The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-17
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
Condensed News Of Georgia, Florida
and South Carolina.

0ame IN LolteEy AACA6ts over COsOON
Found in the Room of the Late
Father o'Brien Of Augusta-A Run.
away Horse Rushes Into a River
and is Drowned-More About Au-
gusta's Noted Jockey.
GEORGIA
The erection OF a barrel factory at Quit
man is now looked upon as almost GER
tainty.
The people at Reynolds whose property
was damaged by the cyclone have gone "a
work with viii repairing the damage.
The prospects for much shipping of lum-
lumber from Darien during the next
month or two is not very bright just now.
Gov. Atkinson offers a reward Of sl0C
for the incendiaries who fired the dwell
ling Of Mr.. Cosnahan in the Goth district
of Burke county.
J. B. Flyers store at Hephzibah was
burglarized Thursday night. The cash
register, containing $50, and a quantity
OF goods were carried OF.
At Palmetto Friday night, John Turner.
negro from Opelika, was cut to pieces by
q half dozen knife wounds on his body. 1t
Is thought he viii die.
The case of the state VS. Eb Johnson
went to the Jury at Eastman Wednesday
night, and they rendered a verdict Of vol
untary manslaughter. Thursday morning
the attorneys made motion for new
lildl. ne Was ftMltuttu AOI twenty years
He killed William Curry of Chauncey,
March p 1898.
The 49, 600 appropriated by the general
assembly to the state university at Athens
will be used in necessary repairs. The
chief work will be the repairing of the
recitation rooms in the new college"
building erected in 1880, and in providing
for proper sewerage and sanitation in the
different departments.
The regular Christmas holidays of the
university at Athens have been declared.
The exercises of the university will be sus-
pended at o'clock p. m, Dec. 20, and will
The students are happy over this an
nouncement as the holidays are four days
longer than is usually given.
Some parties unknown stole the wagon,
two mules and bale of cotton from ].
A. Greshams farm, eight miles below
Hephzibah, carried them to Augusta, sold
the cotton, pocketed the money and left
the team in wagon yard, where it was
found by Emmett Gresham who was in
pursuit and returned home Saturday.
Miss Annie Dennis of Talbot county is
in Atlanta. Miss Dennis is known
throughout Georgia for her exhibits at
various expositions in the state of pre-
serves and canned goods. She is now pre-
pairing her exhibit for the exposition TO
be held in Atlanta next year and she says
it will be the most elaborate she has ever
made.
At the last communication of Burns
Lodge No. S. +. < A. Masons at Rey-
nolds the election of officers for the ensu-
ing Masonic year resulted as follows: p.
B. Griffith, W; NJ j. T. Lucas. S; w. j.
treasurer; Z. Z. Hodges, secretary: l.. NJ.
Etheridge, S. D.; II. A. Paris, J. D.; r.
W. Trap and Z. NJ. Cooper, stewards and
G. W. B. Joiner tyler.
j. o. Waters, the proprietor of the Lithia
Springs hotel at Austel, committed sui
eide Saturday morning by cutting his
throat with razor. While in a room
alone he made a cash across his throat
from TO and found in pnOl
of blood. He lived about two hours.
Waters had been on protracted spree
and was driven to take his own life in a
fit Of dependency. He leaves a wife and
two children.
J. E. Lowe. prominent merchant OF
Duluth in Gwinnett county, went over tc
Milton county Friday to look after some
business. on his return home his horse
became frightened, ran away and threw
him from the buggy. In falling, Mr. Lowe
lost his grip on the reins and the horse
kept going until he ran into the Chatta-
hoochee river. The river was up and the
horse and buggy We're washed down
stream no one knows where Mr.. Lowe
was shaken up. but not badly hurt
Statesboro Times: A nice little story
comes from down on the river. Mr.. Rog-
ers had hog TO die from cholera, and car
ried her OF from the house by the river
swamp to bury her, lest some of the other
porkers might become infected and die
Somebody passed along that way and saw
the fresh mound thrown up and at once
suspected that some third partyite haC
been put out of the way by foul means
The report went out and the sensation
grew till some parties grew bold enough
10 investigate. When the faithful Ole
democratic sow was dug up, imagine the
consternation-the crowd dispersed with
out even holding an inquest.
Some of the Macon lawyers who op
posed the reappointment of Judge John +
Ross to the bencht of the city court are
recovering from their disappointment anC
don't feel so sore as they did. Two of the
most interesting contests that have beer
made before Gov. Atkinson were over the
judgeship of the city courts of Atlanta
and Macon. Some of the Macon lawyer!
have not recovered from their surprise a
Gov Atkinson ignoring the recommends
ton of the majority of the bar There
were threats that if Judge Ross was reap
pointed the city court would be abolished
instanter, but it is observed that the leg
islature has adjourned and no bill was in
troduced to abolish the court.
The greatest sensation at Macon for sew
eral weeks came to light Saturday. Sew
eral days ago the Southern railway go
orders from Reds Station to send dowi
three empty cars for wood. The car
were sent, but by mistake one of them wa
filled with cotton. When this was discov
cred at Reds party of men took tn
cotton from the cars, repacked and re
covered it at a neighborng gin and hav
been selling it on the Macon market 70
the past several days. In the meantim
the warehouse men at Macon who hal
loaded the cotton have been searching
all over the country for their lost bales
Inc TdllIOdQ people put detectives 10 WOrl
on the case, and while arrests have no
yet been made the guilty parties hav
been spotted and will soon be in jail
There are sevral well-known men con
nected with the affair.
A sensational story comes from Colum
bia county just across the Richmond coun
~ line. Charles Thomas, colored, went t
the home of John Griffin, a prominen
farmer, and stole his wagon. He thel
drove to the farm of Levi Keith, colored
and stole load of seed cotton. This h
took to Logan's seed house and stored il
When he drove back TO return Griffin
wagon, the latter heard the news an
fired on the intruder, but it is not know
whether he was hit or not. Next day tn
load of cotton was traced to Logans an
Bob Keith, colored, the keeper of the see
house, was accused of completely in tn
crime. This he denied, placing the blam
on Thomas, his roommate. He claim
that the latter stole the storehouse Ike
from his pocket while he slept. The af
fair has created much excitement in tn
vicinity, many of the farmers contendin
that there is an organized gang who stea
seed cotton, corn, hogs, etc. They swear I
run down and punish the members of II
Thomas, after being fired on, escaped.
great surprise has just developed Il
connection with the death of Rev. Rich
ard O'Brien, the assistant priest at 81
Patrick's church at Augusta who die
Wednesday. When the effects in his roor