The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
What the Adjutant General Eas to
Say bout the Encampment-Sta
School Commissioner Bradwell Uti
lIzing the Phonograpa-A Woman in
Flames at Lithonia Saved from
Death by an Invalid.
GEORGIA.
The trial at Lawrenceville Of Lou Dunlap,
charged with rape, ended Saturday in 9
verdict Of scquittal.
A huge rattlesnake made it's way into
Basil Suith's house at Gainesville one even.
ing last week and was attacked by cat,
which attracted the attention Of the fam
lily. The intruder was Immediately put 70
death.
Atlanta's board Of water commissioners
has accepted the bid of the Holley Manu-
featuring Company. who will furnish the
pumping machinery, for the new city water
works for 1854, 600. The work of putting
up machinery will be pushed. and Atlanta
will soon have water supply adequate to
her needs.
The board of education OF Augusta has
fixed the assessment for school purposes at
S45, 200. the same as last year Prof. Wright
Of Ware high school did not resign, but in
formed the board that he expected to be
elected president of the state colored col
lege, and If he was he would give up his
position as principal Of Ware school,
A young negro named Talbot is languish-
ing in Hall county jail. He had peculiar
way Of making "both ends meet" he
stole gun from p W. McDermotts son,
took the train for Lula and sold the shoot
ing iron. While at Lula he confiscated a
clock, turned same into cash, boarded the
cars for Gainesville and was arrested en-
route.
At a meeting of the Americus Grocery
Company held Saturday a semi-annual div
idend OF per cent. was declared, which
with the January dividend makes Is per
cent. this year. The capital stock of the
company is $l00, 900 and the figures given
mean that it has turned loose in Americas
even 49, 900, which we're paid to its stock
holders,
The friends Of Hon. o. n. P. Beall, presi-
dent Of Washington county alliance, have
been grooming him for secretary Of the
state alliance since early in the spring. In
deed, it may be said that he is already an
going far enough to unanimously indorse
him for that office at a meeting recently
held at Sandersville.
State School Commissioner s. d. Brad
well had photograph on display when the
state board OF education met Saturday.
Capt. Bradwell will keep the machine in
his office 10 aid him and Clerk Col. r. j.
Guinn, with their large correspondence.
Gov. Northen was so well pleased that be-
fore office hours Saturday morning he went
TO the photograph headquarters and re-
manned there for some time examining the
machine. He was delighted.
With reference to the encampment Adjt.
Gen. Kell says: 81 think no one ought TO
be censUred. Every cent of the money has
been judiciously spent l ain extremely
sorry the legislature did not pass the reso-
luton giving us a part of the money Of
1892 to let the other companies go to Chick
amauga. They did this very thing last
year, and might have done so again. No
one could blame the boys for thinking they
have been treated unjustly by the legsla-
ture. No extra money was spent in trans
porting the troops to Chickamauga. Five
thousand dollars would pay the difference
in railroad transportation between this
point and q central point, and Chickamauga
offered s., 900 more than any other place, so
you see this IS, 900 difference is met"
At Lithonia, Saturday Mrs. G. A. Rankin
was preparing dinner for the family, VIII n
in some mysterious way her clothing caught
fire from the stove, and almost as quick as
flash her entire body was enveloped in
flame. She ran screaming from the house
out toward her neighbors, when Newton
Farmer, who lives near, saw her and ran
end caught her, and began at once to tear
the burning clothes from her body. lie had
almost succeeded in doing this when Mrs
Rankin fell fainting. She was taken up
and carried to her home, and medical and
summoned. Drs. Bond and Trotter re-
sponded. and say that her iujrri,s are very
dangerous, but not fntal. MIR. Farmer
who first ran to her rescue was badly
burned on the hands. but not seriously in
Jured. Had 1t not been for Mr.. Farmers
heroic efforts for he himself was abed sick
when be saw Mrs. Rankin, Mrs Rankin
would doubtless have been burned TO death.
Mrs Rankin is the wife of c. A. Rankin,
Of the firm Of Rankin Bros, who do large
mercantile business at Lithonia and Stone
Mountain, having branch houses at both
places.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
at the union depot at Columbus Saturday
night on the departure of the train to
Macon, and attracted gathering Of sew
eral hundred people. II was rumored that
the conductor of Central railroad freight
train named j. +. Foster had discovered
that his wife was unfaithful to him, In
fact, he had surprised her with a man
named j. I. Russell, railroad contractor,
In her bedroom late Tuesday night, on his
unexpected return to the city. Russell fed
and Foster obtained a confession from his
wife that she had been intimate with Rus
sell for several years. Foster thereupon
determined to carry her back to her father,
J. K. Moore, who lives at Smars, near
Forsyth, and leave her for good. She con-
sented TO the arrangement and accompanied
him to the depot, where a large crowd had
gathered, the news of the affair having
been extensively circulated. Just before
the train started Russell made his appear
ance, bearded the train, pushed by Foster,
who stood in the doorway, and, walking up
to Mrs Foster, who was sitting about the
middle of the aisle, leaned over and said
something, and deliberately kissed her. The
woman acknowledged TO her husband that
she had long loved Russell, and knew she
was doing wrong, but could not help it.
Foster did not see Russell as be passed out,
but difficulty would have been prevented,
as several policemen were on hand. Mrs.
Foster is of medium hight, quite handsome
and only "a years old. She is one Of five
daughters, and from her own account was
had carried on liason with him evtr since.
FLORIDA.
The population Of Arcadia is increasing
rapidly.
D. B. Owens Of Tampa has invented a
mosquito trap.
Work on the Methodist parsonage at
Lakeland is going ahead and will soon be
completed.
Steve Hull. residing few miles south
west of Lakeland, raised watermelon
weighing liz pounds.
The members of the ChipleY Light In