The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-14

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Eastman IL to have a military company.
The mule trade in Columbus is unusually
active.
snrerior court convened at Brunswick
yesterday.
ARRANGEMENTS are being consumnated
for biz industrial exposition at Carriers
villa
Sixty-three cars of lumber and three cars
OF c-ossties we're brought IN by the railroads
yesterday.
D. N. Stringer of Gainesville, who was
shot three weeks ago. by ". Z. Smith, died
Saturday night.
Willis Group OF Rasheu was killed
Friday by an ox-cart upsetting and throw
ing him against log
Claude Waters, a 16-year-old negro boy.
is in Jail in Atlanta for attempted assault
on an estimable young white girl.
Madison cotton buyers have bought
1900 bales of cotton the present season,
and general trade mas been beyond all pre-
cedent
The cable for the St. Simon's telephone
line has arrived at Brunswick. Manager
Capers will have the line in operation
within the next two weeks.
C. r. Warren has been recommended to
the governor for the position of solicitor of
the county court of Pulaski, to succeed w.
4. Kelsey, deceased.
Preparations are being made by the Gov
ingJon and Macon road to build a large
freight aud passenger depot at the intersec-
ton of Poplar and Eight streets, in Macon.
The Dalton Argus says Col S. III. Carter
has received a let. or from an old miner who
claims to have discovered a tin mine of
fabulous value on the mountain lands in
Gilmer
Two residences were ransacked by burg
lars at Macon Saturday night. Bridges
Smiths residence was gone through, and
the burglars secured his watch and all the
cash in his pocket.
The Georgia Teachers Association will
hold its annual meeting in Columbus during
the first week of next May. The meeting
will DO the largest and most important
gathering of teachers evers ever held ia the
state.
Henry Harris Ccolored), who has been,
according to report, stealing a great deal
from country wagons on the streets at
Athens, was hauled in by the police Friday.
There has been great deal of stealing done
lately, and the police are determined to
break it up.
Friday night, at Brunswick, some one
effected an entrance into the grocery store
of Souza & MaIlette, on Newcastle street.
by breaking the glass Of the front door of
the building. Burglary was evidently the
intention, but the party must have been
quickly frightened off, as nothing was
taken.
A new opera house is among the con-
templated improvements for Albany.
Efforts will be made for a stock company
TO cooperate with the city council in erect
I'd hail
This will likely be successful and a hand
some building erected. Failing in this, the
opera house is probable, nevertheless.
A negro from Jones county named
Charles Seabrook, walked in w. Fl. Jones'
store, at Macon Saturday afternoon and
carried out two shoulders of meat, and three
caddies of tobacco, and was coolly slowing
them away Ia his buggy when Mr.. Jones
saw him and called policeman. Officers
Holmes and Cherry took him to the city
prison.
A negro boy about Is years old, son Of
Joe Foster, was shot near Greens borough
Sunday of last week, by a negro girl named
Amanda Davis. The girl, not knowing the
gun was loaded or not knowing how to
handle it, in a spirit of mischief, pointed
the gun at tha boy and pulled trigger.
Though the wound is serious there is a
chance of recovery.
The depot at Crawfish Spring, on the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad,
was destroyed Friday evening by fire. 1t
is supposed that it caught from sedge grass
which was being burned in G field near by
by Gordon Lee, and that a spark fell into a
barrel Of oil Everything was lost, but
fortunately there was not a great deal OF
freight in the depot at the time.
Friday morning about o'clock W. j.
Langston and H. A. Cook, two promineni
citizens of Harlem, met on the street. A
difficulty which had been brewing severa
days was renewed. Langston struck Cook
and Immediately fell to the ground dead
Cook did not strike Langston, SO say eye
witnesses. MIR. Langston was subject Il
heart disease, and it is supposed he dieC
from that disease
At Macon, negro girl named Haiti
Butts, was recently detected with a yalu
able piece or jewelry in her possession. Az
investigation revealed the fact that she hao
been carrying on systematic course Of
plundering from all who had employed her
and when cornsred, she confessed the thief
of many valuable articles which had unac-
countably disappeared from houses wher
she had been employed.
A collision occurred between two pas
senger trains in the Central yards at Macol
Saturday morning. A southwestern trail
passed the switch and struck a Georgi
train, doing considerable damage to tn
latter's engine. Engineer 2. P. Milliga
jumped in time to escape injury other tina
few bruises The tender of the Georgi
train telescoped freight car, smashing
up pretty badly. Mail Clerk Whit
(colored) was considerably shaken up. Tn
accident was caused by heavy fog pre-
yailing at the time
The Manchester Cotton Mills at Vineville
suburb of Macon, are now about read
for operation, and will be running regularl
within ten days. There are $500 spindle
IN the mill, and the capacity will be 5. 90
pounds OF spun cotton per day. Two hun
dred incandescent electric lamps are use
for lighting the factory, which is to be ru
as late as o'clock at night A 200 horse
power engine, with a fly wheel seventee
feet in diameter, furnishes motive power
Another engine of the same size will /
ordered in few days to run the addition,
5000 spindles which are to be placed in tn
mill during the year.
Thursday night young society couple {
Fort Valley, giving fictitious names and
forged license, called on Rev B. l.. Ros
aud requested to be married immediately
as the brides parents objected to the mattel
After assuring himself that the parties wer
OF legal age DIR. Hall performed the cere
mony. Saturday morning it became know
that the parties to the affair were w. e
Harris and Miss Phosa Skelhe. Excitemen
ran high as DIR Ross vro,,O,,raaa -