The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-29
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
Matters and Things That Make Up
The Daily HumdTum.

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gusta Trying to Secure the Next An
nual Convention ofthe Pennsylvania
State Press Association-The Petit
ton For a Permanent Receiver For
the Street Railway at Rome Denied.
GEORGIA.
William Banks, aged 80 years, died near
Ellijay day or two ago.
Hon. c. A Robbie will probably be candi-
date for mayor Of Augusta.
The membership OF the Sumter County
Evans Club increases daily, and ALREADY e1-
tends well into the hundreds.
John A. Reid. of Putnam county lost his
house and most Of its contents by ire Few
DAYS ago Mr. Reid had no insurance.
prominent citizen Of Macon. died uneXpect-
edly Saturday morning he was Well-knoWn
all over the state.
At Rome Saturday the petition Of the cred
itors OF the Rome street railroad 70 appoint
a permanent receiver was refused and the
road viii be turned over to Its owners
An effort is being made to secure the next
annual meeting Of the Pennsylvania state
Press Association for Augusta The associa-
ton meets at Harrisburg tomorrow 70 deter
mine when and where the annual meeting VIII
be held.
The store Of L. J. McLsne & Bro, at Sc
noia was destroyed by fire at 5 O'Clock Satur-
day morning The fire was discovered by
night watchman before IL had made any
Roadway. but owing to an explosion Of some
powder IL was impossible TO check II. The
stock was worth ABOUT $500; insurance
about 5000, in the Hartford Insurance Com
pany.
A horrible murder was committed at Dalton
Saturday. Bob Rsmsey, son OF the ordinary
Of Murray county. killed Dan DIX. who recently
resigned the United States deputy marshal
ship to take charge Of livery staele He
refused to hire horse TO Ramsey because he
was drinking. Ramsey. without warning
rad EhRorfup him through the heart. KAN
sey fed.
The Jury in the suit Of J. F. Pou, Jr q.
against !. KYLE s. Co, OF Columbus. brought
IN sealed ver1ict Saturday. giving Mr..
Mr.. Pou alleged that without cause he was
dismissed from the employ OF Kyle s Co. be-
fore the expiration Of his contract. which
was for one year The case IS one OF about
two years standing
The Coweta Fertilizer Company. Of New
nan. has shipped over o10 tons OF guano thus
far since the season opened and the demand
is so heavy ths1 The capacity OF the
works viii be a ted Il their utmost 70 I'll the
orders that are daily being received. The
total outpli for ire season viii aggregate
something ever s ono ions and orders cover
ing this amount are already II sight Super
intendent Dgiskll Is running his force night
and day nov.
The correspondent o. the MORNING NEWS
al TennLle writes IS follows; Mr.. Bashinsky
is having a vary neat residence building put
up on a desirable lot north Of the depot.
There are 70 houses vacant now. Some Of
the SandersTllle merchants have been over
looking round with view 20 moving their
base OF operations, and owners OF real estate
property are looking forward TO a boom
There seems to be a hitch in the Sandersville
railroad enterprise, which may give this col
or1ng to the situation"
AS Mrs. Sugarman was passing along Peters
street at Atlanta Saturday, late with her
purse in her hand, she was suddenly ap-
preached by negro. He demanded her purse.
The lady ngcame greatly frightened and
started to scream, but the negro threw his
hand over her mouth and seized her purse
and ran. ! h pIcketbook contained $40 bill,
81 bill, and a % in silver. The affair was
reported TO the police. who this morning ar
rested WIN Crandall, who they think answers
to the description given by Mrs. Sugarman.
Grim Call; The very mild and changeable
winter that We have had up to date, has given
the fruit crop, prospective, black eye, for
the ees have begun TO bud in this section,
and in some instances are In full blown. Satur-
day Capt M. L, Common showed Call reporter
bunch OF peach blossoms taken from the
trees in his yard in South Grimm. which shows
conclusiVely that the sap is beginning to rise,
and that in some sections, the fruit crop Will
be failure. These blossoms were from trees
of an early variety, but even the willows are
beginning to bud on account Of the very mild
winter.
The correspondent OF the MORNING NEWS
at 1ennille writes as follows: Some OF the
good people Of Tennille have been imposed on
by Mrs. Brown, who came among us as an
CNalgellSb sent out Dy bne RTeS JyLerlau
church. She canvassed among our people
taking up subscriptions and preaching until
she had worked the place pretty thoroughly
and then after lapse OF few days, she be-
gan her work among the colored people, stop
ping with them, and being entertained Dy
them. This smacks too strong OF the old reg
ime of school marin philanthropy to be rel
ished by our people, and as no credentials
we're furnished we very naturally concluded
that she was working the evangelizing tip
for the purpose Of using the funds to further
her anti