The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Into the Hands OF Her Husband-aog
Cholera Playing Havoc in Ebert
County.
GEORGIA.
r. II. Lewis of Sparta is a candidate for
solicitor Of that circuit
A colored shoemaker Of LAGRANGE is the
father OF twenty-one children.
Hall county Is still out Of debt She has
funds on hand, left over from last year,
sufficient to meet all the demands made
upon her, without waiting for the present
years taxes to be paid in.
James Hamrick, who for a long time
lived at Carrollton, but who for several
years past has been living in Villa RIGA.
although now nearly 30 years of age, il to
be married next Wednesday night The
lady lives in Polk county.
A check for 1900 has been received at
Columbus in full payment OF the policy OF
5000, in favor of Mira. R. w. Rice, widow
of Conductor Rice. who was killed a few
weeks since in railroad wreck on the
Columbus and Western railroad.
Rufus Blair. negro thief, is wanted by
the police of Augusta. He stole 500 in
good hard cash from John ID. Hahn, the
baker. Rufus was employed by Mr.. Hahn
as driver OF his bread delivery wagon, and
was intrusted with the sale Of bread tickets.
Fox Hall lcolored), charged with the muir
der OF Mrs. Knight and the burning of her
house In Wilkinson county, was taken from
the Bibb jail to Wilkinson for trial Wednes-
day, but on account of the absence of the
prosecutor, Detective Pete Palethorpe of
Macon, the case was dismissed.
Maj. w. L. Glessner, the Central railroad
commissioner of immigration, hassreturned
from Cincinnati. He has been in Ohio for
the past three weeks arranging to bring
down an excursion to Georgia. He has
arranged for three excursions from Ohiu-
one t. come In January, another in Febru-
airy and third 10 March.
Lafayette Messenger: Some DAYS ago
J. d. Mcdonnell took the south-bound train
at Lafayette. He was unable to buy q
ticket from the agent who was on duty
while Mr.. Nichols was in Catoosa. Not
having ticket, he was required by the
conductor to pay cents a mile This be
refused to do and was put off above Fosters
Mill. 1t will probably end in a suit.
The judges of the Bib county superior
court and of the United States court were
remembered this Christmas tide by mem.
oers OF the Macon bar. Judge Miller wal
presented With q handsome silver service
which was sent to his house. Judge Emory
Speer of the United States court was hand
somely remembered by members of the bar
who presented him with beautiful chi
glass punch bowl.
Albany NeiCS and Advertiser: A gentle
man who served on jury that tried party
defended by Gen. Henry Morgan tells good
one on that counsellor. In his speech in
arguing The case, Gen. Morgan compli
mented the jurors highly, telling them that
he selected them specially for their intelli-
gence. The jury was not out five minutes
before verdict of guilty was returned
whereupon Gen. Morgan exclaimed They
are the est set of fools / ever saw"
AT the home of Mrs Everlyn Brooks on
Sixteenth street at Columbus Friday, her
little S-year-old son lost one of his eyes, and
probably both, by the explosion of a can
non cracker in his face. The boy had lighted
the fuse and laid the cracker on the fence
but it failed to explode in the time be
thought it should have done. He went to
examine 1t and just as he turned the fuse
toward his face the cracker exploded. Both
his eyes and face were burned with DOW
der.
Some of the most progressive farmers in
the lower part of Ebert county have dur
ing the year lost their entire stock of hogs
by cholera. One gentleman in particular,
who always raises his meat, lost some forty
head by this disease, and he saws be did
everything in his power to check the
ravages of the epidemic, but without avail.
Others in the same neighborhood have been
equally unfortunate, having lost every
head OF swine on their premises. Others
who live near those who have lost heavily
have not had their hogs troubled with the
disease at all.
Albany Netcs and Advertiser: w. FL.
Partridge tells good one on himself as fol-
lows: "Some years ago was in Welch 81
Mltehell's store and MIR. Mitchell, attempt
ing TO Introduce me to a certain party. pre-
sented me as MIR. Snipe L didn't under
stand what he meant by it, and after the
party bad gone / asked him about it He
laughed and said: i couldn't call your
name to save my life, and, knowing it to be
the name OF some bird, / just called you
Snipe as that was the only bird could
think OF right then.' A number of people
have called me Snipe ever since"
Hardeman, Davis & Turner filed petit
ton in Bib superior court asking that a
receiver be appointed for the Macon Abb
stract Real Estate and Loan Company. 8.
A. Crump, president. The petitioner is
w. M. Henry of Mississippi who claims
that he was induced to invest $12, 900 in the
company, etc. Judge Miller has issued an
injunction restraining the company from
disposing of any Of its assets. The hearing
will be had in two weeks. The company in
Its petition for incorporation asked to be
organized with capital stock of So 900
with the privilege of increasing it to $500. :
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The Jewish citizens of Macon, headed by
Rabbi Farber, are raising a fund to offer as
reward for the capture OF the murderer of
Isaac Saltzman OF that city. The Jewish
people of,,Atlanta also want the SLAYER of
Isaac Saltzman captured. They have taken
active steps to bring this about. Friday
$500 was raised by them with which TO sup
plement the reward of 5000 already offered
by Gov. Northen. SaItzman was Je wish
peddler and was murdered and robbed In
Dolly county about a month ago. The
crime was most horrible one and the
people felt deeply outraged Gov. Northen
at once offered q reward but the murderer
had covered his tracks well.
John Berry, the negro rapist of Melon.
ougb, has been playing the insanity dodge
for several weeks. For several DAYS before
the date set for his execution, which was
Friday, Dec. IS, he was, judging from
his actions, violently insane, noticing no
one, lying nude on the floor, eating occa-
sionally and occasionally refusing, break
ing up the necessary crockery in his cell
and gnawing the scraps. But since the
governors respite he has become more
rational, eating his food regularly and with
evident relish, and has resumed the use of
tobacco. 1t is generally believed that a
communication to life imprisonment would
again put him in full possession of all his
faculties.
Columbus EngTirer-SHn: The steamer
Apalachee brought news from Meals Land
ing Friday that the excitement there over
the recent Holloway-Ely tragedy has not