The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Man Injured by Rock Hurled Into
a PASSENGER Car-Meeting OF the
directors of the Experiment. Station.
Rome's Oil Works Have a Marrow
Escape From Burning.
GEORGIA
Fire caught in the hull house OF the
Rome oil mills and fertilizer works Mednes-
day night. but by prompt work the ire
men put 1t out with a loss OF SLOW.
The old Jail at Douglasville has been torn
down, and work on the new one VIII oegln
at once.
On Dec. Dalton will vote on the ques-
ton of issuing $17, 900 Of bonds for school
purposes.
The people of Douglasvills are going to
erect a monument TO the memory OF Rev.
J. B. &. Quillian
E Iugersoll Wade has resigned the edt-
torship Of the Athens Erening Ledger TO
become city editor Of the Americas Tunes
Recorder
s. P Jones of Leesburg has assigned TO
his brother. The exact assets and Liabilities
are not known. This makes the third failure
there since Christmas.
The Perkins house at Douglasville has
changed proprietors, G. L. Underwood is
succeeded by Mrs F. B. Merriam Of Waldo,
Fla Mr.. Underwood and family have
moved to Nashville, Tenn.
A raging "forest-fire' has been playing
havoc with the farmers and their plauta-
tions near Leesburg. Luckily heavy rain
began falling Wednesday night and lasted
until the next noon and put it out, but not
until after much damage had been done.
Joe L. Saunders, the well-known cotton
buyer, has failed. His store In Cuthbsrt
was closed q few days ago under mortgage
for el3 ,00e. His failure Ia said to be due to
undergrade cotton that he had shipped. A
bill for receiver was fled by Macon credi-
tors. which was heard in Dawson
Saturday by Judge Query. A receiver
was not appointed by the court
Dalton Citizen: On account Of the dry
weather forest fires are burning throughout
all this region, and mantle OF blue smoke
hangs over the landscape. Along the rail-
road tracks miles of fencing have been
burned by sparks from locomotives Every
thing is as dry as dust heap, and a mere
spark will cause trouble. Fields of sage
grass have also been burned over in the
vicinity of the railroads.
At Macon, Wednesday morning, when
Maria Stewart, negro woman who lives
in Tybee, went out in her yard she found
that bundle Of splinters with kerosene
over them had been placed under her house
during the night and fred. The wind
probably blew the blaze out before il
not have happened the house would no
doubt have been destroyed.
AN but two Of the directors of the expert
mept station met in quarterly session at the
station at Griffin Wednesday. CousIdera-
BILE routine business was transacted. Every
thing on the farm was found entirely satis-
factory, and the directors expressed them
selves as well pleased with it's management.
Col Redding, ]. NJ. KtmbrouRh and Gus
Anoth m fhai~
spectlve positions for another year.
Burrell Sanders of Atlanta was going
into town on an Atlanta and West Point
passenger train Wednesday and was about
ten miles from Atlanta, when q rock roke
the window glass and struck Mr. Sanders
full on the mouth. The rock was as large
as an egg, and had sharp corners The
blow Knocked him back, and almost 30 un.
CONSEQUENCES The lip and Jaw were badly
cot, and three teeth were broken off. Sew
eral stitches had 10 be put in the cut places.
Felix Willis. negro man who lives on
the Tit Vason place. between Albany and
Palmyra, Is the poesessor of q little white
baby that was left at his house Wednssday
morning by unknown parties. Willis took
toe basket containing the baby into the
house and turned the charge over to his
wife. She thinks the baby is between 8 or
weeks old, and 1t has sandy hair aud blue
eyes. The baby was dressed In very plain
clothes, but its general appearance indicates
good psrentage.
Conyers Banner: Ashbury Almand, who
Is some 90 years old, who has lived In this
county all his life, and who perhaps has
lived In Conyers about thirty years has had a
rather peculiar experience in some respects.
de has neither served on either a grand or
traverse jury; never had case in court as
plalntaH or oefendaut; never Yves a witness
IN any court and never took an oath It's
said also that his father, Welcome Aimand.
was the first one In this section of the coun.
Try to establish the custom Of resting on
Saturday afternoon.
There is no truth in the charges made
against the Augusta Brewing Comnanv
that their employees got drunk on SATURDAY
night at the brewery and remained intoxi-
Gated az sunday and that young boys were
carried home from the brewery drunk by
Their parents on Sabbath morning. Rev.
William 9. Dunlap made statement IN
Asourv cnurch on Sunday morning, based
on the authority Of Virgil Hickmans Hick.
man is a discharged employee of the brew
cry, ana voluntarily made the statement to
Mr. Dunlap. Now Hickman has signed a
retracnon. Mr.. Dunlap, after Hickman
signed the card, recognized the Injustice
tnat had been done both the brewery and
.ne workmen and assured Mr.. Schwerz that
Sunday. -'N>'
AT Atlanta a petition for charter for a
new company has been filed with the clerk
OF the superior court, and simultaneously
comes the announcement of the details Of
the organization of the new
company. The petition was filed
Dy n. j. and I. A. Hammond. The fncor-
porators are w. S. Everett, Mrs. r. B.
Ridley, Willis E. Raglan, Charles F. Malone,
Charles +. Barnwell and Howard r. Gala.
way. The capital stock is $500, 900. The
application for incorporation explains the
ooJect OF the company as being TO deal in
dry goods notions, boots and shoes etc.
and the place Of business the building now
occupied by NJ. G. KiSer & Co. The charter
IS asked for by the incorporators for the
term OF twenty years With the privilege of
renewing it at the expiration Of that period.
Macon Telegraph: Conductor w. M.
Worsely Of the Southwestern road, who
reached the city yesterday, had to tell of a
lively fracas which occurred Monday night
at Blakely, and In which he took part. Pat
Payne. the genial station master, repeats the
story. and is responsible for the statement
that circus gave performance 10 Blakely
on Monday, and attempted to leave the
town Monday night 1.-THE natives, some of
whom are bad people and who eat grits, "
said Pat Payne, "efther wanted more of the
circus, or had too much, and objected