The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Atlanta's Taxable Property-A Doc
tor Found Dead In His Room al
Columbus-Murder at Oconee.
GEORGIA
The Young Mems Hebrew Association oi
Atlanta has just been organized.
A new wharf is being built at Columbus
FOR the benefit of the boats during high
water.
The increase in the taxable value of prop
erty at Atlanta for 1889 is 81, 500, 531. The
total tax value is $50, 0S4. 7S5.
new postoffics will soon be erected at
the mill of Mr.. W. r. Chapman, nine miles
east of Americas, to be known as Atwood.
DR.. John W. Heidi, regent of the South.
western university at Dallas, Tex, has been
transferred to the North Georgia confer
ence
The white man who has been organizing
the negroes Of Sumter county into a mill
Jary company has been arrested for steal
1ng sugar cane.
At Columbus the case of the State VS..
Reuben Barker, charged with attempting 70
poison Mr.. Green s. Dukes, after being out
all night, brought in a verdict of not guilty
on Saturday.
At Columbus, Saturday, white man
named Whitehead attempted to force q
young girl on Triangular street TO marry
him. be drew a pistol on her, and her
screams caused him to flee.
A mass meeting was held at the court
house at Albany, Saturday night, aud an
aldermanic ticket pledged TO calling vote
upon the city's erecting an extensive system
of water works was nominated.
Mrs Columbus Reid. near Ellaville, in
Schley county, is seriously i'll with the
measles. She is between 90 and 65 years of
age. A majority of the members of the
family have been down with the same com
plant, but have all recovered.
The registration books for the approach
ing city election at Columbus closed Satur-
day night The number registered is 2, 1874,
the largest known in the history of the city.
1t is over 900 more than registered for the
mayors election two years ago.
Ann Toppin, negro woman, was found
dead on the banks of the Oconee river, lust
under the Northeastern trestle, three miles
from Athens Saturday. The coroner held
an inquest and the verdict was that she
came to her death from fall from the
trestle.
Capt Thomas J. Ivey, one of the Oldest
citizens of Waycross, died Thursday morn
ing of consumption, aged 60 years He was
native of Florida, where near relatives of
his still reside. He was a captain in
the confederate army and an ex-member
of the state legislature.
Morris Happ, a wealthy citizen of San
dersville, will move to Macon to live, and
VIII enter into partnership with William
Wolff, a rich merchant of Macon, who
deals in wholesale dry goods, paper, etc.
Mr.. Happ will make strong partner, as
he is worth about S150,000.
At Atlanta, Saturday, Dr. G. W. Gard
ner's case was dismissed at the instance of
his attorney, r. j. Jordan. The case has
been hanging since June last, and DR..
Gardner has been under $500 bond since
his arrest. Mr.. Jordan demanded a trial,
and as the witnesses for the prosecution
were not forthcoming, the case was dis
missed.
On Thursday last three respectable
farmers of Habersham county, William
Smith, William Lee and j. r. Whitman.
were In Ioccoa. On their way home they
We're held up by two highwaymen and
robbed. Win Blanchard, and young man
named Jenkins, gin-sharpeners by profess
sion, who live live near Gainesville were
arrested and identified by the luckless trio.
Coroner jackson Grimes of Waycross re-
lates that after years sickness in a hos
pital at Richmond in 1862 he was so
emaciated that he did not know himself
when he came in front of looking-glass in
hotel, and thinking his reflection was a
robber, he drew dirk and lunged at the
man in the mirror. The crashing glass
brought him to realization of the facts.
DR.. F. S. Rawson was found dead in his
room. at Columbus, Saturday The often
slve odor first developed the fact. He died
from natural causes, and had evidently been
dead two or three days. He had been en-
gagged here in the manufacture of worm
candy. he leaves a wife and three children
at his home, near Athens. w. W. Rawson
OF Macon is son of the deceased, and Mrs.
Carlton Of Athens is his daughter.
Two negroes, John Owens and Lou Rob
inson, living on Steve Branch's plantation
IN Oconee county, got into a fight over
some little differences between them.
Words led to blows. Owens beat Robinson
over the head with rail, infiicting several
deep and painful gashes upon him. Robin
son, to save his life, drew his knife and cut
ms opponent across the abdomen three or
four times. The cuts were fatal ones. and
The negro died Saturday from his wounds.
Waynesboro True Citizen: Maj. Will
kins and MIR. w. McCatheron have such
faith in the trotting qualities Of their two
fine stations, Rockbridge and Almont. that
they are willing to back their Judgment to
the extent of 81 900 each. The race will be
for the best two in three mile races, and
will take place at Maj. Wilkins Rock
bridge driving park the first favorable day
after Dec. 10. These gentlemen are
evidently in earnest, because each of them
hos deposited a forfeit of $500.
B. T. Pearson, a representative of q
northern photo-copying house, was arrested
at Macon Saturday for doing business
without license. He deposited s25 as col.
lateral for his appearance and was released
de proposes to make test case of the CITY
law, which imposes a license of $50 on each
person engaging in that business in the CITY
He claims the same lights as a drummer
and will fight it out on that line. The city
authorities hold that he is not a drummer
as he supplies the goods direct to the people
instead of contracting for their delivery
through an agent.
At Macon, Saturday, collision occurred
in the cotton yard of the East Tennesse,
railroad between south-bound freight treir
and the north-bound passenger train. The
freight was on siding waiting for the pas
sage Of the passenger train. A brakeman
by mistake, set the switch wrong and the
passenger left the main track and plunged
into the freight Both engines were badl,
damaged. The tender of the freight engin,
was telescoped into freight car. Strang,
to say, none of The passengers or railroad
men were hurt. Several Of the freight car:
were damaged by the shock.
Wednesday morning last young Elishs
Beecher, son of Henry Beecher, who live
between Piney Bluff. on the Altamaha river