The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-18

panions-The New Canal From Lake
worth to Biseayne Bay-A Romantic
wedding at st. Augustine.
GEORGIA.
Bishop Nelson of the diocese of Georgia
vii fill the Episcopal pulpit at Eastman
on next Thursday nigt, Nov p.
4. T. Rich. we'll known in financial cir
Cras at Starke, now owns a half interest
IN the Bradford County Bank, with H
r Hackett.
Albany is on no building boom, but she
is getting there just the same. Several
new residences will soon loom up in differ
erent portions of the city.
Enoch Griffith of Starke, who was
fainfuIly wounded lately in a difficulty
Win William Sapp, wherein he undertook
TO act as peacemaker, is recovering rap
idly.
A. Thomas. manager of the Western
Union telegraph Office at Naldosta has
heen appointed assistant postmaster at
Cuitman. Mr.. Thomas was a former resi-
dent of Quitman.
We were shown by. Col ]. H. Holland of
Madison an oid-time. f1int-lock. brass
horse pistol. a rife and shot gun of
ancient make. Some of the weapons were
used by his ancestors in revolutionary
days
HARRISON county's first fair was a phe-
romenal success. The weather was beauti-
f,il and Notwithstanding the undertaking
was a great one, the efforts of the half
dozen who faced the difficulties unf1inch-
inglv were rewarded.
CAPT John T Triplett of the Thomas
VILE Times Enterprise is not only a first
class newspaper man, but he makes d
frst-cIass master. Notwithstanding his
hachelorhood, he has had one servant-old
1.
tventy-one years. During all those years
this servant has proved faithful and hon
est.
A noted case was disposed of in Floyd
county superior court at Rome Thursday.
This was the suit of the Blue Ridge Mar
BILE Company VS.. the county of Floyd ana
The county commissioners for $4,000. The
suit was based upon contract let that
company tor building the new court house,
but complications arose that necessitated
the annulling of the contract For years
The suit has been threatened, and yester-
day it was dismissed.
John E Hartridge of Jacksonville has
returned from trip in the north. While
i'm Washington Nov 8, he argued the case
of Osborne plaintiff in error, vs.. the state
Of Florida defendant in error. The ques-
ton involved is the constitutonality of the
license tax of the state on the Southern
Express Company; whether it is or is not
a regulation of the interstate commerce,
and IL so, a violation of the constitution
Of the United States.
statesboro Times: W. c. Her, constable
for the Bay district, brought into town
Monday night Handy Smith and Isabella
Bacon, both colored, who were lodged in
iail to await trial for the murder of Joe
Jones. also colored, on oct. IS. The diff
Guilty which led up to the killing was be-
tween Smith and Jones concerning the
Bacon woman. Smith is said to have done
the killing and the woman is held as an
accessory 10 the crime.
Rev. H. W Williams of Elberton preach
ed on murder Sunday night In view of
the fact that we were to have a hanging
this week he thought it a good time to
study the subject. The service had just
started good when the alarm of fire was
given and the whole congregation was
broken up. The fire was soon put out,
however, and the congregation reassem-
hled and went through the service with
out further disturbance.
Sylvania Press; Jesse Wade, who lives
on the other side of Brian Creek, in this
county, suffered considerably from fire,
opposed to be of incendiary origin, on
last Thursday night. He lost a gin house,
about thirty bales of cotton a pea-hay
barn and a barn and horse. E. W. Hack
of Mobleys Pond lost a barn and horse
by fire the same night. 1t is also supposed
@ be the work of an incendiary. Both fires
occurred about the same hour.
There was an exciting MAD dog chase
ON the upper part of Broad street and over
INTO the Fourth ward at Rome Thursday.
The animal was foaming at the mouth,
and showed all the symptoms attributed
70 rabies. The 11-year-old son or
$. D. Camp tried to jump aside He was
TOO late. and the canine leaped up and
fastened his teeth in the boys arm just
above the elbow. The dog never stopped,
and was chased on out into the coun-
try. The little fellow who was bitten
uttered considerably and the family and
their many friends are greatly alarmed
There is a colored church society at
Macon that buries its dead, and tries
TO do it in first-class style. In looking
over its roll about two years ago the ofh-
GERS found the name of a big 40O-pound
sister, and they decided that should she
die they would be delayed in burying
her on account of the smallness of collins
kept in stock by Macon undertakers.
So a committee was appointed and its
members called upon Undertaken Clay
and ordered one made for the big sister.
The dimensions were IS inches wide, 81
inches deep. and feet 1 inch long This
coffin was kept at Mr. Clay's shop until
The other day, when Harriet Winters
died She was the big fat cook up at
Miss Gregory's boarding house, and was
. familiar character about Macon The
big coffin which was made for the other
fat sister, was used for Harriet, who
weighed $50 pounds. She filed it comfort
ably. Friday the society placed an order
with Mr.. Clay for another big coffin, to be
kept in stock for the other fat sister
Atlanta Journal: Prof. Harry Hanlien,
for many years manager for Eiseman
Bros. clothing firm disappeared very sud
denly from the city recently, and many OF
his friends are unable to locate him. He
left town a week ago under her cloudy
circumstances. 1t is claimed that Hanhen
left the city because of a shortage in his
accounts with Eiseman Bros Hanlien had
been working for Eiseman Bros. for about
fifteen years. He was one of their most
trusted employees. and was practically at
the head of the Office business. six
months ago members of the firm sus-
pected that Hanlen was short in his ac-
counts and a close watch was placed
upon him. About Nov. ! the investiga-
lions ended. Sufficient proof had been OBJ
iained to assure them that Haulien was
detraudng them, and they confronted him
with IT, II seems that Hanlien has