The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-20

Fire-The Sale Of the Mcdonald Mil
Property Confirmed Father o'Brien
of Augusta Supposed to Have Left an
Estate Valued at Nearly s15,ooo-A
Failure at Carnesville-The Tallesee
Shoals Water Power to be Utilized.
GEORGIA.
Nfkager Griffin Of Ilissie who was bad
IL hurt in a club ak fight with man named
Moore some time ago, is reported dead
he died from fracture or the skull ne
row was due 10 a mlsunleISla iAlAs ue-
tween the parties.
Joe Wallace Of Brunswick recently ad-
vertised for CUriosiues Of an kinds. n
reply to the adVertisem tent be received
q letter from Houston, Tex, Offering for
sale a Bible 5U years old. Mr Wallace
thinks he wants the Bible.
The residence of II. A. YOumans OF
Tifton was destroyed by IRE Monday az
about O'Clock. The loss is partially COW
cred by insurance. This is the second time
he has been burned out. The loss is about
$500 The origin Of the fire is unknown.
The registration of voters in Oglethorpe
county for the January election closes
Jan. % Registrar Crowley says that the
has been made since the registration law
went into effect. there being not more than
1900 names thereon. Hard times are
probably the cause.
at Hampton Monday while his clerk was
drawing syrup for a customer and stole
his money box, containing about $50
Mr.. Davis was at supper az the time
Part of the money was money belonging
TO the Royal Arcanum. There were checks
and all of his papers.
Monroe News. The achievement Of Mr..
Monroe Fuller, Of this county. in making
thirty-two 500 pound bales of cotton on
thirty-seVen acres of land shows that our
soil is responsive to the system OF in-
tensive farming. In growing grain and
cotton Mr. Fuller has been equally sue
cessful.
Judge Sweat has confirmed the sale of
the McDouald's mill property in Coffee
county, which was sold by the receiver,
Capt Kennon last Monday to II. w. Reed
Of Brunswick for the sum of 500, 90.
This is one of the finest pieces Of property
in Coffee county. The citizens of Douglas
are pleased at the prospect Of the early
completion Of the Mcdonald railroad,
which is now finished to a point within
four miles of this place.
The Georgia Southern and Florida rail-
road moved its first train load Of oranges
through the state Sunday under the law
recently passed by the legislature legaliz-
ing the running of freight trains on sun
day when loaded only with perishable
articles, such as fruit, fresh meats. fish.
etc. This law viii be great saving TO
fruit growers, especially as they have
hitherto suffered heavy loss by not being
able to have their fruit handled by the rail-
cles can be transported on Sunday.
Besides the S6.2S3a 20 belonging to the late
Father Richard O'Brien of Augusta
which was found on Saturday in his
trunks, it is understood that papers have
been discovered which Indicate that he
has left $500 more which is deposited
in some one Of the banks. 1t is also
said that written document has been
found in which he expressed his wishes
of what disposition he wanted made of
his property. But as the instrument is
not drawn up In legal form and Witnessed
IL is thought it cannot be considered
valid.
The mysterious Charles Austin of At
lanta, who was the companion of Har-
~ Hayward of Minneapolis, the murderer
Of Miss Cling. and who has been missing
for year, seems TO have been unknown
IN Atlanta No one can be found i'm At
lanta who has ever heard Of "a Charles
Austin Of the description of the one who
was Minneapolis. II he was ever en-
gagged to be married to q young lady in
Atlanta that fact has never become gem
orally known. and the strange disappear
ance Of the man failed to create a ripple
Of excitement in that city
Grover Cleveland. Washington. d
G. was the name scrawled upon the reg
lister at the Kimball at Atlanta Monday
j. was written in hand that any one
who has ever seen the signature of the
President would Immediately recognize as
MS. The rumor got out that the President
had suddeuly dropped into the city. The
80 LAdL ne Is KNOWN 10 ne on the south
carolina coast gave plausibility to this
story. The matter created little furry
Tor the time, but IL was found that quite
a well-known joker from South Georgia
had perDetrated the false alarm.
On Saturday night last a number of the
boys OF Byron were out near town to
play some innocent pranks upon some
negroes, ana about 10 O'Clock, while Phil
Grant and Gordon Newman We're hid
ing in some bushes, Grant began fool
ing with his pistol, which was fired ac-
cidentally, the ball entering young New
mans back and ranging around the side.
Newman was carried home as soon as a
conveyance could be procured and DR.
Baskln was sent for, who probed for
the ball, but was unable TO find it. Young
Newman Is considered dangerously shot.
AS officer Moore entered his yard al
Columbus on Friday night just after mid
night, he heard a suspicious noise near
the corner of the house lie saw an OBJ
1ect approaching him, which he thought
TO be a COW. AS he went toward the fig
ure there was a flash and a loud report
from a pistol. The bullet tore its way
through the officers overcoat. Mr.. Moore
opened fire on the person who also fired
again, and then ran around the house
and escaped TO the river. The policeman
thinks the party was negro but can
not understand the motive for the at
tack.
w. D. Avera of Monte2uma was mad,
q present the other day in the form of q
'possum. Mr.. Avera is unusually fonf
OF postum ana AdteTs ana was QellGnlef
with the prospect of a royal feast Sun
day. He put the 'possum in the menageri,
department of his store, where he keen.
his chickens, and left it for the night
In the darkness of the midnight hour Mr.
'Possum woke up and decided to get tn,
drop on his owner and have a feas
first. 1t accordingly killed ten chicken,
ana left the balance standing cross-eyet
on their toes. Mr.. Avera anticipates Z
feast of revenge next Sunday.
A suit for 5000 damages and IS per weel
for permanent injuries and disa
bilities was filed at Atlanta Sat
urday against Benjamin r. Paul by Geor
gia Freeman. The allegations are that tn,
plaintiff was cleaning up a room which sh,
was employed to rearrange every mOrnin.
and that Mr. Paul was in the room Sh,
alleges that he told her that her emplOye
wanted to see her. She sets 10th that al
she went out of the room he slammed tn,
door catching her hand in it and mashinf
two. of the fingers on her right hand; tina
the bones of the third finger were broker
and that she is unable TO pursue her worl
at all
Abbeville Exponent: party Of youni
men, comprising Messrs. Tom Brown Sin
Daniels and Lee Fitzgerald, left Abbevill,
last Saturday night for the home of Mr.
Brown, three miles in the country Sool
after their arrival there a difficulty aros,
between Brown ana Fitzgerald, and il
order to avoid trouble. Daniels started 70
town with Fitzgerald. Stopping on tn,
way they started a fire. Daniels then re