The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-12

A Contest over the school SuDerin
tendency of Early County-The EIec
tr;c Railway of Athens in Danger Of
Going Into a Receivers Hsnds-sev
aral Persons Given an Electric Shock
at Macon.
ARRANGEMENTS are now being made for a
reunion of the Cherokee Artillery at Rome
on Dec %.
Hon. r I. Connell Of Whigham has
struck a phosphate bed in paying quantities
on his lands in Decatur county.
John Parneu, the brother Of Charles
Stewart Parnell. the dead Irish patriot, Will
leave Atlanta for Ireland next week
Messrs. Manley & Futral of Griffin capt
ured all the prizes at the Atlanta exposltlon
offered for the best Georgia tanned leather.
At the election Monday Greenville went
A. no ON majority. A full vote was
polled. Both sides worked with all their
might
DIR. NJ. Branham has been appointed
city physician Of brunswick to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death OF DIR.
Tucker.
The First Baptist church of Chattanooga
has accepted with regret the resignation OF
Rev. DR.. Willingham, pastor. DR.. Willing
ham formerly lived in Macon.
W. D. Brown and his wife Minnie, who
were put in Jail at Home for perjury on
warrants sworn out by Tom Dodson, are
free again, having been released as result
of their trial.
TUCK" Wyatt Of Rome has recently re-
ceived letters patent for the United States
on his artificial stone grave vault, and has
applied for letters patent for Great Britain
and the Canadas.
Alapaha had its municipal election on
Thursday last with the following result:
Mayor, NJ ]. MCMILLAN; aldermen, J. II.
Baker, J. W. Psulk. D. D. Dorminy, J. l.
Paulk and w. s. Walker.
The Mcdaniel place on Taylor street, at
Griffin, has been sold to w. L. Smith of
Gadsden, Ala, for 81, 500 cash. Mr.. Smith
also let a contract for an elegant new dwell
ing to be built upon his purchase.
Metcalf is suffering with an epidemic OF
burglarles. The losses SO far have been
light. Tom Sparks fired five times at q
negro who was attic npting TO force open the
door Of his residence few nights ago.
The first municipal election was held last
Saturday, atElko aud resulted in the election
of the following: For mayor ,JohnF. Houser
for aldermen, T. A. E. Means Dr. John o.
Mann, ]. D. Marshall G. d. Fitzgerald.
A new trial has been granted Elisha A.
Underwood who was sentenced at Atlanta
supreme court says the judge erred in not
charging the jury on the law of self-de-
Tense when the prisoner made that plea.
Monday morning on the Macon and
Birmingham road, eight freight cars were
ditched at trestle not many miles from
Macon. A negro train hand, Jones, was
the only person hurt, but bis injuries are
not fatal. All the passenger trains on the
rOad were delayed by the accident.
Atlantic has sent out circulars offering
81 600 reward for the arrest ard proof that
will convict the person or persons who re-
moved the rail which caused Sunday nights
accident near Bolton. The detectives think
they are close to the train wreckers.
On Monday night ief entered Cooks
wagon yard at Albany and stole horse and
buggy aud harness He got a buggy and
harness belonging to G. H. Gillenweters of
Terrell county and secured horse belong
ing to j. n. Key of Colquitt county. He
has been arrested at Asburn, Worth county.
The city of Atlanta no longer owns the
two-story brick building on South Broad
street, next to the bridge known as the No.
fire engine house 1t is now the property
OF Capt. j. w. English. He bought 1t at
auction Tuesday, paying even $4,000 for
it. 1t is 3S.S feet front, 100 feet deep and
las feet vide in the rear.
1t develops that the party who attempted
to burn s. A. New horter's residence at
Wrightsvile on the night Of Oct. 80 is a
weesbit of negro girl, u years old, named
Jerusha Gatson She has been in the Nc
Whorter family for number of years-in
fact, her parents bound her to Mr.. Nc
Whorter until she (Jerusha) is of age. For
what reason she attempted tc fire the house
is not given.
There are about POS confederate veterans
in Fulton county who draw pensions. The
next longest list is one of about rs from
Bib. The number of pensioners from
Chatham county Is very small-less than
twenty-fve-e2d Capt. Tip Harrison, who
knows everything about the state pensions.
can't account for it. Counties like CLAYTON,
Henry, Rockdale. and fifty others In the
state, much less populous than Chatham,
have more pensioners.
Columbus Enqitire1~Sun: Here's a little
joke told by a well-known passenger con-
ductor that is pretty hard on the railroads
and commercial men also. Two Columbus
commercial men were going down the Mo
bile and Girard. AT dinner station they
stopped for meals, and when they had salts,
tied their hunger they asked for their bill.
Fifty cents apiece, being that you are gen.
tlemen, but II you we're railroad men we
wouldn't charge you but % cents apiece, "
yelled out the waiter.
Atlanta Herald: Green Dodd ia threat
ening that he will serve no longer as a stew
ard OF Trinity church. 1t comes OF mixing
politics and religion-or at least the feeling
In the matter grows out of the situation in
city politics. Green Dodd don't want to
serve on the same board with Capt W, II.
Brotherton. The ldea is, in a nutshell, that
he considers Capt. Brotherton bad man in
politics. He don't consider Capt Brother
tons conduct in keeping with his position
as steward of the church.
Sunday night the large safe of Loveless
& Son, merchants Of Buchanan, was blown
open by burglars. This is the second timt
this has happened to the same firm. Nc
money was taken from the fact that none
was left in the safe over night. 1t was don,
by parties familiar with the town. TIL,
parties went TO the tool house of r. R. Fore
man and took two lining bars, then to ,
blacksmith shop and got sledgehammer
The safe is total wreck. Sheriff johnson
has sent 10 Bremen for dogs and will try {,
track the parties.
The educational interests of Early count,
are just now below par on account of tn
contest over the county superintendent
State School Commissioner Brad we'll vii
refuse to recommend commission for DR.
7. ID. Howard, who was chosen by tn
board, and tho county can draw none of il
share OF the school fund until the matte
Is settled. The state board of education
has held that the contest must be deter
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