The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA
Joe Dunn was thrown from a mule IL
Cobb county day or two ago and killed.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ Shropshire Of Rome
celebrated the 5Oth anniversary of their
wedding Tuesday.
J. B. Murdoch, a contractor who departed
from Atlanta year ago. leaving many
bills unpaid, has been arrested at Chatta-
noogA
A blind man who was standing on the
railroad track at SmithviIle, Tuesday, was
run down by train and probably fatally
injured.
The Northern Society Of Atlanta is to
branch out regular business mems club
feature is to be added and the society Is 20
become regularly incorporated institu-
tion.
Harry Gray Of Atlanta may recover from
the effects Of the bullet wound be received
on the night he was discovered 10 the home
of Mrs. Cox His condition is much better
and be is now able to move his limbs aud to
talk freely.
The state appropriation for old soldiers
pensions this year is $685. 200, the same as
for last year. Last year this amount was
not enough TO pay of all the claims ap-
proved, and the shortage viii be even
greater this year. New applications for
blanks are coming in now right along.
Joseph G. Blount, one OF the most prom
fnent Of Macon's young lawyers. has de-
cided TO renounce his profession for the
stage, and leaves shortly for New York to
begin life as an a. tor having secured
position in the company If Robert Mantell.
MIR. Blount is a son Of Congressman Blount.
According TO the schedule Of the new
Southern Base Boil League, during the sea-
son the Macon club will travel s $50 miles
and at cost Of IS, 1876 for railroad fare
alone, without sleeping car fare added.
Chairman Witkowski says IL won't do, and
that something else must be arranged for
Macon.
The body Of John Demster McKensie,
who committed suicide az Abbsville on
Feb. q by jumping into the river. was
found by the Grew OF passing steamboat
last Friday morning three miles below the
wharf. He was under the Influence Of
liquor when last seen. He was q sign paint
er by tade.
A negro who found the 1855 lost at 10
chelle some time ago by Mr.. Woodburu. and
for whose arrest a reward OF $50 had been
offered. was arrested last week In Vienna by
Mr.. Pollock. The negro will be prosecuted,
as he knew to whom the money belonged,
and yet failed to turn it over 20 its owner
Only 4 cents was found on the negro.
State School Commissioner BradwelI has
just received a check for $500 from Dr.
Curry, trustee for the Peabody school fund.
He directs that il 60 toward defraying the
salary of an expert teacher for the normal
department of the Milledgeville girls coli
lege. DIR. Curry sent $500 few months ago
for the same purpose. making $500 In all res
ceived from the Peabody fund
Capt. Spencer may soon be at the head Of
the Atlanta Rifles again. His resignation,
which has been before Col Calhoun for
some time, 10 liable 70 be withdrawn at
almost any moment. For some time a big
element of the company has been trying TO
Induce the captain TO recover possession of
that resignation, which he had surrendered
to Col Calhoun, and to destroy it,
Last Sunday night at IL o'clock the barn
OF Noah Brlnson, just across the river from
Millen, In Emanuel county, was burned to
the ground. The loss is about $3.50. Six
citizens of the neighborhood tracked a mule
from Ashley Virgins house to the burned
building and back to his house. He is
brother-in-law to Brinson. They had had
difficulty on the day before, and suspicion
at once pointed to him as the incendiary.
He was arrested Monday night.
Last Saturday John Saunders died while
on the way from his home to Dawson. ThGt
morning, In company with a son, Mr.. Saun-
ders started to the city. He stopped at the
residence Of n. W. Pace to see that gentle
man on some private business, and became
considerably excited while talking to Mr..
Pace. He had gone only a short distance
from Mr.. PAGES home when he was stricken
with heart disease. He was carried into
Mr.. PAGES house, where he died In a few
minutes. Mr.. Saunders was IS years old.
Capt. John McElmurray of Waynesboro
came near losing ten bales of cotton through
the inquiring turn Of mind Of his little son
John. The cotton was packed and lying
near a tree where John, Jr., was trying to
catch chicken by the light of a torch.
The bales looking little shaggy, and John
decided to SINCE them over so as to give
them smooth appearance, hence he applied
The torch. They singed. In fact, they did
better at 1t than had been expected. His
cries for help brought assistance and the
blaze was soon extinguished.
One OF the biggest real estate transactions
made in Atlanta in long time has just
leaked out. This deal is the purchase of 600
acres Of land near Peachtree park by a SYM
aicate composed OF northern capitalists.
The gentlemen who are most prominent in
.he syndicate are Senator John Sherman OF
Ohio and Atlanta's postmaster, Gen. James
Z. Lewis A number of other prominent
gentlemen are in the deal. An electric liue
S to be built from the city to Peachtree
park. A magnificent hotel Ia also down on
ihe programme A lake, covering eiRhtv-
i've acres OF land, is to be fixed near the
aotel.
Abbeville Times: A strange, well dressed.
good looking, intelligent lady arrived here
9ne day last " eek in search of a recreant
husband. She gave her name as Hawkins
and her home Triton Her statement was
that they were married four years ago in
Chicago. and had lived in Triton but a short
lime She had not seen Hawkins in several
weeks, and all she wanted was for him to
maintain his child. Some of our citizens
say that Hawkins was in Abbeville last
week and left here co go TO Helena. So Mrs,
Hawkins is close after her husband, and
rays that she will find him il she has to beg
her way.
Mrs. Susie R. Trippe, wife of Robert P.
Trippe, Of Atlanta, has just filed suit against
The Richmond and Danville as a lessee OF
the Central. for $20, 900 damages. On Jan.
J, she accompanied her husband-some while
previously pronounced a lunatic-to Macon.
from which point Mr.. Trippe was to go TO
milledgeVille without her. They were CONS
PEELED 70 wait several hours in Macon in a
ear which had been fitted up for a waiting
room. During that time a negro woman,
an employe of the road, scrubbed out the
car. leaving it wet and chilly. Mrs. Trippe
says she took cold as a result, and this
brought on inflammation and rheumatism.
Americas Times Recorder: The bankers
Of this section have all been having a big
laugh over the manner in which a young
man, giving his name as Cohen, euchred
the bank of Ellaville out OF S75, a week or
so ago Very few people are awara that