The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A 7-Year-Old Boy OF Macon Who AL
ready Gives Promise OF Becoming q
Great Artist-Mecon's Knights OF
Pythiss-A Negro Drives on With
Another Mans Wagon
GEORGIA.
The number Of knights Of Pythias in
Macon is nearly 1000. There are already
three lodges and the fourth will soon be in
operation. A castle hall will be built in the
near future.
Fire at 8 o'clock Sunday morning burned
the entire grocery stock Of John r. Dillon
on L and Albany streets, Brunswick. The
store Is supposed TO have been fred by par
ties who had robbed or who were attempt
ing TO do IL.
Three years ago John s. Ryals, a respect
able looking white man, was passenger on
the steamer Hessie going to Brunswick
from Darien. While on board he found a
check for 500 drawn on the Hilton e. Dodge
Lumber Company in favor of A. Williams
of Montgomery county. Upon arriving in
Brunswick Ryals went 10 Mayer q Ull-
mans, where he Endorsed the check and in.
troduced himself as Mr.. Williams and asked
that be be favored with the cash on the
check He was given the money. Shortly
Mayer & Ullman discovered that the in-
dorsement was a forgery. Attempts were
made TO catch RyalS. He went to Texas
A few days ago L. L. Campbell, who trav-
els for the firm of Mayer q Ullman, learned
that Ryas was in Montgomery county, and
he went there and took him in charge.
Sunday Ryals was turned over to Marshal
W. z. Jones of Lumber City by Campbell,
and Monday the officer arrived at Bruins
wick with his prisoner
At Macon last Saturday night, just be-
fore the closing of the market, a serious
mistake was made by an old negro in the
employ Of q vegetable dealer named Bow
den. 1t happened that shortly before the
mistake was made Andrew Mitchell the
negro, had driven up TO the market in
wagon drawn by a mule belonging TO Mr..
Bowden. Shortly after this Mr. Bowden
had an order for a lot Of vegetables from a
person who resided some distance from the
market. The dealer made up his bundle
and told the negro to carry them to their des-
tination. According to the old negro's story,
he went to the place where he left the
mule and wagon, and getting into what he
thought was his employers turnout he
drove off. A few minutes after he left Mr..
Smith, a resident of Jones county, found
that bis wagon and mule had disappeared
while he was in the market Mr. Smith
secured the assistance of a policeman and
getting into hack they searched the town
over for the missing vehicle without success
until they returned to the market where
they found the negro sitting in the wagon.
The negro was arrested. Il seems that the
vehicle belonging TO Mr.. Bowden had been
moved and Mr.. Smiths was stopped in its
place, thus causing the negro 20 make the
mistake. 81 this 10 proved he will doubtless
be released.
Macon Telegraph There is in Macon a
young boy, scarcely out OF kilt frook yet,
who is sure some day to become famous
with the brush and pencil. The little man
10 Willie Arthur BranAn, and he is just
years Of age He is but midget Of a boy,
but on bis shoulders is set head Of fine
proportions, with a bright, Intelligent
face and clean, strong features, which at
tract attention at once. That young boy,
even at his early age, is an artist, and bet
ter artist by nature than many older ones
who have studied to perfect themselves.
Before he could even write his name with
pencil-and he can barely do that now-he
could trace on paper the outline OF any OBJ
ject that came within his vision. Floors,
walls and everything else that would take
the place OF canvass suffered at his hands
until material in abundance had co be
furnished him for the qualification OF that
Unborn talent before he would desist
Day IN and day out he thinks, dreams
and talks OF nothing but art and the
most unimportant object is with him huge
study for the development OF his talent
that comes before him and conveys It's like
ness to paper. With suoh incessant work,
and that too without the least instruction.
he has so rapidly improved that he ia now
at work on a orayon, which, when finished,
would do credit TO a much older head His
talent is truly remarkable and some OF these
days those who know Of this child artist
now will read Of him winning fame In the
world Of art. Those who have not seen him
could scarcely realize the amount of talent
thatis pent up in that little frame, CON-
tinually bursting forth to surprise those
around him VIII Arthur Branan-he has
seen only seven summers yet, but watch his
career and before many more summers have
passed you will hear of him again, and then
he may be prominent in the field for which
he was born and sooner or later famous.
FLORIDA
The residence of o. F. Fish at DeI.and
was burned to the ground at l o'clock Sun
day morning. Mr. Fish and family barely
escaped in their night ciothes. Nothing at
al was saved. The loss is about 81. 500.
The fire is supposed to have been OF incen.