The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-24
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States TOld in
Paragraphs.

Lost Money Recovered by Bruins
wick Merohant-An Atlanta Street
Railway Sued for S1o,ooo-Hon. ].
G. Oglesby Declines to Run for
Mayor OF Atlanta-Lundy's Lynch
ers Pin Warning to His Corpse.
GEORGIA.
A new dry goods store is spoken Of as one OF
the enterprises TO be Instituted in the near
future in Brunswick
Work was commenced on the knitting mill
at GAINESVILLE last week. II viii be built Of
brick and viii be 80 feet wide and 100 feet
long, with an engine room 20X2O.
A new trial was refused John Story who
was convicted for the murder Of John Cuth-
bert at the last term Of Coffee superior court
The trial was heard by Judge Sweat on July
8, with the above result.
The Swear old son Of Mr.. Strickland, at
Waresboro has a remarkable memory He
quotes readily passage after passage from the
Bible and excites much interest in his prodlg
tcal effort. He has never been at school HIS
mother reads the Bible 10 him and his Won
derfuI memory retains all he hears
Hon Junius G. Oglesby will not be In the
Facef for mayor of A@anta. In response 10 a
strong petition. bearing the signatures OF 100
representative Atlanta men-bustness men,
laborlng men and professional men-he an
nounces mis- determi nation not to enter. AS
q matter Of fact. he had no thought Of becOm-
ing candidate until the petition was handed
70 Nun DIV q COLlIlLtbB Vi AttulLE NlAlLtEH.
But many reasons why he should not enter
the race appealed to Mr.. Oglesby's mind. one
of the strongest OF these was that he has
never been in politics, even TO small ex-
tent, and did not desire to enter it this time.
Another was his strong devotion to his bust
ness, which by energetic application, he has
made q success.
Grimm eau: W. T. Stephens. the man who
worked the Singer Sewing Machine Company,
and who was bound over under five warrants
for his appearance Saturday morning, eluded
the officers who had him in charge on FRIDAY
night and made his escape IL was the jHdg-
ment OF the court that he should be held ia
the sum Of 80 for each warrant, which he
failed 10 give, and as he was OF rather pre-
possessing manners IL was agreed that he
ehouid be guarded until the trial should take
place on yesterday morning. but while he was
supposed to be taking bath, he took French
leave" and has not been heard OF since. On
Saturday afternoon Sheriff NJ. J. Patrick IS
sued circular Offering reward OF 0fOr the
arrest of the culprit. ri
suit for 10000 damages was fled az At.
lanta Saturday by Simon Montag against the
Atlanta Consolidated Street Railroad Com
pany for alleged injuries received from the
effects Of several blows given him by one Of
the conductors of the road. The allegations
set forth in the petition are as follows; Pc
titioner was sittng in one OF the cars Of the
Consolidated street company smoking. There
was but one other passenger who was man.
Petitioner did not know 10 was against the
rules TO smoke in a. car, much the less with
no ladies' about The conductor requested
him to get outside, which petitioner did
going 20 the front platform. After petitioner
gOt on the front plotform he was ordered bS
the conductor to go on the back platform.
Petitioner remained on the front platform,
after closing the door Soon the door was
opened and the conductor came out with
heavy switch stick, W7th which he struck pc
tioner over the head. knocking HIM back
ward and causing him TO bleed profusely.
Brunswick Times dvertiser: J. B. Davis,
merchant, whose place Of business on Bay
street was recently partly consumed
by fire, counting up his
money Friday, preparatory to buy
ing a new stock Of goods when he dis
covered that $3.50 was missing. Mr., Davis re.
fiected as to what became Of the money
when he remem bered the circumstances con
nected with the last time he saw It, He says
that. soon after the fire, he with force of
workmen, was at work in the damaged store,
getting things in TO az good order as possible.
He was considerably worried over his recent
loss by are, and was perhaps not as careful
as he would have been under ordinary cir
cumstanees. While at work on the day referred
to- he took on his trousers, in the hip pocket
OF which was the purse containing the
$500 and hung them up in the store. putting
on pair Of overalis Instead. Mr.. Davis saws
he never thought Of the money until Friday,
and then discovered that 1t was gone. He be-
gan TO investigate and the result was that
Friday afternoon, w. E. White, a Wellknown
timer was arrested by Deputy Marshal Levi
son and locked up in the county Jail. White
acknowledged" said Mr. Davis that he got
the money but claimed that he found II on
the floor Of the store, He was one of the men
at work with me at the time hung up my.
pants. have been figuring up with White
what became OF the money; $50 of II recoV-
cred from white woman, Ida Fox. So far
as the balance, $40 is concerned, White &C
counts for how he spent S57 but the other Sll3
he can give no account Of whatever. l think
there IS something rotten about that"