The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA
The Georgia Baptist convention will convene
At Dawson Ga April I.
For the year ending Feb 90 last, the ordinary
of Cherokee county issued lS9 marriage Il
cens9s.
Dr. Crawford has begun work on his new
drug store at Abbeville aud will soon have It
completed.
JEFF Rockmore, the negro who was to have
been hanged in Decatur this month. mas oeen
granted a new trial.
The firm Of J. F 81. W. Shields OF Thomson
has been dissolved BY mutual consent J. r.
Shields will continue the business
Dr. O'Connor Of Columbus, while en- route to
Chenille Ala, Wednesday, suffered q stroke
of paralysis on the train near Hatchechubbee.
TIM Furlow has Withdrawn from the frm OF
Furlow & Rogers Of Americas, having disposed
of his interest in the business TO Charles Spur
ling.
SATURDAY morning Mrs. Jane Christian. an
aged inmate at the paupers' homs at Canton,
was burned 50 badly that she died few hours
afterward.
f c. Kemerer the manager Of the Rome
Cotton and Produce Exchange, has closed up
his business in Rome and gone TO Chattanooga,
his former home.
The stock Of the Rome House Furnishing
Company has been sold again This time Il
goes to one firm who will dispose of the goods
TO the retail trade.
Burglars entered the store Of J. NJ johnson
& Co. at the depot at Decatur Thursday night
and secured about 500 worth OF goods, prin-
cipally shoes and cigars.
The wife Of Michael Virgins. who lives few
miles south of Wadley, was terribly burned one
day last week by her clothes catching on fire.
She died Saturday night.
The firm Of Butler & Berry of Americus i'm.
porters and jobbers Of crockery, silverware.
etc. has been dissolved by mutual consent, and
the firms business affairs will be wound up
John r Hudson has disposed of his bottling
business on Lee street at Americas and has &C
cepted the position of superintendent of the
bottling department at A. E Sherlock & Co.
@. A. Lcklider has resigned as the general
secretary Of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation in Atlanta Mr.. Lckider win remain in
Atlanta and may engage in the insurance bust
ness
The fact that Thomas F. Grady. county Judge
Of New York, will deliver the grafton on ST.
Patrick's day in Atlanta has aroused great en-
thusiasm in regard to tho celebration of the day
among the Irishmen Of the state capital
Sunday night B. G. Kinard & Sons store at
Towaiga, IN Spalding county, burned
But few articles were saved from the burning
building. The loss will aggre ate 81, 900, with
S2,500 insurance upon the building and stock
The Grady Cadets OF Atlanta induced Pryor
L. hynatt to accept the captaincy Of the com
pany again. and at an enthusiastic meeting last
night installed all of the old officers Capt.
Mynatt and Lisuts. W. D. Ellis and McEnery
Laird.
At a special meeting OF the city council at
Hawkiuissille Tuesday evenings va decided to
indefinitely postpone the election ordered to
take place on Monday for the purpose Of voting
upon the question OF issuing bonds for water
works.
Messrs Wilson Bros, at Reidsnsld, near Alb.
beville, have several banks OF ruta bags turnips
WHICH they made on piece OF ground that had
produced crop OF rye, corn and peas the same
year. Not less than $500 were realized last
year on tnis land,
Frank Cartwright of Dalton has purchased a
lot on Waugh street and is making arrange
mehts to build dwelling. Percy Baker has be.
gun the erection of a pretty dwelling on West
Hill Immediately adjoining the home Of his
father. R. II. Baker
The dwelling of Mrs. CooKson, about mile
west OF Dalton on the Mineral Springs ROAD,
was burned 10 the ground last Monday morn
ing. Mrs Cookson lost about all her household
effects together with some money. The prom.
ertY was insured for a small amount
Miss Florence Williams, the II -year-o,d daugh
ter of Isaac Williams Of Atlanta, made a des-
perate effort TO end her life some time during
Thursday night by swallowing several grains OF
morphine Miss Williams would have succeeded
in her attempt il her discovery had been an hour
later.
Miss Laytons Glenn. daughter of Dr. J. j. W.
Glenn Of Conyers left Wednesday for the mis-
sionary training school in Kansas City Mo- She
has consecrated her life to the missionary
cause, and, after spending year and half or
TWO years at the school, she will be sent TO her
field Of labor.
business man Of Cherokee who lives eight
miles from Canton attempted suicide last week
by taking nitric acid, and later with knife
OUT fortunately ne was prevented lie tG
attending the Kelley institute with hopes of
being cured of the habit that led him to want
TO take this step and end his life.
J. B. Little, citizen Of Tallapoosa, charged
with sending obscene matter through the mails
had preliminary hearing before Commissioner
CASTOR at Atlanta Thursday. Il was proved
that he had written very naughty postal card
to firm in California. Judge CASTOR fixed his
bond at $3.50. He promptly made it,
]. B. Sanders railroad man well known in
Atlanta and Macon, is wanted by the detective
department on charge Of emoezzlement
Sanders was employed as ticket agent for the
East Tennessee railroad in Macon. Recently
1t was discovered that the funds in the office
where be was employed were short $69s The
matter was looked into and 10 was decided that
Sanders had appropriated the funds to his own
use.
John Reid a clerk at the jewelry store of J.
H w. W. Williams Of Macon spent Wednes-
day night behind the bars. He was arrested at
the instigation of s. Henry on a charge of assault
with intent TO rape. II is charged that young
Reid went tc the residence Of Mr.. Henry in
South Macon Wednesday night at O'Clock and
called his step-daughter, Miss Marie Shever
TO the door and dragged her out into the yard
and attempted to assault her.
The incendiaries who set fire to the dwelling
of w. s. Payne at Macon on Jan. 90 are now
behind the bars Of the Bibb county jail. They
are James Washington lwhiteI, Celia Holmes
(coloredl. Detective j. W. Ford saw the
advertisement of the National Board Of Fire
Underwriters Of 1890 reward and set about
catching the parties immediately. They were
AEISBtSN 1uuFbuaJ duu Colld holmes confessed
TO getting the splinters and kerosene.
A destructive conhagration occurred at Una
dilla about o'clock on Sunday morning last
The losses and insurance are as follows
Mcbride & Nichols, loss $4,000 insurance
$40 600; Q. A. Horne, loss 50 500 insurance
$4,000. some goods saved; Barhed & Wilson
loss on warehouse and contents 1000. no in
surance, loss on damaged stock $1,000 fully in
sured; T. H johnson, loss on building 81, 100
insurance $3.50; Charley Clewis, loss on build
Ing $3.50, insurance $3.50.
Tuesday night Capt. Lindsey Of Fest Rome
arrested a negro named Carl Duncan and
lodged him in the county jail. Duncan and two
other negroes entered box car In the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia yards and took
a lot Of flour and other groceries and secreted
the goods at their houses. Officer Lindsey sue
ceeded in recovering $50 pounds of flour and
some other goods. Il is believed that the same
parties have been connected with several car
robberles recently. The officers are looking for
the other two.
At Dalton. last Monday morning, Miss Alice
Moore left her purse, containing 500 in her
room on the dressing case. Upon returning for
It short time after she found it gone aud a
thorough search failed to bring it to light Sus-
picion pointed to little negro girl, the daugh-
ter OF the WashWomau, as responsible for its
disappearance, and the case was put in the
hands OF Marshal Flncber, who learned that the
girl had gotten SD bill changed at q stors thar
morning. He searched her house. but succeeded
In recovering only small part of the money.
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