The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-13

The Augusta Brewery in the Hands
of a Receiver-Gaston Received Like
aHero by the Negroes on His Return
to Atlanta From New York as a
Prisoner 49, University Students at
Athens Fined for Disorderly Con-
duct.
GEORGIA.
John t. Boifeujllet denies report that he
wants to be chief OF police Of Macon.
Anna Robinson. the negro girl employed as
nurse by Paul Muslin. and who was badly
burned at Augusta sunday, died Monday.
Harry Hill writes that he intends to return
TO Atlanta at once. His money is getting
short, he deplores the cold weather, and is
afraid he win starve.
Mehan, who killed Mcbride a few months
ago for an improper proposal to his wife, was
placed on trial. at Atlanta Tuesday. Both
sides announced ready.
Rev. Benjamin +. CASTOR, colored, who
styles himself the Moses OF his race, was
lodged in Jail at Atlanta Monday A thousand
negroes escorted the patrol wagon, hurrahing
for him. He bowed his thanks at every few
steps. He had Just been brought back on a
reQuisition from New York.
At Albany Monday. tefore Justice A. p.
Greer, j. @, Crawford anu 4. II. Thorpe. the
two white men who have been in Dougherty
county jail since Nov. u, under the charge OF
burglarizing the store Of j. w. STALKER at
Duckers, on the night Of 10th ult., had their
commitment trial They were acquitted.
Rev. Virgil G. Norcross. pastor OF the Fifth
Baptist church at Atlanta. is i'll az his home
In that city. For the past two weeks he has
been quite sick, too i'll to be able to I'LL, the
pulpit at his church. 1t is more than proba-
bic that he will again 20 to Florida for recu-
day and voted him a leave of absence speci-
flying no time for his return.
The store of NJ. E. Ewing, at LawrenceviIIe,
was burglarized Sunday night The thieves
entered through side door They uar4
into A, I. Patterson S workshop and supplied
themselves with tools. They blew open Mr..
Ewing's safe and got $50 in gold and carried
on s6O10O worth Of notes. They left tn e
notes near Patterson S shop, where he found
them Monday morning. Solar as heard, no
other mischief was done.
A receiver has been appointed for the Au-
gusta Brewing Company. Failure Is due "a
outside causes. The Augusta plant has made
money but they were intimately connected
with the Kentucky Mailing Company, which
failed at Louisville, KY about two weeks
ago This wrecked the credit Of the brew
ing company and some notes fell du which
they expected TO carry over, causing the
crash. The claims represented at A Igusta
amount to $4,000, but this does not re present
the entire Indebtedness, which il was impos
sible to ascertain. A j. Schweers, the pres
pany IS perfectly solvent in itself and will
soon be on its feet again
w. A. Harris, Jr., George Beckett and Cor
don Hills. three OF the b ightest and bes
were tried in the mayor court in that city
Monday morning on a charge of disorderlJ
conduct, The ohense was cheering and yell
ing on the streets saturday night when tn,
victory over Fuunan College was celebrated
W men Chief Davis arrested one of his friends
Harms came up and demonstrated, which thu
oncer took as an interference and arrested
MN. He was fined go and costs in the trial
); H. Porter Jr.. and ID. c. Barrow were hnet
90 each for refusing to give the name o
others concerned in the disorder. The stu
gents aud several prominent members of tht
faculty VINO were present al the investigation
are intensely indignant az Mayor Tuck de
Sialons' which they obje I to on several points
me young men Will appeal their cases to TIT
council at It's next meeting. The trial re
suited In three other cases being docketed
augusta Herald: There is living in thi
W. lgSI now lazy whose experience in mar
Ileu ire IS quite out Of the line OF evervdat
Events. me lady is Mrs Goodwin. now re
slulhg on Eighth street in this city She is &
YEATS ola, was married before she was /
800 ola ana was mother before 49, He
NJ 'S tll 9leo Whlle she was still quite young
80. ,5oodwln has been married six mes
Vi heI husoands are dead and she is nov