The morning news., 1892-02-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

FiRht-A Runaway Wife.
GEORGIA
Considerable tobacco will be planted
around Jesup this season.
Work will soon begin on the handsoms
new Methodist church at Vienna.
Columbus Cooper shot and killed Syrus
Williams at Covington s. Bass still, near
Adele, last Saturday night. Cooper was
carried 10 Nashville jail Sunday.
The Georgia SoutLern's new contract FOR
carrying the United States mail between
Macon and Pslatks ha gone into effect
and will mean for the road revenue CT
about SOS, 900 per year.
A petition to the voters of the S72d dis
trict of Whitfield county, signed by $40
Dalton ladies, will be printed aud circulated,
beseeching them to stand true 20 the inter-
ests of prohibition IN the pending election.
The Darn OF Barrett Bros one Of the
largest firms of Everett Springs, was
burned Monday night, together with two
fine mules, buggies and other things, the
total loss being about 81, 900. lncendiarism
is suspected.
A farmer named Frank Brown reported
at the police station at Atlanta Thursday
that he had been robbed or 300 while
asleep in the railway station at West Point
Brown was waiting for train on which
he was going TO North Carolina to see his
mother.
The governors office has been over-
whelmed with letters from people writing
about the special tax imposed by the gov
ernment on cotton during the war. There
sre over 3. 200 Of these claims and with the
small force Of clerks in the office are being
attended to very rapidly.
Tuesday afternoon, a party OF negroes
living about three miles from Miner, on
the Miner and Zebulon road, found two
pair Of shackles that had been cut from
convict's ankles with a cold chisel and
thrown aside The shackles are evidently
those worn by some of the recently escaped
convicts from the county's stockade.
There was quite disastrous fire at Ris-
ing Fawn, Dade county, recently, orig
lnating from stove hue, it is supposed.
The store of DR.. A. 7. Fricks was destroyed,
entailing loss Of about 81. .000 The prop
erty was uninsured, Tate g. Barker, gen.
eral merchants, also lost considerable, their
stock OF goods being badly damaged. Their
stock was insured.
The quarrel between the city council of
Augusta and the faculty of the medical col
lege, over the election of d. w. Culp, ne
gro preacher and doctor, TO the Office of su-
perintendent of the colored hospital, which
created such a sensation, has been amicably
az luSbcu OUip vii I6ulhAu db Tue uOcplLdl
as steward, but will not be recognized as a
doctor by the medical faculty. The fac
ulty will continue In charge of the hospital,
The firm Of Darling Bros. Of Worcester !,
Mass, made an assignment Wednesday.
They have made several large building con-
tracts with Atlanta parties, and are now
completing the building of the Grady hos
pitaL The failure will not affect this work
and the hospital will be completed in accord
ance with the contract. j. c. White, the
Atlanta representative of the firm, has
charge of the business and says none Of the
Atlanta creditors will lose dollar.
Capt. E. T. Couch, chief of the detective
department and assistant chief Of police of
Atlanta has rendered his resignation, to
take effect Feb. %. Chief Couch demanded
an investigation of the scandalous charges
circulated concerning him, and when the
chairman of the board of police commis-
sioners replied that the scandal was not
given sufficient credence to justify trial,
he decided to resign. Capt. Couch will be
come bailiff in the city court under l.. w.
Thomas, the new solicitor.
At Arlington day or two ago J. S.
Collins and Allison Perry became involved
in a difficulty. in which Mr.. Collins re-
ceived a severe knife wound The knife
entered the top Of the head and the force
of the blow drew it down, making q cash
through the jaw to the corner Of the mouth.
Collins was taken to his home and medical
assistance was summoned, but the wound is
not necessarily dangerous. Perry was
placed under arrest, but was released on
giving a S500-bond. Both men are mer-
chants.
At Adele Wednesday little Dolphus, the
4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Tison,
was burning grass about the yard when his
clothes caught fire, and before help could
get to him, his three dresses were burned to
the wristbands and collars. The fire blazed
above the little fellows head, singed his eye
brows and scorched his hair From his
knees up, the skin slipped from his body
and his flesh was roasted to a state of un-
bearabie pain. DR.. Clements did all in his
power to relieve the little sufferer, but
death came six hours after the accident
Athens Banner: Deputy Collectors Estes
and Ware seized yesterday the distllery
and 242 gallons Of corn whisky belonging to
Tom Sam Smith of Clarksboro district in
jackson county. Mr.. Smith owes the gov
ernment on several distinct warrants and
also the tax on a large lot OF brandy that
he made during 1891, and claims was stolen
from him. Uncle Samuel has ordered the ac-
count closed and the closing has caused the
seizure above mentioned. Mr.. Smith and
q young man named Whiteheadwere also
arrested for intimidation to government
officers.
ThomasviIle Enterprise: Informa-
tion was received here Wednesday that
Barney White had been captured and is
now in Mitchell county jail at Camilla.
Barney White, it will be remembered, was
one Of the men implicated in lynching old
man Nix some sine ago, the details Of
which are still fresh in the minds OF the
people Of this section. 1t is said that he
knows more of the affair than any one else.
AL but two OF the crowd were captured
some time ago, but Barney and another
made their escape. The other one is still at
large. 1t is thought that Barney can be
home of his father, in this county on Mon
day.
The farmers alliance store at Thomson,
known as the McDuffle County Exchange,
made an assignment Tuesday to B. M. Gross.
Liabilities, S2.90 92S; assets, $4.519 Sc. Sew
eral stockholders of the exchange claim
that mortgages were given by the agent of
the company without authority. One of
the mortgages was given to Congressman
Thomas E. Watson for S.. 800 The amount.
it is said, he indorsed for the exchange The
complaining stockholders petitoned Judge
Roney to put aside the assignee and appoint
a receiver, declaring that the exchange was
not indebted to Congressman Watson and
Others who were given mortgages. Judge
Roney refused to appoint receiver, but is
sued temporary restraining order against
the assignee until the case could be heard
in few days from now.
Lawrenceville Herald : Mr.. leagues
son, boy about IA years old, while playing
with his little brother noticed a cookelhur