The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

s55,ooo-A Jewelry Robbery al
Rome - An Attempt to Murder g
Bailiff-A Nsxro Horse Thief @ lickly
Cauzht-A Dog Sold for $1,000.
GEORGIA.
The Alpbaretta Free Press wants Henry
Watterson Tor vice president
In. Langf lrd & Co. are going to leave
Athens 20 go in business IN Atlanta
Athens may issue bonds end purchase the
water works. uow ran by sto company.
1t is thought that 500 or mare acres VIII
bsplsatsd In melons IN and around Abel
this season.
Abbeville's bid for the Baptist female
coli &c is 1900, and beautiful site for
the building.
Shares In the AbbeviIls Construction
Company were sold at par to the am unit
Of Sl5 900 last wesk
Judge Ousey's place on the Forsyth road
has been sold TO a syndicate Of Macon
capitalists for 3d. 800.
The Central railroad Is preparing TO build
q tunnel under their line where it crosses
Fourth street in Macon.
Work has been begun on the new street
railway at Griflu. IL Is thought that by
April the cars will be running to the ex-
pertinent station.
At Birmingham, Tuesday. Frank Hull,
telephone linema aged % years, from
Rome Ca. fell FIR m the top OF a 60-foot
pole and was Instantly killed.
Within the past week there has ben q
larger area planted in fruit trees in Able
vile and vicinity than aG any similar Pc
riod in the history OF the town.
General Superinte dent mes K. White,
OF the railway mail service, With Chief
Clerk Alex Grant, are making a general
tour of inspection over tRe southern lines,
including Georgia.
George Thompson, who mysteriously dis
appeared from Milton county several
months ago, has been heard from He is
in South America, and has writtsn for
his wife to come to him.
Capt J. w. Sweeney viii commence work
at Abbeville on a gIvernmsnt steam boat in
few days. He has already built several
hne steamers ere for the government and
for different corporations.
Editor Patrick Walsh is calculating on
erecting a handsome building for the
Augusta Chronicle Mr.. Walsh, several
years ago, for $4,000, purchased for the
paper the handsome Broad street lot No.
729, opposite the confederate monument,
upon which he will build
At Atlanta, Tuesday, Officer Harris re-
covered lady's silver watch belonging to a
young lady OF Savannah. The watch was
133 Crew street. together with about $3.50
worth of other stuff, during the lost ex-
position. Il wa taken from VIII Dozler
Dozier claimed that he fought it from
Wesley Clements, another Negro, for 81.
T. NJ. Brumby, president Of the Brumby
Chair Comoany, OF Maristta, Is back from
the field riL recsntly hold at New Albany.
Miss, whore he went to enter his celebrated
bird dog. Mr.. Brumby is happy over the
contest, as his dog toIk the first PRICE S4o0.
Before leaving the field Mr.. Brumby had
an offer fer the dog Of 3 600 by a Mflwau-
kee gentleman. which was 80 tempting that
be let him go.
A few years ago DR.. Lowe, then a resi-
dent II Georgia, but now residing ia the
east. purchased tract Of flfty acres Of land
fronting on AsAby and other streets near
the exposition cottoa mills at Atiasta. The
properly mas lain fa!loW since DR.. Lowe
purchased it. But all the time Il was grow
ing fine crop-of dollars. Tuesday, Dr.
Lowe d .sposed of the land to q syndicate,
receiving for it s55, 900.
At Atlanta Wednesday q young white
man giving his name as T. L. Scott Of Rich
nond, Va, insulted lady In front Of the
Gate City National Bans building, on Pryor
street. Mrs. Bates, highly res pected lady,
was seated in her Ga riAge, when he rusheS
up and tried TO jerk her out. ]. b. Patter-
son. whe was on a dummy standing cl0se by,
rushed up and severely chastssd Scott for
b S conduct. Scott was fined SIS in police
court.
AT Macon, Tuesday night, the property
manager Of the Sullivan Harrison com oina-
ton fired three shots at a drayman in the
rear of the stage at the Academy of Music
because be did not move fast enough to suit
him. No harm was done. Several poice-
men were sent in the rear OF the stage to
preserve order Sullivan drank consider
ably while ia Macon. In the FIRST act re
appeared quite full, but sobered up toward
the close
A strong effort to secure pardon 70.
Eliza Randall, serving a life sen .ence for
murder, from Raadoiph county, is beng
made by r. L. SIoleY of Atlanta. She and
partner in crime we convicted of
numbering her stepfather. The man was
hanged, bat, as she was but an ignora It
thlrieen-Year old girl, Gov. Gordoa COM
muted her sentence to life Imprisonment.
Now the effort VIII be made TO secure
pardon from Gov. Northen.
Eiberton Gdsette: A negro boy about II
years Of age went TO MoIRtosn's stable one
day last week and hired a horse stating
that he was going down about Eureka.
Soon after he left it was learned that he had
stolen suit of closhss from lme one short
time before. a,sd Mr.. McIHtesh, becoming
uneasy, started a man after him 1t was
iearheQ tu&t NE b0d crosses tRe SavanE Hh
river a. soon as ne could get there after
leaving town, and his pursuer fella wed and
over eok him at Hester, S. G., few miles
on the other side. He had tried 10 sell the
horse. but failed, and it was captured a d
brought back to its owner. The thief was
arrested.
Rome Tribune; Tuesday morning when
Mrs. B. A. Young of Lexington, Ky, who
Is stopping at DIR. J. G. Yeiser's residence.
returned TO her room after breakfast. she
had occasion to open her jeweiry box, " ich
was in her trunk, and was herrifed upon
discovering that her jewelry and purse
were missing. About O'Clock in the after
noon Onicer 7. J. Priskett, who vas on his
beat on lower Broad street. was approached
by a negro woman. named Martha Holt
who showed him a cluster diamond
ring and asked him if it was
good. The officer saw at O ca
that the ring was valuable and asked the
woman where she obtained it. She said
from colered boy who wiSAed to sell it 70
her for dime. The officer at once decided
that a robbery had bee4 committed, aEd 50
demanded of the woman more Information.
Through her instrumentallty a garnet
cluster ring was recovered from a boy
named Nose BraEch, and diamond brooch
containing five diamonds and a solitaire
diamond ring frsm Lu.a Perry, anothe,
SoIorad voman Thu how thai I. "a,