The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Mapped Out in the BIZ OF Rep-
reseatative Flem!ng-Ths Marshal
OF Dallas Murdered - Burglars
Bagged at Dawson-A El4ze in a
Hotel at Lafayette.
GEORGIA
Judge D. a. Vason OF Albany died Tues
day.
Monday was the 65th birthday of Mrs.
Joseph Z. Brown, wife Of Senator Brown.
There were $50 men of the Ninth reRi
ment at Chickamauga Their entire ex
pen9es were s5,46l.
Messrs. Wight, Weslosky q Brown, thu
large wholesale grocers Of Albany, have ap'
pied for "a charter to make the company 6
corporation under the laws Of Georgia.
w. T. Powell, who recently embarked in
the grocery business at Griffin, was closed
Monday by the sheriff upon claim held BY
J. Q. Boynton. from whom Mir. Powell
bought his original stock.
The total tax returns for Baldwin county
is 81, 752, AIS, showing an Increase Of $40,
PAS over $780, The defaulters list is not
included in the above, and it will amount
to several thousand dollars.
The Bob Toombs oak on the campus at
Athens is gradually dying. II is invested
with historical associations Of unique
character. Under its shelterlHg branches
Bob Toombs delivered q memorable speech
to his fellow students after having been
denied this privilege on the chapel rostrum-
DR.. Howard Key of Columbus received a
telegram Sunday afternoon from his rather,
Bishop Kew, to come 20 Eureka Springs,
Ark, at once, as his mother was seriously
i'll and was not expected to live. Blshop
Key carried bis wife TO the springs sons
months ago from their home IL torE Worth
for her health, but she did not improve.
The Harrington property has already
been bought by the city council Of Athens
and the site tor tGe city hall has been So
lected. Il will be placed on tie corner Of
College avenue and v ashlnGton st Get and
will be a handsome building The structure
will be of red pressed brick. trimmed with
granite facing, aud the design will be
palatial. II will cost the city aDou. $4O,-
600.
Sandersville Progress There has been
considerable complaint Of the failure OF the
Irish potato crop in this section, Some at
tribute the failure 10 the fact that the right
kind of seed were not planted; others con
tend that the dry weaCheT IN the spring
caused it. A few gardeners planted the
western potato Rpd a good many planted |
what was claimed TO be the eastern, but |
they all turned out about alIke--the vines |
fourished, but have borne very little. Very |
few will get as many potatoes as they |
planted.
The grocery Of Cowart Holmes at Daw
sou caught Ire short time since and in ex-
tinguishing the flames the plate glass fronts
were broken. New glass having not arrived |
yet, MIR. Holmes sleeps on a lounge in his
store. Monday night he heard "A noise in
his store aud some one whistliDg on The
outside; upon examination by the officers
negro was discovered in a tree near the
house watching, and another sprang out
and raced down the stI Get, followed by the
bullet of an officers pistol. The negro gave
his place of boarding aud his pard was ar
rested there, aid both are now il durance
vile.
Eta Branchton, a girl who has been at
the Kings Daughters hospital at Atlanta
since April, was sent to st Ceha's convent,
Washington, D. c., Tuesday. She vas q
reformed girl, and It was her request to be
sent TO the convent II VIII be remembered
that she was On her way from Texas to
Washington last March when she acclden-
tally met her lover in Atlanta. He per,
suaded her TO remain over one train. She
consented trusting him fully. They drank
wine too freely and she fell Eta lived
with him for a short while, was deserted
and the Kings Daughters took her i'll
charge. The Branchton family live in
Texas. and are wealthy.
AT Lafayette Monday morning, about 3
o'clock, the alarm of fire was sounded, and
the citizens of the town awoke TO find the
Goree hotel enveloped in flames Mrs Susie
Algood, with her two children, and Waiter
Scott barely escaped in time to save their
lives. The building, with almost all of It's
contents, was destroyed. The loss amounts
to about $4,000. Mrs. Susie A!good's loss
was about $l75. VI alter SCOTS loss was
about $l25. Mr.. Scott lest his trunk with
about 500 in money, but in doing SO carried
Mrs. Algood's youngest child out Of TIE
house. Judge J. b. Still lost his trunk with |
all lis contents. The insurance on the |
building amounted to only $1,000.
Columbus Enqdrer-Sun: Supt Hen
derson Of the Columbus railroad |
was sitting in his private office. Adehght- |
full breeze was blowing through his Office |
door, and with 1t came one Of Columbus |
bright young legal lights. MY business" |
he said, sis to ask permission to mediate in |
Wildwood park. l have several very |
knotty cases TO study over, and nothing |
helps me along so much as to 60 out and |
commune with nature. The sigbs of the |
trees seem to answer my questions, and | |
have no trouble with a case when / medi- |
tate over it in the woods" The superln- !
tendent referred the lawyer who wanted to |
mediate to President Flournoy, who at |
once granted the request, and this lawyer |
can now be seen any evening at the park |
strolling about with several documents in |
his hands, or standing on a settee expound-
ing his eloquence to the hills and stars
Or. Martin. it will be remembered, was
indicted at Atlanta some time ago for Sc
ducing a l2-year-old chilli, About week
ago the indictments were stolen. At tho
same time the Ozburn murder indictment
was stolen. The OZburn indictment was
recovered. but the court officials were very
mysterious about It. Monday the Martin
indictments were recovered. And again
the court officials were very mysterious
about it. "a friend of mine discovered
their whereabouts, said Clerk Myers, land
brought them in. l can't say anything
more about it now" The indictments were
stolen by Lucien Smith. a young white
man. Smith carried them to DR.. Martin
and offered them for money considera-
ton. Martin referred Smith to his attor>
ney. Col. w. w. Hulsey. He told Smith
that he had no use for them, and reported
the theft 20 the court officials. This was
their frat knowledge of it.
B. f. Mathews shot and killed Manning
Phillips, marshal Of Dallas, Monday. Math-
ews had case in the city court, and Mar
shall Phillips, while passing Mathews res
taurant going from the depot to town,
asked him TO be at court at certain hour.
Mathews asked Phillips why he didn't make
a case against George Cooper for disorderly
conduct. Phillips said he didn't see it.
Mathews then said be knew of twenty good
citizens who told him (Phillips) about it.
PhilIips deniad this Matthew'S said. UYou