The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-15

Burned at Arlington.
GEORGIA.
Macon is trying to get up fall carnival
Thousands of crossties are turned out II
Ware county every week.
II is reported that several new brio
stores will soon be built in Perry.
The Catholics Of Macon will next Sunda.
httingly celebrate the 40Oth anniversary o
the discovery of America.
Henry Friedlander, a clerk at the store o
A. Joel & Co., at Athens, fell out of I
wagon Wednesday and broke his arm.
The Georgia Baptist Association is in ses
sion at Sloan, in Greene county. Rev. j.
H. Fitzpatrick of White Plains was elected
moderator.
K. R. Jernigan of Doyle says a whirlwind
stripped the harness from one of his horses
entirely without disturbing the animal
driven by his side.
Many operatives who lost their places by
the burning of the Georgia factory have
gone TO Greenville. s. c., where they have
secured permanent work.
The little town of jug Tavern is on a
building boom, and besides several houses
now in course of construction, Smith q
Carithers, the live firm OF jug Tavern, are
now putting up stable out Of Jug Tavern
granite.
In a personal difficulty at Warrenton
Wednesday between DR.. E. G. Soruggs and
N. G. Edwards, the former was considerably
bunged up about the face and head, and the
latter received slight stab in the stomach.
Neither is seriously hurt. The trouble grew
out Of political discussion.
Contractor F. T. Sanford is having plans
drawn by Architect Turner for three very
handsome residences he will build for him
self on property recently purchased from G..
Volger on Greene street, above Lincoln at
Augusta. MIR. Sanford says he will build
the houses at q cost OF 81, 900 each. 5..
A young mao named Walter Webb, living
in the upper part of jackson county, died q
few days ago and his physicians pronounced
it a clear case of death from hvdrophobia
be was never bitten by a dog but lastspring
a large dog that was known to be mad, at
tackled him IN the road and reared up, put
ting his feet on the breast of young Webb,
and he inhaled the breath of the dog and one
of his feet scratched him on the breast.
This is the only way he could have been
poisoned by the dog.
At about 10 O'Clock last Thursday night
the 2-story frame building of the Georgia
Tripoli and Mining Company at Dalton,
with the engine, machinery, etc., was COM
pletely destroyed by fire. The alarm was
promptly given, but when the fire compa-
MES arrived on the spot, the building was
almost a mass of flames, and all efforts to
save it were useless The loss on the build
ing and machinery is about $4,000, with an
insurance Of 81 900, in the Hamburg Bre-
men company. 1t is thought the building
took fire from spark dropped by pass
ing locomotive.
AT o'clock Thursday morning it was
discovered that the Scarborough hotel at
Arlington was in flames and was rapidly
being consumed. Nothing could be done &c
save the building and it was burned to the
ground, the furniture and everything being
totally destroyed. There were only one OF
two transient guests in the house at the
time, and they escaped all right without
serious loss. The hotel was the property OF
Fl. F. Scarborough who has run it for {
however, the amount OF insurance being
stated at $1,000.
"Major" Golf of Townsville has a chaIl
and sideboord that are interesting relics o.
earlier times. The chair was made in l7Ss
and the sideboard in 1869. Their ancient
workmanship 10 at once detected in tn,
rough but substantial appearance. Tn,
furniture was brought here by Major
COTS ancestors when they emigrated &c
this section from the mother state, old Vir-
gioia. The journey was made by private
conveyance. The chair Is kept in the major's
little weather house across from the depot,
and when there are no trains Co Tag he rests
In its friendly seat as his forefathers did
over 100 years ago.
Mrs. John D. Butt Of Augusta, mother of
Mrs. Louis Golhstin of Atlanta. who is visit.
ing her daughter, Mrs. Warren In Rich
mond, Va, met with a painful accident
several days ago. Mrs. Warren had an al
cohol lamp on the floor heating water, and
kNaN fVN2r a I
Mrs. Butt, seeing her daughters clothes on
fire, rushed to her assistance and grabbed
the burning garment and with her hands
smothered the flames. In extiuQuishfno
the fire both of Mrs. Butts hands were
badly burned. The latest news received /,
shat Mrs. Butt is getting along nicely and
her hands are healing.
Wednesday night two ladies who hat
been visiting in the country were returning
70 Augusta in buggy by the way of the
Murray Hill road. About ! o'clock they
were driving along Deans bridge when two
drunken negroes sprang ouS from the
shadow on the side of the road and one OF
them caught at the horses head. The Other
grabbed one OF the ladies by the arm saw
ing, I'VE want liquor" The younger lady
who was driving, seeing that the horse had
SHE'D and was clear OF the first scoundre
gave the other severe cut in the face with
neA "uAP ne turned loose ana she lmme.
dIately whipped the horse into a gallon ant
escaped. The ladies are highly respectable
ana were almost overcome by fright.
The gin house and fixtures belonging e
d. II. Aouser. at his mill on Big Indiar
creek, Houston county, were DESTROYED by
nre last Monday. In addition eleven bales Of
cotton and about l. 900 bushels of cotton seed
were burned. Eight bales of the cotton
aud the cotton seed belonged to CaiT
Cooner and Fielder Houser, wno had DOS
session OF the mill and ginnery as tenant,
1or number OF years. Three bales of tht
cotton belonged to Dub McInvale, a coIorec
farmer. ID. II. Houser estimates his loss a
ABOUT u 500, including the house. two GO
saw gins, feeders, condensers, press anC
other machinery. This is the third time II
TOUR years that Mr. Houser has suffere,
severe loss by fire. The first was his mil
ana Rinnery, second his dwelling house anc
contents, and now the ginnery. There wa,
no insurance on the property.
Dalton Citizen: EphrIam Deal. n voun,
man about % years Of age, who Game !
Dalson from the west in February last.
one OF the converts of the recent NOM
hachel Baptist church revival. Union hi
being baptized and received into the churcL
rev. Mr.. Hudson, the pastor. related ~
Following story Of his life: At the ACE NJ
years he was abducted by Kentucky Franl
an iinerant Snowman, from his home /