The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Test of Strength Ends in Men'e
Death-Jug Tavern to Have Public
Hall to Seat 1000 People - The
Manager of a Fruit Farm Charged
With Embezzlement.
GEORGIA
Jug Tavern will soon erect brick build
ing with public hall. The hall viii seat
1000.
A. J. Glover, a well-known citizen Of
Twisgs county and school commissioner OF
the county for several terms, died Wednes-
day.
The Missionary Baptist church at Emit,
Bulloch county, will be organized the Sec
ond Sunday in this month at IL O'Clock
q. m.
Lee Davis, the somewhat prominent cit
tzeu Of Macon, who was arrested few days
ago on the charge Of receiving stolen goods,
was given a hearing before Justice Carriers.
Wednesday, and the evidence against him
was found sufficient to bind him over in the
sum Of 1880.
Tuesday morning three or four gentlemen
In n. l. Olliff s store at Statesboro under
took to test each others strength by lifting
certain quantities Of shot. Allen Hagins, a
widely esteemed farmer, was among the
crowd. and in testing his powers injured his
spine TO such an extent that he died from
his injuries day or two later.
Mrs. David OF Athens is the widow OF a
confederate soldier and draws a pension
every year. This money is a great help to
her and she kept 1t hid Ia her straw bed
tick. Thursday she bought some straw
from a negro and got him TO empty the
tick, but failed TO take out the $50 Of her
pension money. The negro did the work
and found the money, which he quietly
pocketed and went home. Mrs. David
hunted for It, bus could not find It, and no.
titled the police. who went in search OF the
negro and found him and the money.
w. Trox Bankston, the Georgia news-
paper man. who has been figuring In the
sensation with Mrs. Eva Hamilton, OF In
dianapolis. has returned home to Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. He has been to Colorado
and the west. IL was thought that he would
not return, but the woman in the case
having returned to her home in Indiana
there was nothing to keep him away. unless
II was the fear OF the big burly man who
has beeu hunting for him in Chattanooga
and Atlanta. The RinRgold man has had
no talk with Trox and could not say what
Trox was going to do in the future, his pa
per having been leased for year to Mr..
Mitchell of Tunnel Hill. However, serious
doubts are entertained as to whether this is
the last of this sensation.
J. P. Fahner, who has been attending to
the business of W. s. Gibbons large fruit
and vegetable farm near Rome for several
months past, sis in trouble. Wednesday he
told Mr., Gibbons that he had recsived a
telegram from GAINESVILLE. o., that his wife
was about to die and that he must leave at
once. He went at once TO Rome and made
an effort to collect some money due Mr..
Gibbona Mr.. Gibbons suspected that
something was wrong, as he had been try
ing to get a settlement with Fahner for
ffFY1n T.aNa 20 L.
Gibbons TO follow Fahner to Rome and he
Immediately went before Judge Walton
Harris and swore out warrant for Fahner,
charging him with embezzlement Fahner
was arrested and lodged in jail. Mr.. Glib
son says that Fahner has about $500 that
belongs to him.
man from the country has been selling
watermelons in Athens recently and has al
ways gone to a certain store to sell melons.
This store is not a grocery store, and melons
DO not constitute an article OF trade. The
persistent efforts Of the man TO sell water
melons there annoyed the merchant Thurs
day. The man came with load of melons
and stald around the store a long time
worrying the merchant. Finally the mer-
chant called the man in the store, and when
he was inside the merchant drew out a
double-barreled shotgun from behind the
counter and said: "Now, guess you'll not
bother me any more about your melons.
The man was perfectly cool, and, after
talking awhile said: Don't you want to
sell that gunp Eyes, I'd sell it," replied
the merchant. "Well, let me see it awhile"
The merchant handed the gun over for in
spection. and the man leveled 1t at him and
said: Now. guess you'll get out OF this
house in short order" The merchant was
dumbfounded, but had TO go out OF his own
store. After the joke was over they cut q
melon and laughed over the sudden turn
affairs had taken.