The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Carpenters Strike at Atlanta-Ar
gusta Banks Reap the Benefit of
Liveryman's Death-Murder Nea
Augusta-A Young Lady Badly Il
ipred as the Result of Stepping o.
a Banana Peel
GEORGIA.
]. R. Sangster has bought the Hote
Lanier at Macon
There is talk of org anizing company Il
build a cotton factory at Americus.
II Was estimated that fully 5000 coloreC
peonle were in Griffin Sunday attending the
colored Baptist association.
It's reported that Pat Calhoun has re-
fused free passes to all membaps of the legis-
Iat,,re who voted for the Berner bill.
Putnam county shipsannuslly about TO-
600 pounds Of butter, but frequently 1T is
impossible for consumers at Eatonton TO
get pound from the grocers.
Judge Meyerhardt's term as judge OF the
CITY court of Rome expired Monday, and
from this date the ermine Will be donned
by Judge Walter T. Turnbull for term OF
four years.
The First National Bank Of Lagrange is
winding ND its affairs as national bank, and
early in December it will change its name
to the Bank of LaGrange, but Will remain
under the same management AMI capital as
at present.
j. B. Smith Of Troup county is one of the
champion cotton pickers Of this section. In
six days he picked 2, 1876 pounds, or an aver
age of $685. pounds per day for the week.
For a steady six days work this Is going TO
be hard to beat
n
Groves, aged II years. and Jim Nichols
were out hunting and were walking down
opposite sides of a swamp, when Mr.. Nichols
flushed a covey of birds and fired, wound
ing Groves in the face. The would, though
painful, is not serious.
Tennille Error: w. T. J. Walker is sole
owner Of one of the Oldest Tomcats in Geor-
gia. Tommie has reached the mature old
age of Is summers, and many have been
the midnight melodies he has mewed upon
the house tops. Tonic is now most too old
to hustle the rats. aad as a consequence
keeps in close proximity to the cheese.
Cbesley Toler, who once ran a large
livery and sale stable in Augusta, is deal
He died in Kentucky a week or two ago.
When Mr.. Toler failed in business nearly
all the banks in the city we're more
or less stuck. He turned over to them
policies for large amount of life insurance.
This is now being collected by the banks.
Eatonton Messenger: Those parties
against whom the grand jury found true
bills for running ''blind tigers" have re-
turned to Eatonton, and have been placed
under bond for their Appearance in the
county court. There is a quiet but intense
feeling in the town and county that no loop
hole of escape shall be given these parties if
the evidence Of their guilt is reasonably
clear.
At Hetteville, on the Port Royal road,
thirty-three miles from Augusta. Satur-
day night Albert Joseph shot his brother
inNlaw. whose name is unknown, three
times, and the wounded man died Monday
night All the parties are colored. Joseph
was drunk and killed the other msn without
provocation. The people OF Hattevile were
greatly incensed and even made threats of
lynch law.
There is prospect that LnGrange will
be the terminus,or on the line OF new rail-
road, for which p. Rowan, George P. Ide
and George H. Montgomery are applying
for charter. The road will be known as
the Atlantic and Northwestern, and the ap
plcation for charter says it will run from
LaGrange IL northwesterly direction to-
wards Roanoke, Ala, and on the coal aud
mineral region Of that state.
At Augusta, Saturday, Miss France:
Chavel, young lady. stepped on banana
peel in front Of George J. Fargo's furniture
establishment and fell heavily to the side
walk. Nothing serious was thought of the
matter until about 10 o'clock that night,
when Miss Chavel went into very hard
spasms, from which it took the physicians
utmost skill to revive her. Since Sunday
the you0g lady has been suffering acutely
from pains IN her head and neck, and at in
teTvals going into commissions.
LaGrange Graphic: Saturday night last
J.. d. Mccormack carried friend who ar
rived on the night train to his home In the
country. Returning home, he he'd reached
the hill just beyond the residence of Mr.
Dix when shot from revolver or a gun
rang out, frightening his horse and causing
1t to run. de thinks the shot was fired q
hin, but has no idea who the culprit coult
be- as it was too dark for him TO see. Ar
irving home, he was unhitching his horse
which YVES still frightened and very nervous
and as it ran out of the shafts struck MIR
Mccormack and knocked him against aspos
with such force that the shoulder bono wa
broken.
Fourteen carpenters under the Leadership
of the foreman, d. d. Sawyer, laid dowr
their tools and quit work at the Young
Mems Christian Association building a
Atlanta Tuesday. The work being done OF
the building is in charge OF contractor
Beck q Son. Foreman Sawyer explain
the trouble in this way: The contractor
brought non-union man to work, MAJ
with whom he, Sawyer, had had som,
trouble, and who was not member Of the
carpenters and joiners' union. Sawyer re
fused 10 work with him. The contractor
insisted on his working, and Sawyer quit
Thirteen Others quit with him. 1t is uniol
fight and the strikers say they will stick i
out
On Saturday morning at 4:3O o'clock fir
was discovered in the brick house of J. r
Cook q Son, at Oglethorpe. It was ,
destructive fire. The perfectly arrange,
double store rooms occupied by Eugen
Willis ard single room of Ed win Win am
were entirely consumed, with contents
save the valuable papers and safe of tn
former. The fire originated in the latter
room and everything was a total loss
The loss on the building and stock c
merchandise was SIS 900, Insurance SC, 50l
The heroic efforts of the populace saved tn
entire block. Another alarm was given a
1l:30 o'clock Saturday night, aud onl
prompt work saved the other side of tn
town. The fire was in the store of J. A
King, and the loss is fully covered by IL
surance. The climax was capped Monds
afternoon by flames bursting from a pile c
many hundred bales of cotton in far Of
corner street This required superhuma
efforts to extinguished.
Jim Mann, a deputy sheriff of Jasper, &C
companied by WIN McElroy, went dow
into Gordon county Saturday to arrest par
ties against whom the grand jury bad foun
bills at the receat term of the superior cou 4
When he arrived his game was gone. o
his return TO Ludville hs found Georg
Lawman and Jim Lawman of CLINE