The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-05


GEORGIA
Thomas Booth. county treasurer of
OCouce. is very ILL.,
Athens f. Z. Scarboro had his finger
cut off at the Brown mill Monday
The temporary system OF water works
in Athens is giving much satisfaction.
The Macon Volunteers viii 60 10 Cum
bcrland to camp on July instead OF the
10th
George Clarke shoemaker, of York,
Penn, was drowned in the new reservoir
at Atlanta Sunday night.
Col l. A. Bush, of Camilla, sold four
cars Of melons last week fer S5l5. Since
then he has been shipping instead of sell
ing on the track.
The fund for building the Baptist par
sonage at Camilla is rapidly growing, and
1t is expected that a sufficient amount
will soon be raised.
Hon. Albert A. Carson is spoken Of as
a candidate for congress in the Fourth
district against Col. Charles L. Moses,
the present incumbent.
The Eagle and Phenix mills Of Column
bus have recently shipped goods to Wash
ingtOn state, Oregon. New York, WyO-
ming, Utah, California and the Republic
OF Mexico
w. B. Jossey, of Buena Vista, has a
Cutta percha inkstand that he took from
a dead yankee soldier at the battle of the
Wilderness, the 9th of May, 1864. That
was twenty-ninc years ago the 9th of last
May.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: A white
negro is an unusual sight, but one spent
yesterday in Columbus. The negro is
named Collier, and lives in Talbot
county. He is 81 years of age, and at IS
he was as black as the ace of spades. At
75 he began to turn white, and now, with
the exception of a small black spot on his
nose and one or two on his body, he is as
white as a Caucasian
1t is understood that Internal Rev
enue Collector Paul Tammell viii appoint
as deputy collector for the Macon dis
trict whoever Congressman CabaEiss rec
ommends. There are about twenty can
ditates for the place from the different
counties of the district, and it is reported
that Mr.. Cabaniss has promised to in
dorse Mr.. Graves, of Jones county, for
the position of deputy collector.
Nose Stowe, who was found guilty of
adultery some time ago in the county
court at Camilla, and whose sentence was
suspended by Judge Underwood for one
month on account of the previous good
character of the defendant and petition
came up for sentence last week, and was
sentenced TO serve twelve months in the
gang or pay $50 and costs. He paid the
fine
DIR. N. G. Gewinner the popular and
efficient state surgeon, will attend the
state military encampment at Griffin
every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday,
and will have charge and direction of the
medical corps He made a requisition
for Sl95 with which to buy medical sup
plies and pair of drug scales for use at
the enCampment, but the military advi-
sorry board has only allowed him $l00
This does not include anything for the
purchase of cots for the hospital.
Mr.. Lewis c. Wilcox, of Beach, writes
the MORNING NEWS as, follows: A few
weeks ago it was stated that I killed ne
gro who was trying to break into my dwell
ling house for the purpose of committing
anassault. The statement was not true.
Some time last May was reused up at
very late hour in the night by the ba rk-
ing of my dog back of my dining room,
and as l stepped out of my door the intru-
der, whoever he was, ran for life. / fired
on my gun to brighten him little.
At a recent marriage in Coffee county
the neighbors attempted to give the hap
py couple the usual tin pan serenade with
cow bells and fog horn accompaniment.
But the brides mother was equal to the
occasion and had filled an old musket
about half full of small shot, and as the
serenaders opened up their grand music
ale, she opened up with her musket bat
terry, which put quietus on further pro-
Ceedings in the musical line. Two of the
serenaders will have to devote the bal
ance of the week picking out small shot
The fact that there have been shut
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Columbus, Ga, New Orleans, La. and at
other points. started talk in Augusta the
latter part of last week that there might
be shut-downs at that point This talk
has no foundation in fact. A Herald re-
porter had talks with nearly all of the mill
officials and in each instance the manu-
factories We're found to have big orders
and are doing a most prosperous business.
The mills in Augusta seem to be getting
along better now than for some time past.
tits not probable that there will be the
least 'let up or stoppage of the wheels
Quite an interesting case is on In the
city court at Augusta. The plaintiffs are
MIR. and Mrs L. w. Phillips, of Atlanta.
and the defendant the Georgia Railroad.
The suit is for $4,000, and the
circumstances of the case are as
follows. In 1890, during the en-
campment, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips,
attracted by the cheap rates, bought
round trip tickets from Atlanta to Au-
gusta. On their return, they failed to
have the tickets countersigned and they
were put of the.train at Davidson S Cross
ing by Conductor Miller. The prosecu-
tion claim that it is not customary for the
tickets to be countersigned, and that the
road is liable
An excursion train on the Georgia
railroad, from Atlanta for Charleston
consisting of ten coaches, came TO grief
at Buckhead Sunday. There, the engine
broke down, and delay of about two
and half hours occurred. When the
train reached Wheless it had to stop, the
engine breaking down again. The fast
train came along about that time, and
tried to start the eXcursiOnistS. But the
engine from the fast train, in pushing
from the rear, broke into Supt. Hem
phills car, which was coupled on to the
excursion train, and broke it up so badly
that il had to be left at Wheess. The
special train finally got away, but reached
Charleston several hours late.
NJ w Fouche, of Buena Vista, had
been bothered by the chickens Of a neigh
Dor, which had been scratching up his
peas He plotted a fearful revenge. and
catching the chickens, picked ali thC
feathers from them, and turned then
loose. Then, he posted his boys to breach
the subject to the neigh Dor so that he
could work in his little Joke. In the
meantime his wife had heard of it and
the subject was preached at the dime
table Something was said that indicat
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