The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Play q Practical Joke on Drum
msr-The Prize Winnings OF the
Macon Cadets-The Elberton Cow
hiding Case.
GEORGIA
BRYAN superior court convenes on the first
Monday IN May.
The physicians Of Liberty county are
talking about organizing medical society.
A coIored church being built at Pine Hill,
a few miles from Wadley. was demolished
by the wind storm few days ago.
The ladies of the memorial association at
Waynesb0ro have decided TO decorate the
graves of the dead heroes on Friday, April
A scheme is on foot at Brunswick TO have
the City Of Brunswick touch at Ocean Pier
going to and from Fernandina, and to have
tie Pope Catlin make trip TO Cumberland
in the middle OF the day. thereby increasing
the transportation facilities to both places.
At Waynesboro petition is bsing circu-
lated for signatures, calling on the ordinary
to order an election on the whisky ques-
ton. A number of signatures have already
been secured and there is no doubt that
enough names viii be obtained to comply
with the terms Of the law for securing an
election.
E4hdfu OOuWhF Vi AblhIlIt SUITS
Martha Grant for 5000 damages He
alleges that Mrs. Grant has knowingly and
willfully kept ferocious dogs, without seeing
that they were properly guarded and Sc
cured. That he was bitten by one of these
dogs, and for theinjuries Mrs. Grant should
be made TO pay him s., 900 as damages.
The Macon Cadets may enter the prize
drill at Kansas City. Since they
have been drilling the Cadets have won the
following prizes: Augusta. 1888, 81, 600; Co
lumbus, 1888, 81 900: Jacksonville, 1889,
81 900; Macon, 1889, 81, 900: Atlanta, 1889,
$1,000; jacksonville, 1890, $1,000; total,
$1,000 Second prizes-Macon, 1887, $500;
Nashville, 1883, 81 900; total, 81 200; grand
total, SO, 200; other prizes are: Nashville,
1855, discipline in camp, first, cup; Colum-
bus, 1888, Squad, first, colors; Macon, 1888,
Bacon gold belt for captain; Atlanta,
1889 squad, first cup; Atlanta, 1889, cap
1890 Squad, second, SIS.
Fire was discovered in the rear of c. w.
Weicking & Sons wholesale liquor house, at
Brunswick, Monday morning at l AS o'clock
This is in one Of the large store rooms of
the Atkinson block. 1t was soon discovered
that Wilson's grocery store next door, was
also on fire. The doors to this room were
burst open aud water applied to
the burning partition. The fire origi-
nabC0 AAOAh q hCAOccn6 ldAllD WHICH
was sitting on stack of cracker boxes
about midway the room. The total loss is
estimated at 81, 400. Weicking & Son esti-
mate the the loss to their stock at 81, 200,
which is covered by an insurance of 1900
by J. NJ. Dexter. L. p. Wilson claimed
damages to the amount of $780, which is
covered by 1900 insurance by T. O'Con-
nor & Co. The loss to the building, which
is owned by Drs. Atkinson, is estimated at
500. The building is insured by T. O'Con-
nor & Co.
'Last Monday night" says the West
Point Press, ''some of our fun-loving boys
took travelling man from Atlanta out for
walk. As lonely spot was reached, the
clear report of a pistol rang out and the
drummer's friend fell as If shot dead. Did
the drummer runs Does the unbridled
bioncho Of the plain movel Is there activ-
ity in cyclonel Then the drummer did
move through marsh, over wire fences,
gullies, on through the darkness, keeping
time to the pistol shots that rang out on
either side. Finally the terrified drummer
reached the city in an awful state of excite
ment and sorrow over the fate of the
poor boy shot down by his side In recit-
ing the horrors of his fearful experience he
broke down and cried like a child. Dead
deadl My Lord, the boy fell dead shot
through the hearth boo hoor After the
crowd had carried the joke far enough the
dead boy stepped in, and the drummer,
who was almost crazed with grief, threw
his loving arms around him and wept for
joy.n
Waynesboro True Citizen: The Citizen
but voices the public sentiment of Burke
county when it expresses its great regret
that the postoffice department should have
found it necessary to order the arrest of
Judge j. B. Jones, the postmaster at
Herndon. 1t seems as if Judge Jones vio-
lated the rules of the department in using
the money collections of the Office. Judge
Jones, knowing that he could at any
time make good any shortage of
the funds entrusted to his keeping,
used them for his private purposes.
he persisted in doing this, though
advised to the contrary by the department.
Tie examination of the Office at Herndon a
few days ago showed shortage of 5000,
and for this violation of law Judge Jones
is now under bond for trial before the
United States court. OF course he is amply
able to make good his shortage, as he owns
two of the largest and most valuable plan
tations in this county. He never for mo-
ment contemplated defrauding the govern
ment, and used no efforts to conceal his
using the funds of the department.
The jacksonville. Fla, correspondent Of
the Macon Telegraph adds the following
Cudpbci W blo pTiZo DFlDefy cl0rEe
already published in the MORNING News
Now for the Treasurer Hess story.n This
makes jacksonville people laugh. The
Rifieman who told this story must have
been Off his base-possibly victim to the
seductive influence of military punch As
far as can be learned the only Hess who has
had any cheap talk to make about the Judges
decision is clothier on Bay street 1t is
alleged that he lost heavily by betting on
the Rifles, and so was trying to hedge BY
getting up cock and bull story and.
at any rate, he was heard to say last Friday
night that the judges had been ''monkeyed
with. that he had subscribed $50 to ward the
$4,000 raised by the citizens here to pay for
the drill tournament and prizes, and that he
would not pay that $50 as long as 1.-THE
rotten decision of the judges stood" The
Ridemen who heard these remarks probably
got an impression from Hess manner thai
he was the big financier of the exposition
and SO started the absurd story of the al
tered check and the treasurer's threatened
refusal to pay it. Hess has nothing to dc
with the exposition in any way, shape OF
manner, but the boys here have dubbed
him Treasurer Hess, ~ and he will probably
carry the name to his grave in partial re-
tribution for his foolish talk.
The Athens Banner says that authentic
information has reached that city from
Elberton confirmatory of the stories in cir
culation about Hon. p w. Davis. 1t i
said that he confessed his assault unon 8