The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPaS

THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPaS
The Clothes of a Party Of Fishermen
Burned and the Men Left In BAD
sbsne-Murder In wilcox County.
me Last of the McNair Murder Trial.
a Girl Who Has Slept six Days
without Waking
GEORGIA.
psmev Hester has bought the William
Baker place at Monroe, owned by Malsby &
Avery.
Anumber Of well-known young gentle
men of Macon speak OF going to Seattle,
Wash, to live.
The insurance men say that II Athens
continues 70 suffer from lack Of water the
Insurance. rates will surely go up 70 enor-
nous figures.
j. A. Joyner Of the Fayetteville Netps.
and Miss Dell Walker Of East Point were
married Tuesday az Haasvilie on the pas
senger train.
Frank R Logan Of Atlanta has resigned
his position as general agent OF the Phonix
Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Capt.
Charles s. Arnell has been appointed his
successor.
At Athens the council committee on
what the cost would be for the city to erect
q system Of water works for itself. It be-
gins to look as If that would be the result.
Last Wednesday afternoon the residence
Of James McCracken, who lives near Par
rott Terrell county was entered by a burg
lar, who stole between $40 and $50 in cash.
A negro who has disappeared is suspected.
An order was issued by the governor
Wednesday 70 pay 70 the Hon. Clifford An
darson $50 for his services in receiving the
money due the state on the old Citizens
Bank and Western and Atlantic receiver
ship
On Sunday night about dark q small
tenant house on the R. G. Manley place,
near jackson, was burned TO the ground
/ Il was occupied by Frances Banks (coloredl
! who was not ct home at the time Of tbs
burning. All her possessions went up intC
/ smoke.
Mira Shedrick G. Jones, a most worthy
and respected lady Of Twiggs county anC
wife Of Hon Shedrick G. Jones, died at hel
home in that county Tuesday. The deceased
was Miss Mary solomon and has many
friends and relatives in Macon. She wa
only 2S years Of age.
A. J. Pierce, chairmaker near Stephens
villes, one day last week was getting on
some hickory timber, assisted by one Of hi
1891 49,
into the log escaped, striking him in tn
face, fracturing his upper jaw-bone ant
knocking out two teeth.
Tbs city fathers Of Darien, at their regu
lar monthly meeting. raised the license q
retail liquor in the city of Darien from $40
70 e400 per annum. They also raised tn
restaurant license from $40 70 SOS Whel
this ordinance goes into effect it will cost
over $500 to sell liquors In Darien.
Louis Jackson (colored) living on Rober
Freemans place about three miles from
GAINESVILLE bad his dwelling and household
effects burned on Saturday evening HI
also lost a bale of seed cotton and abou
fifteen bushels Of corn. The fire was caused
by girl stepping on match which ignited
the cotton
A most valuable piece of real estat,
changed hands at Townsville Wednesday
the Thompson mill properly on Stevens
Crawford and Washington streets, nov
jointly occupied by E. 0. Thompson anC
sssssrS- Schmidt, Murray and Simons. Mr.
Thompson sold the property to the las
named gentlemen for SO 800.
At Macon night or two ago W, B. Rile
gave a newsboy IS in silver for what b
thought was IS bill. When he went {
spend it Mr.. Riley found that his paper wa
81 advertisement in the shape of an imita
tion bill Mr. Riley could not recognize Cd
boy if he was to see him, besides, he think
the lad was the victim Of the man to whom
be sold the paper, SO the matter wa
dropped.
Dave Statham. a nephew of Norma
Statham, shot and instantly killed a youn
man named James Morten last Thursda
night, at party given by Mr.. Chambers,
tenant Of Norman Statham, living nee
Bee, in Wilcox county. Justice of til
Peace c. F. Bush held the inquest, and tt
jury rendered verdict of willful murder
Statham escaped and is still at larg
Whisky Is supposed TO have caused I'll
tragedy.
Abbeville Times: A party of flsherme
were out SEEMING in House creek, near Sill
bic, last week. After seining several par
OF the creek they hung up their clothes
dry and proceeded some distance down th
stream. When they returned only rem
nants of their clothing were LETT woot
fire had reached and consumed then
Enough fragments Of cloth were left
cover ode man, who, locked in fantast
garb. went home for raiment for the rest
the party. Some of the most prominer
men Of the county comprised the party.
jackson Argus: The great McNair mu
der trial is a thing Of the past. ]. B. Wi
lard, the last of the accused parties, WI
tried before Judge Boynton and jury la
Friday and acquitted and thus ended the mo
aggravated case tnat was ever In tee COur
of this country. -Four men have been trie
and each one of them walks the earth
free men. McNair was assassinated ar
the officers Of the law did all In their pow,
10 find and convict the guilty ones, b.
''failure" has been the result in every ca,
and the county has lost about 5000 In Il
trials.
Americas Times Recorder: About tv
weeks ago the little 8-year-old daughter
George w. Poole of this city was tax,
with whooping cough, which was success
fully treated by DR.. L. NJ. McLendo
and after her recovery she was seized wi
chills and these were broken by the san
physician. She went to sleep, apparent
in perfect health, six days ago and sin
then has been buried in profound slumbe
from which all efforts to arouse her ha
proven Intellectual. Almost all Of Il
physicians have been consulted and fl
themselves powerless to break this slice
which, If continued, must end In &
death OF the child. There seems to be notl
ing wrong with the patient save the de
unbroken slumber which has seized up
her. the pulse being healthily normal, wi
an entire absence of fever Tho attendi