The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-07
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GEORGIA.
Mrs. r. Il. May OF Augusta died Friday.
Mr. May is quite feeble.
Dr. P. L. Hilsman has given the ladies Of
the Baptist church of Albany q fine colt to
be raffied for the church.
McDufie Journal; Senator Ellington has
been, and is yet quite sick. but his illness is
not considered serious, and we hope TO see
him in bis usual good health at an early
day.
All the county school commissioners In
Georgia will be elected hereafter on March
10. Commissioner BradWell has so decided,
and be is now drawing up the order. This
does not change the term of office in any
way.
Mai McBurney has settled with the in
surance companies for damages 70 the Com
mercial hotel building, at Macon. in the re-
cent fire. The amount paid was 1890.
The work of repairing the building has
already begun.
a splendid horse, valued at sl6O, belong
ing to w. NJ. Goodwin 81 Son Of Albany,
managed in some unaccountable way to
break one Of his hind legs on Monday night.
He was in his stall, and no one about the
stable is able TO explain how he broke his
leg. He will have to be killed.
w. ID. wilkinson, who was arrested at
Albany day or two ago on the charge Of
burglary for breaking, entering and robbing
the money drawer Of T. c. Parker's lunch
stand at the Union depot. has been released,
Mr.. Parker having declined to prosecute
him through sympathy for his family.
At Rutledge last Tuesday Gene Peters
inflicted painful aud perhaps deadly
wound in the left shoulder blade of A. l..
Mitchem, knife being the weapon used.
Mitchen was trying TO arrest Peters when
the wound was inflicted. The blade entered
one of the lungs. Peters was finally jailed.
Chloe Campbell, a middle-aged mulatto
woman, who, until last Saturday. was en-
pioyed as chamber-maid at the Planters
hotel, at Augusta, was found dead in bed in
her room, on the corner of Ellis and Kol-
lock streets, Thursday night She died from
natural causes and had been dead five days
before the fact was discovered.
At Augusta Thursday, II. @. Cassels,
formerly assistant bookkeeper at the Geor-
gia railroad office, accidentally shot him
self in the thigh, infijcting quite a painful
wound. Mr.. Cassells was out walking with
some ladies in the suburb of Hamburg and
was showing them his revolver when it
suddenly exploded with the above result.
The large store and stock Of goods Of j.
z. Elliot Il Co at Sparks was burned on
Thursday night, The fire was evidently
the work of incendiaries. Those who dis
covered the fire found the doors Of the
building open; the safe had been blown
open, showing that the store had been bur-
glarlzed, then burned in hope Of concealing
the crime.
A 10-year.oId boy Of c. T. Cumming,
who lives in the Big Creak neighborhood OF
Ogethorpe county is cutting his third set
OF teeth. About year ago, after the boy
had cut his second or permanent teeth, be
was kicked in the mouth by a mule and
almost all of his teeth were knocked out.
But greatly to the parents Joy and surprise
another full set is appearing.
The store of the dry goods firm of L. d.
Webb & Co. of Rome has been closed and
receiver appointed, The firms creditors
charge them with fraud, and make Bass
Bros. q Co., another large dry goods tirm
OF Rome, party to it. 1he claim is that
Weho & Co. made sacrifice sale Of their
entire stock to Bass Bros. & Co. in order to
avoid the payment of their debts.
cambridge Democrat: A wreck on the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway,
near Boston, delayed MONDAYS trains six
TO eight hours and was caused by pair of
horses running away with a wagon and
taking the railroad track for their path.
They met construction train, which killed
them both and derailed and wrecked the
engine and several cars. Nobody was seri.
ously hurt.
Townsville Times: Messrs. Remer
McIntyi and David johnson will 90 into
the business of tobacco planting on rather
large scale this season. They are fully
convinced from the results OF last year that
tobacco culture win pay. Their farm is
about two miles from town. MIR. Johnson
who will have personal charge of the farm,
stated yesterday that they will put out
twenty-five acres. He has a ready sown his
seed, but the ants will not be set out until
about April.
The democrats of McDuffie county. In
mass meeting a day or two ago, declared In
favor of tariff reform, free coinage of silver.
control Of the railroads through the state
commission and the repeal of the 10 per
cent. government tax on state banks. One
of the resolutions adopted reads as follows;
Whereas, There are some OF the demo
cratic executive committee Of this con-
Rressional district that nave Left the Demo-
cratic party and are. therefore, unqualified
to serve as members Of tie democratic com
mittee; we ask tho Q memb rs who are
not democrats to resign"
Jurors in Fulton county will not receive
81 per day for their services after all
Couaty Attorney Thompson, in obed fence
TO instructions from the board of county
action of the grand jury in incre asing the
pay from 81 to %. His decision is that the
grand Jury's action was not in accordance
With the law, because they had not acted
before the beginning of the calendar year
that the increase cannot take effect at least
until 1895. This is a streak Of luck to the
county. as there was no money to meet this
increased expense, which would amount tc
about $4,000.
Macon Teiegrdph: Col. John o. Wod-
dell, president of ths state agricultural sos
ciety, was in the city yesterday in confer
ence with Secretary Jemison. Col Wad-
dell said that he was in hopes that at the
meeting of the society in Cuthbert next
week it would be possible to harmonic all
differences between the society and the city
of Macon. He did not believe, he said, tina,
20 stop the holding of fairs under the aus.
pices of the agricultural society would be 6
step calculated to increase its strength, OIL
the benefits that could accrue to it frou
the state at large. He was in favor of a
rotation of the fairs of the society, holding
them alternately in Macon, Atlanta, Co.
lumbus, Savannah and Augusta, and those
other centers of commerce in the state
where the agricultural communities can b,
most benefited.
Cherokee Adrdncc: Two brothers Of TAI
Receiver Kirk, who went from this county
to Alabama several years ago, have re
Gently been buried in DeKalb county, Ala
bama. On Wednesday Of last week Amo
accidentally killed himself. He had sta rtet
hunting and the dogs were playing abou
him when he kicked at one Of them anC
struck the hammer on his gun causing IL n