The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TEE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Atlanta Street sweeper's Rem
iniscence Of Jay Gould-rhe Cost o
the Last Session Of tho Legislature
Seven Prisoners Escape in Walker
County.
GEORGIA.
There is talk Of building a new city hal
and police station at Columbus.
SD. White has been commissioned sec
ond lieutenant of the Troup Husssrs.
F. D. Aiken has been commissioned firs
lieutenant OF tho Brunswick Light HORSE
Guards
1tis said that the acreage devoted to
watermelans this year in Sumter county
Will be unusually large.
W. E Mitchell of Macon county. and
Miss Foxes Humphreys of Taylor county,
were married at Butler Thursday.
There is some talk of changing the town
charter of Valdosta so that elections for
mayor and aldermen will be held only once
In two years.
Rev. Mr.. Beck, formerly of Macon, and
son-in-law Of Rev. DIR. Z. W. Warren, the
well-known Baptist divine, is an applicant
for the preside ICY of the Girls Industrial
college at Milledgeville.
Mrs. Ann J. Slads, relict of Rev. Thomas
B. Slade, died at Columbus Thursday, aged
IS years. She leaves several married
daughters and sons; among them Capt. j..
]. Slade, president OF the exposition COM
pany.
Eph Ponder shot and killed Bun Sutton,
another negro, at Frank Walker place last
Sunday about u o'clock, ear the Georgia
and Florida line. A woman was at the
bottom Of it. Ponder wa arrested and car
ried to the Tallahassee Jail Monday.
Capt John C. Rutherford of Macon, the
celebrated lawyer in the Voolfolk case, is
quite sick in Florida. Capt. Rutherford
has not been entirely well since that memo
rable trial, in which be severely taxed ais
strength and general physical powers.
"A petition, signed by every member Of
the Richmond county bar, was presented to
Judge n g. Roney in chambers at Augusta
Thursday, asking the privilege to hang a
portrait of the late Hon. II. Clay Foster in
the superior court room. The petition was
granted.
George F. Work, who owns the Macon
Street railway and the gas and water plants
is being tried criminally in Philadelphia for
the alleged wrecking 81 the Bank O America
Work was arraigned on bill charging him
with rehypothecating securities aud convert.
ing them to his own use, to which he pleaded
not guilty.
Mrs. Eliza Coyle died at Rockmart Tues
day. Mrs. Coyle was q native of Dublin
and about IS years old She had scent
nearly the whole Of her life in Dublin and
Laurens county. She was a daughter. of
Dr. Moore, the sister of Mrs. F. II. Rowe
and the mother of Mrs. r A. Stanley, all
of Dublin.
The old freight depot Of the South Caro-
lima railroad in Hamburg, opposite Augusta
across the river, is being torn down. The
depot, with the possible exception of the
one in Charleston is the Oldest in the south
The bricks of the building are being shipped
70 Branchville, to be utilized in building a
depot there.
Two schools will be recommended by the
committee appointed to select site for the
State Baptist Seminary. One will be
high school, and will be established either
at Cordsle or Helena. The other will be
seminary, with the authorized privilege OF
giving out diplomas, and 1t will be estab-
llshed In Americas
ls is proposed by the city Of Augusta to
sell its interest in the present court house TO
the county, the building to be used jointly
By TIE city and the county, and with the
money purchase desirable lot and erect a
handsome city hall and police station. The
county commissioners are favorable. as they
could then remodel the court house and have
a building suitable for che present needs of
the county.
Five negro boys were arrested near Fair
burn, few DAYS ago, charged With assault
ing an old negro at his home and trying to
run him OF. A day was appointed for the
trial When the day arrived the old negro,
who was the only witness of any conse-
quence, and the prosecutor could not be
found. He has not been heard of since. 1t
Is thought by some that he may have been
''put out # the way The grand Jury will
investigate the matter.
Treasurer Bob Hardeman has completed
bis payroll for the last session of the legis-
lature. The figures show what the legis-
lature costs the state. This 10 for the SEN
ate: Per diem, $l3.6l3; mileage $l,372 80 ;
expenses Of committees, $500 "A. Total,
Sl5,276 81. This for the House: Per diem,
S4o,2lo %; mileage, S.. 1854 10; expenses Of
committees, $704 %. Total, sac, 09S So. So
that session of forty-eight days costs the
state Sol, 375 50. The corresponding session
OF tile last legislature cost $57, 314 10
A young man in Washington county had
made arrangements to meet a young lady
who had promised to elope with him. He
waited on the outskirts Of town, aud was
soon rewarded by seeing a yelled figure
gilaing toward him. He r, toward the
inquire, saying: Hurry up, L-V darling, be-
fore the old folks find out that we are elop-
ing just as he reached her side his heart
stood still and his hair rose on end. 1t was
the old man dressed in woman's clothes
Wnom he met, and he presented the muzzle
OF gun and told the young Romeo to make
tracks. The old man had heard of the plans
OF the loving couple, and thus frustrated
the elopement.
A meeting of the Ministerial Association
OF Augusta was held Thursday. AS the
city liquor license soon expires. the minis
tiers appointed Revs. Jacks, Mailman and
Frasier TO petition the city council not TO
renew the license for dealers to sell lionors
alongside churches or schools. The matter
was brought about by Rev. Mr.. Frasier.
pastor of the Broad street Methodist church.
complaining of a barroom adjoining his
house of worship. The association also ap-
pointed committee TO petition the board
or education to enact law adding the Holy
Scripture reading to the curriculum of the
public schools. They will ask only such
parts OF the scriptures as are not objection
tionable to any denomination to have read,
Gordon Press: A school teacher not far
from Gordon short while since gave ont
the word "catn to a class of small bows to be
spelled, and in order to see how MANY diff.
ferent ways it would be spelled, would saw
next every time and pass the word ON.
In class of about fourteen every boy
spelled the word differently, but the climax
was capped when it came the turn of the
last little fellow. He was bright chap,
and began to grow impatient before bis
time came, and fear lest some one would
spell it correctly before him. However, a,
the rr0par tifua ha sfra iobkapa1