The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-24

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GEORGIA.
7. L. CAN'T is again quite sick at hi.
home in Wstkinsville
Mrs. S. H. Myers has been elected ar
honorary member by the Elks Of
Augusta.
The question has been finally decided by
the state supreme court and Madison will
have no public schools-until another cleo
tfon.
The recent freeze broke and spoiled sew,
eral hundred gallons of hOllowware which
was nearly ready for firing at the pottery
near cambridge.
There is a child in Athens. son of a Metho-
dist minister, who has six grandmothers,
forty uncles and saventy five cousins living
and enjoying good health.
A resident If Thomaston has dining
table that has been in the family for 49,
years and upon which his great-grand-
mothers wedding dinner was SET
In personal difficulty near Schlatter-
vile, Pierce county, Monday night n. W
Martin was seriously cut by Allen Crews
who was under the influence of liquor.
A prominent planter of Mitchell county
took advantage Thursday of the slight ad-
vance in cotton and sold sixteen bales on
which he realized $500, something over $50
q bale.
A force Of carpenters and workmen are
now busy renovating and remodeling the
old Rome hotel, at Rome, and converting IL
into a large wholesale business house for
VanDyke & Henley.
The foundations are being laid for the new
opera house on the west side OF the public
square at Elberton. This handsome build
fng will adorn that portion OF the town
which has haan uuiFnnpnwaH cfnCa ba Grns
of 1878.
The first brick house that ever went up in
Walker county, when it was forty miles
square, is the one now oned by Rev. J. J. s.
Galloway of Lafayette. It was built for
Harvey, brother Of Rev. lack Gordon,
who owned Gordon Springs.
w. c. Sumner, living In the Mount Olive
neighborhood OF Worth county, some time
since sold his home on Ty Ty creek to Mr..
Cawley, from the upper part Of the state,
and in turn bought Graves Sinciair's place
on which he is building residensa
The board Of directors of the Villa RIGA
high school have reduced che tuition 81 so
and 81 per month. There is no taxation or
either donations from the town or private
citizens. The school is in a Furnishing
condition; opened with over 100 students.
A telegram was received at Hartwell from
Rev. w. II. MaHaffey (colored), on Wednes-
day that his wife and child were drowned at
sec while on their way back from Liberia
MaHaffey's wife was Alice Patterson and
was married to MaHaffey while he was in
charge of the Hartwell Methodist Episcopal
(colored) circuit.
DR.. H. F. NJ Henderson has resigned the
position Of principal of the public schools at
Tallapoosa. He does this in order to take
charge of the college which is TO be estab-
lished at Waco by the Protestant Metho-
dist church, of which he is member. Prof.
Kellogg has been elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Dr. Henderson.
Saturday the Lafayette Guards we're or
gained. In the election for officers the
captains mantle fell on II. D. Robinson.
The first and second lieutenants are Leroy
Napier aud F. w. Copeland. The first, sec
ond and third sergeants are H. A. Sims, j.
NJ. Patterson and w. III. Baker. The first
aud second corporals are Henry Ball and H.
E. Watts.
The burglars who have been operating in
Polk county struck Villa RIca Monday
night. They entered W. H. Hamrickis
store and carried off quantity Of goods.
They also tried w. W. Upshaws store. but
Martin Hamrick occupied an adjoining
building and frightened them of. The
marshal is working on the case, and has
mace one arrest.
AtTalbotton the salary OF the night watch
man, which last year was 81 per night, or
$3.50 per year, has been reduced to $40 per
month-$l per year. A. j. Webster, who
lost his arm in gin accident this fall, is
now night watchman. The mayors salary
has been reduced from 5000 to $3.50 per
year, and the clerk of council gets $50 in
stead OF $75, as formerly.
Jimmie, the 10-year-old son OF BENJAMIN
West, who lives near the Airline depot.
at Gainesville, while attempting 10 jump on
the cab of moving freight train last Tues
day morning, Slipped and fell but fort
unately escaped being thrown under the
wheels. He was, however, dashed violently
against the end of a crosstie and one of his
legs terribly lacerated and bruised from
the knee down.
Crawfordville Democrat: The Ogeechee
river, which runs through this county, has
. been, like all the rest, quite full this week
DIR. Beazley of this place says that this
river rises on tho Judge Bunkley place, in
Greene county, and runs from a spring down
through the Horton horse lot and wends its
way independent to the sea. it being the
only river in Georgia that is not connected
with another before 1t reaches the sea.
The faculty of the medical college of
Georgia, at Augusta, has given mp the
charge Of the colored hospital Neither the
faculty nor the students of the college will
again visit the colored hospital to attend the
sick or for clinical studies. This action is
the result of the dissatisfaction of doctors
because the city council displaced DR.. r. o.
Gercke and elected Rev. d. W. Culp, the
negro preacher, superintendent Of the hos
pital.
Benjamin Swails, who was at the July
term OF Laurens superior court tried for the
murder Of Nathan Burch and sentenced for
life at hard labor, is in very critical col-
dition in his cell in the county jail at Dub
lin. A few days ago he struck at one of
tie negro prisoners who gave him "A severe
bite on the hand, which soon became badly
swollen, involving the whole arm. Swails
has been in jail since court, pending a mo
ton on the part Of his attorneys for q new
trial.
A travelling man called at the police sta
ton at Atlanta Friday ard impaired some
new information in regard TO Nelson. the
Boston architect who now has living in At
lanta two wives, one on Randolph street
and the other on Mitchell He said he saw
Nelson in Jacksonville a short time ago and
he was accompanied by another woman
whom he called his wife and whom he de-
serted there. The woman is there vet, The
other two wives are in Atlanta. Nelson is
supposed to be somewhere Gu the bound ing
prairies of the golden west.
Dublin Post: Tuesday morning George
and ice Lake of Buckeye district, went
down to the swamp hunting for turkeys.
They soon found several that flew and ran
In every direction. Shortly afterward
George saw what he supposed 20 lie u turkey
short distance away and fired. 10 proved
20 be his brother Joe, who, George thought.