The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TEE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Minstrel CleVelano'S suit over q
Lost Diamond-Macon and the Rus.
sian Jews-Rome TO Have an Elec-
trio Street Railway.
GEORGIA.
The resignation Of First Lieut.. Frank 8.
Enencer OF the Atlanta Rifles has been re-
ceived at the adjutant generals Office and
accepted.
Harry johnson. a prosperous colorei man
living near Fort Gaines, made five bales Of
cotton on ~ acres Of land this year. He
holds all the bales awaiting rise IN the
market.
Bob Badger and another negro named
Taylor sawed out Of a cell at the jail at
Atlanta Tuesday with sheet iron saw, and
when found they were up in the jail roof
among the rafterS
Fort Gaines Chronicle: Jordan w. West,
a prosperous young farmer OF this county,
tells US that in spite OF the alleged short
crop in this section be has made with four
plows. eighty bales Of cotton besides peas,
corn, etc. Jordan is the only man we have
beard of who says he can make money rails
ing cotton at cents a pound.
A cotton ginuerY owned by w. L. Light
foot. assistant postmaster OF Fort Gaines,
was destroyed by fire last week. The GIN
merry was located near Shortville. The fire
caught from matches In cotton, and de-
stroyed six bales Of cotton besides a lot of
seed. Four OF the bales Of belonged to Mr..
Lightfoot. He also had nearly 200 bushels
Of seed burned.
There are about 200 Russian Jews in
Macon, and more coming. They can't
speak English. Sunday the COMMITTEES on
schools, etc., of the Young Mems Hebrew
Association, Of which DIR. Farber is chair
rna N0TCfharod afrN.sIar
New York In regard to preparing for the
Russian refugees who are colonizing in diff
ferent parts of the state. The COMMITTEES
decided to establish a night school in Macon
for the instruction of the Russians in
English.
The sale Of the Rome street railway to
Washington capitalists has now been con.
, summated, and the papers have been drawn
J up and recorded. Bonds amounting 10
I sl00, 900 have been issued to commence the
building Of an electric plant and line. They
bear interest at per cent. and are hoated
by the American Security and Trust Com.
pany of Washington, D. c. The new cleo
trio works and line viii cost considerably
more than this amount and another issue
Of bonds will be made later.
A white man named Scoggins, a citizen
, OF Spann. station on the Wrightsville and
Tennille railroad near the line of johnson
. and Laurens counties, solved the problem Of
more money. il not better money, BY
making pair Of molds and turning out
dollars by the Wholesale. He was on the
road to wealth; but many obstacles arise
in the path OF every pursuit and calling In
life. The obstacle Ia the path OF wealth for
this man proved a United States marshal
and be is now lodging in cell at Macon.
At Unadilla Sunday night fire destroyed
the stores Of n. E. Marshburn g. Co. and
Pate & Harvard. Marshburn g. Co. carried
a stock OF general merchandise, valued at
from a, 600 to 5000. Insurance &, 800
The house occupied was owned by Jerry
Harvard OF Hawkinsville, and was worth
about 81 900, with insurance of about
$500. Pate & Harvard, druggist,
ETC., lose in building, drugs
and fixtures, about 81 800, with insurance
of 81 900. The fire originated In Marshburn
s. Co.'s building, and must have been the
work Of thieves and incendiaries. A bar
Der shop. a small building, worth $40,
owned by Pate & Harvard and occupied
by J. W. Brown, was also consumed, il be-
ing between the two stores The loss is es.
timated by Brown at $75 with no insur.
ance on building or contents.
When Cleveland, the minstrel man. was
recently in Macon, he and his wife were
the guests Of the Park hotel, where Mrs.
Cleveland, as already reported in the NEWS,
claimed that handsome diamond pin in a
Jewelry case was stolen from her room, to-
gether with several handkerchiefs and q
scarf, having totel value Of $3.50. The
pin was valued at 5000. Hon, R. w. Pit
terson represents Cleveland in suit of $3.50
which be brings against the Park hotel.
The Park people claim that they have suffi-
Gent proof to show that Mrs Cleveland did
BOT take scarf case from her trunk as
stated. and will hold that Cleveland was
not the possessor Of such a pin as he de-
scribed. They will claim that they are not
responsible for money or valuables not left
IN the Office safe, as stated in their printed
rules. .
An interesting case from Lee county has
Just been argued before Judge Fish at
Macon. On Oct. 8, r. A. Forester & Co.
OF Leesburg gave mortgages TO s. Waxel-
baum 81 Son and other creditors upon their
entire stock OF goods, embracing their notes,
accounts and chooses in action, with power
10 Waxelbaums mortgage to seize and sell
the property at private or public sale, and
without due process of law. r. A. Forester
bad also made voluntary deed of conveyance
TO his wife Of his property. Col. o. A.
Turner OF Macon, representing s. T.. Cole
man, Burden & Co., sued out an attachment
on the ground that Waxelbaum's mortgage
and the deeds to Forrester's wife were
fraudulent in law and void as to unsecured
creditors. The Forresters filed motion II
dissolve the attachment denying the allega
tons, and asking that the attachment be
dismissed. After a warm contest by
counsel Judge Fish refsed the motion Of thu
defendants and ordered the attachments t.
proceed.
Atlanta Herald: This year, 1891. ha,
peen prolific of new papers in Atlanta. tn,
tertod was born on June Is; Southern Lif
was born on June Is; The linton Labo,
Advocate will celebrate its first BIRTHDAY
on Oct. II; The Sunday Critique started OF
Oct. Is; The Citizen was born Nov. II: Tn,
southern Drummer started on Feb. L: Tn,
Ecentsg Herald started on Saturday. JULY
IL; The Wesleyan Christidn Advocate wa
published for the first time In Atlantt
on the first Wednesday In January of thi,
year. 1t adds another paper to Atlantaa
list practically as IL 1t were new paper
There is still another publication of consid,
cradle Importance to be added to the lisI
about Dec. l. It is the Old Homestead
emonthly literary magazine owned by G
7. Byrd and Mrs. Mary E. Bryan. Their,
were one or two other ventures started Of al
advertising nature not included in this list
and perhaps one or two others that should
be included. left out unintentionally. Thei
there was Howard Williams paper, tn
Courier and one or two others-Larr,
Gantts Free Lance and Harry Brown
Southern Youth and Henry Browns Tn
Lect1tTer-which never materialized. Il
say nothing Of The Corn Dodger.
Augusta EUening NetUs: M. W. Smith
and j. w. Byne, who live about sir mile
from the Cifu IN tho Wrssvhtsb1~o - a