The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

A Residence Burned at Jesup - The
School Census Of Hawkinsville-An-
other Physician Arrested in Con-
nection With the Glover Counterfeit
ing Case.
GEORGIA.
TIE Sunday schools OF Bulloch county will
hold their annual celebration at Statesboro on
May II.
George W. Whitfield has been appointed post
master at Matte, Pulaski county, to succeed j..
i. 3. Wilcox. deceased.
The firm of Bailey Bros. at Abbeville has been
dissolved, G. l., Bailey retiring d. A. Bailey
will continue the business
The residence of Mrs. Miriam Little at Jesup
was burned Tuesday night There was about
5000 insurance on the house aud furniture
DR.. Esra New has been appointed postmaster
at Pringle IN Washington county. He has also
opened dry goods and grocery store at that
place.
Drs W b. Marshall and George W. Shipp of
Cordele have purchase a stock Of drugs and
other goods and opened up business under the
s firm name OF Mitchell & Shipp
Linson Brown Of Pulaski county went to
Hawkinsvilie a few days ago and for the first
time in sixty years, bought enough cloth TO
make for himself a pair of trousers. He is IS
Years of age, and his clothing has always been
OF the home made style.
Jep Brown Ccoloredl, sentenced to ten years
IN the penitentiary for arson, and NymO Tate
(coloredJ, sent up for five years for assault
with intent to murder, broke iail at Elberton
and escaped Thursday morning at o'clock.
Two other prisoners were in the same cell. One
sentenced for life for murder remained, when
there was nothing to prevent his escape.
Work has begun on the erection of the Tel
fair and Montgomery Canning Company 8 plant
at Towns, and its projectors propose to have
everything in readiness by the time the first
fruit and vegetables are ready The factory
will be ready for work ia thirty days. This
company is composed of tho following en-
eerprsing gentlemen: NJ. y. McR6e, NJ. Nc
Rae and c. NJ. Tnlmau.
Although no mandate has been issued by the
United States supreme court in the BsreSfOrd
case, Sheriff Moore OF Floyd decided on Thurs
day TO send the prisoner to the penitentIary.
Col. Jones, chief keeper Of the psnitentiary,
81 declines TO receive Bert Sford until the mandate
arrives from the supreme court. The plan of
his prosecutors to get him to the penitentary
Is therefore frustrated FOR the present
Homer Walker, who was appointed to take
the school census of the hawkinsvlle district
embracing the territory outside Of the city
limits, has finished the wOrk. and the total mum
Der OF children reported between the ages of
and IS years i f0s-;lO white aud SOS colored
The total number residing within the city limits
as shown by the census recently taken by
L X. Raglan, is 5il-l99 white and 342 colorei.
Near Gordon, night or two ago. while little
Howard Stevens son Of B. l. Stevens was
searching IN the wardrobe for some of his hid
Gea treasures in the shape of strings pocket
knives, etc, one of his mothers dresses caught
fire, and the whole Of The contents of the room
was destroyed. lt took hard work TO save the
residence, and IN the work Of putting out the
fire both Mr.. Stevens and Howard were pain
fully injured.
W. ". Pace has resigned as an alderman of
Albany because il does the firm of Cruger &
Pace, OF which he is a member, an Injustice
by not allowing them TO make bids or make r
contract with the city, even when their bid is
the lowest A contract SO made while he is a
member, Is said 70 be illegal Alderman
Nights resignation also takes effect on May
!, and this will necessitate an election to fiji
two vacant places on the board
William Duckworth lives a short distance
from Americas. A crazy negro woman named
Ninie Boone has been hanging about Mr.. Duck
worth's farm for the past week and Thursday
varied the monotoay of that neighborhood by
setting the woods on fire. Fearing that the
woman might attempt 10 burn his house as well
Mr.. Duckworth arrested her and she is now con.
fined in the county jail. The woman sleeps in
the woods like wild animal and lives on roofs
and the few crusts given her by other negroes
DR.. J. +. Lancaster and Banks Alexander
OF Forsyth met with q very painful accident
last Saturday. Dr.. Lancaster had mixed some
nitric acid and mercury and set it aside Dir
Alexander, few minutes after, took up the
bottle containing the mixture and re-
moved the stopper. AS soon as he did so the
acid few in every direction. covering his face
which was badly burned. Dr. Lancaster, who
was standing by. was also burned about the
face though he escaped muchlghter than Mr.
Alexander.
Dr.. J. T. Dixon of Gibson, a physician. IS
years Of age. is charged with having made the
spurious S20-gold pieces, which Dr. J. w
Glover, Tuesday, confessed to having passed
DR.. Dixon has been arrested by Deputy Marshal
Whitley on the strength of the statement
made by DR.. Glover when on the stand The
two men are first cousins They were com
panions and schoolmates in boyhood, grad
uated together from the Augusta Medical Col
lege and practiced medicine within three miles
of each others home in GlascocS county. near
Gibson. Now they are accusing one another Of
8 committing a penitentary offense