The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF The Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN Forty Years.
GEORGIA
D. ". Champagne has been appointed
superintendent of the Columbus public
building.
Augusta will soon have another large ice
manufacturing company. 1t will be started
by the Cooperative Coal Company.
DR.. Burnett, the third party candidate for
the legislature in Douglas county, is not
satisfied with the result OF the election last
Wednesday and has given notice Of a con-
test.
Fannie Crimson, an aged colored woman,
dropped dead Monday afternoon in Fair
view, near Townsville She was return
ing home from her work at Mr.. Lester's
when the end came. Heart disease was
probably the cause OF death.
The home Of Col Mynatt, near the cor
ner Of Ponce de Leon circle, or better
known as the old Ollie Fuller place, on
Peachtree street. Atlanta, has just been sold
TO Humphries Castleman. Mr.. Castleman
refuses to give out the price paid, but it is
understood that it was S35, 200.
Dr.. George F. Payne, state chemist has
Just completed making an analysis Of phos-
phate from Hon. r. A Connell's farm, near
Whigham. The following is the fetal re-
port; 81. A per cent. phosphoric acid which
Ia equivalent to 6S.S8 per cent tricalcio
phosphate tso-called lime phosphate)
Church Grauade's gin at Conysrs
fire Wednesday. was destroyed by
IL caught from spark from
the engine. The engine house, gin
house and everything was burned. There
was no insurance, and everything Is a total
loss. Three bales of cotton were lost by fire
at the same time.
IL said that Sid Phelan OF Atlanta has
sold his farm near Kirkwood to a syndicate
for handsome price. Mr.. Phelan told a
gentleman that be had sold his farm for
81 200 an acre. The farm contains about
200 acres, which would make the price tor
che farm $500 900. 1t is understood that
the syndicate will build up a suburban
town.
The intelligence Of the death Of Louis D.
Tut, the eldest son OF DR.. and Mrs. w. H.
Tut Of Augusta, was received by friends IN
Augusta Wednesday. Mr. Tut was
drowned In a mountain stream in New
York state several days ago He was a
popular and capable young man and was at
the head of his fathers business in New
York.
Burglars entered the Bee Hive store at
Marietta Saturday night They bored four
holes around the lock of the back door, and
failing TO make an entrance by this means,
they priced of the casing of the door and
the door yielded. They carried of two
suits OF Clothes coat and vest, ak pair OF
pants, three pairs of shoes, one trunk, one
valise, two watches and other goods.
NJ. V. TEEN. a merchant Of Ellijay, while
on a passenger train on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad going to Marietta,
last Tuesday, stuck his head out OF the car
window and was watching dog as the train
passed over the bridge near Ellijay. when
his head came in contact with the bridge tim
Der, knocking him senseless. The wound is
very serious, and there are grave apprehen.
sions that he will not recover
Judge Porter Ingram has just returned
to Columbus from Harris superior court,
He has attended liz consecutive courts in
harris county, extending over a period Of
hfty-six years without missing one. Judge
ingram MOVED to Columbus from Hamilton
forty years ago, and of the numerous bar
Columbus then had none are now alive
except himself and Maj. Il. J. Moses. Judge
Ingram has not missed meal from sick
ness in forty wears.
The county commissioners OF Talbot
opened the bids for the court house bonds
last Thursday. The Equitable Mortgage
Company Of New York was the highest
bidder offering S12, 041 25 net for the $l2, 900
issued at par value. The buyers are TO pay
all costs of engraving and printing and their
own attorneys fee 80 that the county will
realize a little more than par on the sale of
the bonds. The buyers agree to take them
as the county needs the money.
The books Of the police officers show that
the number OF white children between the
ages OF and Is in Columbus, not attending
school, Is exceedingly large. And as the
officers are not through taking the census.
the number will probably reach over 1000.
The reasons given by the parents are varied
and numerous. Some claim that their chill
dren are compelled to work; some that 10 ia
owing to an indispositiou on the part of the
children, and not few that they are unable
60 pay the small tuition fee.
Daniel McHorton OF Augusta, a preacher
and brother to the man shot on eection day
by Dan Bowles, is going around the country
delivering all sorts of incendiary speeches
1t II understood that he is trying to stir I'D
bad feeling among the negroes against the
white people. Wednesday night he preached
to large crowd at Macedonia church ont
by the Augusta Ice factory. His speech eg
are Of the most incendiary order and are
calculated to arouse the black race and ar
ray them against the whites.
Employees In Columbus Of the United
States government have, within the past
few days, received letters from one w. W.
Brown OF Macon, member Of the repub-
ncan national committee for Georgia, urg-
ing prompt and liberal contributions to the
campaign fund. A recipient of one of these
documents stated to an Ehquirer-Sltn re-
porter that he didn't propose to contribu q
penny, although he expected when pay
day come around the latter part of the
month, that an attempt would be made TO
hold back part of his pay He proposes TO
resign upon the spot, II such is the case, and
demand his money.
At Dawson, early Saturday night, VII.
Cobbs market wagon aud W. 7. AIRING
ton q Co. delivery wagon had a collision
on johnson street that caused the instant
death of MIR. Cobb's horse. Both wagons
were out making deliveries to customers.
and the driver Of each wagon had his horse
going at pretty good gait. They were
going in opposite directions and when they
met the darkness Yves 80 intense they could
not see each other. One of the shafts to
Mr.. ArrIngton's wagon struck Mr.. Cobb,s
morse on the neck anu entered about eight
inches, severing the jugular vein Blood
squlrted In streams as soon as the shaft was
drawn from the horses neck and the faith
fui animal died almost instantly. AIRING
Ton q CO.'S horse was not injured.
The store occupied by Rich Bros at At
y lenta has just been sold for the snug sum of
10000 TO G. A. Davis OF Greensboro, It
irons forty feet on Whitehall and runs
back $50 feet, which would make the price
or the property 81 ,912 so front foot. Mr..
Davis already owned three stores on Hunter
street, running back to the store Just bought,
ana now he owns all the property
occupied by the Richs. Il VS.
sold as the DrOparfv ~ tbo e..