The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-10

Two STOCKS OF GOOQb OO4u ChOsA bAS
Hammer at Americus 60 For
song-An Amusing Incident at an
Auction Sale at Columbus-The Pied
mont Train Robbers Caught.
McRae is to have bank. The stock has
nearly all been taken.
stanhope Sans. Gov. Northens secretary.
will apply for the Persian ministry.
The Hawknsvllle graded school, white: has
an attendance of 200 pupils. The pupils OF the
colored school number over $50.
W E. Brown has opened store in the old
postofhce building at Lawrenceville. This
makes fourteen stores at that place.
Capt J. H. Martin and Col William Mack OF
HawKnsville have entered into a cOpartnership
and will hereafter practice law together
At Griffin Tuesday Will H. Williams bought
E J. Flemister's brick store house on Hill street,
occupied by E. J. FlemIster & Bros, for 81 400.
large number Of the farmers OF sumter inter
county have their lands ready for planting corn.
They are anticipating large crop of this yalu-
able cereal this year.
At Macon Tuesday night a party Of tramps
attacked the Waterman Of the Georgia Southern
railroad and after beating him up, robbed MIN
of SIS aud fed to the swamps.
At Hawkinsyille J. J. Harvard has sold his in
terest in the grocery business TO his brother, H.
F. Harvard, and the business will be continued
by the latter at the same stand.
The Swear old son Of Albert Terrell living
near Carsonvile, Taylor county, while engaged
with his father in burning straw field one day
the past week was Seriously burned.
r NJ Hudson, one Of TrOup countY's best
citizens. had the misfortune of losing his dwell
ling and contents by fire Tuesday night, the
family barely escaping with their lives Loss
total; insurance, $1,000.
a. H. Hodgson of Athens is in New York
city, sent there by the faance committee Of the
city council to deliver the water works bonds Of
$4,000 in the hands of the Equitable Mort
gage Company of New York
The commitment trial Of J. Davis Hook, for
the murder of old man Sam Wilson at Airing
ton, which was to have been held Wednesday,
has been postponed until some time next week
on account Of the inability OF the attorneys IN
the case to be present.
D. T. Mashburn, from Vienna, arrived at Haw-
kinsville Wednesday morning and is opening
STOCK of goods in the store room Of the Bowen
building, one door from Capt R. W, Anderson's
warehouse. Mr.. Mashburn's place of business
will be known as the Racket store.
The primary election held last Saturday for
the selection Of a democratic postmaster for
Lawrenceville to be recommended by Congress
man Tate, resulted in the election OF N. S.
Robinson, who received 81 votes. The other
candidates, NJ. NJ. King and 7. l.. Ambrose,
received So and a..
At Hawkinsville ]. P. McGrif has sold a half
interest in the Bazaar to j j. Harvard and the
business will hereafter be conducted under the
firm name Of Harvard & McGriff. After March
/ their store will be in the large room of the
Dychess block, which is being specially fitted
up for their business
Supt, D. D. Curran was presented at Column
bus Tuesday with a chain and cuff buttons. Mr.,
Curran has recently accepted the supeTin-
tendency of the New Orleans and Northeastern
division of the Queen and Crescent system, with
headquarters at New Orleans, and left for that
place Tuesday afternoon 60 assume his new
duties.
sOne gang working on the Postal telegraph is
about eleven miles out OF Columbus working
toward Americas, and another is about fifteen
miles fromAmericus working toward Columbus
and If the work continues without interruption
the two gangs will probably meet about Feb.
20, and the line between these two places will
be complete.
A negro man was killed at HigRston, in Tel-
fair county, Monday. He was sitting on a
coupling pole of Council & Gradys tram engine
and fell OF while the train was in motion, the
front car and engine passed over him, cutting
off both legs near the body. He lived only a
few minutes He was a strange negro in that
place; his name was not known.
Tuesday night about O'Clock, Doc Joyner a
well-known negro who lives in South Rome,
started home from the new Rome furnace where
he worked. He was walking up the East Ten
nessee track, and near the old dummy crossing
north-bound freight train ran into him aud the
pilot knocked him with great force into the
ditch. The force of the blow killed him in
stanty.
Tallapoosa had a big auction sale Tuesday 1t
was the force sale of town lots for city taxes
The Tallapoosa paper advertised 265 different
marshal says that there we're 800 tax f. fas.
issued against people of the town. Tallapoosa
has about 5000 inhabitants and the above shows
that one-siXth of her population have failed to
pay city taxes.
A novel hog case has been going on in the
Ashburn district justice court OF Worth county
for two months. The suit is between Messrs.
Sumner and PittmRn for the possession of two
hogs. The AdUdnce says OF it: Both men are
sincere in the belief that the hogs are their
property, and II seems difficult case to de
In h oil In Oh $50
SIS. and when it Is settled the man who gets
left will be minus the hogs and about $50.
The Thompson stock Of jewelry and Reese
stock of drugs were sold at sheriff's sale al
Americas Tuesday upon foreclosure of mort
gage held respectively by W. w. Thompson anc
Mrs. T. B. Reese. Both stocks went at very Low
figures The lewelry stock was invoiced some
thing over $4,000, ana was bought by w. w
Thompson for 500. The Reese stock invoiceC
about S2,70O, and was knocked down to DR.. E
]. Eldridge for $500, be being the only bidder
A week or two ago the firm Of R L, Mcleod
& Co. of Americus was offered fancy price
for the entire stock of liquors and tobaccos, tht
trade to include the desirable store under the
opera house. The offer was accepted, but r.
his hands has decided to engage in business
again. To this end he has leased a store in the
Watts building. AS before the firm will con
duct wholesale and retail liquor and tobacco
business.
H W. Camben & Co. have purchased from
a. S, ]. McRae, the corner lot at McRae where
the livery stables now stand, and they will, In
few days, begin the erection of
2-story brick store. On the opposite corner
Messrs. Mlteer and Pickren have purchased al
elegant lot on which they propose to erect &
2-story brick building. Friends are negotiating
for the lot between the postoffice building and
Messrs. Folsom and Gregory, for the erection
of the bank building, which 10 ell probability
will be two or three stories high.
An amusing little incident occurred while
sixteen shares Of Eagle and Phenix stock were
being sold at auction at Columbus Tuesday A
negro standing by thought that the sheriff said
''chairs' when he used the words shares " and
as the bids were made in cents instead of dol
lars. the negro thought that 40 cents was very
cheap for five chairs, and accordingly put in his
bid for that amount When it was explained Il
him that ne would have TO pay $40 for one share
or "chair, as he thought, he said, Fore God
boss, jess thought they wuz common every
day cheers what you set in" It is unnecessary
TO say that he withdrew his bid when the situa,
ton was explained.
DR.. J. W. Cameron Of Columbus, while maxim,
call in Phenix ity, In Alabama was very badlI
hurt. It seems that DR.. Cameron was called q
see patient in Phenix City Tuesday night an,
not knowing the way, picked up a boy who wa
supposed TO have been acquainted with Uh
place and employed him to drive him to hi
destination. When they reachei point shor
distance above U. II. Smiths drug store th
boy drove the buggy of an embankmeu
about ten feet high throwing Dr. Cameron GU
4and breaking three OF his ribs and bruisinR hi
head severely. He was taken to the nearcs
drug store and Drs. Walker and Banchar
summoned. They responded Immediately an