The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Students of Lucy Cobb Institute,
Death of a Woman Dear to May a
Southern Soldier-1he Collards OF
Cordele-Lake Iamonia Running Dry
Again.
GEORGIA.
The Georgia Bar Association will meet IN
Macon on June and banquet at the Wig
wan.
The colored firemen of the state will hold
a tournaments In Macon some time this
spring.
Gov Northen has appointed Col. J. NJ.
DuPree judge Of the county court CT Pike
county.
Cordele ia very proud Of the opening OF
its magnificent 100000 hotel-the 'Suwan-
nee house
The taxpayers of LaGrange have voted
in favor Of issuing bonds for the purpose Of
putting in water works and electric lights.
A reward Of $3.50 has been offered by the
governor for the apprehension Of the muir
derer, or murderers, of Henry Herndon
whose body was found in the Satilla river
in Camden county last month.
First Lieut.. Albert j. Twiggs Of the
Richmond Hussars of Augusta has been
elected captain Of the company. TO succeed
Capt. John w. Clark, who has been ad-
vanced 70 the post Of colonel of the cavalry
1t is reported that Mrs. Joseph Weber has
suspended prosecution against James Goth
ran for the killing her husband at Rome,
over year ago, and it she has, that will
end this important and much -talked-of
case.
The birthday of Gen. Thomas R. r. Cobb
was appropriately observed by the teachers
and pupils of Lucy Cobb Institute Sunday.
Tha la1tas oil 70 ha
terry carrying lovely wreaths and beautiful
bouquets OF the choicest flowers, which they
placed upon the grave OF the valiant soldier.
Ever since Senator Joseph Brown In 1854
moved TO Cordele with his wagon load of
blue-stem collards that section Of the coun-
try has been noted for its mammoth COL
lards There is something IN the soil that
makes them grow to perfection. In a short
while Cordele will be shipping vegetables to
all parts of the country. A number of oit-
liens are turning their attention to this
line.
The Baptists of South Georgia have
united in building college at Cordele to
he known as the Freddie Ship Female
College. The brick have been received and
work has commenced and will be pushed
rapidly 90 completion. The cornerstone
will be laid with imposing ceremonies, at
which time number of prominent Bap-
make addresses aud big barbecue will be
given.
T. J. TuThn. vel.to-do farmer, who
lives six miles firm Buford, sta ted to town
Wednesday in q road cart and had put his
two small children in the cart, when the
mule became frightened and dashed off
through the weeds at break-neck speed.
The children were thrown from the cart to
the ground. Their arms and legs we're
hprh FnsN - I'D hill
broken. Both are now lying at the point
OF death and physicians say they cannot
live.
Louis Lupo Of Atlanta has been arrested
and is now in Jail at Madison AS already
stated in the MORNING News Lupo was the
collector for the Sewer Furniture Company
and was trusted with considerable sums Of
money. The temptation was too great, and
one morning few days ago a shortage was
found in Lupo's accounts and he suddenly
left tie city. The exact amount of his
shortage has not yet been asoertained, but
several hundred dollars are now checked up
against HIM.
Macon Telegraph: Many a southern sol-
der who was up in Virginia during the
great struggle remembers with love Mrs.
Couch, the wife OK DR.. Couch, the hospital
surgeon Mt Petersburg. Many members Of
the.Floyd Rifles and the Second Georgia bat
tbAiOh NbDbCAdllJ I6LubluDtT bulb uOOl6
woman, who gave her whole time to caring
for them while lying sick or wounded in the
hospital at Petersburg. Monday A. T. Holt
OF Macon received telegram announcing
the death of Mrs. Couch, which occurred
Sunday night at her home In Petersburg.
Mr., Holt and his other old comrades who
had cause to love her during those days
when she did so much for the confederate
troops sent a telegram of coincidence to the
bereaved family yesterday.
A big robbery case is now pending In the
superior court at Rome. J. B. Gaines, J.
r. Gaines and w. L. Michael, three noted
white burglars, who were arrested several
months ago for committing so many whole
sale robberies in and around Rome are now
being tried for their crime. There are two
cases against them, and in the first one,
which was for the roobing Of Col. John G.
Fosters store at Livingston, the jury re-
turned verdict Of guilty. One OF the men
ATTEMPTED to assume the whole crime upon
himself, but the jury implicated all three of
them. The second case against them Is for
robblng the store of ?. NJ. Storey at Ever
EFT Springs, and blowing open the safe with
dynamite, and the evidence is so plain
against them that verdict Of guilty will
be rendered. These two cases will give
them about twenty years in the peniten-
tiary.
Bill West and Ike Roberts, both oolored,
engaged in an alteration at a picnic near
Vienna Sunday. They we're both sitting on
leg and had their pistols out. lie Roberts
got up to leave and started toward his
house, not far away. When he had gotten
about thirty feet away he saw Bill West
preparing to fire on MIN and tried to dodge
but Vests aim was true and the ball struck
Ike in the forehead, killing him instantly
A large crowd was near. it being Sunday,
and when Bill started to run they started in
pursuit. They ran him about a mile, when
he turned at bay and opened fire on his pur-
suers. They returned the fire and quite a
fuslllade was kept up for few minutes,
when ball struck Bill West In the forehead
and be fell dead. He faced the crowd and
fired until he was hit. A large Remington
44-callber revolver was taken from his
hands. He was o noted desperate.
Townsville Nelos: Judge Hopkins has
returned from Susina. While there he
went to see Lake Iamonia He found
nearly the whole bed of the lake, except
the small area Of the basin, dry. There is
only a small stream Of water stretching
from the basin up the strand, and the prob
abilities are that within the next forty
eight hours the volume OF water will be still
smaller, and once again the lake will have
shrunk to the proportions that have excited
so much interest and wonder. great
many years ago at high stages of the Och
lockouee river IL overlooked its banks and q
part OF its backwater went into Lake
lemonia. or late years. however