The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-06

GEORGIA.
D. Senator Colquitt is quite i'll in Atlanta
Mrs L. D. Pace reict Of the late Judge c.
n. Pace Of CoTagton. died at her home on
Thursday last.
About tx months ago prominent minister
OF Albany performed q marriage ceremony
for VIII h he failed 10 receive the usual re-
mune "a ion. The minister, on Thanksgiving
day. received a letter containing a crisp SO
hill with letter Of apology for delay.
A negro woman IN Augusta, whose name
has not been secured. but viii be given to the
punlic later Is giving away her children, and
IS lmportualng gentlemen to take them. She
Ras hye Youngsters and has already given
away Two. she saws she is unable to earn
enough TO feed and cl0the them.
There was a destructive fire at the Sea
board Airline depot az Lawrencevile Mon
day morning. Seven Uox cars. two or three
seed houses owned by different men 200 bush
els OF corn belonging TO j. VI. swords Il Co.
several tons Of coal belonging to SuggS &
Patterson, together with several hundred
bushels Of co-ton seed and about $50 bIIes Of
cotton, were totally destroyed. Inc fire
broke out about !.8 M. In a box car aud
II Is supposed TO have been the work OF
tramp. he platform Of the depot was liter
ally covered with cotton and the strong wind
was blowing the fire square against the depot
and Il is almost mystery how the depot was
saved. The railroad is the principal loser
Clarence Cooper loses about Sl5J worth Of
cotton seed. Jim Head, a farmer, loses his
entire crop OF cotton. about ten or twelve
bales. He brought in his last bale Saturday
morning and spoke Of selling ont but de
ctded TO hold a few days longer This was
the first fire Lawrenceville had had for sew
eral years,
The escape Of prisoners from Jail at
Gainesville last Frida morning, which has
been shroGded in more or less mystery, has
been partially cleared. ClaUd Askew was ar
rested twelve mics from the town, returned
and placed in Jail. He says that his brother
George Harold, ketcOn ana Howell Ed
wards brought them an AK, placed il In the
Pf "a GER ~ ma gl-Fg f.,
the room. TO break the lock of the lever
crossing the lower part of the cage door
and then they pried the door open wide
cage and then 5 sH driving tx IN wedq 5Re
they pressed The bottom of the door
open wide enough 20 escape The
three boys who carried them the ak
we're arrested, and tell the following story
That the prisoners were to give them s. TO
Slip them an AK. They got the ak. tied rope
around the handle dragged Ii to the TAIL and
placed II in the room containing the cage.
The prisoners gave them 81. Askew and
ketrou DIVIDED the money between them
selves and gave EDWARDS four pigeons for his
part Inc toys are ali between the ages Of
TO and l3, SusFi ion rms high that there are
some men connected with the jail breaking
hut the Boys acknowledge tOputting the ak in
and the amount paid them for doing it,
The will Of the late Mi. NJ. c. Kiser was
probated in the court OF ordinary at Atlanta
Monday. The Will is unusually lengthy an
clearly cts forth the last wishes of MAI
directs the payment OF all his debts from the
income OF his estate He then provides for
the payment OF SO 90 to his wife in cash and
also directs that She be pad 5000 annually
so long as she remains at his home on Peach
tree street. II she should decide to leave the
home he directs that she shall be paid 81 $50
annually, He also provides that his Peach
tree street home shall be kept as home for
his wife and children and that the expenses
OF the home shall } paid out of the estate
Until his children reach the age Of %
years they are to receive 800 per annum.
This TO be paid out Of the income of the es
tate. He also provides for the payment of
81 900 to the home mission board of the South
efn Baptist convention. He gives to each
clerk who has been in his employ i've years
and IS not partner in the business. the sum
OF $500. To each OF his servants who have been
IN his employ five years he also gives the sum
OF $500. He bequeaths the residue of his es-
tate to his two sons, William II. kiser and
John f. klSer, and directs his executors to
see that none Of his Atlanta real estate is sold.
He names w. II. H. kiser as the guardian of
John T. Kiser, and Messrs. w. H. Kiser, Cor
don z. Riser and Charles d. Montgomery are
named as the executors of the will. The will
was signed sept. , 1893.