The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Trouble lDany TO DS LlBlbeu Win
Gas Very soor-A Model City Is
Columbus-A Romance at Athens
GEORGIA
Three rev stores have been opened In
Abbeville within the past few days.
A bill Of exceptions is what Steve Ryan's
attorneys are relying on 70 release the mer-
chant prince.
Joe Hugens Of Abbeville, who lives at DR..
S. n. mitchell's, split 1900 rails In two
months last fall.
Albany will likely have gas works within
q short time. Outside capitalists are back
of the enterprise. The charter will be ap-
piled for a. once, and the plant will prob
ably be in operation in Six months.
At a called meeting of the citizens Of
Smyrna Saturday a good subscription was
secured and other pledges add evidences of
interest manifested IN the matter II build
ing the new car line from Atlanta TO
Marietta.
On last Saturday an election was held in
Camilla on the question Of city bonds-au-
thorzing the city council 20 issue $4,000 In
bonds for the purpose Of building an aoad-
envy in Camilla-aud the election went for
bonds by large majority.
Several days ago, IL has just become
known, Chief Justice Logan K. Bleckley
resigned. At the solicitation of Gov.
Northen, and Of the associate Justices and
OF number of prominent lawyers. Judge
Bleckley finally consented TO withdraw his
letter of resignation.
At Townsville Tuesday morning J.
Hansell Merrill gave a dining to number
of his friends. J. Wyman Jones, George Fl.
Stone. S. L. Hayes J. X. Reid, ]. T. Gull
pepper, c. p. Hansell Charles Chain. 3. G.
McLeDdon, West and K. NJ Mallette were
present. II was an elegant affair.
Moultrie Sessions OF Marietta has sold TO
George +. Newell part Of his lot on Gene
terry street and pert Of Col. ]. II. Fosters
running through TO Roswell street. MIR.
Sessions recsived $500 for bis lot and Col.
Foster S700 for bis lot. Mr.. Newell will
build an elegant 2-story residence thereon
for his own use.
A freight train coming south on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia was
wrecked at Williams siding, twenty-nine
miles above Macon, Wednesday morning at
2 o'clock. The engineer fireman aud head
brakeman wore badly shaken up. The en-
CINE was the first to leave the track, fol-
lowed by four freight cars
DR.. w. A. Duncan. superintendent of
instruction Of the Georgia Chautauqua, re-
turned from his European trip on Wednes>
day Of last week. He is now at bis home in
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engage at once upon the duties Of mapping
out the work Of the fourth annual assembly
that Is soon to convene at Albany.
The postoffice at Pearson was entered by
thieves Thursday night and the contents
rited. After sacking the place the thieves
cOntented themselves taking away about
500 worth of postage stamps and two
registered letters The entire loss amounted
to $3.50. No positive clew has yet been OBJ
tanned as to who the guilty persons are.
The contract for the building Of the new
electric street railway, at Rome, has been
signed, sealed and delivered. The Thomson
Houston company was awarded the contract
for building the lines. Six miles OF track
will be put down at once, and the contract
ors have agreed, In writing Ito have the
lines ready for operation in ninety days.
Brunswick Times: Captains coming to
this port from ports in the neighborhood Of
Central and South America report the
deaths at Santos Of quite q number OF
captains and seamen at that place. It be-
hooves the quarantine officers all along the
coast to exercise extraordinary diligencesin
regard to vessels from South American
ports during the coming spring and sum
mer.
The property of the Brosius Machine
Company of Atlanta was to have been sold
Wednesday, but the sale was postponed
until Feb. 4. On Feb. a meeting Of the
stockholders will be held, and a last effort
will be made TO see if the property cannot
be saved. The officers aud directors are
exceedingly hopeful, and think that with
just q little more help the affairs of the COM
pany will be in the best of shape
Detectives Woosters and c son Of Atlanta,
who reached Birmingham Wednesday
night, identified Tom Davis, the noted Geor-
gia robber, and have arranged to carry him
back TO Atlanta. Davis was an escaped
convict, but the authorities consented TO
give him up, as Georgia wants him on O
more serious charge. The detectives say
he is undoubtedly the man who robbed the
East Tennessee train near Rome. He told
them where they could find the tools and
valise, ana the detectives will look up this
evidence.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: 1t would prob
ably be safe TO say that there is not another
city of 80 900 inhabitants in the United
States where there is as little crime as in
Columbus 1t is now two months since an
arrest was made In Columbus for a crime
committed here of more serious nature
than mayhem, and that consisted In q
drunken mans nearly biting off joint OF
policemen's finger when being arrested. 1t
is very rare thing for more than two or
three cases 70 be on the mayors court docket
cases docketed are for mild DRINKS.
At Marietta last week James McKenney
moved to a cottage on Roswell street. In
moving, gold watch belonging to his wife
was taken from a hand saohel Suspicion
rested on Milton Wrinkle, a drayman, Bud
Frazier and Tom Motley. hired help, all
colored. They were arrested by Deputy
Marshal Moon. but they denied the theft.
Wrinkle offered to give $40 to drop the mat
ter as pay for the watch. Marshal Moon
insisted that the watch had to be produced,
and that he intended to have it. Trial was
set down for Wednesday and the negroes
were let out on bond. On Sunday morn
ing the gold watch was found wrapped in a
piece Of blanket and placed just inside OF
Mr.. McKenney's gate.
Rome Tribune: Will NeeI, the popular
young attorney is suffering from a very
painful cash on the chin and lip, where lie
was struck with a stone and is now con-
fined to q room in Atlanta. Sunday after
noon he left Rome on the o'clock train for
Atlanta, over the East Tennessee road. He
was quietly seated near a window in the
rear coach, when the train dashed around
through deep cut near Austell. A large
stone came crashing through the window.
and narrowly missed a little child, who
would have been killed by the blow. 1t struck
a passenger sitting near Mr. Neel and.
making a deep scalp wound, it glanced and
inflicted as equally painful cash in his lip
and chin and then struck another passenger
on the arm.
At Atlanta Harry Coleman, one-legged
negro with a very unsavory reputation, was