The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


An Insane Father Appropriates His
Son's Money While the Latter Slept
and Leaves Town-A Novelty at the
Political Celebration at Herndon.
Location of the Wolfe Home at At
lants.
GEORGIA.
The bill covering the whole state repeal
ing the law electing county commissioners
by grand jury passed the Senate Monday.
1t passed the House last week.
Warrenton was saddened by the news of
the death Of Miss Mamie Nichols on the
night Of Nov. 10, at her home in that county.
She was the daughter Of Col. Joshua Mich
oils of Washington city. Miss Nichols re-
turned from that city where she was living
on account Of bad health, following q case
OF typhoid fever.
Augusta lie in the Southern Base Ball
League. The franchise has been bought
and paid for. The club will probably be
managed by George Stallings, an old Au-
gnsta boy and professional ball tosser,
who has been out in California for several
seasons. Mr.. StalliDgs is expected to re-
turn from the Pacific slope 10 few weeks.
The W life home Of Atlanta for unfortun-
ate women has been located by the special
committee Of council, who met with Mrs.
Wolfe and Mrs. Barrett at the city hall.
The place Is on the city's property on the
Chattahoochee river line, three miles from
the city limits, aud is very suitable piece
of land FIVE acres in size, rather picturesque
and quite distantly removed from any
neighbors.
The Augusta Erening NetCS has heard a
rumOr that all democratic employees in the
postoffice will be fred without cause or rea~
son. There are only few democrats hold
ing positions in the office and they are only
minor offices, principally mall carriers. As
the republicans anticipate soon being turned
out, 1t is said this is the way they will res
taliate, by panishing the few political
enemies who are now working for Unole
Sam. Most people think the rumor absurd.
The citizens Of Herndon and those of the
contiguous country we're thoroughly jubil-
ant over the local and national success and
on Wednesday evening after the usual torch
light procession, firing Of big guns, display
of fireworks and making the air ring with
''hurrahs for Cleveland, Lester and Black"
q goodly number repaired to the banks of
the Ogeechee river one mile distant, where
they had deposited from five to ten barrels
of rosin Immediately the contents of these
barrels we're thrown upon the water and
quickly fired. Soon clouds of black smoke
assembled to the heavens, blazing balls of
fire shot in every direction, while great
sheets OF flames floated down sthe stream
and in their fury leaped and rosred like a
sea rather than river Of fire. Such a scene
beggars description and has scarcely been
squaled since the DAYS sof ''civil strife"
when from the waters Of the Savannah
went t1aring tuTpeutne flames against the
sky.
Macon TeIegraph: One of the few in-
stances of a man robbing the pockets Of his
own son came to light at the Wilbur house
last Wednesday night. 1t seems that man
and bis son arrived on the incoming Atlanta
train and immediately went to the hotel,
where after registering they were assigned
TO q room. Shortly after supper the two
retired, and nothing more was heard from
them until some time after midnight, the
elder man came down with his vslise and
told the clerk that be had decided TO leave
on the Atlanta train that leaves at 3:45, and
that his son, who was to remain over, would
settle the bill. The old gentleman sat
around the Office and talked with the night
Waterman until train time, when he walked
over TO the depot and purchased ticket to
Atlanta. Shortly after the departure of
the Atlanta train the younger man came
downstairs In an excited frame OF mind,
and stated that his father had robbed him
of every cent he had in the world, and that
his father WIS crazy and was on his way to
the lunatic asylum when they stopped over
here. The young man appeared to be
greatly distressed over the affair, and was
very solicitous about his fathers welfare,
fearing some harm would come to b i'm. He
then went out and securing the services of
Officer knight, the two began searching for
the missing man. At the depot it was
learned from the ticket agent that he had
sold ticket to Atlanta to a man answering
the description given by the son, and that
the man had left on the 3:45 O'Clock train.
The sou telegraphed to Atlanta and other
points to have him apprehended. Yester-
day morning it was learned that the man
had left the train at GAINESVILLE and had re-
manned there. The son Immediately hast
ened to that place, and last night passed
through the city again with his father on
his way to the asylum.