The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

bv q Negro Hickman - A Negro
killed by Mistake in Richmond
County.
GEORGIA.
The Georgia factory at Athens is in full
operatlon now, and employs between eighty
ard ninety hands
The residence. with its contents, of Col.
TOhn MurrOW. or ~ ~, was destroyed Dy nre
several nights ago.
Burglars entered the Roswell Manufaetur-
ing Companys store on tuesday night and
robbed the safe Of nearly $500, mostly silver
Tuesday two heirs Of an estate being wound
10 in the Carroll county court OF ordinary
called for their interest, which amounted to
$50 each.
can't. ardy Smiths mill. three miles from
Dutlin was destroyed by fire one night last
week. The loss, it is thought, is $500. Origin
unknown.
p. M. McGouirk has purchased the stock of
p0ols at Douglssville formerly owned by Mrs.
Walton and Is now DONG business at the
same stand
Hunter H. Hays fell between two cars OF
moving train while putting on brakes in
HARRISON county few days ago and was in
stanty killed.
Columbus can collect no license tax from
sewing machine agents. The general tax or
dlnance of 81 excludes them from the pay
ment of local license taxes.
negro Of Toccoa has CHASTITY relic. 1t Is
q pie.e of iawbone with two teeth still in it,
and was shot out OF white mans mouth in
the street duel Of last Saturday.
Thomas MuIlis of Dodge county, planted
one acre Of the poorest land on his farm in
Ieanuts and with but little guano and cultiya-
ton made over forty bushels, for which he
has received $40.
The awrenceville News has been reliably
informed that Hon. Thomas f. VIM. OF
Gwlnnett will be pressed Oy his friends to
make the race for governor but the paper
does not say he will ask for the democratic
nomination.
Mrs Rufus Wood attempted suicide at
home. two miles from Dublin. Thursday after
noon by taking about ten grains Of opium
runner was dispat he'd for DR.. Green. who
reached her home in time to saver her, using
uermangate Of potash as an antidote.
Operations have once more begun at Carr
Bros tlrpentine still, near StsteSooro IN
der the supervision Of J. L. Jones. one-third
owner Of the business Small shipments of
spirits have already been made. and force
n hands introduced from North Carolina will
increase the output within the next Few days
J. W Taylor, contracting agent for the
Sulwell- Bierce 4 Smith-Naill Company, of
DAYTON. O., and Atlanta, Ca, has closed
contract for water works at Quitman includ-
Ing steam pumps, etc., Tor Sl4IoO: >. w
Trawi K Of Atlanta got the lighting con
tract for the General Electric Company at
SSl25.
Bloom Brown, manager of the opera house
al Americus attached the costumes and bag
gage of the Natal Opera Company at Colum
b1s thursday night. be claims That the
company failed to keep an engagement to ap-
The manager OF the company denies that the
company was under contract.
new postonice has been established in
Milton county called Crabappe, with z. NJ.
Fowler. as postmaster This office is across
the river from Arnold postoftice and supplies
a large scope of country that has heretofore
been put to great inconvenience In receiving
and disratchlng mail. The Arnold office will
now remain where IL is with Mr.. Burdette as
postmaster.
The two brick stores at Canton occupied by
81. lnu r,f3s - Tls,Esr
adjoining were sold last Tuesday as the prop
ertp Of Capt. McAfee. The two corner stores
were bid in by John j. Coggns for Moore.
Marsh & Co.. at 50 900 The other building
was i'd in by Col p. p. DuPree at a nominal
sum, he having bought 1t some time ago from
Capt. McAfee.
It is rumored that Judge Charles L, Part
lett viii resign from the bench within the
next sixty days and enter upon a vigorous
campaign for congress from the Sixth dis
trict. The same rumor has it that Judge
Bartlett has no intention of becoming cam
didate for one Of the new associate Justice
ships of the sunrerne bench if they should e
created; that his ambition is for a seat in
congress.
Roswell Banner: The bell on the new mill
In which Miss christopher worked and viii
the man accused of her murder was SUI erin
teudent, toll6 dthe closing hour clearly on the
evening of Miss Christopher death but has
never sounded since The bells on the mills
tap hours and half hours reg Jlarly but this
he'll remained mute after that evening and an
broken 10 such a manner as to render it
sol nlless
John Daniel who lived with his parents
Ieow Averata station in Jefferson county
arose from his bed last Sunday morning, and
refused TO dress or put on his shoes, though
being often requested to do so. When all the
family had left the house later in the day,
Daniel got the gun, paced the muzzle in the
corner of his right eye against his nose, and
BY the use of his bare toe, manipulated the
trigger, ana at the report OF the gun the
of his head blown off and his
brains were scattered on the ceiling OF the
room. When the family returned to the
house this sad and heart rending sight me I
their gaze. Mr.. Daniel was subject 70 TITS,
and it is supposed that his trouble brought on
dependency which caused him to commit the
rash act,
Felix Conway, negro living near Moore s
station. in Laurens county, was killed by
Leputy Sheriff John w. Rad1eld on Friday
niEht Of last week. The officer hal warrant.
sworn out by Henry Smith, another negro,
for the said Conaway, and it was in the
execution of this warrant, at the
home Of the deceased, that the killing was
his gun pointed at Rafheld at the time of the
killing, and his evidence was cor
rohorated by that Of Constable Keen, who was
with Rancid, assisting in the arrest. Sarah
Conway, wife of the deceased, swoIe
that Conway did not have the gun
pointed at the Officer, hut that the gun
was by the door al his side, and that he asked
lhe ofl,et not to shoot him
anxious to ind a negro hackman, who Friday
morning very grossly insulted two highly re-
siected ladies OF this city. The ladies were
standing on the corner waiting for the dam
M when the hackman drove up and offered
ms services. he ladies declined, and in a
rev minutes the hacEman returned and again
o1ered to carry the ladies to their destina-
ton. stating that he would DO so as cheaply
as Inc dummy. he Negroes persistence
somewhat alarmed the ladies'. and they were
turning to leave the corner, when the hack
]. AZ startled them by proposing to carry
aem where two gentlemen we're in waiting.
4At ladies', terribly frightened, hurried away,
au0 me hackman, realizing his error and
Wen knowing what would come to him,
s4o-ld the ladies make an alarm. wheeled his
Nurse, and drove rapidly away. The matter
M-2 later reported to the police. put it is
Almost impossible for the la ter to work the
use as the ladies dread publicity, and VIII
MA
4 Eusta Chronicle: homicide vas CON-
l-..ei IN the county early Friday mornin g.
.1e aillln[ occurred down about Spirit creek,
"-eh is n the lower part OF the county
co.y thirteen miles from he city. The man
a-'-sQ was Jim Whitehead, an limo elt ne
s.. "ho was driving eng the road coming
~ .4e city with a cart load OF wood Jim
re-.enhelmer, cOlored and an unknown ne
s-u, VINO is said TO be a clock poddler, we're
l=gd IN dili1ulty on The highway when
n.tthead was driving along. The