The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-03

GEORGIA
William P. Hudson Of Americas died a
day OF two ago.
Robert T. Daniel declines to run for
mayor Of Griffin
s Reich has Withdrawn from the alder
manic race at Albany.
J. E. Wooten and E. B. Miner are can
didates for mayor of Eastman
An opera-house viii probably be fitted
up in the Herman block at Eastman.
The farmers Of Whitfield county, says
the Argus. have sold 200 bushels Of peas
in Dalton this year, for which they re-
ceived at least $1,000 in cash.
James Smith Of Oglethorpe county was
very badly cut by the saws of Clarke's
gin Thursday. He is very seriously hurt
and his friends are alarmed at his condi-
tion.
J. B. Maxwell of Montezuma lost his
residence Friday noon by fire. 1t is thought
the building was set on fire from a spark
falling in the loft. Only part of the house
hold effects were saved.
S F. Dasher has purchased from Mrs.
J. NJ Boles of Atlanta the Pope place in
Crawford county consisting of 200 acres
for $4,000 cash. Mr.. Dasher will use the
splendid timber for pillow handles.
Near Americas a day or two ago, while
Jerry Duckw orth was going through a
field he was charged upon by a hog and
severely bitten, one of the animals keen
tushes severing an artery near the knee
joint
A project is on foot to establish a bank
in Baxley. 1t is quite likely that J. Q.
Ketterer will remove the wooden buildings
now on the corner of Railroad and Comas
streets, and erect instead a block of brick
structures, one of which will be used for
a bank.
Division Superintendent Epperson of the
Central received letter from man sign
ing his name S. NJ. Alvarez of otter Creek
Fla, telling him he would give him a box
of oranges If he would give him a job as
telegraph operator on the railroad. AL
varez will hardly get the job.
DR.. w. H. Groves. one of Lincolnton's
most prominent citizens, dropped dead
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in his office.
He had Just stepped in the door to get
some medicine, when he fell and expired
in a few moments. His death was caused
by heart disease. DR.. Groves was As years
old.
Emma Cheney, a negress of Talbot
county, had been working for W. T Mel
son Of that county, and the family were
at the table, she entered Mr.. Nelson's bed
room, opened mis- trunk and took out S78
W. G. H. Ferguson was given the case to
work and on Thursday last, he succeeded
in landing Emma in a culprits cell in
Jhomaston, after she had spent S7.2O with
j. F. Lewis and taken up $3.50 mortgage
note that was held against her by Barron
& jenkins.
The application of S. waxelbaum & Son
ct AL for an Injunction to restrain the.
foreclosure of certain mortgages given
by r. Abrams & Co., of Hawkinsville, and
the apointment of a receiver was granted
by Judge Smith Friday. A permanent
injunction was ordered, and p. T. McGrif
was appointed receiver. His bond was
fixed at 5000. The defendant however, is
allowed fifteen days in which to file a
bond in the sum of $4,000 to secure cred
itors, in which event the Injunction viii
be dissolved and the receivership termi-
nate.
Greensboro Herald-Journal: The people
of Green county do not take kindly to
bonds, to build the new jail, and stayed
away from the polls last Saturday. There
were only 40 votes cast, of which 262 were
for and 1872 against bonds. AS announced
in the advertisement it would have re-
quired a vote of two-thirds the number
of ballots cast in the November election,
for the bond issue, to have carried it
through. We will have the jail, however,
by direct taxation, and the vote Saturday
will not cause any delay in beginning the
work.
John c. Hutson of Aiken, S. c., has in
stituted suit against the city of Augusta
for So, 900 damages. He visited the city
during the carnival in January, 1892, and
fell into the unprotected cellar of the King
property on Broadway, where the Alexan-
der drug store is located, after the big
FIRE two years ago last August Mr.. Hud-
son broke his leg, and his body was other
wise injured from the fall. He at first
brought suit against the King estate, but
the case was dismissed in a demurrer, and
now he has re-entered the suit by bring
ing the case against the CITY,
Eugene johnson, the 1S-year-old son of
George T. Johnson. while practicing with
a parlor rife in his fathers yard at Ath-
ems Friday, shot himself He had climbed
over q fence and started to pull the gun
through a crack, holding the barrel to-
wards his body. AS he pulled the gun
through the hammer caught on a paling
and a short report rang out. Young John
fell backward with a cry which attracted
attention in the house. and he was lifted
up, borne in and laid on the bed. DR..
I. H. Goss responded to a call and exam
ined the wound carefully. He says that
the ball entered the right breast ranging
upward, then striking a rib and ranging
downward. The wound may develop seri-
Gus results, but the chances are favorable
Dalton Argus: The alarm of fire Mon
day night was caused by the burning of
two barns on William P. MiIler's place.
something over four miles from town.
Mr.. Miller's losses were: One barn 52x6i
feet, one barn 24x36 feet, one crib-full of
corn, one mich COW, one mule, one wheat
drill one moving machine, one corn she'll
er, one fan for cleaning wheat and peas
several pillow stocks, seventy-five bushels
wheat, 200 bushels corn, 1900 bundles OF
fodder, 1000 pounds hay, 80 wagon loads
straw, twenty-five bushels cotton seed
a great many fowls of all kinds, and va
rious other lesser things. Mr.. Miller says
the fire was certainly incendiary, as il
caught in the upper portions of the
barn where no one had been that day
There is no clew to the incendiary. Mr.
Miller's losses will foot up over 81, 1000 in
surance, $1,000 About year ago Mr.
Miller lost his barn by an incendiary fire
losing $780,
Atlanta Journal: The order of Gov. AT
kinson issued yesterday, in accordance
with which several negro porters at tn
capitol were dropped, removes a familia
figure from the Office of secretary O
state, that of Robert Cole. Twelve year
ago Bob was appointed porter by Hon
Nathan c. Barnett, the then venerable sec
rotary of state During the remaining