The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPH

IN PARAGRAPHS
A Colored Woman Killed on Trestle
by a Train-Ihe Assets of the Old
cambridge Bank sold-A Brewing
Company Fighting Against the Pay
ment of the Bib County License
Tax.
Two new book stores are to be started at
Americas.
Many farmers Of Oglethorpe county are swap
ping their cotton seed for guanO.
Shepherd & Smith Of Thomaston bought out
the stock Of John Young on Monday last.
A. E. Cannon, a well known merchant # Dal-
ton, has opened a branch house in Calhoun,
A movement is on foot to raise $1,000 % make
additional improvements TO the Dalton eLhaIe
College.
The ManIey Manufacturing Company Of Dal-
ton has closed the contract for several Jails in
Mississippi
The license tax at Oglethorpe will remain
the same that it was last year The council at
It's last meeting adopted the old rate.
W T. Hammond Of Thomaston has sold his
stock Of goods to j. b. Stamps. This has been
made necessary TO save losses to creditors.
George f. Dallis Of LaGrange has sold his
furniture and undertaking establishment 20 W.
L. Fleming and will retire from active business.
h T. Il rdwick, S. P Maddox and others
have form themselves into a company and
will begin work in March on Telephone system
In Dalton.
r n. Herron's Snow" tobacco barn Saturday
fell and broke his leg. 1t is thought amputa-
ton will be necessary.
The safe Of F. B. Gibson Of Facsville, in
Pierce county. was Cracke one night recently,
and about S25 In small silver currency taken.
There is no clew to the burglar.
Charles Ransom, u years of age, who has
living with his aunt, Mrs Mary Ransom, on
1gfr nf VA AZ ed
for assault with intent TO murder his bene-
factress.
The Gambler building at Gainesville in which
Thomas & Burlington now have their store, has
been sold to J. n. Twitty Of Jefferson for 81, 700.
Mr. Twitty expects TO build residence soon and
reside at Gainesville.
Walter L. jenkins Of Thomaston has bought
the interest OF r. s. Holloway, deceased, in the
business Of Barron q Holloway, and will re-
turn 10 ThOmaston as soon as he closes his
engagement 10 Columbus, where he Is now
located.
The latest information gathered from mum
Der Of large and well-pOsted planters who were
in Americas Friday, Is that the oat crop is not
near so badly injured as was at first thought
The grain is coming out nicely, and full crop
will be made.
Judge Allen receiver Of the Evans Land and
Lumber Company Of Oglethorpe county, has
disposed of nearly all the vast pile of lumber at
the mills. Much Of the lumber will be shippeu
north, while quite a lot Of It will go to Duck
town, Tenn,
The residence Of B. S. Hill at Greenville was
burned Thursday after sunset. Mrs, Hill had
her face burned, but not seriously. The furni-
ture was saved. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated by the ignition Of matches by rats in the
closet. The residence was insured.
Thomas Gilbert is erecting three handsome
frame residences on Second avenue between
Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets Columbus, on
the same site where his residence was burned in
July, 1891. When completed MIR. Gilbert and
his family may occupy one Of them.
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the business of Arthur. Crittenden & White
head at Dawson, will be publicly sold at ad-
illustrators sale on Feb. p, to confirm a
private sale made to Messrs. Arthur q White
head, MIR. Crittendsn's surviving partners.
The residence Of r. NJ Hudson, near Long
Cane, in Troup county, was burned on Monday
night. When the family awoke the roof was
about to fall in Nothing saved from the
flames 1t is not known how the fire started
There was a policy Of $4,000 on the house and
furniture.
The famous case of Haygood & Caraker Of
MilledgevIle VS. the Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, suit for $1,000, that has been pend
ing in the various courts, civil and federal. has
at last been adjusted. The fire insurance com
pany gave the plaintiffs the full amount of
their insurance.
Mai NJ G. Kiser OF Atlanta is again quite i'll
at his residence on Peachtree. He was well
enough a few DAYS ago to leave his home and
resume his work at the store It was a prema-
ture venture, however aud he soon reapsed
into his old complaint. lie is quite sick man,
but the skill and care OF his physician may
speedily restore HIM 10 his good health.
Brentwood has as the leader of its cornet band
q son of g. o. Hill, aged only l3 years Lncius
though young in years, is well up in music, and
is the leader Of band that is fast coming into
favorable notice. Willie g., son of w +.
Simpson, years Of age, handles the cornet in
the band with signal ability These boys, in
years to come, will be heard from to their
credit.
1t was reported at Roswell last week that
Robert McGinnis, who so mysteriously disap-
peared several weeks since, had been seen firing
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad. John McGinnis went down to At
lAnta Monday to investigate the matter, He
failed to get any information regarding his lost
brother, and his absence is as great a mystery
as ever.
Solicitor General c. B Hudson will shortly give
up his delightful country home in Scnley
county and remove with ais family to Americus
where he at all times be convenient to
business. Col. HUDSON has purchased from
Henry X. Johnson the comfortable Merritt resi-
dence on College street, and as soon as few
necessary changes can be made will remove his
family there.
stir was raised in Hamilton the other day
by a afflicted with hydrophobia. The
animal belonged to Mrs. Ii. NJ. Walton, and
lowed and foamed the mouth for several
days She ran over a negro woman, knocking
her down and INJECTING painful wounds Mrs
Walton deemed it necessary to have the COW
killed, and called in some neighbors. The COW
held on tenaciously to life, and it took several
6nOtS 10 DFluR ner 10 JDe ground.
The several mortgages which were fled by
Bodies & Bruckner of Atlanta Thursday in the
clerks Office, amounting TO S4,1i2 80, were given
for the purpose Of securing their local creditors
until they had time TO convert part Of their
assets into ready money The liabilities Of the
firm will amount to nearly S300U0 while the
total indebtedness including the mortgages
will not amount to more than $4,000. The
firm Of Bodies & Bruckner has been in the book
business for number Of years.
]. R. Crawford and w. NJ. Blount, receivers,
who have had charge Of the affairs of the old
bank of Bainbrldge for two years past have
closed ira ie by which they have acquired all
the assets Of the same-they assuming the pay
ment Of all its liabilities, and at once paying all
the depostors' clai 3. The nominal sets ag.
gregate about $4,000 while the liabilities are
about S11.000-which must be paid at once. The
stockholders retire minus all the cash they have
paid in aggregating some $4,000.
Caroline Parks, a colored woman who cooked
for W. d Hawkins at Gainesville started for
Buford last Saturday afternoon, and before she
left the house was warned not to cross the deep
ravine on the railroad tIestle. but she did not
heed the warning, and undertook to walk the
trestle. She had gotten but a short distance
when she heard the whistle from the north
bound vestlbule No. 3S sound the notice Of its
approach; she then turned aud tried to escape
by running but fell, and before she could rise
the train came dashing along and crushed her
to death.