The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-09

victed at Lexington-chinese Grocery
men Of Augusta Cheating by Means
Of Light Weights.
GEORGIA.
Maj. Campbell Wallace Of Atlanta was
IS years old Friday.
The new residence Of s. s. Ships on
College street. at Americas. is nearing
completion. and Will be ready for occu-
pancy within week.
The trustees OF Emory College have
bought a lot on Whitehall street at At
lanta for $4,000. and will erect business
block on il as an investment.
1t is said that a lady Of Americas, I'M
able to pay the amount subscribed 10 her
pastors salary, surrendered her gold
watch Thursday TO the church committee
rather than not pay her dues
The Canton Alliance Warehouse was
sold last Tuesday at public cutlery by or
der OF the stockholders for S225 TO Judge
o. ". Putnam. The proceeds will be
applied TO the payment Of debts due by
the warehouse company.
In the United States court at Macon
Thursday Judge Speer rendered judg-
ment in favor of Clarke county and the
city of Athens for $500 against the re-
ceivers of the Central Railroad and Bank
ing Company for taxes for the year 1892.
Several years ago Dooley county was
taken from the Southwestern judicial cir
cult and placed in the Ocmulgee circuit,
where II now is. IL is understood, how
ever, that the legislature will be asked to
change the county back to that circuit.
The people of Dooly are divided on the
question.
Last Tuesday morning Cadet Sergeant
Linton MCGEE of Pike county sneezed his
shoulder out of joint. He had to 80 TO
Paynesville to have it pulled back in place
by DR.. Perdue. The physician says il was
the peculiar position in which the young
man placed himself while sneezing that
caused the accident
At Blakely last Saturday b. f. Brooks,
who has been merchandising on Main
street, sold his stock of goods to J. J.
Hayes, who in turn sold il to Mrs. Ida b.
Diff, who will continue the business. Mr..
Brooks sold his storehouse to c. NJ. Deal.
X. T. DIN viii manage the business for
his wife, which viii be conducted strictly
for cash.
A colored man whose necessities rem
dered rabbit hunting a duty as well as a
pleasure carried to Americas a wheelbar-
row load of cotton tails, which he sold
and invested the money in meal and ba-
con. Another negro who has been Skin
mishing for rations ever since the cot
ton picking season closed, has killed and
Golu 100 DoulluH OA AabhAAS " hdAfs
The populists of Franklin county have
nominated full ticket for county officers.
They held a primary Saturday and on
Monday, upon consolidating the returns
NJ D. Wheeler was nominated for sheriff,
a. W. Mcconnell for clerk of the superior
court, S. A. Porter for treasurer, D. s.
Hayes for tax collector. Henry f. Miller
for tax receiver, II. A. Conyers for county
surveyor and J. b. Kelley for coroner.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred at Per-
kins Junction, forty miles from Augusta,
on the Central railroad, Friday. A negro
man named VIII Hankinson cursed and
abused a l4-year-old boy named Perkins.
The boys older brother. Harmon Perkins.
took his brothers part, and he and the
negro had difficulty and Perkins en-
tied his pistol at him. One of the balls
penetrated Hankinson's breast, but despite
this he went to his home and procuring
a double-barreled shot gun fired on Per-
kins. Some of the shot penetrated the
latter's breast and head but the wounds
are not serious. The negro also tried to
use the second barrel, but the charge
would not explode. Hankinson is dan
gerously wounded and it is thought viii
die.
Talbotton News: The failure of p. +.
Maxwell of Centerville, who was closed
last Tuesday morning by his creditors is
much regretted. 1t is estimated that his
liabilities are largely in excess of his as
sets. The Peoples Bank of Talbotton
holds a first mortgage on his stock of
merchandise for about $500. Sheriff b. A.
Richards is temporary receiver On Tues
day night Kimbrough Bros. were closed
by the sheriff on the foreclosure of two
mortgages, one in favor of the Peoples
Bank for $500 and another for about half
that amount in favor of another preferred
creditor. Mortgages have been given to
the amount of $500 on their stock of gen.
eral merchandise. The unsecured claims
are variously estimated They will
amount to several thousand dollars.
Athens News The young son of
George T. Johnson, who accdently shot
himself with parlor rifle a few days ago,
underwent most difficult operation Tues
day. The bullet, which Drs. Goss and
Bloomfield have removed, entered the
right breast and passed through a cavity
in the lungs, doing no damage to any vital
organ, and lodged near the back AS there
was an accumulation of mucous and blood
in the lungs the physicians found it nee
essary to pump it out. which they did.
taking therefrom three pints of foreign
matter. This gave the desired relief
The operation was painful, but he stood
it with a nerve that would have done
credit to person of more mature years,
barely fiinching when the sharp steel
pierced him. He is now pronounced out
OF danger.
As is generally known. a bill to attach
Dawson county to the northeastern Judi
cial circuit, and TO change the time for
holding the spring term of the court from
the first Monday in March to the third
Monday in February, has passed the
House of Representatives. This bill was
passed on petition of a large number of
the representative citizens of Dawson
county. AS matter of fact, at least IS
per cent of the people without regard to
party favor this change upon several
grounds, chief of which is that it will put
Dawson county in the circuit of its own
senatorial district, and give the people
and the attorneys more direct communf-
cation with court officers, as the peo-
pie have more business relations with the
counties comprising the northeastern cir
cult than with those of the Blue Ridge
circuit.
Detectives Howard and Murphy made a
scoop at Augusta Friday morning. For
long time past people of all conditions
and colors have complained of the cheat
ing and swindling done by Chinese gro
cerymen in Augusta. These men pre-
tended to sell cheaper than their Compel
1tOrS, but more than made I'M tho diffar