The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-31
cE0REIA AND FLORIDA.
The Nvs Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

Atlanta. ,.s,s diad dav or
4twQago. He was al NNo-0
~, u - most prominent names heard
ny ~ IN connection with the mayoralty
tE,-.CIsta are Capt w. b. Young Dan herr
1 AID Jesse Thompson' ,...,.. y.ar, 4,
hhnS2ris business. 1t has been estlmated
yuan we man 5000 pounds are SOLD mere each
L IL during the season months
H IUages' mill, on Sandy Creek, ABOUT seven
ht1as rom Athens, was burned at Iate ho c1
H nroperty was Sl,oOJ, lAe lil0Sii41
4 Mill cost over 53.OOO.
Hall & Co., a dry goods firm doing business
- 91l--nnswick. were closed up by Sherln
GperrIe Friday on the foreclosure OF q mort.
|kgage for S552.S9, given Dy Annie T. nan III
'ksayor Of c. Perkins, OF Macon
nv ain house and sawmill Of Brock Bros,
., lilies from Competition, were destroyed
by IRE Friday The ire Is thougnt 10 nave
bseu the work of an ineendlary. Inc loss Is
|l8OOO. There was no insurance Oh INC piop-
lperty.
7o--a c+avens. a Young negro who had just
rot,Irned from savannah, where he spent sew
iaraI months on the chalngang from Mc1n-
tosh. broke into Arthur BAILEY store az pa
lrIen on Christmas day, Jesse was dlsgoFereo
Hin the store carry IN INC "loi HAAe ~
iarrested and jailed.
Mr.. Standes, the recently liberated inmate
of the state asylum who has taken up quar-
hers in a country church three miles from
~ neighbors undertook his capture Thurs
tJav mi Standes fired into them, ming the
lSodv of John Camp with fine bird shot. Camp
,As not dangerously hurt. StandeS stun hoIds
tbe fort. armed with plenty OF powder and shot.
The losses by the burning OF Hannah
Luarabouse at Thomaston are as follows
SWeaVer Merchandise Company, Az bales, fully
Hcsrried by assurances. Crawford & Paisley, p
fhaIes $500 insurance; and the following with
m Insurance: f. A. Matthews * Co., 70 bales;
IA w n hannah, between 10 and 20 bales;
4Thompson, Allen Il King, baIesi Curtis
Moore bales; h. E. Dallas, bale: j. Q.
sThompson & Co., 2 car loads OF cotton seed;
flames Atwater, IA bales; j. r. Lewis, baleS;
Hthe railroad, about 40 bales.
Greensboro Herald Journal: Anegro named
4Henry Mapp was detected in the act OF taking
a pair of shoes in j. M, storey store last
saturday he claimed that he had bought
the shoes which were in DoX, from white
bow and had left them lying on the counter
while he stepped to the rear for drink Of
water His tale was not believed, but Capt.
Fl Storey agreed, If he would pay hne, not to
! prosecute the case. This Judge Weaver as
sessed, and Matt Thompson paid, the negro
+ agreeing to wo. k out the amount with rhomp-
son and signing papers to that eject
Fritz swanson and G. W. Hanson, two
sailors on the Norwegian bark Adele, were
+ arrested at Brunswick Friday on warrant
sworn out by Capt. Pearson, of the Adele,
charging them with perjury. The two sailors
had taken out possessory warrant for some
Of their clothing. which they claimed Capt
Il Pearson had in his possession. The captain
claimed that he did not have the clothes, and
that in the hearing before Judge Coker, the
sailors perlured themselves on the witness
stand; consequently, he had them arrested.
A painful accident occurred at Morven, in
Brooks county, Christmas day. The little
sons of William Edmonson were out in the
public road shooting with ball cartridges,
and induced their little cousin, Sallie Pike
who was about 10 years old, to go out and
shoot Christmas guns with them. Once the
boys fired up into the air with his pistol until
he thought he had fired all the chambers
when, trlngng his pistol down to level with
her body. one unexploded cartridge was fired
and sent the ball through her side. IT may
n prove fatal. She Is the daughter of Capt. T.
+ d. Pike, one Of the most prominent citizens
+ Of the county.
4 joan Johns, negro, said to have been a
citizen OF Valdosta, was burned to death at
Williams & Williams still, in Clinch county,
on Thursday night Of last week. He was
sleeping in shanty by himself, aud the build
Ing caught fire while he was asleep. The door
was locked on the inside, and parties who saw
tne tire from without broke the door open and
dragged Johns out. His clothing, and the
hair on his head were on fire. He ran 100
tyards and fell The skin was burned of his
whole body and he died after lingering two
Gays. The origin OF the fire is not known, but
\ IL Is supposed that 1t caught from the hearth
after Johns fell asleep
/ The construction OF the South Bound ex-
tension OF the Florida Central and Peninsu-
Il lar railroad has created the nayy town Of
EVerette, in Glynn county 1t isat the iunc-
ZION OF the Florida Central and Peninsular
II ana the East Tennessee. Virginia and Geor-
ga railroads The traffic arrangements be-
II tween these two systems will make this the
point OF transfer OF all passenger and freight
II business mat has in the past been done at
JeSup. immense track and switch facilities
4 are oeIhg put H. handsome depot has been
bulIt, and the interest held in this nronertv
II Oy the Florida Central and PeninsuIaris with
view 10 encouraging the towns growth by
tue large work that it will necessarily throw
% ms point. A charter has Teen applied for
anu Will De granted at the next term of cOurt
az brunswick, for the Everette Land Com
pdny' owners OF all the surrounding property
Darlen Gazette On Friday night last be-
smeeu II ana II O'Clock a bold attempt was
lit ue 10 asSaSSlnate and rob David : Sin
ia,r, d wIelI-k9oWn citizen Of Darien by
Fl AceIo calling himself Tom A. Clark Mr. Sin
SidiI was In his buggy and was returning from
NJ country place, when Clark slipDed mn no
i,nu ana grab ed his wouldbe victim. al the
6i %rio I IIe telling him he was going to kill
IN, clark mad raised AK in his hand and
a vi Course, Mr.. Sinclair was in a very ticlxlfsb
&p0slIIon. After getting out of the bopgv Mr.
suclair called for help. Clark dropped his
LIS "I bir put ms hand threateningly towards
- ~ mp pocket. This gave Mr. Sin
oIalr chance to intuition his over
ooa5 ana search for his revolver. which he
IH i@ue good use of by getting the drop on the
io to assassin and putting leadeu bullet
d dow ms breast After Mr.. Sinclair got Clark
G I'm ne refused to fire again, not caring to
IN IN hiIn although under the law he mad a ner,
- O ll rug nt to do so. The men were standing
Close together that the ball from Mr. Sin.
tnersoS plstol ala but little damage to Clark
rreCtaz an omeer was soon on the scene and
I rested l2ted Clark and carried him to iail where
fT Nv WOUND .1o no was looked after by Dr. Kenan
N are informed that Clark says that it was
ear qivt ao5 IT is said that Clark got drunk
met up with Mr.. Sinclair. O04o4e He