The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-24

Up by blEnWsymen IN Glynu
County.
There is talk of establishing canning factory
~ Johnston Station.
A new brick hotel to cost $4,000 will soon be
erected in HogRnsyille.
A bicycle club has been organized at Augusta.
Albert F. Austin is captain.
Ground was broken on the Murray Hill cleo
Gric car line at Augusta Tuesday
The taxable property in Macon has increased
over $500 00J during the past year.
NJ. O'Rear has rented the new Nevin building
at Rome and will soon open a large stock OF
staple and fancy groceries.
Jim and Floyd Hogg the brothers who killed
David j. Shippy, near Bueua Vista on last Sat
urday evening, have been arrested.
r. @. Latimer, Of the grocery firm Of LRti
mer & Johnson, makes the fifth candidate In the
race for the postmastership at Athens
r. P. Abraham Of LAGRANGE is rebuilding his
residence recently burned. The dwelling viii
be replaced practically the same as 1t was before
being burned.
Robert l.. Baldwin Of Talbotton has bought
the stock Of merchandise Of Tom Amos at
Baughville, and will continue the business at
the same old stand
j. A. Clements, the enumerator for that
militia district, finds that In Inc town OF Tai
bottom there are $50 white children and 200
negro children OF school age
S. a. Fogle, who was once bookkeeper for
under cloud, has been arrested at New Orleans
charged with embez1ling 5000
A large hotel will be built on Murray Hin,
near Augusta, this summer to be ready for
northern travel next fall and winter. The hotel
will be much larger than the Bon-Air.
Frank Meixsel Of Nacoochee committed sui
eide day or two ago by taking morphine.
Grief over the death Of his wife just six months
previously was the cause of his suicide
Another gold mine has been discovered in
Obj county. The Indications il is the rich
est yet found. 1t is on the land Of w. II. Had
away, adjoining TIE J, b. Kemp gold mine farm,
in Red Rock district.
Prof A F. Trimble on Friday last resigned
his position as principal Of the LaGrangs high
school, which the trustees accepted, and the
board elected Prof. w. i. Abbott TO fill the IN
expired term. Prof. Trimble resigned TO accept
a more lucrative position at West End, Atlanta,
and is now there.
A telegram from Washington announces that
the United States supreme court did not render
a decision in the Beresford case Monday. The
result will not be known now before next Mon
day at earliest as it is the rule OF the United
States supreme court TO render decisions on
Mondays only.
A petition has been in circulation for the
past few DAYS among the business men of
Augusta which will pray of the President of
the United States to designate postmaster at
Augusta right away, The chamber of com
merce, and possibly the cotton exchange, may
take action on the same line.
The people of Chulio are tired Of holding
their courts beneath the canopy of the deep
blue sky and on Tuesday they circulated petit
ton TO which there were numerous signers, aud
it will be presented to the board of county com
missioners at their next meeting asking them to
build court house for the district justice TO
hold his court in.
On last Thursday little negro girl, 10 or 70
years of age was burned to death on the place
of Simon Brooks, near Hambyville, in Troup
county. When found the little girl was laying
out in field, dead II is supposed that her
clothes caught fire in the house, when she ran
out, no one but a younger child was at the
house at the time.
The vacant lot on Atlanta street at Marietta,
advertised to be sold under a mortgage given
by DR.. J. w. Bozeman for borrowed money,
was stopped by Mrs Bozeman filing claim as
the owner of the lot. The claim was tried be-
fore jury on Friday, and the jury awarded
verdict against Mrs. Bozeman, assessing 10
per cent. damages.
j. R. Won Polnilz, the condemned wife muir
derer, quietly accepts the inevitable since the
late decision Of the supreme court in his case
He still protests his innocence and the injustice
OF the sentence. He Is very old and feeble, and
unless the sentence is executed within a short
while natural death will doubtless cheat the
galloWs Of Ito victim.
John Bowden the postmaster at Lithla
Springs, who was charged with having embeZ-
zled postal funds to the amount OF S4i7, was
tried in the United States court at Atlanta
Tuesday He entered a plea Of guilty, but as
vet sentence has not been passed upon him
He made the shortage good, but will have to
stand the consequences unless he is pardoned
by the President.
The Portner Brewing Company and Coop
eIative Coal Company have acquired DO session
OF the Cosgrove tract on Jackson street, oppo-
site the Augusta Lumber Companys plant
Both concerns will build at once. The Portners
will put big bottling establishment ana beer
depot. Edward Sheenan will build q modern
residence on upper Broad street. where the
Portner plant is now located.
Henry KaIlar tina pagrO cuupeotod % A.
murder Of Jim Lee, was arrested Monday about
ak miles from Newman and is now in iail He
has made q full confession of the crime, but
claims that the killing was done in self defense
This is denied by several witnesses, who assert
that the attack upon Lee was wholly uupro
Voked and without warning. The difficulty
originated over game of Cards.
George R. Lombard, proprietor OF the iron
working establishment at Augusta, has appro-
prated Sl25. and at the expiration OF certain
period IL Is to be awarded to four men-one
share to tie man who deposits the most money
in bank, one to the man who makes most head
way IN buying lot or home, one share to the
man who oftenest attends the Young Mems
Christian Association and one share To the man
who oftenest attends sunday school.
II may be put down as an almost settled fact
that the next state fair will be held in Augusta.
Two bids for the fair have been made. One by
Augusta and the other by Atlanta did not go
high enough, it would seem, and Augusta will
take the prize she has long sought aud kicked
bOS9uSc eAo ROL ~ uOb. Inc COuLEhCL mas D66u
changed to read that the state fair must be held
10 Macon every second year instead Of every
year as was the previous arrangement.
Several boys who have been conspicuous fig
ures in university and society circles during the
present term have shaken the dust of the clas-
sic city Of Athens off their feet and have hidden
fearful adeu TO the allurinR faces and scenes
that have been the cause of their fall from
grace. There was general shaking up among
the sporty element at the university last
week, aud as a result Monday morning several
Of the boys left for their homes by invitation Of
Chancellor Boggs.
The proposition of Miss Sarah Clark 10 build
aS2 ,OC0 library building in Marietta and supply
II with 1000 volumes of choice books II the
citizens would donate lot for the building IL
about 10 condition to be accepted Some
$i,l5O has been subscribed for that purpose. II
Is proposed 70 buy the old William Root res
ldence and lot on Church street. move the
dwelling, and place the library building there
Cd, and to sell of the rear portion Of the lot
The Root lot can be bought for $4,000. Parties
are Regulating for portion Of the lot at a
price that would enable those subscribing to se-
cure the lot for the library
In conversation at Atlanta Wednesday one OF
the political leaders of Georgia said: Il have
been about over the state considerably OF late
and am surprised to find so large a sentiment
among the people in favor Of the Australian
ballot reform. While in cambridge the other
day saw that Congressman Ben Russeu'B ne WB.
paper was advocating the matter OF such a re-
form, and, on making inquiries, | found most OF
the people down that way decidedly in favor Of
IT, have not favored the method myself, but
somehow am Of the notion that the pressure
toF the law Will soon be too great for the law