The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-15
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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Darien's Timber Market - Morgan
County's New JGtl - A Shooting
Scrspe in Heard Couuty-A Promi-
nent Citizen Of Newman Killed by
the Accidental Discharge OF Els
Gun.
GEORGIA
Waresboro is to have a saw-n1ill.
The Odd Fellows Of Athens are talking
about building hall Of their own.
Sheriff Hurst Of Wsynesboro has in Gus
tody Alleged chicken that was Matched
out in the country few days ago.
The farmers Of Decatur county expect TO
plant 5000 acres in tobacco this season.
They are already preparing the ground aud
planting will be completed by March Is.
J. n. Hatcher has resigned the postmas-
tership at Shell Bluff, Burke county. L.
NJ. Lively has made application for the
position, and will likely receive the appoint
ment.
Plans for the new hotel at Newman have
been completed, and are now under con-
sideration. If the present design Is adopted
1t will be handsome building and will cost
about $4,000.
At Columbus shortly after midnight
Friday night Bob Newman, a young man
"a years old, was run over by the dummy
at Wildwood park, and sustained injuries
likely to prove fatal Newman was asleep
on the track, and is supposed to have been
intoxicated.
A young msn's democratic club will soon
be organized for Eatouton and Putnam. II.
A. jenkins has been commissioned by the
president of the national clubs to see that
this important work is done, and il goes
without saying that he will take great
pleasure in it.
Last Tuesday morning a strange coinci-
edence happened at TalmRge Institute, at
1rwintOn. Two little girls entered school
.on the same day; they have the same name.
and both are IL years old and both were
norm on the same day-Aug. /. The chill
dren are in no way related to each other.
The erection Of the new county jail at
Madison has been commenced by the Cham
fpion Iron Company of Canton, o., to whom
the contract was awarded last year. The
building is to beof brick, with rock founda-
stion, two stories high, aud will contain four
steel and two iron cages or cells, besides
other necessary apartments and Offices. all
of which are to be constructed on fire proof
'plans.
The directors Of the Southern Medical
College at Atlanta are trying to secure a
site for large college building to be erected
somewhere near the Grady hospital. The
building will cost about 100000. IL will
one of the finest college buildings in the
south. aud it will be one of the most elabo-
Tately equipped training schools for medi-
cal students in the country.
''Brick" Pomeroy and wife was an auto
graph in the Kimball house register at At
santa Saturday Brick has always been an
eccentric politician. This time he favors
Hill for the presidential nomination, and
claims that the attack on his midwinter
convention has strengthened him. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pomeroy are en- route to Litha Springs,
where they will spend q week or more.
Information as to the whereabouts of
Jesse Evans, a white man about 80 years OF
age, is desired by his relatives Mr. Evans
lived at Monroe, and eight days ago be got
In bis buggy and said he was going to
Macon. Since then he has not been heard
from and his relatives and friends sent a
searching party to Macon Saturday to find
him. Mr. Evans is q prosperous Young
farmer, and his strange disappearance is
unaccountable.
Lewis McMichael. a young white man
living at Elko on the Georgia Southern
road, attempted TO steal ride on freight
train last Thursday night, and in the at
tempt to board 1t he lost his footing and fell
between the bumpers. HIS right arm and
hand were SO badly mashed that 10 was
found necessary TO amputate them. His
right foot was terribly bruised end mangled,
and fears are entertained that it, too, viii
have TO be taken of.
The case of l.. d. Webb e. Co. and their
creditors and Bass Bros. & Co., was heard
by Judge Maddox at Rome Friday. Bass
Bros. q Co. were exonerated on the
charge of legal fraud and the purchase of
the goods from Webb 81 Co. was held by
Judge Maddox to be bona flda sale to Bass
x On Indcro Madd0w oil Lad hot 81
connection Henry Harvey and Miro. Barker
had with the case was all right, aud the in
junction against these three parties was
dismissed
The Talbot county court house caught
fire in the roof Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and burned down. All the records were
saved and most all the furniture. The
court house was insured for Sc 900 in the
following companies: In w. P. Carrakers
agency, $1,000 IN New York Home, 81 coo
IN North American, 81, 200 in the Rome.
$1,000 in the Georgia Home; and in L. w.
Smiths agency. 81, 900 in the Hartford, and
1915 on the fixtures in the London, Liver
pool and Globe. The house was built in 1880.
A negro girl known as Scrap" Lowe,
living at loves store, one mile from Ma
con, had fit late Friday evening and fell
In the fire. Her clothing instantly caught
and before assistance reached her she was
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u. Barron was at once summoned, but upon
arriving he at once discovered that she
could only live few hours Whom the
flames caught her clothing the girl ran to a
neighbor's house and sprang In the bed, and
it was only with difficulty that the inmates
Of the house could keep it from burning
down.
Waycross Herald: We have been shown
q handsome curiosity from the Celestial en-
pire ia the shape of material for silk gown
such as is woven for the Acknowledged i'm
perial ruler of China. 1t has a dark ground
into which is woven In bright colors the
5-clawed dragon That Is the imperial
shield, and which Il would be death to any
but member of the royal family to wear.
This pattern for a kings robe was stolen by
French soldier when the palace of the
Chinese emperor was sacked In 1860. It was
sent to Rev. E. H. Myers some ten years
ago as a souvenir by Rev. Allen. mission
airy to China
The steam cotton gin at Hazelhurst be-
longing to j. J. Lewis caught fire at 1 80
O'Clock Friday morning and was destroyed.
In the gin house was stored acarload OF hay.
This, together with great quantity of cot
ton seed and two bales of cotton, were
burned. The loss is estimated at 1900.
BY the heroic efforts Of the citizens the fire
was kept from spreading. The drug store
of Latimer q Co. was slightly damaged by
fire, and the stock OF J. G.. Pace from being
removed as a precaution. The stock Of
Philip Selinsky was damaged by water,
and the glass In the front windows was
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