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


on the New Building of Mercer Uni
versity - President Work to Pay
Macon Another Visit-An Interesting
Lawsuit.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Kittie Holmes, wife Of c. c. Holmes.
died at Barnesville Monday.
LAFAYETTE Trague was crushed TO death
in an oil mill at Blairsville Monday.
Col. r. T. Armstrong. Of Rome, has been
presented handsome $3.50 gold watch.
The cost Of Atlanta's police department
for the next year is estimated at SlS5,O01
A burglar stole 81 900 worth Of jewelry
from the residence Of Herbert Brown at
Macon, Monday night.
The solicitor generalship Of the Rome
circuit Is one Of the best Offices in the
state, the income ranging from $4,000 70
5000
Capt Vim. Shrine, an old citizen Of
Americas and the organizer of Wide A wake
IRE company, died at his home IN Sanford,
Fla, a few days ago.
The 7-year-0ld son OF JEFF Elliott, while
out hunting, was shot and accidentally
killed by George Barnes son, Is years old,
near Graysville last Friday.
It will not be long before the grounds
about the new capitol will be improved.
The legislature appropriated SlS,0D for the
purpose, and appointed a commission 70 see
that the work is properly done.
The new Homefor the Friendless at At
lanta will be a very handsome building.
W. W. Goodrich & Son have just COM
pleted the plans, and in a few days the
work Of erecting the building viii be COM
menced-
The Atlanta Rifles have received a mag
niicent Christmas present from their charm
ing honorary member. Patti Rosa. II is a
beautiful silk flag aud staff. On the staff is
engraved; Merry Christmas. From your
comrade, Patti Rosa"
W. J. Harley arrived at Sparta
Monday with bis bride, to the
On Friday afternoon last be was married
70 Miss Lena Wofford at Summerville, Ga.
She was the daughter of the late Gen. Wof-
ford Of the confederate army.
At Macon Mercer Univertity's new build
ing is progressing rapidly toward COM
pletion. Up to this time the sum Of s17,-
600 has been expended on it, but so well are
the funds managed, and 50 liberal have been
the donations, that there is nothing owing
on the building az ALL 1t is expected to be
fully completed and ready for occupancy
al the beginning Of spring
Macon Telegraph: George F. Work, presi-
dent Of the street railway lines of Macon,
who has for some time been in Philadel~
phla jail on charges Of fraud and bank
wrecking, has been released on 800, 900
bond. The district attorney appears to have
held back Works release as long as he could
on technical grounds from personal feeling
against him. Mr. Work telegraphed Mon
day to Maj. Winters of tais city that he
would be in Macon on business within ten
days, ito protect his interests, and with
plenty Of good backing
An interesting suit has Just been q ed at
Atlanta by Jonn J. Hamilton, who wants
$4,000 worth Of property or its equivalent
in dollars. Hamilton claims that his mother
and father got into row at the north,
where they lived when he was baby, and
separated, The father came south and with
him another woman. In 1870 an aunt OF
his, Mrs. Bridget Doyle, died in Atlanta and
left him 1895 Sc, but saying his sou was
dead the father secured this money. He
invested it in real estate in Tennessee, which
afterward sold for very good price. He
then died and left the money to the woman
whom he had been living with, and she in
vested 1t in real estate in Atlanta
Americus Recorder: An old lady who
lives on the east end Of the Savannah.
Americas and Montgomery road, keeps an
eating house where all the railroad boys
stop. The boys promised her a Christmas
present If she would hang her stocking out
on the front porch, ON Wednesday night.
Not having any on hand to suit the occas-
ION, she sent out and bought a nice large
par and hung them up. Not long after a
negro came along and stole them. The
boys, not finding the stocking when they ar
rived, of course passed on. Next morning
the old lady found her stockings gone, and
vows the railroad boys stole them, and
won't be consoled, although they have given
her many times their worth.
The W est Peters street store of Jnlius
Gottheh at Atlanta was sold out Monday.
N. A. Kapler was the purchaser, and sq3S
was the sum realized. Gottlieb, it will be
remembered, failed a fortnight ago. His
business was 50 scattered, and he being I'M
educated, that it was impossible Co get much
OF an idea OF the status of his affairs He
had given a number of mortgages on his
various stores, three of which were on De.
catur, and one on West Peters streets,
and when the crash came ever thing went
under. The sale Monday is but the begin
ming of the winding up of his business,
which is IN tangle, and the amount real
lied is only comparatively small item in
the Indebtedness Of this merchant OF many
shops.
A special from Washington, D. c., TO the
Atlanta Journal says: "Col. /. w. Avery
has been for two months, and is now, doing
good work for the large publishing house of
James 7. White s. Co. of New York, who
rank with the Appletons and Harpers.
They are engaged IN a stupendous literary
project, national cyclopedia of American
biography. Itkgwill cost upward of a
million dollars. and be the classical standard
work OF representative Americans gathered
by competent associate editors in every state.
Col Avery is the editor for Georgia. This
enterprise is unquestionably the largest and
most important of the decade in the
book field, and meets great want in the
English speaking world. The first writer's
OF the country are assisting Mr.. James r.
Gilmore, tie editor~in-chief, and it will be
marked by absolute accuracy and the
highest literary finish. Col Avery has in
addition 10 Georgia, the important and
critical labor Of preparing the sketches of
the United States senators and congress-
men, Of whom be has made some that have
been pronounced excellent characterize
tons. Special features of the work are the
delineations Of quality and portraits of
men"
Irwinton Blade: Last Saturday evening
the citize S in and around Uconee were ex-
cited with indignation, and justly So, too.
A big. burly negro, bearing the name II W.
ID Stlnson, attempted to kill a whole fam
lily OF children near that Ilace. 1t seems
that new bridge is being erected over the
river near Oconee, and the children
OF Mr.. Avery were very anx-
ious 10 see the new structure
Having gained the consent Of their father
the four children, two little bows and two