The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Atlsnts-The Oldest Mason in the
State-An Augusta Man Dice From q
knife Wound in His Eesd-The Sa-
vsunah River Frozen Above Au-
gusta.
GEORGIA.
The public debt Of Newton county has
now been reduced TO about S3l, 900.
Two new drug stores will soon be dis
pensing medicines to the public at Dawson.
The city council of Conyers have pur-
chased site aud will erect city hall at an
early day
The city Of Augusta is TO have a "black
maria, and il is also proposed TO introduce
the Gamewell police telegraph system.
Treasurer John ?. Henderson Of Newton
county has TO give so 900 bond for the
privilege OF handling the county's money.
All the expenses Of the city Of Hawkins
VILE for the last year have been paid and
the treasurer shows up with cash balance
Of s., 237 46
Joe Thompson, on his farm near Atlanta,
has gone into the culture Of mushrooms on
an extensive scale, and soon will be able TO
supply the demand for them in that city.
DR.. B. F. Garrison, the Texas murderer,
was safely delivered inside the Wise county
jail at Decatur, Tex, three days after
the officers left Atlanta with him for that
place.
Judge C. L. Bartlett is holding court in
Randolph county for Judge Query this
week This is the first court Judge Bart
lett has held since his recent appointment
60 the bench.
The business Of the Rome postoffice is
naid 90 be three times as large as it was ten
years ago. The receipts from all sources
then was So The receipts now aggre-
gate nearly $4,000.
The thermometer at Augusta at 6;15
Monday morning was down to 10 The
river was almost frozen over at Augusta.
Up the country about fifty or sixty miles it
was solid from bank to bank.
The South Carolina railroad through It's
officials, did a nice thing Monday for the
poor of Augusta. They presented the city
with i've carloads OF old crossties, TO be
distributed among the needy.
Cav. Northen is being petitioned to
pardon JEFF Rockmore and Gus Pease. who
are TO be hanged at Decatur and Marietta.
respectively. on Friday. 1t is not probable
that be viii interfere. however.
At a nesting of the Jewish congregation
OF Augusta Monday Col. L c. Levy was
elected president 20 I'LL the unexpired term
OF Joseph Myers, deceased. Resolutions of
respect TO the memory of the late president
were adopted.
DIR. Joel F. Hammond, ansold aud swell
known citizen of Atlanta, died last Satur-
day In the state Of Illinois. He had been
absent from the city for only a short while,
and was visiting friends and relatives at
Vincennes In that state.
AZ Eatonton sSunday Sam Bradley, a
negro shoemaker, 10 dispute with his son
Albert, shot him with 3S-caliber pistol, the
BAH only making O scalp wound. Sam was
arrested on the charge OF assault with in>
tent to murder and was placed in Jail.
Toccoa is the home Of the Oldest Mason
now living in Georgia In the person of
Isaac Haddock. He Is also probably the
only member of that honorable institution
that was admitted 10 membership before he
became 81 years Of age, which is the lawful
membership age.
At Augusta Monday Judge Roney APP
pointed Sheriff 0'Connor permanent re-
ceiver of the business and affairs Of Louis
Cohen, and also ordered the stocks in his
store at Augusta and in Waynesboro sold
at puolio outcry to satisfy creditors. The
Waynesboro stock will be sold Jan. 81 and
the stock at Augusta on Feb 1.
Fire originated In the residence of DR.. Z.
New at Bruton, at O'Clock Sunday night
passing thence to DR.. G.. w. Tanners
drug store and from there to F. H. Brant-
ley's general store, making complete de-
strucsion OF everything In It's path. DR.
New was fully insured. F. H. Brantley's
loss is $1,000 with 81 900 insurance. DR..
Tanners loss was $4,000 with no Insurance..
Three mortgages were filed in the clerks
office at Augusta Monday against Rachel
e. Gittleson. They were filed by the New
Haven Clock Company Of New Haven,
Conn for 1924 So, Jacob Strauss of New
York for 1891 Sc and Isador Flbe of New
York for $40 so. Gittleson's total liabili-
tles are almost 5000, and his assets are
about sufficient to cover bis entire indebted
ness
AZ Brunswick Monday join Hoskins.
who Is held for murder in North Carolina
was brought before the superior court on a
writ OF habeas corpus, aud an effort was
made to have him liberated Messrs. Duke,
boyie and duBiguon, who knew Hoskins
and were In North Carolina W hen the muir
DER was committed, gave testimony. The
Identification in the mind OF the court was
positive and Judge Sweat remanded Hos
kins 20 jail to await requisition papers from
North Carolina.
A dog supposed 10 have been mad en-
tered the yard of Tuck Burkhaltsr OF
Warrington, and pounced upon his little O.
year-old daughter, and bit her on the calf
OF the leg. negro standing near by,
seized club and dealt the brute death
blow acoss the head. The child was inn
mediately taken to Harlem, where a mad
stone was applied to the wound. The stone
adhered about seventeen hours and no
serious results are entertained by her
friends after such a thorough application
OF the maidstone.
A. Scharnitskt. The young man who was
cut at Augusta on the night OF Dec. 81
died at the city hospital in that city Mon
day morning after lingering, paralyzed be-
tween life and death for more than two
weeks On the night of the cutting Schar-
nitski entered house in the vicinity OF the
Augusta factory, where a rattle was going
on, Scharnitsh took chance, aud after
throwing started out Of the house. In going
out the door Scharnitski accidently stepped
On jesse Dickens foot. Scharnitski apollo
gized, saying 1t was an accident, but
Dickens was enraRed and whipped out a
knife, cutting Scharnltski in the head.
Dickeus'then ran away. Scharnitski was
found by policeman bleeding and faint
from the loss of blood. He was carried to
the city hospital, where every attention was
given him. SINCE the cutting was done
nothing has been heard of Dickens. II was
reported that be was in Hamburg. but a
search for him failed TO reveal the cul-
Prit.
Atlanta Journal: as 8. A. Showers in
COURT" called Clerk Myers in the criminal
superior court this morning as the Jury was
being organized. That's my wife, Judge. y
answered an old man with iron gray
whtskers. land l come TO see if can't take
her rlaea - ttXp,r vp,Fo a,t,ol