The morning news., 1894-10-24
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
News Of the Two States Told in Para
graphs.

SlupuOs
A Physician Picked Up Demented at
Atlanta-A Movement to Form an
Association of Street Railways in
Georgia-A Barn Burned at Cuthbert.
A Queer Old Book Found in a
Negro's House.
GEORGIA.
While experimenting the work of pre-
pairing a booth for the Christian church
at the fair grounds at Macon Saturday
Mrs. Marion Erwin fell and sprained her
ankle.
Mrs. Lucy Carnegie is expected to ar
rive at Dungeness on her yacht Dungeness
on Nov. l. She will spend one month there,
and then proceed to the West Indies to en-
joy her usual winter cruise.
While handling a pistol at the Georgia
Southern shops at Macon Saturday Frank
Bunkum accidently shot himself in the
hand. The accident is not serious, al
though the ball passed through the hand.
D. P. Darlington had a close call at the
Corinth fair. He was thrown violently
from a cart by an unruly mule, and being
caught in the Wheel was dragged some
distance before the animal could be
stopped.
The race for the Office Of solicitor of the
ing warm. The candidates are w. T. Lane,
and ]. A. Ansley, Jr. Both of these young
lawyers have hosts of friends who are Civ
ing them all the help they can.
Alex Mcdonald. the manager of the
Augusta Telephone Exchange, is working
to arrange for Augusta and Waynesboro
TO be connected by telephone in the long
distance telephone circuit which is con-
templated between Augusta, Atlanta and
Savannah.
The skaters are rapidly covering the
beautifully hipped roof of the new court
house at Franklin, and within few days
more the masons will have finished the
graceful arcades of the clock tower. 1t
will take the workmen only a short while
to push the interior finishing to compile
tion.
Friends of Capt ]. H Martin of Haw-
kinsville are urging him that in the event
Justice Simmons be elected to the su-
preme jutice seat made vacant by the
RESIGNATION of Judge Bleckley, that he
become a candidate for the Office made
vacant by the promotion of Judge Sim
mons.
A sailor fell from the rigging Of the
schooner Fiheman at St Simon Mills Sat
urday and was drowned. The sailor was
an American from New England, named
John Ross. His body has not been recov-
cred. His head struck the side of the YES
sci and he was knocked insensible before
reaching the water.
Populism will never prevail in old FL
bert. Dr. Bynum Bell, the defeated popu-
list candidate for the legislature, will
make a very poor showing if he attempts
to contest the returns of Ebert county in
the late election. His opponent, Col J. n.
Worley is one of Elberton's best men, and
staunch democrat and was elected
fairly.
A. Allen Jameson of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Augusta, had his
bicycle stolen from him Saturday night
and Sunday morning before he dscov-
cred that it was missing, it was safe in
the custody of the police together with
the thief. The thief is negro who seems
to have a mania for riding, two days
ago he stole Mrs. w. J. Cranston's horse
and buggy.
The Augusta Evening News of Monday
says THE steamer Katie seems to be
having hard luck. Only few weeks ago
she was disabled by the breaking of a
part of the machinery and now she is
three miles below the city on a sand bar,
The bar known as Kinks, a few hundred
yards above the Port Royal and Augusta
railroad bridge is, where the Katie is now.
She was heavily loaded, and the river is
very low. Several of the passengers were
taken to a boat landing near by and
walked up to the city"
Macon Telegraph: Rev. w F. Smith
of Savannah spent several days of the
past week among his many old friends
in West End and heartily glad were they
all to grasp his hand. Mr.. Smith
preached at Centenary Methodist church
on Wednesday evening to large and ap-
tpreciatiVe congregation. The reverend
gentleman was called to Macon on a
pleasant mission, that of uniting his
friend, Miss Laura Harris, in matrlmony
TO Mr.. Albert Nancy Mr.. Smith re-
turned to his home day or two later.
While looking for a negro wanted by
the police at Atlanta Monday Patrolman
Lyman picked up a queer old book in a
house in the rear of the Marion hotel. 1t
was a copy by Foster on Crown Law
printed in the year of our Lord, 1862 con-
tanning reports of various cases from the
year 1746 until that year, and long treat
ises on high treason, homicide and other
legal subjects Of interest in England at
that date. The book is musty and moth
eaten. on one page In pencil Is written
the name of Col. Nj. NJ. Tidwell, Fayette.
vile, Ga. The book is valuable because
of its age and character. The patrolman
will make an effort TO trace its owner
ship.
Lace Martin. the alleged slayer Of Dor
oughty Blackwell at Elberton. was cap
tured near Lowndesvillc S. c., last Thurs
day evening by West Harper and a Mr.
Barnes. Martin was brought TO Elberton
and lodged in jail and will probably
board there until the March term OF the
superior court. Mr.. Harper will receive
the reward offered by the governor Of
Georgia for Martins capture. which IS
$lOo. Lace Martin, it will be remembered.
one night in August last decoyed Dor
ouBhty Blackwell to his door and shot
him. Martin was tracked for some dis
tance and gun was found with one OF
the barrels empty Circumstauual evi-
denc was heavy against him. and he left
for parts unknown.
The barn and stables on the promises
on - H. Iumlin at Cuthbert were burned
Friday night Supposed 10 have carirbt
by boys smoking cigarettes ou a WAGON
load OF peas that were placed Zoo the barn
during The day. The fire was discovered
early, and as a good number were re-