The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-27

BAY turing Lu6 EGCGnL GLOTIn-A Can
adian Investing in Florida Orange
Groves-An Attempt to Prevent the
CITY of Jacksonville From Supplying
Electric Lights to Private Establish
ments.
GEORGIA.
There is strong talk for a bank for
McRea some time in the near future.
The artesian we'll at Tennnle is over
three hundred yards deep, and still going
A company has been organized at Can
ton and a factory is now building to man
ufacture the Bonham harrow.
Mr.. J. c. Thompson, a car coupler, in
the yard of the Central and Rome rail-
road, at Rome, was run over by a Central
freight train and fatally injured, Wednes-
day afternoon.
The firm of Mathews Bros, dealers in
general merchandise at Winder have as
signed their stock of goods to DR.. J. c.
DeLaperriere, who holds mortgages to
cover the entire stock.
Chief Justice Logan E. Beckley ap-
peared for the last time Thursday as the
head of the supreme court of Georgia.
The court adjourned until Tuesday, and as
Judge Bleckley's resignation takes effect
on Monday he was present at the court
meeting in an official capacity for the
last time.
J. o. Matthewson of Augusta died
Thursday. Mr.. Matthewson's estate will
foot up in the neighborhood Of 100000.
He carried quite a large sum in life in
surance, among the policies being two for
$4,000 each in the Equitable and New
York Mutual These had been paid no
years ago and accumulated premiums,
and will probably run their value up to
$4,000.
At Atlanta Thursday. the jury
in the case of the United States
against A. w. Ballew rendered a verdict
of guilty of pension frauds. He will be
sentenced next Monday morning. Ballew
was pension attorney at Rome, and had
a very lucrative practice. He is one of
the leading republicans of Floyd county,
and is the chairman of the republican ex-
ecutive committee of that county
On last Thursday morning as Mrs.
Amanda Wood and her daughters were
returning to their home, near Albert
Shoals from Lithonia, they were thrown
out of the buggy, Mrs. Wood receiving in
1uries from which she died in about one
hour. They were going down hill when
the horse made a sharp turn at the forks
OF the road at Mr.. Powelrs with the re-
suit as above stated
w. L. Lott, general agent of the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company, was in
Americas Thursday, and paid TO Mrs.
Sallie Summerford, widow of the late e.
Z. Summerford, a check in settlement of
a policy for $1,000 held by him. No prem
ium has been paid on this policy since
Nov 10th, 1892. BY virtue of the extension
feature in the contract the amount of the
insurance was saved to the widow and
children.
Brunswick Times-Advertiser President
j. ]. Dale of the Oglethorpe Savings ana
..g4 ~ cd 7
d. Hoyt & Co. building, told a Times-Ad-
vertiser that the building would be re-
built as soon after the insurance matters
are settled as possible. In case the build
ing is sold. as it stands, the purchasers
will do the same thing. A settlement OF
the insurance will probably be made be-
fore the week is out. a much better
building will replace the one burned. The
site is one of the best in the city for bust
ness purposes, and the company realizing
this, will not allow their property to re,
main idle.
Brunswick Times-Advertiser; Two of
the ballet girls in the Jack Extravaganza
Company got into a difficulty on the spe
cial car Wednesday night after the per-
Torrance, and, for time, had a lively
scrimmage The others interfered and
hostilities ceased. One of the contestant
however, was not satisfied with the re-
suit of the fight, and, taking advantage
OF an OppOTluut moment, secured a pam
of shears, slipped up behind her oppo
nept and cut off her flowing golden locks
This particular nymph de ballet will haV,
to wear a wig at her next appearance on tht
stage. officer Taylor says the gay GROVE
kept up a round of revelry in their cal
until o'clock this morning. and that ht
had to notify them TO be a little NOR,
quiet, or he would be obliged to pull tn,
whole show.
Brunswick Times-Advertiser A whit
man named Cox, with a crutch and
supposedly lame leg has been going abou
the city soliciting relief. He claims to L.
an old railroad man. and says he fell from
train at Sugar Valley, Ga, breaking hi
leg and rendering him speechless 70
eight months One Of his schemes Is
unique one, At a number of places in III
city, when refused money, Cox asked
Can you give me a postage stamp
On being given one stamp, he invariabl
adds, piteously: GIVE me two or thre
of them" The trick worked well an
Cox collected quite number of stamps
He ate dinner at Glue Halls and ordere
several extra dishes, which ran his hi
UP to So cents When he finished eatin
he gave Chue a quarter and got out o
his lame leg with surprising agility befor
Glue could remonstrate
Valdosta Telescope: There was a wrec,
IN the Georgia Southern yards Monda
pieces. One Of them was the splendid pa
senger engine No. ll2, the other was a hi
mogul No. 220, which has been used by tn
train for hauling dirt to "hll in" mu
swamp. Engineer Charlie Bryant ha
just rolled the big mogul in the sldin
three miles below here and had gone
his supper, when Engineer Waterhoue,
who brought the passenger train fror
Macon, had sent his engine to the Coz
shute by hostler Holmes for a new tur
of coal The throttle valve 20 the mogl
began leaking and in a few MINUTES
enough steam had escaped to start tn
engine off. 1t started slowly up the tra-
passing over the switch and on the mai
line, increasing its speed until il reache
fearful velocity Hostler Holmes sn
II plunging like a deer up the track tu.
as he started in the switch with ll2
moment later the crash came The wi
engine was stripped and all the front pa,
Of the passenger engine was torn ava,
No one could be blamed for the wreck !
II was purely accidental
Griffin Call: About o'clock yesterdf
morning Mrs. w. NJ. Mullins, who liv,
about two miles from the city and ia
above the experiment station, was n
fnH If