The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

One. Lumberman Killed and Three
Fatally Injured on Tram Road at
Madison-A Columbus Alderman's
Adventure With a Pickpocket at
New Orlesns-An Investment Com
pany in the bands of a Receiver.
GEORGIA.
Campbell county has IS, 723 in her treasury.
A good pear crop is expected at Boston this
year
Harry Barron, sailor 20 years old, fell from
the sloop Esther in McCoy's river Saturday and
was drowned.
A well-kuown merchant Of PIainville. J. H.
Brownee, has failed. 1t ia said his liabilities
amount TO Sl2UO0
Capt 8. A. stansbury has bought the place Of
G. A. Slaton in North Rome, and will make 1t
his future residence.
w c. Kinnard Of Newman has purchased the
interest Of his partner in the mercantile bust
ness Of Kinnard & Co. and will run it alone
hereafter.
John Gill Of Woodbury., while out hunting
Friday afternoon. accidentally shot himself.
The ball entered his left side and ranged up
ward. He will recover.
The people Of Pidcock are preparing to build
a church. The Qutman Lumber Company has
donated one acre of ground and lumber for the
house. 1t will be union chapel.
The Coweta Fertilizer Company is shipping
from ten to fifteen carloards Of guano every day
i
have been unusually heavy thus far
Mrs J. f. Wardlaw has sold her millinery
business on Broad street. Rome, and it will be
continued &C the same stand under the name Of
the Rome Dressmaking and Millinery Bazaar.
The Newman postofice handled 1900 valen-
tines last Tuesday. Postmaster Miner says
that during an experience of twenty years in
his present position he has never seen this
record equaled.
The taxable property Of the city of Newman,
as shown by the city treasurer's report last
week. amounts to S1,sO5, 1913. Real estate is
valued at S1,0l6,0S7 and personality at SS79,896
The total increase over 1891 is Sl63, 3l6.
State School Commissioner Bradwell has is
sued q circular requiring the city and county
school boards Of Coweta to meet on the first
Tuesday in March and select a suitable number
OF enumerators to take the school census Of the
city and county.
The 4-year old child of Lula williams OF
Boston was fatally burned last Tuesday morn
ing. Lula left the child with grown daughter,
who let it fall in the fire. The child fingered
until Wednesday morning, when It died from
the effects OF the burns.
Mr.. Wiseman of Arlington shipped about 500
bushels of sweet potatoes one day last week to
a firm in Cincinnati, by whom he is offered 81 IS
per bushel. Mr.. Wseman banked quite a
quantity OF potatoes last fall, but when he be-
gan shipping last week he found that about 500
bushels had rotted.
The Americas Investment Company was
placed in the hands of a receiver on the petit
ton Of the bank Of Stewart & Co. and others
o. @. Glegg of that company temporary re-
ceiver. Hearing on a permanent receivership
will come up next Saturday.
at Haslam's mill on the Brunswick and West
ern road Saturday, N. ID. smith, a white man
engaged as a wood chopper was killed by fall
ing tree, felled by another chopper, who is also
a white man, but whose name is not given. His
body was horribly crushed and he was killed in
stantly. An inquest was held and the party who
cut the tree which fell on Smith was exonor-
ated from blame.
Upon Representative Turner motion a bill
extending the time granted Col c. P Good
year for deepening the channel over the outer
bar at Brunswick harbor until Nov. /. has
been passed by the House. COL Goodyear
now believes that he can complete the work in
the time allowed him, Though he has had
many delays he has succeeded in the work he
has undertaken up TO date. He has already
deepened the channel about foot.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: l. Joseph had quite
an experience while In New Orleans TO see the
Mardi Gras parades. He arrived there about 12
O'Clock Ia the day and boarded a street car
near the place he left the train. The car was
crowded and he stood on the back platform in a
jam of people. Suddenly he felt something
touching him near one of his pocket
very valuable papers and a large
number of railroad passes. AS he turned
to see what was the trouble man jumped from
the car and started on a dead run. Nothing
daunted Mr.. Joseph Owed after him and the
race began. Up the streets, down the streets
across the streets the thief was pursued A
spectacle for men and Rodsl A dlgnihed alder
man, and mayor pro TEN. Of the city OF Column
bus. wildly chasing pickpocket
through the streets of New Or
leans. But Mr.. Joseph wanted his
pocket book aud he wanted it bad and he was
determined to have it. The thief eluded him.
however by lodging around corners and run
ming through alleyways, and Mr.. Joseph came
to the conclusion that his property was gone
and gone for good But he has always been
lucky man and his star afrerward proved to be
in the ascendant. He went to the Ptcdgune
office and advertised for his lost property offer
ing to pay liberal reward for its return, and
adding that no questions would be asked lie
soon received notification from the postmaster
stating that pocket book containing some
paper had been mailed there directed to the
postmaster. Mr.. Joseph Immediately went
down aud, after describing the property and
identifying himself. received the contents of the
stolen pocket book, though the book itself was
not returned.