The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States Told
in Paragraphs.


An Engine Goes Down in a Washout
on the Southwestern-Two Negroes
Knocked From Trestle and Fatally
Injured-An Aunt Saves Her Nephew
From Arrest-Seven Months Trip of
Bottle Cast on a Rivers Posom
With Note.
w. S. Bell has been elected president Of
the Young Mems Christian Association Of
Atlanta
Unemployed laborers Of Augusta held a
mass meeting Monday night and passed reso
lutions requesting the city council to inaug
Urate public improvements TO furnish them
work.
LII. HALL and John H. Ellsworth have
FLED a petition at Atlanta for a charter for
the L. n. Hall Coffin Company The capital
stock Of the company is TO be 900 paid up
and the privilege OF increasing II Il 100000 Is
asked.
Mayor Ale xander, OF Augusta, is suing the
Port Royal and W estern Carolina railway in
the city court for $4,000 damages for the burn
ing Of the timber on his Warren Nights
place, nine miles from the city. The fire oc-
CURED last April.
Lavonia has one OF the most enterprsing of
men. He is practteing physician, sole pro
prtetor OF a canning factory. keeps a livery
stable, runs drug store, confectionery store
and has q good farm out OF town and few
houses he would like TO rent, and IL is rumored
that he will put up a boarding house.
r. Y. Foster the murderer OF II. c. Hud-
son, of Lafayette has been captured by de-
tectYes at BoaZ Marshall county. in north
Alabama He will be brought here 10 morrow.
There Is a reward OF $3.50 offered for his
arrest. Circuit court convenes next week and
his trial will probably take place at once.
The sale OF the Rome rolling mill under
decree OF the federal court, has been con
hrmed and Harper Hamilton is now owner OF
the property. 1t is splendid concern, and
Mr.. Hamilton has already received a number
OF offers He has not vet determined as to
the disposition, and may form syndicate to
operate the plant.
A ellknown politician, who is on a visit
to Macon. makes the prediction that In sixty
days Speaker Crisp will announce himself a
candidate for United States senator to sue
coed Senator ColQuitt, He further says that
Congressman Turner will not be a candidate
for the Senate before the next Legislature. He
speaks very confidently, and says he knows
what he is talking about.
Jesse johnson. a negro convict at McRee's
camp in Lowndes county, was killed Satur-
day while playing with WIN ia ;kson, an
other convict. They were going from their
work and were punching each other with
hoes. Jackson raised his hoe and brought II
down on the Uranium OF the other. The cor
oner jury rendered verdict accordingly
the evidence showing that there was no
malice behind the blow.
When Gen. Gordon was going TO Augusta
bound from Atlanta, he presented the con
ductor with pass that had expired. The
conductor, in pursuance of his duty, declined
TO honor the pass, and urged the general to
pay his fare. BY telegraphing, the train Of
ncers got In communication with General
Manager Scott. and the matter was arranged
The general got in all right, didn't pay fare,
and the conductor squared himself
There a unique burglar alarm in White
nall street store at Atlanta. In the center OF
the store. pointing straight up toward the sky.
light. is well-loaded shotgun. with Irvine
cord tied to the trigger. AT night this cord is
n al lrnn of n
rear door-the only point by VIII eh a burglar
would be likely to enter, Now, IL this door
should be opened by midnight thief the trig
ger would be pulled and he would hear inside
The loud report OF shotgun. 1t is unneces-
sary TO picture the effect OF this selfacting
burglar BLUM.
About month ago, X. H. Williams, In
serted short notice in the Quitman Free
Press to the effect that he wanted live part.
ridges. All sorts and conditions of people
brought them in until he had to stop buyiug
In that short time Mr. Williams bought and
shipped l,6OO partridgeS. During that time
other parties have shipped half as many
more, and counting those shipped previous TO
that time, and used in town IL Is PROBABLE that
FULLY 5000 live partridges have been shipped
out OF Brooks county in the last two months
II looks like this would soon thin out the Bob
Whites.
Two negroes were knocked from trestle
by train on the Southwestern railroad Mon
day at MERGERS Mill, about 1850 miles from
Macon The negroes, whose names are
III.
up by the train crew after the train had been
brought to stor and carried back to Eu
taula' only four miles distant and placed In
charge OF the roads physician at that point
When the physician made an examination OF
the negroes injuries II was found that Cobb's
leg was badly crushed and mangled and
Slngleton,s head crushed. Neither is ex
pected to live.
The stockholders and creditors of the At.
lants Provision and Commission Company
nave at last adjusted their affairs and a set
LeLnent OF what promised to be long law
SUIT mas been arrived at. IL appears that the
cause OF the failure was the paying of the
funds OF the Atlanta Provision and Commits
sion Company on the debts of f. S Morris 4
90. This gentleman has put up ST.. 500 and
surrendered his entire interest in the CON.
pany, and Messrs. A w Murphy and c. NJ.
MOTIFS TOOK me assets Of the company and
settled with the stockholders and creditors.
All suits have, therefore been dismissed.
Atlanta Journal: The complaints against
the extortonate bills from the waterwor rs
once have become too frequent and too gen
eral TO be longer ignored. No newspaper in
the world Is more ready to uphold city ON
Gals when they are unlustly accused than the
journal but the heavy charges for water is a
matter that ought TO be looked into. The
consumer is as helpless in the hands OF the
water department as a babe in the grip OF a
giant. IL the bill Is very high and the con.
sumner believes he has not used the quantity
OF water with which he is charged, he has
no recourse. He must pay the demand or get
ms water cut on, thereby endangering the
health OF his family. 1t is because OF this ex-
tremely arbitrary law that somebody must
give heed TO the complaints Of the people.
The aluminium works located In North
Rome have shut down and the losses OF the
owners, who so Nsoon expected 10 realize a
fortune from the profits are gone forever
The analr has been a mystery from the start
Dut the facts have at last come 10 light In
july less, q. i. Hartsncld formed a,partner.
snip with George A. Stuck Tho corporation
was 10 be known as the Southern Steel and
Aluminium Alloy Company. A certain metal
was 10 DO manufactured called "Schmiedfar.
engus, which Mr. Harisheld stated was an
aloy OF steel ana aluminium. The company
Aau pretty fair success for awhile and Mr.
STUCK vas waiting for Mr.. HaTishcld to dis
etoee % him the secret for manufacturing this
nletal af stuck says that Mr.. Harisheld has
N~H ueeilnea 70 disclose the secret. j. W.