The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

cal Jokers-Justice Bleckley Sleeps
While His House is in Danger of De-
struction by Fire.
GEORGIA.
Judge J. D. Cunningham is critically i'll
at his home in West End, Atlanta.
There is gentleman in Sylvania 81 years
Of age who has never taken a drink Of
whisky.
The police are investigating the origin Of
the grain elevator fire at Atlanta Saturday
morning. 1t is believed TO be the work Of
an inoendiary.
Frank Guild (colored) had several ribs
broken while stealing a ride on the East
Tennessee road at Atlanta Monday. He
was carried to the Grady hospital.
The two negroes whom the sheriff Of
Tallaferro county arrested last week and
who were supposed TO be implicated in the
murder of Charlie Bird have been released.
Jim Newton Of Rocky Ford has sent the
SylvanlR Telephone a curiosity in the po-
tato line. IL is two potatoes Joined to-
gether, one having grown through the other
and come out on the further side.
The uptown and downtown factions of
Mulberry Street Methodist church at
Macon have agreed to agree At a church
meeting it was decided that the congrega-
ton would move to the hill and there build
odsst church of the south.
A servants house In the rear OF Judge
Logan Bleckley's home on Peachtree street,
Atlanta, was burned Saturday night. The
judges home was saved and il was not I'M
I'll several hours later that the judge him-
self knew there had been a fire.
News Agent Toole. who runs from Bruins
wick 10 Atlanta on the East Tennessee,
held out a $5-bill to a negro to get it
at fota inh
when the negro jerked it from his hand,
jumped from the train and escaped.
The property of the Citizen. the Atlanta
paper levied upon several days ago by
BRilih RaYsor of Justice Orr's court, is
awaiting a claim thai promises to be made
by the typographical union for its owner
ship. Unless il Is fled within the next few
days the stuff will be sold at public outcry.
The Athens Bonner says there is a gen
eral sentiment throughout the state in favor
of normal school education, and the bill that
will be introduced into the legislature to
appropriate a sum of money sufficient to
maintain the state normal school recently
established at Rock College at Athens will
be backed up by the support of the people
OF the state.
William Maxwell, while slowing cotton
in the hole Of the steamship Balfour at
Brunswick Monday morning, died very
suddenly after working about thirty min
utes. He went 20 Brunswick last Thursday
from Savannah, and procured work with
the Brunswick Terminal Company. Max
well WAS about 80 years Of age and leaves a
mother living at Darien.
At Conyers Saturday night, at a negro
frolic, Jerry Mccall was shot three times
by Marsh Carr, all colored. 1t scenes that
McCalla was cursing and threatening both
Carr and his wife, and finally approached
him with drawn pistol, with the evident
intention Of using it on him, when Carr
drew pistol and shot him three times in
the legs. He bled considerably, but Is not
fatally hurt
On Saturday night last the residence of
Mrs V. l. Bennett, about eight miles from
Albany, On the Byron place. was burned to
the ground. The house Is supposed to have
caught from fire in the Kitchen and there
being no means of preventing its spreading,
the flames had their own way, and the
building was soon in ashes. Some Of the
household effects, however were rescued
Mrs. Bennett has no insurance
Augusta Herald: A youug man of this
city drew out $500 which he had invested
for considerable period in building loan
association. He proposed to speculate in
cotton, but hesitated to do so, as this sum
represented the savings Of years. Sc he
put away the temptation. Had he vent
ured his gains next day would have been
the close OF the season he would not have q
cent The south is never SO liable to dis
aster as when her people are turned into
gamblers.
Rev Hartwell Hawthorne, son OF Dr. j.
b. Hawthorne Of Atlanta. was ordained as
Baptist minister IN Alton, Virginia, Sum
Gay. In bis sermon Sunday morning, DR..
Hawthorne referred to the ordination of
his son and said: II will be pardoned for
mentioning the fact that when my first
child was born | placed my hands upon
him and asked God to let him live in the
faith and become preacher of the word
To-day, at this very hour, in distant state,
De is taking up the work which he will
carry on after my lips are hushed in
DEATH
A visitor in Atlanta Saturday was Editor
=. W. Holmes Of the Flovilla and Indian
springs Enterprise. Some time ago the
newspapers OF the state had a story reflect
Ing on Mr.. Holmes, the charges being made
py l.. +. Lord. and growing out of the sale
ana purchase of the paper mentioned above.
These charges did not look very we'll for Mr.
Holmes, and his many friends through the
state naturally did not believe they were
true. Mr.. Holmes denied emphaticaly the
truth OF the charges. and, to substantiate
what Mr.. Holmes said, Mr.. Lord sent the
following for publication: Everything
concerning the late reports of c. w. Holmes
alleged transactions, l say, most emphatio-
ely, that they are false, 80 lar as am con.
cerned. L. F. Lord"
dispatch from Baltimore says: "An
answer to an advertisement in a mGtrimo-
NAL publication has got Miss Maggie Hyde
OF Georgia into peck of trouble. Some
months ago Wilson Tindell, of Gumboro,
Sussex county Delaware, inserted the ad-
vertisement in question. He was pleased
with Miss Hyde's answer and the CORE
spondence was continued until Tindell made
q proposal of marriage which was accepted.
Tfndell went to Georgia, where the couple
were married. The couple returned to
Sussex county where they have lived hap
PLY for several weeks. This week Miss
Hyde discovered that her husband was
very much married man, having two wives
from whom he had not been divorced liv-
ing beside herself She at once packed up
Der goods and left for Georgia and passed
through this city Sunday"
Dan Mcmillan, q countryman who lives
about six miles south OF Milledgeville, was
badly cut in the town Saturday by Zed
smith, carpenter, who lives near the
asylum. Both men were drunk. Friends
We're endeavoring to get Smith in a wagon
80 as to take him home. This proceeding
smith objected to, and Mcmillan coming
up, insisted that Smith should not be thus