The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Quarrel Among Farmers in Oal-
houu County Results in the Death
OF One Of the Parties and the Serious
Wounding of His Father-A Macon
Hotel Narrowly Escapes Deetruc-
ton by Fire.
GEORGIA.
While some draymen and laborers were
removing heavy iron safe from dray to
Capt j. T. Steele's store at Albany Monday
the safe crushed through the supports on
which 1t was resting, and, falling, seriously
hurt one of the negroes
The government snagboat now cleaning
out the Ocmulgee river 50 as to make IL
navigable, will reach Macon by Monday
next This will make the river a valuable
artery Of commercial activity aud as soon
as 1t is rendered nayigable traffic will COM
menoe.
News reached Albany Monday of the
killing OF Ben Dukes on Saturday last by
Jack Bell, a wel-known and well-to-do
farmer of Calhoun county. The killing took
place at Edison. the home of Bell, and was
the result of difficulty Of several days
standing. It began at Arlington, where
Dukes threatened Bells life, and when re-
newed in Edison Bell shot and instantly
killed Ben Dukes, and then shot and seri-
ously wounded Dukes father. The COM
munity is very much excited over the affair.
J. B. White has bought Leroy Millsr's
property on Monument square, Augusta,
which was occupied by Smythes crockerv
store until it was burned down by the re-
cent fire. He said he paid $500 q front foot
for the property, which faces twenty-five
feet on Broad and runs through TO Ellis
street. The total price is $4,000. Mr..
White says he has bought the property as
an investment and will improve it, but as
yet he is undecided what style of building
he will erect.
The city council of Augusta will next
come down on the lawyers, doctors and
other professional men, and try TO collect
business tax license from them. The
finance committee will introduce a resolu-
ton calling on the general assembly to re-
peal the state law exempting this favored
class. The preamble calls for equal rights
and no discrimination, etc., and the bill for
Rspecific tax on the professions. A par
ticular provision asks that the collection Of
this specific tax shall not operate as an ex-
emption from local tax or municipal
licenses.
The Hotel Lanier at Macon had a narrow
escape from destruction by fire on Sunday.
The fire was located in the rear of the wing
under which the kitchen is situated. 1t
caught from pan of overturned lard. The
cooking range is connected with a regular
brick hue, but there is board that hangs
over the range with long pipe that runs
above the hotel for the purpose OF carrying
of the odor and smoke arising from the
preparation Of food. When the pan of fat
was overturned the flames we're carried on
through this hood, which seemed TO
have an accumulation of sooty matter
from need of cleaning. Where the flue
clears the cave of the house it touches
the wood, and there it ignited. 1t looked
like small fire at first and the guests Of the
house thought there was no necessity for
moving out. The fire was stubborn, how
ever, and the fire department made little
progress in subduipR it. She fire eat its
way into the roof and began to spread.
Then the guests became alarmed and COM
menced TO pack their etceteras preparatory
30 moving out. All the baggage was taken
out Of the top floor, as was some from
other portions of the hotel Some
sleeping guests were aroused, who
were the most excitable. 1t looked at
one time as IL the old building was
going, but the department ripped up the
roof IN several places and got in lots Of
water, which stopped the spread of the fire.
The fire was discovered a few minutes be-
fore o'clock and burned for more than an
hour. 1t was difficult to get at, and taking
all things into consideration, the depart
ment did very well. The damage to the
hotel will foot up several thousand dollars,
fully covered by insurance. After the fire
was out the guests went back to the vacated
apartments except those under the portion
that was damaged.