The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-12

Macon Thief duplicates an Employ
of the Man He Robbed-An Old Man
Burned to Death.
GEORGIA.
The Rockmart Slate has suspended.
The Mcintosh Light Dragons are pre-
pairing for big time on May L
The post offics business in Darien is in
creasing Postmaster Bailey says.
The Central railroad is making arrange
ments to construct q telegraph line from
Carroltou to Griffin, to be used exclusively
for railroad business.
The Fort Worth Gazette announces that
Bishop Joseph L. Key will make his resi-
dencs IN Fort Worth. Toe bishop will leave
Georgia for his new home n few days.
William Lockett has bought the H. L.
Dunn residence at Albany. The consldera-
tion paid was 81, 1000 and the general i'm
preston is that the property was very
cheap.
William Hearn, one Of the progressive
men Of Walton county, is the possessor of
a genuine Indian tomahawk, that was found
on one of tue battle fields of Walton
county.
The library committee at Washington
have g., 900 collected by subscription, aud
are making list Of books and CORRESPOND
ing with publishers. They think the library
will probably be opened 70 readers in May.
At a cost of 1000 the city council Of
Americas has organized two new hose com
panieS, one on college hill and the other
near Rees park. Chief Smith turned over
to the squads two new reels, with $50 feet
Of new hose each.
The demand for timber in the Darien
market is now growing greater every day
owing to the fact that the supply is very
small. During last week there were but
very few RATS down, and they were pur-
chased in short order.
James johnson, a young man working at
the Athens foundry, lost the third finger
on his left hand Saturday. He was arrang-
ing so ne machinery on latch, when he
raised his left hand above his head, and ac-
cidentallv pl ,ced his finger in a cog wheel
which cut it off.
A negro named Jesse Crawford, who was
arrested at Macon, Saturday light, for
stealing a ham from w. 7. Shinholser, says
that be did not int I'd to steal the ham, but
that it was given to him by an employee of
Mr.. Shinholser's on condition that he
Crawford would say nothing about a
crooked transaction of the employees that
he was witness TO.
At Greensboro Saturday the election
went against the issuing of bonds for school
purposes, by good majority. TIE negroes
voted almost solldly against bonds. Under
the act an election can be held every thirty
days. There is some talk among the whites
now of raising money sufficient to build a
a school house for the whites alone by
private subscriptions.
Sheriff F. G. Edwards has purchased the
land owned by the late J. w. Thayer, Just
west of Albany. He bought 125 acres, for
which he paid So. 500, or 500 per acre J.
w. Thayer bong t this place of Mrs. C. NJ
Clark about three years ago, and paid SO
an acre for it. He has put up some i'm
provements, but the recent sale made the
naked land realize SIS per acre.
At Augusta the examination of appli-
cants t fill the cadetship vacancy at West
Point from TIE Tenth congressional distr ct.
which has been in session for two DAYS, has
not yet been concluded. OF six applicants
the race has narrowed down 30 three,
Jones Of Columbia county, Smith of
Burke, and Mathewson of Augusta. The
physical examination was to decide the CON
test on yesterday.
On March 4, contrary to some predic-
tons, Hon. A II. Colquitt will become his
own successor in the United States Senate
for term Of six years. Gov. Gordon has
mailed to the president pro tenn. of the Sen
ate the certificate of his election. The GER
tifcate was carefully prepared, as on a
former occasion Mr.. ingalls, returned the
certificate of Senator Browns election on
account of slight defect.
A very sad accident occurred at Fish
creek, near ROckmart, last Wednesday,
Mr.. Baulding, aged about rs years, laid
down before the fire TO warm himself, and
his wife threw an overcoat over him, after
which she left the house and went to a
neighbours. Upon her return she was horri-
fed to find Mr.. Baulding burned to death
on the floor 1t is presumed that his cloth
ing caught on fire from a spark
While negro woman of Warranton was
standing too near a heated stove Friday,
her dress was blown against the stove by a
Whit of air, and caught on fire. In a mo-
ment she was enveloped in flames, and, see
ing a large tub of water close by, rushed to
1t aud very sensibly jumped in the tub of
water. The flames were quickly extin-
guished, not, however, until her clothing
was nearly all burned off and her person
badly burned, but not dangerously.
Benjamin S. Burton of Valdosta. q grad
uate of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute
and Agricultural and Nee anical College,
and an assistant chemist in the state labor
atory of said college, has accepted DO j.
ton as chemist for a large fertilizer manu-
featuring company at a $500 salary, and
recently sailed for Swan island, situated in
the Caribbean sea, about 100 miles from
Honduras, where the company is actively
engaged in importing immense quantities
of guino to this country.
An item is going the rounds Of the
press to the effect that strange
negro was immersed in kerosene and set on
fire in Ty-Ty and that he was badly bu ned.
On being informed of the item, the Macon
Telegraph correspondent began making
inquiries in respect thereto, AID has faie
SO far TO find any one that ever heard of it
until IL was seen in the Albany NelUs and
Advertiser. There is no foundation for
any such news No such occurrence has
ever taken place in the town.
The Columbus Sun Is authority for the
statement that Hon. G. Y. Tigner of Mus
cogee will introduce bill at the next ses
sion of the legislature looking to the pro-
lection of cotton planters in Georgia It
will be "bill entitled an act to prevent the
transportation Of seed cotto after dark,
and TO define the punishment for the same.
The bill prohibits the hauling or carrying
OF seed cotton during all hours of the night,
except in cases Of farmers hauling cotton
from tue field or to tue gin. The punish
ment will be fine and Imprisonment, half
the hne 10 go to the informant
A little negro girl, or 8 years Of age,
was 30 badly burned In Washington on
Wednesday that she died next day from the
injuries. The child's mother, Ida Wootten
lives on Mrs. Ellington's lot The little girl
was rocking in a chair before big fire
when she and the chair fell over into the
flames Her clothing caught and she
crawled out In tie d or, where she rolled