The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-12
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
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Emanuel-Two Children Clicked to
Death In Ebert County.
GEORGIA.
The Boston World foiled 60 appear last
week because its printer was sick
r. B. Odom Of Baker county is so i'll with
pneumonia that his death is feared.
Georgia's Episcopal bishop was taken for
An actor in Salem, Va, few days ago.
James Ormond, Sr., of Atlanta was at
tecked Friday night with stroke of par
alysis.
The school fund OF Carrollton is nearly
SIS, 900. There are about ITO schools TO be
supplied with nearly 5000 pupils.
J. D. Winchester, who was accidentally
shot on last Tuesday afternoon at Hardup,
in Baker county, died from the effects of
the wound Friday night
The insurance adjusters have Just finished
looking through the stock Of NJ. AbrAmson
& 20. Of Athens, and have fixed the dam
age on the stock of goods at Sl1 500.
The Phi Kappa Society of the University
OF Georgia, Is succeeding we'll with the fund
they are raising for the purpose OF purchas-
ing life-siEe portrait Of the late Henry W.
Grady to place In their hall.
The dwelling and smoke house of w. p.
Addy, near Preston, was burned on Mon
day afternoon last 1t Is thought the fire
originated from a defective flue. The house
was nearly new and cost about $500. Mr..
Addy lost nearly all Of the contents and had
no insurance.
NJ R. Elder and A. D. Thompson, the
latter from Plainheld, N. j., have formed
Q oopartnership under the firm name Of
Elder e. Thompson and will engage 10 the
livery sta bic business at Townsville. They
have bought out the stock, vehicles, ETC., of
she estate Of the late Il. b. Ainsworth.
A l0-year-oid negro boy, the son Of Rachel
Williams, living on Rodney Attaway's
place, near Waynesboro, was out last Sat-
urday with q companion hunting. With the
usual result when boys are allowed the use
Of firearms, he now has load of shot in his
left knee which may cripple him seriously.
Last Monday afternoon W. J. l. Revire,
prominent farmer Of Warren county. had
his hand out in a cotton gin. His baud
was pretty badly lacerated, but the wound
is not bad enough to necessitate amputa-
ton. His little finger was entirely severed
from the hand while two Of his other
fingers and the hand were badly injured.
The county commissioners and county
attorney of Fulton have set down on the
proposition for the county 70 pay for the
bringing back Of criminals who have COM
mitted crimes here and then escaped. The
way the matter now stands IL, IL a man 10
murdered by a fiend who escapes and the
VlctimB family Is poor tine murderer Will cs~
cape being brought 10 justice.
Land out on the Peachtree road ct At
lanta Is on a boom. A few days ago a tract
some six miles from the city was cold and
the price paid was $3.50 an acre. Property
which has u frontage on the Peachtree road
as far out as Buckhead Is now worth a good
deal, and will continue to rapidly increase
IN price. IL is very hard to induce those
who own land in that section Of the county
to part with 1t.
At Kingston on Wednesday night two
robbers attempted to break into Mr.. Car
ver's house. Mr.. Carver wes away from
home His wife gave the alarm, and Hill
Under wood and Wofford Staffin came to
the relief of Mrs. Carver and saw the
scoundrels and fred into them. One was
wounded and was tracked to the woods out |
side the corporate limits. No arrest has |
been made and no olew as to the guilty |
parties.
Some weeks ago a warrant was sworn out |
at Waynesboro for bhe arrest Of R. R. Cor |
don for the attempted assassination of |
Frank Gates. Gordon fed and could not |
be found. though several posses went out 20 |
effect his capture. Last week be was ar
rested in Emanuel county and now lies in |
Jail awaiting his trial. true bill has been |
found against him by the grand jury for |
the offense mentioned, and one other on an
other ground has also been obtained.
&c. D. Hammond of Burke county suffered
considerable loss last Sunday night by
fire. About ii O'Clock his barn and stables
were discovered to be In a blaze and burn
ing rapidly. Before anything could be done
70 rescue the property the Ere was too far
advanced, hence the barn with its contents
Of corn and fodder, and the stables and
seven horses, were totally destroyed. The
origin Of the Ere is unknown, but is not
supposed to be incendiary. There was no
insu rance.
IL is not generally known that the Metro
politsn dummy lines of Atlanta have passed
back under the control OF the Consolida ted
Street Car Company. The dummy lines
were first sold to the Consolidated company
and afterward went into the hands of re-
ceiver. At the receivers sale the property
was purchased by a banker of Atlanta,
osrensibly as the agent OF Boston syndi-
cate, but when the deeds were made IL was
ascertained that the Consolidated company
was the real purchaser.
A little child of William Tom Chastine Of
Flatwoods, Ebert county, was also choked
70 death last Tuesday. Mrs. Chastine had
been making some garments, and had
wrapped some of the cloth strings on the
door knob. The little fellow In playing
with the strings. got his head through a
too short. and the child not know ing how
to extricate itself, strangulated. The
mother was in the room, and when a little
girl found 10, 1t was too late to resuscitate 10.
Wsynesboro True Citizen: We are in
receipt of box of cigars grown and manu-
featured in this county by r. A. Murphey.
Accompanying them was some loose smok-
ing tobacco whose favor is enough to tempt
even a total abstainer TO begin the use of
the weed. We are especially glad TO note
these evidences OF departure from the old
paths, because 1t indicates that King Cotton
will soon have TO divide his territory with
this new rival, and we see even In this box
Of cigars better times ahead for our people.
There is large advance in cotton factory
stocks In Augusta. Some Of the securities
have advanced as much as $50 share 10
the last two weeks The big boom in cot
ton, which Is now bringing remarkably
large prices, is attributed as the cause of
the advance OF stock, because the high-prlce
value Of the feecy staple has necessitated an
increase in the price of manufactured cotton
goods. Augusta factory stock has jumped
from 75111 to 81, and is still going up. King
and 6ibley stocks are both up and very lit
tie Is offered for sale on the market.
Last Sunday a little 2-year-old child of
William Brawner lcoloredl of Elberk