The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

County as Large as Most Boys of 2.
GEORGIA.
H. LansdelPs tobacco house at Rome will
open on April l.
Troup superior court will convene on the first
Monday in May instead OF the third Monday in
April
DrR. B. Headden will remain with the First
Baptist church at Rome. The church has voted
him salary OF S2,4OO.
The Macon Telegraph speaks Of judge James
n. Query Of the Patauia circuit as future
congressman from Southwest Georgia.
The steamboat Wanderer levied on by Mar
Bhal Corbett as the property Of the Cumber-
s6O5.
In about two weeks the enlistment papers
will be opened gain for the signatures Of
young men desiring to remain in the state
militia.
Edward womaok Of Brunswick tells of a sign
he read IL Waynesville on his last visit 20 that
city. 1t was: FAX handles, ink, pins and
cheese.
Five electric lines. each uudera different man.
agement, are proposed at Atlanta, and the ma
jority Of them will be completed by the middle
of summer.
]. Q Nolan of McDonough is preparing to
set out 5000 liberia peach trees. Others in
Henry county are contemplating going into the
fruit business.
The Messenger is the name Of a new weekly
paper Just started at LaGrsnge. with Lester 9.
editor, and R. Frank Mccormack business man
ager.
JEFF Rockmore the Atlanta negro who was
respited by the governor until Feb. 20, has been
given a further respite until March H. in order
70 give time for the hearing Of the motion ex-
traordinary.
At Brunswick, down on Ithe bay, there is a
Cheap John clothier who is more truthful than
most dealers Of his kind. There Is sign in
front Of his place which reads: "Overcosts at
cost; 800 coats for IS.
Col. J. Lindsay johnson Of East Rome has re-
ceived a telegram from Washington notifying
him that he had been appointed a colonel on
the staff Of the general marshal OF the inaugu
ration demonstrations.
At Decatur Tuesday John Pendley, who is
now in Jail charged with forgery, was tried for
lunacy. The verdict of the jury was that he
was not a it subject for the asylum, so he will
have to stand his trial on the charge of forgery.
Monday night about 10 O'Clock Hicks store on
the Columbus road, Just outside the city limits
of Macon, was burned TO the ground, and with
II went the entire stock OF goods The origin
of the fire is supposed to have been due to some
defect in the fue OF the stove pipe.
Charles Paulk, aged years, of Ty Ty, Worth
county, is feet inches high, weighs 80 pounds,
wears No hat and No. shoe. He is
splendid'y prOportiOned, and would impress any
one as being youth of ~ or Is years. There
are indications that he will soon have a mus
tache.
Thomas P. Livingston of Augusta, dealer in
paints. oils, glass etc. at 3l2 Jackson street.
has mortgaged his stock to William NJ. Bird &
Co. Of Charleston. MIR. Livingston is indebted
to Bird & Co. for $780, for which he has given a
promissory note, and TO secure the note he has
given the firm a mortgage on his stock.
The store occupied by B. f. Wammock at
Deep Step, in Washington county, was burned
week ago last Friday night. The fire il
Thought to have been the work of an incen-
diary, G Supposition being that the store was
burglarized and then fired. Mr. Wammock
estimates his loss at 5000 He was insured for
Thtah halo 70 Mr.
Oconee.
James Watkins. the unfortunate man who
was killed by the Central train Saturday near
the Kincaid mills at Griffin, had IN his hand a
paper sack filed with eggs. de was struck
with such force by the engine that nearly every
bone ia his body was broken, and was knocked
fully twenty FIVE feet down an embankment
and set several Of the eggs were found near the
body not even cracked.
In the city court of Macon Monday Waiter
Grace, an attorney, raised the point that a
summons issued by police officer was illegal
and Of no effect consequently the person re-
celving such summons could not be held in
contempt for refusing to answer said summons,
no matter what the crime alleged might be-
He claims that under the act incorpora ting the
city and the city ordinances the city clerk is the
only person authorized TO issue summonses.
Assistant Postmaster Thurmond of Griffin was
Drought TO Atlanta Tuesday. He wanted a
preliminary examination and was put under a
SlO0O bond by Commissioner Fuller. He was
62ird Saturday, charging him with embezzle-
ment Of postofice funds. There are two cases
against Mr., Thurmond, one for alleged ritiing of
registered letters the other for embeZzlement
He promptly gave 1000 bond in each
At Atlanta Tuesday Col. L. F. wooif filed
suit in the superior court for A. G. Allen, a
machiniSt, for a total divorce from his wife
Jennie Allen. Mr.. Allen claims that while he
was drunk and IN stupehed condition he was
forced to marry her, and that at the time he
was unaware of what was being done He also
claims that she was not true to him, although
ne DID not live with her from August to Decem.
Der, and that she would 20 out at night and
come back drunk. He says that on one occasion
she accused HIM of being about to leave town
and had his mothers wagon levied on, and
that ne assisted his mother in keeping the
bailiH from moving her goods, but that the
next morning the bailiff returned with posse
and carried him TO jail for resisting an officer
sandersvile Progress: E. R. Underwood Of
Ocenee showed us an interesting relic of the
war last Tuesday II was the battered colors Of
the FIFTY seventh Georgia regiment, which
went through several bloody and hard fought
battles, and had 30 many bullet holes through
" thab they could not be accurately counted. 1t
bore the following legend in bold letters: 20
b. Victory or Death Aug. 10, 1861. ~ D B.
was Tor Dixie boys. Mr.. Underwood saws the
nag was presented to the Fifty-seventh regi-
ment by lady in Thomas county, Georgia,
whose name he has forgotten, and if he can as
certain who was Tha donor he will send il to her
The flag was used for two years when the con-
order TO avoid confusion on the field of battle
II Is 40 inches wide and 72 inches long.
Nose Odwell. Lee & Bothwelrs negro porter.
has been rearrested upon suspicion Of being the
murderer Of Officer Parker at Augusta last
Wednesday night. Nose was arrested the night
OF the shooting, as the goods found in the sack
OF the negro halted by Policeman Parker were
supposed to have been stolen from Lee a Both
well, and when his room was searched a large
quantity of goods was found. As Lee a Both
well could not identity the goods found in Moses
house as theirs the negro was subsequently, re-
leased Monday George Harris negro who
works at w w Bussey's aud who lives out on
Carrie street near where the murder was com
United, told Chief Hood that when he heard the
pistol shot he rushed TO the door, fearing his
daughter had been killed, and saw Nose OdweIl
running along on the opposite side of the street
and he halloed to him and asked him what WAS
the matter, aud Nose answered that he could
not stop then, but would see him again and tell
him about it. Upon that information Chief
Hood had Nose reaTrested.
Macon Telegraph: DR.. Robert Scott an r f
v. Baptist preacher from the Old Dominion is
now lanRuishing in the city prison soaking fuI
OF mean whisky and with the rats and vermir
as COMPANIONS The story Of Dr. SCOTS down
fall is a sad one. He came to Macon about two
months ago and to all intents and purposes was
an eminent Christian gentleman, but since that
time has gone from bad to worse until now be
has sunk so low in the mire that he was ar
rested In Henry Hammond's Joint Monday
afternoon BY Otficer Murphy for being helm
lessy drunk The arrest the fourth time
since the eminent divine honored this city with
MS presence, and at enc time he vas arrested