The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-03
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEoRGIA. FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Murder or MarshaA ASrF4II - 1 WO
Women Charged With Arson at
Bremen.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Culver of Sparta died
Friday.
Eggs were selling in Dawson last week at
10 cents per dozen
The Masons of Americas are determined
to build Masonic hall.
gentleman is in Americas looking for
site for a single factory.
The debt on the Presbyterian church at
Griffin has been paid in fun.
Attorney L. D. Moore Of Macon has
continental IS bill bearing date 1716.
All the Macon military companies will
probably attend the state encampment at
Augusta.
The revenue to the town arising from the
sale Of liquor in Dublin now amounts to
$1,000 annually.
1t is highly probable that Americas will
purchase the Masonic Female college as the
site for the new school house.
The old board of town commissioners of
WarrantCn have surrendered the books and
accounts Of the town and withdrawn the
contest.
Next Thursday an alderman is to be
elected to fiji the vacancy Of Mr.. Bethune,
and the stock law passed upon by the voters
of Dawson.
At Macon, Friday a little girl fell into
kettle Of boiling soap that was in yard
near Mercer University. The child was
very badly burned.
Macon complains that owing to the
change in the schedule on the Ce tral rail-
road the cty's northern mail lies over in
Atlanta twelve hours.
N HaralsOp cruarior- court 10 rraalr IN,
the case of Riddlespurger VS.. the Chatta-
nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, the
jury gave the plaintiff $4,000. The road
will move for a new trial.
Rev. DR.. Cook, presiding elder of the La
Grange district, has made the following APP
pointments for the ensuing month: Corinth,
Feb. l and 2; Moreland, 8 and g.; Roopville,
Is and 10; Wnitesyile, % and 3.
Atlanta will have new water works. The
supply will be drawn from the Chattahoo-
chez river, and nearly 100000 viii be ex-
pended before the water reaches the city
This will require a new issue of bonds.
DR.. A. c. North has been appointed
surgeon of the Savannah, Griffin and
North Alabama road at Newman. The
appointment was made last week by W. II.
Elliott, chief surgeon Of the Central road.
Capt. A. B. Gates of Newman has an
interesting literary relic in the shape of
book that was printed in 1906. 1t is a
quaint specimen of the primitive Typography
IN vogue at that time, and is highly priced
by its owner.
Conyers Solid South: We seldom note a
more remarkable coincindence of DAYS than
IN the death of John Auderson's mother.
which occurred in 1866 the Goth year of her
life, and on the sixth month of thieves and
the sixth day oftbe month.
The Bib Manufacturing Company has
ordered sixty knitting machines, of which
ten have arrived and are beng put UP in
the Bib mills in East Macon. The cost of
the knitting machines Is $500 apiece, so that
the cost of the sixty that have been ordered
will represent al outly of $4,000.
On Tuesday last fire broke out near J. NJ.
Harris, about half way between Quitman
and GroOverville, and destroyed over A. 900
rails. John B. Newsom lost about 900 and
M. +. Harren also suffered loss. The fire
was not stopped Tuesday night, and it is
feared that a number Of others have suf-
fered.
Prof A. J. Cobb of the State University
has in his possession the gold pen with which
his father, Gen. Howell Cobb, signed the
constitution Of the Confederate states. 1t
is made of heavy gold. with the antique
workmanship characteristic of the ante
bellum period. 1t Is greatly priced by Prof.
Cobb.
The case of Daniel H. Aston, who is
charged with the killing of Alex Wilson. a
young Scotchmal, at Lithonia last july.
will again be tried. On his former trial in
August last the jury failed to agree, and a
mistrial was ordered. Young Aston Is
now under $1,000 bond for his appearance
at court.
A special term of Hall superior court
Will be held, commencing on the 18th inst.
for the purpose of trying John Coffee for
the murder of Marshal John n. Merritt.
who was 80 brutality murdered at Lula. in
March, 1886. Coffee was tried at the July
term Of the court and mistrial declared
and the coming trial will be watched with
a great deal of interest.
1t is now claimed that the true inward
ness OF the resignation of Mai Wallace
from the railroad @ lmmission has lust de-
veloped. During the session of the legisla-
ture he made the statement that he could
not continue his work on the commission
without additional clerical help. The Iegis-
lature refused to allow another clerk, and
Maj. Wallace resigned.
At Gainesville, Friday, G. H. Moore e. Co.
recovered 81, S5S rs against H. H. Higgins as
administrator, with the will annexed, upon
the estate of Riley Garrett, deceased. 1t
was for monument ordered for the grave
of Mr.. Garrett by Fl. H. Higgins four or
five years ago. Mr.. Garrett was an old
DacneIor, worth about $780, and died in
May, 1880. The case will be carried to the
supreme court.
Quitman Press: There is an increase of
$lS5, 795 III the amount of taxable property
IN Brooks county for 1889, as compared
with 1888. The total amount for the two
years are, for 1889, $2,541, 921; for 1855
$2,406, l26. The total amount of county
tax collected in 1888 was s.. SOS 50. and in
1889 SO, l67 6S. The amount of state tax
for the two years was about the same as
the county tax.
The condition Of Col. I. W. Avery OF
Atlanta, who has been for over fourteen
months badly disabled from an old war
wound, has both encouragement and de
preston for him. His general health il
better than it has been in all that time. but
the doctors give him no hope of the re-
covery of his locomotion. The wound
which was clear through stomach and spine
has destroyed the balance power of bis
body.
telegraph operator at Butler, on the
Columbus division of the Southwestern
railroad, is in trouble, and he got two
freight trains in like predicament The
operator at Butler had orders instructinp
freight trains Nos 40 and so to meet al
reynolds. lie failed to deliver the orders.
t ana tne trans went together at o'clock
THURSDAY, morning at Everett's station,
seven miles below Fort Valley. No one
was hurt. The engines were disabled and
several cars were considerably broken up.