The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.


swallows Pin-Freight Prom New
York to Augusta Via the Savannah
River.
GEORGIA.
sol Cody. of Atlanta fell down a stairway
Thursday and broke his collar bone.
Harry Hill. who is wanted at Atlanta on
charge Of forgery is still in jail at Chicago
awaiting the arrival of extradttion papers.
The Presbyterians of this place have
called to the Passionate OF their church for
his year Rev. f. G. Smith, of Greensboro.
m. George Stovan has purchased the old
shannon lot on Church street at Elberton-
and will erect handsome residence on the
lot
GOV. Northern and Controller General
Wright do not endorse Secretary Carlisle's
proposal to issue S5000O,OOO OF government
bonds.
Mr. shapiro has retired from the firm of
SauI Bros & Shapiro, of Hartwell, and the
business Will be continued as heretofore by
Saul Bros.
william Pittman Of Atlanta, has on exhi-
bition AT his store an egg about the size of an
ordinary marble. The egg was lain by large,
wellgrown hen'
p p BRADLEY has purchased an interest in
the firm of J. D. Matheson g. Co. at Hartwen.
The name and style of the new firm is Mathe
son. Bradley q 20.
Eidorado Stewart has purchased an interest
IN ! p Watsons mercantile business at
JP Watson & Co.
An eiectment suit involving several hun
dred acres of land in Goosepond district, will
Se f1ed for the next term of the Oglethorpe
county superior court. Col. Phil Davis has
6een employed by the plaintiffs.
The residence of J, L. Coward, OF Dublin,
was burned last Sunday, The, building was
insured for $3.50 which will partly cover the
inss The debris is already being cleared
away preparatory to the erection OF another
house.
Nathan Straus of New York. who is an old
Georgia boy, and who has become famol for
his noble deeds of charity in the metropolis,
Is in Atlanta on visit He supplied the poor
neople of New York with coal in small lots at
wholesale prices during last winter.
The third quarterly convention for the
,weIftb associational year of the Worth
County Sunday School Association, will be
held at the Methodist Episcopal church in
Sumner on Saturday, Feb. TO- according to
the invitation accepted at the November con-
vention at Wesley Chapel.
Joseph Morris, aged u years, shot Charles
Hudson. aged Is years, at Atlanta Thursday
with parlor rife, the bullet entering the alb
domen Hudson had fired the gun, which an
gered Morris. A quarrel was followed by the
shot Hudson is apt to die. Morris is son
of Lewis Morris. locomotive engineer.
Cal. Smith. negro man, was arrested at
Lagrange Thursday morning at the instance
of C. V. Truitt and placed in jail on a charge
of forging orders on George Truitt He forged
one of SIP. claiming that George Truitt had
bought corn lIOll utili " Glldb dhlOuub- anu db-
tempted to forge second one OF Sl5 for ditch
ing.
L.F Ozburn. charged with counterfeiting
was committed to the Fulton county jail by
Commissioner Broyles Friday in default of
bond for 81 $50. Ozburn was arrested day
before yesterday by Deputy Marshals Avery
and AmmonS. A lot of molds were found at
his residence, in addition to other utensils
used for the purpose of defrauding the gov
eminent,
Near Holland & PeeIs turpentine farm in
Decatur county, while cutting down a tree
one day last week. young man named Jas
per Alday, son of Isaac Alday, aged about
p years, was instantly killed. The tree had
started to fall when Mr.. Alday endeavored to
reach his coat which lay short distance
away, to prevent the tree falling on it, but in
stead the tree caught him and crushed him to
death.
Sparta Ishmaelite: An old negro woman
known as Aunt Dicey, an old family servant
of the Alfriends, was burned to death in the
room occupied by her on the Alfriend lot,
Sunday night. just how it happened is I'M
known, as there was no one with her in the
room. Failing to make her appearance on
Monday morning, the door was broken open,
and the old woman was found on the hearth
burnt to a crisp.
Augusta Herald: From New York, via
river within the last week 700 barrels of
Sugar have come to Augusta merchants. This
is the first of the shipments, and 900 barrels
are yet to follow I he rate per 100 pounds by
rail from the metropolis is 30 cents and by wa
ter 20 or in other words saving OF IS cents
barrel This shipment of 700 barrels puts
into the pockets of Augusta merchants SZ45,
and when the remainder of the sugar arrives
$3.50 more will come to them.
Toccoa News: Last week r. o. Ficquette
and his family, who live near the round house
went to see a sick relative near Elberton. and
were absent several days While they were
gone their house was broken open and plum
dered. 1t seems that the thief was searching
for money, for drawers we're ransacked and a
trunk was broken open and left in the yard
ri nf tic rnFafa &c no
Only few articles were missing, the value
OF which was not over 80 and no money was
found.
Lexington Echo: Quite serious accident
hetel Charlie Howard, of Stmston district
Tuesday last. He and some of his brothers
were cleaning some wooded land and while
they were cutting on the same tree one Of the
cutters made mislick the AK glancing and
cutting terrible gashin the calf Of Charles
leg. Though the AK went to the bone and
severed large piece of flesh therefrom
Charhe did not feel any PAIN from the wound
IN several hours. II Will however, disable
MIN for probably several weeks.
Mrs. Forrest Lanier, of Augusta, accident
ally swallowed pin couple of weeks ago.
II lodged somewhere in her throat and be-
came very painful and annoying physi-
can was consulted and he decided that an in
clSlon into the throat was necessary. This
inclson, very delicate operation was made
put the pin was not located or removed. Mrs.
Laher, however is doing eXcellently. She is
able to take nourishment and Is not expert
euClng the annoyance that was visible upon
her when she first swallowed the pin.
The Mystic Shriners of Macon, desire to
establish lodge of the order in Macon but
the Atlanta lodge, to which the Macon Shrin-
srs belong, hesltates about giving its consent.
Ihere is only one lodge of Shriners in Geor-
gla, and that is in Atlanta. The Macon Shrin-
erS wish to withdraw from the Atlanta lodge
ana institute one of their own in Macon
ana have made this request to the Atlanta
lodge, but the Atlanta lodge has postponed
action on the matter, which is considered as
euIaYorable to the request. There are about
!ortyone Shriners in Macon or in the terri
Tory contiguous thereto.
Robert F. Ousley was born in Crawford
county. Nov. p, 1917 and died at his home in
nloD county on Friday last in the seventy
seventh year of his age. The greater part of
MS lie was spent in Bib county he having
removed to Macon at the age of Pr where he
was engaged IN business with his father Rev
NtWdlgate Ousley. The present city hall was
SSed by them as cotton warehouse They
q4Iu large business for a number of years.
.cuuge Ousley served his county as Judge OF
ne inferior court before the war, and during
o1e war served as an agent for the confeder-
og government in buying up material for the
construction of guns.
Nednesday morning the little daughter of
~ war;, who lives on C. =. Davenpor's
3iItSt near WarrentOn burned to crisp. The
bvutr ana mother were absent from the
uee rev minutes, when the heart-rending
joteGmS OF the little one were heard. Rushing
s 'lSo lLto the house they found their second
CGSSI HttIe girl, Mary, in a blaze. They
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