The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Baptist College to be LOcsted at
Cordele-Senator Wade Hampton to
be at Augusta on Memorial Day
Murder at Blakely-A Furniture
Store Burned at Darien.
GEORGIA.
Nathaniel Blair Of Athens died Satur-
day of consumption.
A Robin killed at Columbus Saturday
hada four inch snake in its stomach.
One-fourrth of per cent IS the rate Of
taxation in Muscogee county. There Is a
surplus in the treasury.
Near Greensboro, a few days ago, the
S-year-old child Of Henry Parks (colOredl
was severely burned, and death resulted.
Efforts are being made by the Presbyter-
fans OF Smithvilie ana community TO organ
ize church of that denomination there.
J. l. Williams, charged with the murder
of Perry Bronson, was acquitted at Green
vile Saturday. The jury was out only
four days.
Rev. DIR. E. W. Warren, pastor of the
First Baptist Church Of Macon, is spoken of
as DR.. ]. H. De7otie's successor as secretary
of the Georgia Baptist Home Mission Board.
The Americas Times came out in a sixteen
page paper Sunday which is highly credita-
BILE to the publishing company, and the en-
terprising city the Times has done SO much
to boom.
Two men found in cut near Buford a
large amount of mutilated mail matter
them being written on Feb. % and 20. No
body can account for the find.
On the Flint plantation Of the late John
p. Davis. nine miles from Albany, is what
appears TO be an inexhaustible bed Of phos-
phate rock, which assays, according 70 the
state chemist, ~ per cent Of high grade
phosphate.
Some of the farmers of Jackson county
have put up $50 prize, to be given to the
one who makes the most lint cotton on FIVE
acres, to be paid by the others who enter;
also another prize TO be given to the one
who makes the most on two acres.
Cordele has secured the Baptist college.
A donation of Is, 900 by the citizens, offered
TO the thirteen South Georgia Baptist Asso-
Citations, had induced them to decide on
Cordele as the place. This college will be
built at once, at q cost Of about SIS 900.
Senator Wade Hampton has formally ac-
cepted the invitation extended him some
weeks ago by the Confederate Veterans
Memorial day, April %, and the arrange
ments for his reception, which have only
been waiting his acceptance, will now be
completed.
A legal firm in Albany was called upon
Saturday by three different men TO get
divorce from their wives. None of them
wanting them had any money, however.
but one of them got the lawyers inter-
ested in his case after giving them a mort
gage on his mule. The other two were turned
away disconsolate.
AT Barren, Saturday morning at O'Clock,
fire was discovered in the building on the
corner Of Broad and Northway streets,
occupied byW. j. Donnelly as furniture
store. When the fire was first discovered
and the alarm given, the whole building
was in flames with no chance whatever OF
saving store or contents. The building was
valued at $500 and the furniture at 81, 400
and there was not dollar of insurance on
either goods or store.
John CASTILLO was shot and killed by Viii
liam Anderson Saturday night in Minis &
Co.'S barrooD at BlakelY. Anderson, with
his brother, Wash, defied arrest, and threat
ened to shoot Sheriff Black when arrest was
attempted, but was prevented from doing
SO by the timely arrival of assistance. Af>
ter considerable trouble the two brothers
were apprenended and lodged in Jail Wo-
men were at the bottom Of the killing,
John CASTILLO was a young farmer, and a
brother to Bob CASTILLO, baggagemaster on
the Blakely extension. William Anderson
is also young farmer.
The body Of white woman found near
Rome Saturday proved to be that of Mrs.
y. NJ. Aswalt, who was drowned while wan
dering in demented state OF mind. Mrs.
Oswald was seen in Rome Tuesday last,
with her little daugher. She came from
Chattanooga, and was going back to that
city that day. While waiting in the East
Tennessee depot, after having bought her
tickets and checking her trunks for Chat
tanooga, she suddenly left the depot, leav-
ing her child the tickets and going of with
out shoes or hat. No one was
about at the time abe left.
but policeman came up afterward and
saw tho little girl in the waiting room, cry
ing. He soothed her as best he could by
telling her that her mother would be there
10 few minutes, but if she did not come,
he would put her on the train and send her
home. This be did when the train arrived.
Mrs. Oswalt's maiden name was Miss Nellie
Rogers Her husband, Mr.. s. M. Oswald,
was shoemaker and lived in Forestville,
but died about ten years ago. Mrs. Oswalt
then moved to Chattanooga where she has
been living since.