The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

An Attempt TO Burn the Central no
tel at Albany.
GEORGIA.
One Of the largest business houses in Ma.
con will go into voluntary liquidation on
Dec. 10 and wind up its business.
Ben McLendon having purchased the out
fit of the Economist will commence the
publication of the brownsville ReuieW on
Nov. u.
The board Of trustees of the University OF
Georgia have made their annual report. Ii
shows an attendance in all departments OF
1876 pupils. 95 of whom are in the agrl-
cultural branch.
Miss Willie Cobb, a beautiful young lady
of Americus and daughter Of the late
Robert E. Cobb, was married IN Macon
Thursday evening to Myer Heidemahn'
well-known Hebrew resident Of Atlanta.
A new born colored child was found dead
on the lot where Or. e. q. ScruRgs now
resides at Warrenton Saturday ohug PITTS,
a colored woman Acknowledges that II Is
her child but she denies having murdered 1t.
Judge Perry of Waynesboro is unfortu-
nate with bis gins. Last year be lost one by
q fire which was the work Of an incendiary.
On Monday last he lost another. This time
the fire originated from a spark from the
engine.
county purposes the present year aggregates
something over S36, 900. OF this amount
only s., 900 had been paid up TO last Tuesday,
aud Tax Collector johnson has nearly
finished his second rouud. There are 400
more defaulters this year than last.
Rufus Hines (oolored) is in jail at Waynes-
boro upon the charge of murder. Last
Tuesday he shot and killed a negro named
John Williams Both parties lived in the
Bark Camp district. Rufus, who Is but
10 years OF age, claims that theishootingl VI as
accidental, but the witnesses seem to be Of
the contrary opinion.
A gentleman living in Forsyth county,
while in his field one day last week in COM
pany with his 3-year-old daughter, was
badly scared at the sight of the child COM
ing toward him with live snake in lts
hand. He was busy gathering potatoes,
when the little girl, who had not been no.
ticed, exclaimed: Papa, look what pretty
thing ] found p holding what proved to be
ground rattlesnake about twenty inches
long in its hand. Fortunately the child was
not bitten by the reptile.
A day or two ago DR.. J. H. Mattox of Ho-
merville, received bill from the Waycross
Herald containing a bill of SI2 for 10000
tickets Of the Peoples party. The follow
ing was DIR. Msddox's reply: "Homer-
vile, Ga, Nov. 5.-Mrs. E. L.
Reed, Waycross, Ga: am in
receipt Of you letter OF Nov. 4,
charging me with 10000 Peoples party
tickets at Sl2 am certain that l have
never bought or ordered any such tickets in
my life, and never expect to, as l am an
undehled, unterrlhed simon. pure, rock
ribbed democrat. | consider that | am
slandered to be charged with any thing of
the kind"
Joseph Wardell Of Eatonton was at Madi-
son day or two ago. He engaged a room
at Ghe hotel and went to bed, and after
sleeping an hour or 50 had a dream. The
dream was the cause of a wild leap. Mr..
Nardell dreamed that he was on a railroad
train and the train was going at good speed
when 1t became known TO him that another
train vas coming toward his at full speed
and collision was inevitable. The con-
ductor cried out Jump and at that mo-
ment the dream stopped but Joe didn't-he
jumped out OF a second story window, car
rying the bed clothes with him. The dis
lance to the sidewalk was nearly forty feet.
but he escaped serious injury.
Eatonton Messenger: Last Wednesday
morning K. D. Stubs brought to town a
tramp named John Worthen, who had
been making himself offensive on and
around Mr.. Stubs place. Mr.. Stubs had
told him to get off his place. The tramp
SAID he would get in the public road, and
remarked with an oath that there he would
do what be pleased. In trying to get him
TO move on Mr. Stubs became involved in
light with him and he knocked him down.
aIter winch the tramp seized a gun and shot
at but missed him. The tramp was brought
before Justice J. Q. Adams, who did the
BEST thing under the circumstances-let
MIN go on bis promise to leave the county
and never return. The warrant was not
dismissed, but will be held over him to
prevent his return.
Brunswick Advertiser: In the Ozark
range mountains OF Arkansas, some twelve
years ago, Brunswick gentleman, who &C.
cupies desk in a prominent real estate
Office of this city, bought a gold and silver
chain in the Senaca lode, for which be paid
$500. An assay of the ore showed that il
was worth S54 ton. and he was Offered
g, 800 for his interest, but he believed ii X
worth as many thousand, refused, and ther
came depression, his removal, and the gold
mine soon passed from his calculations
Lying dormant for twelve years, few
weeks since interest was revived in the
mines, and yesterday he received a commu
nicRtion from Little Rock brokers that i.
very encouraging, saying that they believed
he could sell 1t. The sale will make a CAPT
talist CT the Brunswick gentleman, as the
gold excitement is running high in that sec
tion.
Albany NelCS and Advertiser: The fire
bug came very near getting in a serious
piece of work Friday afternoon. The
Central hotel was fred and was
burning in a lively way. The fire
was In room on the second floor, on
the east side of the house. This room open:
out on the roof Of an adjoining building
and Thursday Mrs Henderson, wife of the
proprietor, was passing down the hall hy
this room and saw negro boy Jump out OF
the room on the roof aud run away as she
approached. She thought it was only som,
one pilfering but could miss nothing anC
concluded that be had been driven away be.
fore he secured anything But from Fri
day afternoons experience it was decided
that he was after sonnet hing more diabolcal
The ire was discovered in the same room
and was gaining good Roadway when no,
ticed. The bed clothing and bedstead were
burning and considerable damage was done
IN the room before the fire was extin-
guished.
Fort Valley Leader: Louis Low, the ne.
gro arrested by Chief of Police A. Cooper
last week on suspicion, and upon whose
person four gold watches were found, wa,
tried Tor resisting an officer Monday, anc
alter settling the fine, was liberated. Thi.
was peculiar case. Immediately after be
ing arrested be stated that his name wa,
LOUIS Low and that he was an escaped con.
Wet from Tennessee, having been sentenced
TO fifteen years confinement from the
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