The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLYN A PUT IN TYPE.

lanta - Murderous Plot to Escape
From jail at Columbus-A Negro
Boy Burned to Death.
GEORGIA.
There are 1875 names on the pay roll Of the
Newman cotton mills now.
J. x. Evans announces himself candi-
date for the office OF county treasurer Of
Burke county.
Thirtv-one settlers from Buena Vista,
Juniper and Muscogee county, left Column
bus Tuesday for various parts of Texas and
Shreveport, La
An Augusta broker says that securities OF
all kinds, except Central railway, are ad-
vancing, and this is sign OF restored con-
fidencs all around.
Rev. w. r. Brisco Of Wynnsboro, n. c.,
hes accepted the call of the Lumpkin and
Summer Hill Baptist churches and in about
two weeks will arrive In Lumpkin, where
he will reside.
At Macon Saturday while handling par
lor rife Office Lee Grace accidentally shot
two of bis toes almost off. Mr.. Grace was
preparing 20 shoot rats at the city hall and
IN some manner the gun was discharged.
Jephtha RuckeF Of Athens is said 90 be
the largest cotton buyer at present In the
Augusta market. He stores his purchases,
having faith, presumably, in much higher
prices. Mr.. Rucker is daring and origl-
nal Spectator as well as practical COM
press owner.
Cotton mill presidents, who bought from
hand to mouth last season, were fortunate
during phenomenally low prices of the sta
pie This year they are having not so good
quarter OF an hour. The Langley mill at
Augusta was sagsciously managed, and has
agreat supply OF cotton bought at moder-
ate rates.
Editor Charles Robert Jones Of the Ring
gold Ledger has leased his paper to K. s.
Mitchell Of Tunnel Hill, for q year. The
Ledger is only months old and is doing a
good business. Ex-Edltor Jones will locate
In Chattanooga, doubtless In the dry goods
business, as he formerly was in that line Of
business with T. G. Erwin q Co.
The injunction brought by Capt. Il. A.
Daniels 10 restrain the operation of q dis
tress warrant for the recovery of rents
claimed to be due the Rome Hotel Com
pany was heard before Judge Henry at
Summerville Thursday night. Dabney &
Fouche, for the hotel proprietors, demurred
90 the injunction and was overruled. The
court then dismissed the injunction. There
will probably be more litigation over the
matter before it is adjusted.
R w. Rood who lives about three miles
below Florence, one OF Stewart county's
largest and most prosperous planters, met
with a serious less on Friday Of last week.
While his steam gin was in operation on
that day, fire, caused from a match In the
cotton. lt is presumed, flashed from the gin
and soon enveloped the entire building. The
gin house and all the machinery, together
with twenty-five bales Of cotton and about
Loco bushels OF cotton seed were destroyed
The loss is estimated at about s., 500, and
none Of 1t is covered by insurance.
The old grain elevator fronting on the
Western and Atlantic railroad, Just below
the freight depot at Atlanta was totally de-
stroyed by fire Saturday morning. The fire
is supposed to have been the work of an in
cendiary, as it caught In the very top of the
tall tower, looming up above the surround
ing buildings Il was witnessed by hun
dreds of people, and 1t was a grand pyro-
technic display well worth the trouble Of
going TO see. The building was not insured,
as Mr. Hall tried to get 1t insured when he
owned it, but all the insurance companies
refused to give him policy on it.
The mayor and council of the town Of
GAINESVILLE give notice to the qualified vot-
ers that on Dec. Is an election will be held
10 determine the question whether bonds
will he issued by the town. The amount Of
bonds to be issued is $4,000. The purpose
OF issuing bonds is to establish, purchase,
run and conduct a system of water works.
The bonds are to bear interest at the rate of
. per cent. per annum, and the interest is TO
be paid annually On Jan. l. The principal
OF the bonds is TO be paid as follows: One
thousand dollars on Jan. l, 1907, and 81, 600
on the same day Of each year following
until the whole is paid, said bonds 70 be
fully paid of on Jan. l, 1928.
News reached Atlanta Saturday of the
death Of Benjamin Briscoe In New York
Friday and it created something Of a SEN
sation, as he had not been heard Of for
years. Briscoe at one time about ten years
ago was a leader of Atlanta society. He
spent money lavishly and kept many car
rtages and horses A great sensation was
created several years ago when West, Ed
wards q Co., the firm OF which he was a
member, failed for 81 ,O0O, 900. and Briscoe
was sent to jail, where he remained a long
slime. he was also at one time the largest
Jewelry merchant in Atlanta, and again a
member OF the large firm OF Chamberlain.
boynIon q Co., dealers In dry goods.
After his Liberation from jail Briscoe went
70 new YORK. Nothing since had been
heard OF him until the news of his death.
at Covington Friday night Capt. @. w.
Boyd, one of the Georgia roads most
prominent passenger train conductors, was
tne vletim OF murderous assault while on
MS way home. Conductor Boyd has charge
OF the Georgia road accommodation train,
whioh goes TO Covington every night. Fri
day night MIR. Boyd made his usual run. He
WV W" coAs nv SOVinRbOn ana started up
one OF the main streets Of the little town to
hls home. After going short distance up
tne street and as he was passing by a dark,
lonesome place some one hit him a stunning
olow, knocking him to the ground. His
pockets were then relieved of their contents
and he was left unconscious until he was
picked up and carried home When last
heard from Capt. Boyd was still uncon-
scious and the wounds inflicted are reported
TO be fatal
Gov. Northen has just issued his proclama-
tion declaring the election Of the eleven con-
gressmen and giving the names of each.
Inc law is that every congressman must
respond TO this proclamation accepting the
or1ce, and il he does not IN a certain time
she Office will be declared vacant and an
other election will be ordered. About forty
years ago ex-Gov. Gilmore Of Oglethorpe
county ran for congress and was elected.
he started across the county for Washing
ton soon after his election in a carriage,
stopping in Virginia to see his wife's
relatives. he had forgotten Ito accept the
place, and the first thing he saw on arriv-
Ing IN Washington was a proclamation de.
ciaring his seat vacant and ordering an
other election. He tried to explain, but it
did no good. and another fellow was elected
70 Ill his place,