The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-22
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Whipped by Eight Eatrons of Tate
Suicide Of a Farmer at Stone Noun
tain-A Negro Arrested in a Police
Court for Drunkenness.
GEORGIA.
Ex-Mayor Felix Corrupt Of Macon has
been elected president Of the alliance ware
house at Rome.
Everything goes to indicate a handsome
increase in Sumter's tax returns over what
they were last year.
The Atlanta Journal says that all the
dogs killed at the pound In that city are
sold to a soap factory.
Hartwell will vote on July 20 on the
question of issuing 1900 worth of bonds to
run ten years and bear s per cent interest.
A negro. while blowing in the field on
Mr.. W. L. McElmurrays farm, about six
miles from Waynesboro. turned up an old
Indian tomahawk.
At meeting Of the directors of the Globe
Construction Company of Tsllapoosa, held
Tuesday evening, per cent. semi-annual
dividend was declared.
The Richmond County Belt Line railway
has decided to adopt the electric system for
the purposed road to Murray hill instead of
the dummy line that has been contem-
plated.
The contract for the building of the new
Young Mems Christian Association hall,
corner Green and Campbell streets, at
Augusta. has been awarded to Charles B.
Allen. The building is to be completed by
Oct /.
Hon. W. M. Hawkes. has bean appointed
master of chancery Of the South estern
circuit by Judge Fort. Mr.. Hawkes. sue
ceeds the late Col. n. A. Smith no regular
master havi0g been appointed since that
gentleman's death.
Col. Luther NJ. Farmer, former president
of the Coweta Wagon Company, having
disposed of his stock in the same, purchased
a large block of stock of the Newman Bug
gy Company. w. A. Dent has purchased
thirty-six fortieths of the stock of the
Coweta Wagon Company, and now has
charge of the business of that concern. The
purchase includes the stock, buildings and
ground, together with all other property De.
longing to the company.
A six-months-old shote belonging to Capt.
J. W. Anderson. of the Hurricane district,
in Coweta county, disappeared the other
day and could not be found anywhere. The
eighth day after its disappearance Capt.
Anderson CHANGED to peer into an old we'll
on the premises, and was both surprised
and delighted to find leisurely lolling at the
bottom his missing pig. There was no wa
ter IN the well. and the pig was not only un-
injured by the fall, but considering its
lengthy fast, was in pretty fair condition.
In 1888 John W. Kelly became involved
in personal alteration with the agent of
the Atlanta and West Point road at Pal
metto, and was somewhat worsted in the
scrimmage. He appears to have suffered
more in his feelings than from bodily harm,
but considered himself sufficiently injured
to bring suit against the road. He esti-
mated his damages at S., 900 and brought
an action through his attorneys for this
amount The trial came off in Atlanta
day or two ago and resulted in a verdict for
the railroad company.
GAINESVILLE Gazette: During the rain
few days since tree was blown down In the
yard at the home of Mrs. c. Z. Lambkin
In the place where the tree was broken off
in the fall was found petrified bird. 1t
was found by Mr.. Hodges and was taken
from the tree and shown to many Of our
people, all of whom looked upon it with
much curiosity. The head Of the bird was
perfect, every outline being very plain. 1t
into the tree is question. There was no hol-
low in the tree, and it has caused considera-
BILE speculation.
The suit of the Druid Park Land Com
pany vs. the Augusta and Sum merville
railroad, for S25, 900 damages, has been
withdrawn from the supsrior court This
step was taken by Judge Roney, who with
drew the case from the jury, as there were
case for jury TO settle. There at least
fifteen different parties who are plaintiffs
IN the case. To bring about settlement
Judge Roney withdrew the case from the
superior court, to be referred to an auditor
for arbitration or settlement. The auditor
is yet to be agreed upon.
Thursday afternoon a deed of assignment
was made by A. M. Westberry of Quitman
to w. W. Walker, and put on record in the
clerks office. The deed sets forth that there
are about 81, 500 worth of dry goods, $500
worth OF groceries and $500 of fixtures and
odds and ends. These constitute the assets
The liabilities are something less than the
above amounts. The court records show a
first mortgage IN favor of the Bank OF Quit
man for $50 and another in favor of VIII
kinson & Co. for $3.50 49, divided up into
several notes, the first of which, for some
thing over 5000, was due May l.
A curious case was up in police court at
Columbus, Saturday. A negro named
Amos jackson, well known ia police circles,
was up on the charge of drunkenness. The
facts were that Amos, as was his custom,
when not prisoner himself, crowded on to
the spectators bench in the court room. He
was drinking heavily, and when the crowd
gathered about him aud he began to feel the
heat he became dead drunk. Court ad-
journed, the great throng went away, but
Amos remained in his stupor, with his head
his condition and carried him TO a cell &c
await trial. He was sent to the chain-gang
for ten days.
The address Of Col. J. 81. Seals before tine
alumna of the Wesleyan college at Macon
did not meet with favor from the college
folk. The trustees criticised it. vigorously
and expressed the desire that the public al
large should not believe the ideas therein
expressed met their approval, particularly
those in favor OF women entering the pulpit
In order to put their disapproval into tan
gible form they passed unanimously the fol
lowing resolution: Whereas, ia view Of
the commendatory notices of the address
contained in several of the daily papers
resolved. that neither the address Of Col
John II. Seals, delivered June is, nor many
of its sentiments. received the approval OF
this board, and so far as we are advised anc
believe, of any of the clergy or alumua
present"
J. Wesley Baker, well-to-5o and pros
porous young farmer, living three or -four
miles north OF Stone Mountain, committed
suicide Friday by blowing the top of BIZ
head off with a double-barreled shotgun
Baker was a nephew of R. L. Mosely, wht
for a number of years was in the wholesale
grocery business in Atlanta. He leaves
wife and two small children. 1t is said tina
g. -a1 he lo1