavlile last week with his family. He
will a. once establish q paper at tlat place.
Owing 10 the he,lt Of himself and ia nily
he ex ects to live il E lsvllle duri G tie
summer and in Tallahassee in the winter,
and divide lis time with the two papers.
The committee appointed by the Atlanta
alum j organization of the state university
to exte d t. Chancellor Blggs sn vita
ton to v sit Atlanta have heard from him.
He has accepted the invitation. On next
Monday night the ALBANIA alumni orgaai-
eaton will te der Chancellor Roggs re-
cepton at the Kinball house.
The regular con ventIo1 of the diocese Of
Georgia Of Z piscopal CHURCH meet in
Atlanta to-day. ST Luke's cathedral viii
be used on the occasion. Among other bus
iness matters TO come up before the con-
vention will 20 the electlOl of delegates to
the general conveati,a of the church, which
will b. held in New York in Oc,ober.
Ida Liddell, tie mot er and murderer of
the baby found in the well in To Goa last
week, vas ARE ted near Msrtin. Sac was ar
raigned betor, Just ce Mulkey. Sae plead d
guilty. and was committed TO jail Lizzie
G apnan, the principal witness against her,
wa also Committed to Jail IN default f
500 bond for her appearance at court as a
witness.
Some time ago Mr. Tillery moved from
Ty-Ty 10 Sparks, on the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad, the distance being
about INVENTIVE gho miles, rryiag it'll
him a good and faithful ord hou7e-cat
Il seems that the old cat did not apprecia e
his new hom', as alb ut t.vo or three weeks
since TON" made bis appearance back at
the old glaze and still remains there.
A very b Id robbery occurred five miles
west Of McDonouZh Saturday night. While
the family Of Judge John johnson was at
supper some thief entered the house and
carried away trunk containing between
S40O and 5000. The trunk was found broken
open and the mo- ey gore. There is some
clew as 70 who committed the crime, and
Sheriff Glass will e4ve nothing undone TO
apprehend the criminal.
< T. Kenny. WAC resides three miles
from DAVIS N, says be put away in dis
smoke-hou5e for plantin: purposes three
bushels CT peas, o. and ne-aalf bu hels Of
pincars, and three bushels Of wheat. A
Few DAYS ago, on going int the house, he
FOUND that the rats had carried of or eaten
every pea, every pindar and every grain Of
wheat. He went work and removed tie
nooring from the house and killed l99 rats.
Pat Morgan troloredl, lad two children,
boy and girl and years old, res0ect-
1vely, burned 10 death on MAJ 10, Oh CaDt.
II. L w lshar 5 turpentiae farm near i bbe-
Vile. The mot or had left them j the
house AID left homs for a short time, aid
the US al result " s Q house aud children
were burned. What is stra re about it, is
the door Of the hou-e W left open, and il
Is supposed they shut the or and Mers
500 mdcn frightened 30 try to get olt
Areport reached Griffin Sunday. that q
disease known as black tong % scarletina IS
raging in Fayetteville. twenty mile, trim
there. 1t ha' assumed the proportions OF
an ide.nic, d numbers have al eady
died The disease Is s. deadly that no one
taking 1t recover. The physicians are
frightened aud will GOT 90 near the patiegts.
y
i Is also said that several child en- attend
ang tbs school ave diei, and tho railroad
refuseI 70 transport tie b,dies to their
homes, fearing 20 spread the disease.
At Alta ia, the rublc is reminded every
now q q theu Of Banker Toles,n ~ the
walls that float out tnro .gh the bars T the
Fulton jail. Toleson don't Ike tue sltut-
Ito AID says now be will Il up to his
creditors everything be has, and ta.n 40
before Judge Clarke and answer every
question that all be asked hun. prov dad
his creditors will give him first a ou;t
claim. His creditors have no rfiance M
him, and so far have not treated with him
,TolesJn continues t. admit hav ny asses
but continually refuses TO turn them over
% the receiver
Deputy Sheriff Nels n Of Tv-Ty struck a
tough customer Saturday mig {. he neld a
warrant for Daniel Wills, u young man
living in the lower part of the unity. a d
when he cane int town Saturday Mr. Mel
son pr ceeded o execute the law, He sue
ceeded Ia making the arrest, tut had TO 90
out Of town with his prisoner in order trat
he m gilt mako his bond. When the
prisoner 8 faith RS house was reached IL was
found that there vas no ink there To wri a
with. so they started b the nea est pelgb-
boris, wherein on Willis ceve ler IN
tarough cOrndeld AID made good Ills
escape.
AT Atlanta the estate Of the late Ricbars
Pete viii build at once six tor. block
OF stores 10 ta6e "a place Of TIE pra3s-t rai.-