The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Served as a Home for Indians-A
Negro Secures Another Colored
Mans Jury Fees-An Attempt 70
Wreck Train at Marietta.
GEORGIA
DR.. E V. Joye Of Atlanta died Wednes-
day.
Judge John P Edwards, clerk of the
superior court Of Forsyth county, IS living
at the point of death with a severe attack OF
pneumonia
Americas wants the negro agricultural
college located there, IL one is established by
the state in order TO secure the government
appropriation.
Georgia postmasters Just appointed are j..
A. TankersleY. Carriers; Z. A. Earnest,
Hassler Mill, and Miss NJ. f. Morris, Spring
Place. all in Murray county.
Athens is in earnest as to the securing OF
federal court. She will send to the national
capital three Of her brainiest ana most ener-
getic citizens to see what can be done N the
way Of presenting her claims.
Last Saturday while z B. Kennedy and
w. s. Lee were bunting birds near Email
they accidentally shot John KicKliter. He
was hit with several shot in the hand and IN
the face, but was not dangerously hurt.
A white man named Mcmillan, employed
at the coal yard at Oden, on the Columbus
and Western road. was run over and killed
by freight train Monday night. McMill-
ian was drunk and is supposed to have
fallen asleep on the track.
The grip has closed the High Shoals
factory. Reports from that place state that
the factory has not been in operation for
several days owing 10 q sc lrcitv OF hands.
Fifty or sixty of the principal operatives
have been sick with the grip for the last
week
A dog named Spotted Boy, which was
trained at Washington last year by Mr..
Waite. has this winter won 5000 in prizes,
and had his name and fame with his picture
published in the sporting journals. The
dog il a brother Of a very fine one owned
by Lieut.. R. d. Galloway of Washington.
John Brooks OF Molena ON the Georgia
Midland road died day or two ago. Mr..
Brooks had a very inventive mind, and had
patents on quite large number of useful
articles, intending the Brooks cotton
planter" which is widely known all over
the south. He was about 90 years Of age.
The order of Elks is branching out in
Georgia. Columbus organized the first
lodge of the order established 10 the state,
and has already instituted lodges in At
lanta and Savannah. Amerlcus and Macon
are at work getting up lodges, and Colum-
bus lodge has already been called upon to
institute lodges in both Of these places.
! hdIleGLh JOufnCtts some mlScrednt
changed the switch at the depot at this
place one night last week. But for It's
timely discovery there would have been a
fearful wreck OF the north bound passenger
train that passes Marietta at 7:20 D. m. A
broken ring and key was found near the
switch, showing that the party who was
engaged In SO diabolical piece of business
had a key.
Thesafes Of ]. D. Anchors and Finney
at -.
Tuesday night were blown open aud S275
stolen. Two hundred dollars was taken
from the safe of Mr. Anchors. Several
suspicious characters had been noticed
around the place, aud it Is presumed they
committed the robbery. An explosion was
heard duriag the night by several parties.
The entire fronts Of both safes were blown
off. No trace Of the robbers has been
found.
DIR. g. A. Nunnally, president of Mercer
University, is still at work trying to secure
$4,000 by subscription for the university.
He has the promise of check for ZOO
from Mr.. Rockefeller if the Georgia Bap-
lists will raise the balance. he says Bap-
tist lady in Southern Georgia has promised
$4,000, and has given him check for
$1,000 as an earnest of good faith. A gen
tleman in West Georgia, having no heirs,
has promised to leave his entire estate,
worth ZOO, TO Mercer.
The successor of the late Supt. w. H.
Clayton of the Southern Express Company's
Atlanta division has been appointed. lie Is
G. I. Campbell, whose present headquarters
are at Texarkana. Tex. The appointment
will be announced by M. j. OBrien Of
Augusta, superintendent Of the Georgia
division Of the company's business. For
long time Mr.. Campbell was superintendent
OF the Atlanta division. In 1888 he was
transferred from Atlanta to Texarkana,
where be has remained ever STAGE, filling the
place of division superintendent
Abbevile Times: There is On enormous
tree In the Ocmulgee river swamp, near Abs
beville. that rivals the famous giants Of the
California forests. The tree is Of the tupelo
gum variety, and towers above the sur
rounding forest of immense oaks 1t is evil
IDENTIFY Of great age, aud doubtless, was in-
habited by the Indians in the prehistoric
age of this country. The tree Is hollow at
tie base with an aperture large enough to
admit tall man. The hollow extends up
ward for distance OF fifteen feet, affording
space enough for two stories. The hollow
at the base is twelve feetin diameter.
Win Akin, alias George Williams, did a
sharp piece of work at Atlanta q day or
two ago. He entered the clerks Office of
Fulton county superior court, and asked for
the fees of George Williams, witness in
the Dolly case. He was asked how many
udys ne uau Deen III dtpenuhnCe at court,
and said he could not say, positively. but be
thought twenty six or seven days A refer.
ence to the books showed that he was en-
titled to s22 so, and the money was paid
and receipted for. He was mulatto. The
next morning a coal black negro entered the
office and asked for the fees OF George will.
Jams in the same case He was told that
the money had been paid Monday. He
demurred and declared that be was the
only and original George Williams, aud
that the money belonged 20 him. Finding
that he had been personated by another he
had recourse to the police department., and
after a short search he found Will Akin
standing on the corner of Whitehall and
Mitchell streets. Akin was arrested, taken
to the court house, where he was identified
and then given a cell at the station house
He protested stoutly that he was not guilty
but the case was pretty clear one and be
will probably wear stripes for his shrewd
ness.
1t is said, aud by a prominent official Of
the Covington and Macon railroad that
Barnum and Bailey, the circus owners, are
willing to settle their claim for damages
against the Covingbon and Macon railroad
for $4,000. The circus was wrecked on th,
above road in October last, two men anC
eight valuable horses being killed, severa
cars badly wrecked and other damage done
The amount asked for from the first, how