The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-08
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

Outwits an UnscrupuIous Commls-
sion Man.
GEORGIA.
The Manchester mill at Macon has been
running day and night about three years.
The mill has now suspended night work
and operates in the day only.
Ed. Lamar, Harry Jones and viii Hunt,
three negroes confined in the county lall
at Brunswick awaiting trial before supe-
rior court, made their escape.
r. S Webb Of Roswell, while despon-
dent last week shot himself in the breast
with suicidal intent. On Thursday, how
ever, his physician thought he would re
cover.
r. j. Maclean of the Atlanta Business
college is much worried over the disap-
pearance Of a check for 81 900 mailed him
from Canada. An unknown man called
at the postoffice and obtained the mail be-
longing to Mr.. MRclean
The outcome of the arrest of several
prominent young business men Of Atlanta
for obstructing the sidewalk and a subse-
quent row with the police was that Eu-
gene Carroll was fined, Policeman Kerin
roasted mildly, and Capt Nash and the
others were let go.
Messrs. Harris and Mitchell, OF Macon,
operate a large saw mill at CoX's in Dodge
county. They shut down the mill about
y
as they have received several very large
orders for lumber. One order for one
million feet came from New York.
A steam boat to run between Dublin and
Milledgeville is being built ut Dublin. 1t
will make its first trip on the Oconee
about Nov l. The Gypsy is the name of
the boat, and the capital stock of the
company that is building it will be about
5000 in shares of 500. OF the fifty
shares in the company, thirty-seven have
already been taken.
Several days ago a party of gentlemen
of Americas made up car load of pears
and shipped them to Chicago. They re-
ceiyed information from them Satur-
day, stating that they had been sold to
the best advantage possible, netting
30 cents per crate. Two of the
gentlemen who shipped were offered 70
cents per crate on the ground at home.
The following sal les of cotton have been
made by the different warehouses of Ma
con within the past two weeks
Willingham, 600 bales; Estes, 260; Da-
Wis, 1853; Price, 200: b. L. Jones; 70
Sparks, 175; total, AIS bales To this
can be added 800 bales sold by a manufac-
turing company, making a grand total of
LIS bales. Averaging this at S37 per
bale, a low estimate, il would amount to
500, 1s6. There is less old cotton in the
warehouses of Macon now than there has
ever been in the history of the city at this
time Of the year. The total amount of
old cotton on hand is S36 gales.
Milledgevilc Chronicle: The committee
appointed at the last session of the legis-
lature to confer with the trustees of the
state lunatic asylum regarding some
plan for relieving the overcrOwded con
dition of that institution, met at the asy
lum on last Monday. 1t was decided that
the legislature be recommended to ap-
propriate $500, 600 to the erection of new
buildings. A 100000 addition is recon-
mended to be built to the $40, 600 smallpox
building erected some years ago, and de-
voted to the use of negro lunatics The
building now occupied by negroes will be
fitted up for the use of whites at a cost
of $50, 600 These new buildings will make
room for about 600 more patients than can
now be accommodated at the asylum.
w. f. Haley died at Macon Saturday
from the effects of injuries received last
Thursday by being knocked down by
street car of the Macon and Indian
Spring Electric Railway. II was thought
until few hours of his death that he
would recover. Mr.. Haley was quite an
old man, and the shock TO his nervous
system was very great, and thenhe is sup
posed to have received internal injuries.
MIR Haley lived in Warrior district, Bibb
county. The accident Thursday hap
tempted to get out of the way of a wagon
and stepped back upon the railway track.
and the front of the car struck him in the
back and threw him violently to the
ground. The mOtorman and conductor
We're arrested, but were released by the
T. H. Robbins and will Dawkins, the
two colored BARRIERS charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods, and Will Jones,
ph
with larcney from the Universal
dry goods store, were arranged before
Justice Jim Lennard at Columbus and
placed under bonds of 500 each The
young white boy made a full confession
and admitted that he had been committing
the thefts from time to time for the past
month. or six weeks. The BARRIERS, he
stated, received the articles with the
knowledge that they were stolen. Rob
bins and Dawkins claimed to the contrary,
however, and stated that they did not
know the goods had been secured dishon-
estly. Robbins introduced number of
prominent gentlemen to testify as to his
character.
Some time ago a party claiming to rep
resent St. Louis commission house Wis
tied Tom Warren, a well-known citizen of
Houston county, and got Mr.. Warren to
ship to him at st. Louis five car loads of
watermelOns. Soon after the shipment
MIR. Warren received notification from the
the St. Louis party that the market was
overstOcked with Missouri melons and
there was no sale whatever for MIR.
Warren's five car loads of melons Mr..
Warren Immediately boarded the train
and went to St. Louis, He found that
there was not Missouri melon in st.
Louis, and the story that there was a
glut in the market was not true. Mr.
Warren hunted up the man to whom he
had Stripped his five car loads of melons
and made the man pay him SIS per car or
go to jail for cheating and swindling. MIR.
Warren got the money and returned to
Georgia.
The long talked of auditorium for At
lanta is now said to be an assured fact.
The Gate City Guard will build it, and
its cost viii be between $40, 1000 and
$4,000. The location has not vet been
definitely decided upon, but the chances
are that the present site of the cyclorama
will be the one selected. Some time
since the Guard virtually decided to quit
the state service. There were lots of old
members who had long since been retired
That were with the company in their de
clslon TO organize an independent corps.
They came back into the company and
pledged their hearty support for the future
Inc present drmory on Peachtree street
was offered for sale and several offers
made by caDit9 lists for il Dua WAC SSB -