The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Paris Green Used as a Co,oring for
Coffee-Brunsw:c Finds More Uss
for Dynemite-Trouble About At
lanta's Street Car NJ ,tive Power,
An Explosion in the K'ssr Building
In Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Representative Huff of Bibb county hn
introduced bill in the House TO authoriz
the city Of Macon 10 issue $4,000 Of bond
to build a system of water works.
". B. Hudson of Griffin has made a ne
profit of $40 from his garden, beside fur
nishing not only his family but friends with
all of the vegetables that they could use.
Tomorrow, Thursday, afternoon. mum,
Der of prominent Macon gentlemen will
meet at the park for the purpose of enjoying
a shooting match, after which they will APP
point date for the organization Of a gun
club.
There has been cabbage enough raised In
Lumpkin county to feed the state for
little while. The people can't find sale
for them. It is too early 20 make sauer
kraut OF it, and what shall be done WITH IL
is puzzling the growers.
John T. Barry, an expert electrical ca
gineer of New York. arrived in Augusta
Monday morning to survey, for the North
Augusta Land Company, route Tor the
electric road from Augusta to the Carolina
Heights across, the new bridge.
Sheriff Brooksher of LumDkin county
went down to Atlanta Sunday and returned
Monday night with Mike Saline, who had
been serving out a revenue sentence in the
Atlanta Jail. and Mike is now quartere1 at
the county's boarding house on warrant
for misdemeanor
In a few days the Augusta glass works
will again begin operations. The fires are
already lighted, and a melt will be made on
the night OF Sept. 5. Extensive improve
ments have been made during the summer,
including flint furnace aud repairs OF the
old furnaces. Twenty-three or twenty-four
blowers have arrived in the city. many Of
whom are former employees, and a total Of
about ffty-one men are now at work.
Mayor S. B. Price and City Attorney
Patterson of Macon went before the COM
mittee on corporations in Atlanta Monday
armed with petition from the citizens OF
Macon in reference to the water works bill.
1t contained between 1000 and 2,00C names
and was twenty feet or nine yards
long. The water company's counter petit.
ton was of some length, but appeared
small beside that carried by the representa-
tives of the city.
Rev. NJ. G. B. Mason, A. NJ, B. D., pastor
of Lloyd street Methodist Episcopal church
of Atlanta, has just been elected field agent
of the Freedmau's Aid and Southern Educa-
tional Society Of the Methodist Episcop1l
church. Rev. Mason Is a young man only
80 years of age, and was educated at the
New Orleans University and Cannon
Theological seminary. He is the first man
of his race to hold such position in the
church, and has entered the work with
much enthusiasm.
Sunday night about 10 or II O'Clock there
was an attempt made to rob the house of
G. W. Owens of Brunswick. There were
six negroes in the party, and they sur
rounded the house. Mr.. Owens attention
was attracted by a noise on the side Of the
house near his SISTERS window as il some
one was walking stealthily around the
house. He and his brother got their pistols,
and, upon investigation, found negro men
all around the house. They began firing at
the intru1ers as fast as their weapons would
revolve. This created q regular panic
among the burglars, and in an instant they
had disappeared in the darkness.
The resignation of DIR. Warren of the
First Baptist church of Macon was handed
TO the board Of deacons on Sunday, and they
suggested that DR.. Warren's resignation be
accepted provided he agrees to live with
them during the remaining years Of bis life.
chu lLdb HC 10 pau u bhlAFH IOI his WCFk.
and that the next conference fix the amount,
making it as liberal as possible. The sug-
gestlon was discussed at great length, the
most prominent members of the church adj
vancing good ideas both for and against it,
1t was at last decided that action in this
matter be postponed until two weeks from
that time. when it would be positively
decided whether or not 70 accept the resigua-
ton.
Brunswick Times: F. e. Twittv
has In his possession solid
gold coin, which is ia years old. The piece
of money was found on St. Simons beach
several weeks ego by negro man who
lives on the island. On one side Of the coin
Is the bust of Louis Quinze and encircling
the bust is the following inscription: "Lud
XIV. D. q. OF Nav. Rex" with toe year 1747
In legible letters at the base of the bust.
On the other side it has crown with a
heur-de-lis on one side and bourbon shield
on the other. Mr.. Twitry values his coin at
$50. The theory is that the money was
buried on st. Simon's, and that the con-
slant flow OF water over it uncovered and
exposed it to view.
Brunswick Times: The bark SyaIen.
which has been lying over on her side oppo-
site quarantine all summer, was blown to
pieces Monday with dynamite, The work
was done BY Capt. G. w. johnson. the con-
tractor employed in blasting out the new
channel on the bar. Capt. johnson, accom-
panied by several others, left for the scene
OF the Old wreck on the tug Inca early in
the morning. The first charge was placed
on the vessels deck. When exploded. a
large aperture was made, and through this
the second charge of twenty-five pounds Of
dynamite was lowered, or dropped into the
vessels hold. Five of these twenty-five
pound charges were put in and fired in
succession, until the old vessel WAS torn
literally to pieces The vessel, as we'll as the
lumber 1t contains, is one promiscuous and
confused heap of wreckage, with the ruins
of the vessel lying on top of the lumber and
holding it on the bottom. The explosions
sent a column Of water, with small pieces
OF wreck, 1t is said, fully 100 feet in the air.
At Albany, Monday morning, as s ].
Cook, who works for J. T. Steele. ouened
the store he noticed several grains Of green
coffee on the sidewalk, evidently spilled
there on Saturday night by some belated
purchaser. He paid little or no attention
to this, but when the sidewalk was being
swept it was noticed that the coffee had i'm
parted bright green color to the pave
ment. This was something unusual for
coffee, and at once suspicion was aroused.
The porter who was sweeping
called Mr.. Cooks attention TO the fact, and
gathering few Of the grains he put them
in water. They were not long in the
water before the liquid had taken on a
bright green color, and this proved conclu-
avely that the coffee had been painted with
something to make it nercnantable. As
soon as the coloring was washed from the
grains they showed dark, unattractive
appearance, and they had evidently been
cOlored to make the coffee sell. An analy-
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