The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-29
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA Put IN TYPE.

tractor Causes Mourning at Law
renceville.
GEORGIA.
r. D. Badger, a colored dentist Of At
lanta, died in that city Saturday.
A civil service examination for mail car
riers will be held in Atlanta Jan. 8.
James NJ Quarles has withdrawn from
the shrievalty race in Cherokee county.
Will FarnelI had finger shot OFF while
fooling with pistol at Albany, on Christ
mas.
The board of commissioners Of Walker
county have bought 200 acres on which tc
establish pauper farm
George Morse, aged 10 years, had leg
broke by a Kick from mule Friday. at
his fathers home near Albany.
Richard Hill, the negro suspected of
burning the gin house of G. ". Council,
in Sumter county, is under arrest.
The legislature has passed an act stopping
John Scoggins from selling whisky, ana
this closes the only saloon in Clinch county.
Several families who wished to locate at
Newman have been forced to settle else
where because dwelling houses could not be
secured.
The convention OF the colored firemen's
ASSOCIATION, which was booked to meet at
Albany Dec. 2S, has been postponed until
Thursday. Dec. 30.
1t is estimated that at least $1,000 was
spent in Albany from Christmas eve until
Christmas night, and 1t is doubtful if that
sum will cover tue expenditure, for fire
works.
Bascom Myrick has been elected by the
board of directors 10 fill the position of
business manager and editor of the Ameri-
Gus Times, made vacant by tue resignation
of Albert Winter.
The first two bicycles ever ridden in
Georgia were straddied by Hon. John A.
Sibley. now of Cobb county. then an Au-
gusta boy, and tine other by the editor Of
the Americas Times.
On Jan. r. F. Sans will tender his re-
sigma ion as general manager OF the Ameri-
Gus Guano Company % accept high
official position with the Baldwin Fertilizer
Company of Savanna.
A country froic was given at Oglethorpe
Christmas eve, at weicn Daniel n. Payne
shot and killed John p Sawyer. The cor
oner's jury gave in verdict of justitiable
homicide. Payne is in hiding.
All of the sufferers by the accident at
Americas, CHRISTMAS morning, caused by
an electric car plunging from the high
bridge over the Sava Inah, A nericus and
Florida railroad, are doing we'll.
The t!vo-story wooden building, corner of
Cleveland and Eleventh streets, at Cordele,
was burned at | o'clock Friday morning
The building was occ Ipied oy z. A. Bolt N,
whose residence was in the second story
The loss is estimated at $1,000, with insur-
ance amounting to $1,000
A month ago cow belonging to Col J.
W. Walters Of Albany, was bitten by dog
with the hyd opnobia. Friday the coz de-
veIoped symptoms Of hydrophobia, and be-
fore night was as mai as a March hare
She beloved and threatened with her horns
everything that came about. She has been
killed.
At Atlanta Friday temporary order was
granted in the superior court restraining
the controller general from ad gertising for
sale the property Of the Columbus Southern
railroad to enforce the payment Of county
taxes uader toe Glenn bill. In its petition
the road makes the usual constitutional
point on the law.
Judge Zadock Bonner, one of the Oldest
citizens of Carroll county. died Thur day
nigOt at his home, eight miles south of Car
roliton. lie was 81 years old, and had been
citizen Of the county over sixty years. He
was The owner of the celebrated Bonner gold
mine, situated ne II Carrollton. 1t consists
OF 1,GO0 acres of land that has been pro-
nounced t. be very rich with gold.
The weather vane on the Inman building.
on the north west corner o, Bro and Ala
bama streets, a. Atlanta, was blown over by
the high vivid Saturday, and it fell a
distance of thirty feet, and caught on the
telephone wires Several persons we're
passing at the time, and if the weather vane
had not been caught by the wires some one
may have been killed or seriously hurt.
There came near being riot at Wadley
Thursday between the negroes and whites.
A negro was arrested by the marshal, and
Randall Green, leader among the negroes
undertook to release the prisoner, and Other
negroes came to his assistance, when heir
also came to the marshal. Things began to
look bad, but the arrests were IN de- No
one was hurt. Mayor Cheatham imp sed
fines to the amount of $50 on the four lead
ers.
Revenue Agent Chapman of Atlanta has
received information OF the existence in
Holmes county, Florida, of an organiza ii % OF
illicit distillers, bound by uath that none OF
their number shall be arrested by United
States revenue officer Belonging to the
gang are the men who recently shot al
General Collector Colquitt and others while
in charge of revenue prisoners at Bombay
Station, Fla. Deputy Marshal Arras has
arrested TWO of the gang, but he fails to re-
port their names.
Walter F. Boyle is probably the Youngest
author in the state. He is only - years
old. 5 veral of his stories have been printed
in the Detroit Free Press. He is now fixina
up story for boys, under the supervis ior
OF his uncle, l.. T. Blome. and will send it Il
some of the childre's magazines. Walter
is entirely independent in regard to his pro
auctions, and refuses to let any one see then
until ne has fl ished, when his uncle look,
over them aAd makes suggestions, which
the young author gravely considers.
E. n. Ewing, member Of the firm O.
Ewing q McKelvey, contractors on tn,
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad
is badly wanted at Lawrenceville, as hs left
there without paying off his hands TO,
labor or any of his other creditors. II,
owed his mouse rent, and G.. A. Almond
about $500, j. M. Sword & CO. $50. A. T.
Patterson $40, B. L. Patterson Sl5. M. :
Cernite 500, the Sims boys for work abou
500. old man Aruad about $50, each Of hi
day laborers and stonecutters from 800 Il
500, and Others differens amounts.
Augusta Herald: A certain young ma,
in town is as mad as a hornet. Christina
day he celebrated" with some of In
friends, and they put up a job on him. The,
secured a summons OF the recorders court
and after filling it out in proper name
for ''disorderly conduct" had it "leftn 10
him. He spent two hours Friday mornius
around the court room, nervously walk M
in and out among the crowds and expectini
every moment 70 hear his name called. Fl
nally he learned the whole thing was
Stake" and is now hunting for the perpe
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