The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-15
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina
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Religious Congress at Chicago-A
Dog Dies in Burning House in q
Useless Effort to Save a Chlds
Life.
GEORGIA
The ice factory at Montezuma viii be sold
at public cutlery tomorrow
Mrs. o. L. Armand wife Of St J. Armand
OF Augusta, died saturday
There is talk OF establishing a factory at
Athens for the manufacture Of trousers and
overalls.
The ShelIman Cooperative Investment
Company is making an effort 10 build an oil
mill and guanO works at Shellman.
J. e. Oglesby OF Atlanta states positively
that he is lot and viii not be candidate for
the legislature. !. +. o WE'LL is the only can
didate in the field
The Newman Ice Company will begin max
ing and selling fee next week, thus inaugural
ing another enterprise that has long been
needed in the city.
Col. Wiley has granted permission to the
Baldwin Blues to hold an election on or about
May - TO I'LL the vacancies Of chaplain and
nrst lieutenant in that company.
A very pleasant entertainment was given at
W. w. Thomson at Lyons Wednesday
night in honor Of the arrival Of his sister, Miss
Ruby Thomson, who is spending few weeks.
Jack Farrell, a plumber dropped dead al
Macon Friday while walking along the side
walk in front of Sol HOge'S residence.
Heart failure was the immediate cause Of his
death.
The work Of surveying the various proposed
sites Tor the location OF the water works at
Newman is progressing as rapidly as possible,
and choice Will be finally determined
upon in few days.
w HanseH Stockton Of Atlanta who was
arrested on the charge of forgery by Detective
Grim, was released from custody Saturday,
as the cases against him had been settled and
the warrants withdrawn.
The camps Of the East and West railroad
were moved last week from Sparta TO near
the county line, and the work of grading will
be actively pushed to Warthens, it having
been decided to go by that point
Extensive preparations are being made by
the G. A. r. post at Macon for the memorial
exercises at Andersonville national cemetery
on May so, and miniature flag and floral Of
ferings will be placed upon each OF the 1902
graves there.
Planters in Southwest Georgia are feeling
highly elated over the splendid prospect for a
large crop for 1898, and the yields Of corn, cot
ton, and especially oats, promise to be larger
and better than have been known before in
Southwest Georgia for several years.
The bicyclists of Newman are very enthus-
iastic 1t is now proposed to organize club
there being no less than twenty-one wheels
owned in town. The race course at the fair
grounds is being put in tirst-clasS condition,
and arrangements are being made for tour
nament on the Fourth of July.
few days ago Rev. G. T. Goetchius of
Rome received notice that he had been ap-
pointed member Of the advisory council of
the religious congresses Of the world, which
will be held in Chicago during the world $ fair
The parliament viii be in session for CON
siderable time, and will be made up of rep
resentatives Of every religion under the sun,
and addresses will be made BY representatives
OF all Of them. Mr.. GOetchius has forwarded
his declination to attend.
negro woman at Atlanta entered the
house Of j. NJ. Kennedy Friday. Not seeing
anything OF value 70 steal the negro picked
up Mr.. kennedy's little 3-year-old daughter
who was in the room, and carried her six
blocks. She was then accosted by a lady
who asked the negress whose child it was she
had Instead OF answering she put the child
down an the sidewalk and made her escape
The little girl had on a beautiful pair of ear
rings and her mothers diamond ring which
was no doubt the object of the woman in kid
MAPPING the child.
The school census is almost finished. Bv
May q the work is expected to be in the
hands OF the state printer. Considerable de
lay is caused by errors in the reports of the
enumerators in their additions All reports
Oehclent IN accuracy are returned 10 the
enumerators for correction, and thus time is
lost. The department at first undertook to
correct such mistakes but il was found to he
OF such magnitude that it was impossible
Some OF the reports contain as many as a
score Of errors. while others. OF course are
much more accurate. However, a large per
centage contains mistakes.
Adit. Gen. kell has notified Col c. NJ
Wiley that the election of w. G.. Grimm as
second lieutenant of the Putnam Rifles of
Company l., Second regiment was null and
VOID. Griffin was notified TO appear before
the examining board for examination April
a he was present, but when the necessary
questions were asked him he refused to
answer. He gave as his reasons thai d. L.
Thomas, candidate for the first lieutenancy
OF the company was not examined. Thomas
Withdrew his name and this has now been
officially reported to Col Wiley. This renders
Grimm Ineligible for another election within
twelve months.
At Canton, NJ. s. Findley has been fined sl5
for running blind tiger. A case also stands
against his wife, but because of her physical
condition IL was postponed Findley and his
wife were both members of the Baptist church
az canton ana apparently very consistent,
ueVouI members, but night before last the
church held conference, summarily dismiss
ing them as well as one other prominent
member, for card playing Findley's grog-
gerry was within 100 yards Of the church Etc
wah Institute school and court house and the
traffic evidently pretty boldly carried on
F1ndley and his wife are Of the first families
OF cherokee. he was for long time treas
urer Of the county.
Phil Clarke OF Atlanta is a queer looking
specimen OF the colOred race His hair is of a
Variegated color, and his head is shaped like
a cocoanut. He is suing the Western and At
lantic railroad for damages. In his allega-
tions he says he bought a ticket from Atlanta
TO Marietta and boarded the outbound train
Conductor Turner took up the ticket but for
got the plaintiffs face and fired him bodily
four miles from the city. Clarke says he had
TO walk ten miles over the crossties and the
mental pain and anguish was so great his hair
turned gray in a single night. Mr. I've the
counsel for the railroad, said in his sDeech
that Clarke looked as if his head had been
struck by lightning. The whole case hinged
on the head.
Chancellor .Boggs of the state university
has sent out the following letter to the lead
ing college presidents and school superin-
tendents. Those who desire to enter the
university will find il very convenient to take
the examination at home: For the con.
venience of applicants for admission to the
university, and to save them the expense of
travelling to Athens, the faculty has consented
10 hold entrance examinations at various
points in the state under the direction of well
known teachers. These examinations are ia
be held on the same days at all points. and
the faculty suggests the first Friday and Sat
urday in June as convenient dates VIII Won
kindly inform me whether you can held these
examinations and whether there are apnli
cants in your school, or in your section of The
Statesso that the proper papers may be sent
your The questions will he sent from here
and all papers will he'read here We suggest
that you publish the fact through your local
paper II possible. Yours very truly William
i. Boggs, chancellor
Few II any Of the dogs equal in intelligence
and affection dog that sacrificed his own life
in his efforts TO save the life of young child
OF Mr.. Donald, whose store and dwelling were
burned to the ground at Macon Friday night.
The dog was young st. Bernard and was
raised by Mr.. Donald's children from a small
puppy. He always showed the greatest af.
In Obi hut