The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-11

Months After It Occurred-Omcers
OF the southern Dental AssOcia-
tion.
GEORGIA.
Judge W. T. Turnbuu Of Rome denies
that he IS COINS 90 resign from The bench
one of the Fitzgerald eolonists has
walked all the way from Illinois TO Gcor-
gia.
A movement IS on foot 10 build hand
some hotel az Augusta by the formation
OF q stock company
Scarlet fever has had its day IN Gaines
vile and the disease Is dying out. No
new cases have been reported in week.
lIr Cook Of Washington county, has
gathered over one hundred bushels of
sweet potatoes from one ana half acres.
Miss Alice Scott daughter OF Rev.
". j. and Mrs. i. J. Scott died Satlr-
day al her fathers residence at Atlanta.
While bearing of lumber "Wednesday
81 his saw mill three miles west OF Cdn-
ton. W. H. McCandless fell and received
very painful injuries.
The Zeiglers and Ford. the brother
slayer, are still AT large and seemin= .y
not much effort is being made TO arrest
them by the sheriff of Screven county.
Samuel II. Blackwell Of Jasper county,
81 year old, has large family Of desc en-
dants, ana, remarkable TO say, there has
never been death among any oi the male
members.
While exercising on the horizontal bar
at the gymnasium OF the Young Mems
Christian Association at Athens Friday,
Tom Bond a student OF the university,
broke his left arm.
About Jan s. the publication of "A small
monthly magazine. on the line or the
Chap Book, viii ue begun I'D Dalton
with Julian McCamy and Robert Love
man as editors and proprietors.
The national vice president Of the
American Protective Association. Judge
jackson of Texas viii be in Augusta to
day. and VIII deliver ii lecture there. II
Is not known what his topic VIII be-
The county commissioners of Berrien
county have closed trade for pauper
farm. They purchased the W. u. Ne
Smith plantation, two and half miles
from Nashville. The place contains 5l1
acres, and the price paid was SLIGO.
A man has been drawn TO serve on the
grand jury at brunswick from Glynn
county, who knows Of all the wickedness
OF the city, including gaming ana he says
he proposes 10 give the entire gambling
crowd away when the grand jury meets.
An effort is to be made to have the pres
ent legislature extend the corporate linz
It's Of CarrOlton to mile instead Of
thousand yards as il now is. 1t is said that
Senator Sharpe will provide in the bill that
those living outside shall have the prlvi-
lege Of voting on the question.
Postmaster Charles Williams who was
fatally shot by Alfred Barnes at Spann
last week, is in precarlous condition and
his death is momentarly expected. The
coagulating has caused the physicians
TO give up the case as hopeless.
Last Tuesday was public sale day at
Nashville The lands of three different
estates We're sold by the administrators,
as follows: The Daniel McCrane estate
was sold to J. J; McCranie for $50; the
Peter Moore lands 10 w. A. Bridges for
$3.50 and the James Parrish place was
bought by Ebert Parrish for 800.
President Charles Elliott, the distin-
guished president of Harvard University
reached Atlanta Saturday. He came to
look At the exposition President Elliott
has taken a great interest IN the south
and has made a splendid exhibit Of his
institution at the fair He hopes to make
Harvard popular throughout the south.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was
held by the citizens of Dublin at Masonic
hail Thursday night, to consider the prop
osition Of having an electric system and
water works. A motion was made and car
ried unanimously that the city council or
der an election on bonds for putting in an
electric plant, etc.
Friday morning a tramp entered the
house of John McWilliams, who. lives
about five miles from Griffin, found Mrs.
McWilliams alone and attempted TO as
sault her. Her screams brought help
from passerby and the tramp was COM
PEELED to desist before he had accom-
plished his purpose, but succeeded in
making his escape. As yet he has not
been caught.
Hartwen Sun: A certain young man Of
Hartwell, who has Travelled some, went
to Atlanta recently, arriving rather late
at night He put up at the kimball
would have supper he replied, hesitat-
ingly: Well, yes; Ia like 70 have sup
per, but / hate to put Mrs Kimball 20 SO
much trouble this late in the night!' He
got his supper
Among the recent sales Of realty at
Americas We're two small farms located
five or six miles from Americas, and the
prices paid would Indicate an apprecia-
ton in value of farm lands thereabout
Jesse Chambless bought one of the farms,
known es the property Of r. u. Mann, ST.,
lying in the 18th district and consisting OF
252 acres. The price paid was $l,400 cash.
The other sale was that OF the Ogletree
property, consisting of 300 acres and
bought by Capt. John A. Mcdonald for
J. F. Wrye a prominent citizen of Pu-
lask county, was shot Friday by Lon
Perkins, another prominent farmer, near
Wryes home, eight miles from Cochran.
and Perkins went to Wrye's home with
the intention Of shooting him. Mr..
Wrye started to Eastman and vas way
laid at short distance from his home
and the load of birdshot scattered in his
body and limbs. Perkins escaped and
has not yet been apprehended. MI
Wrye'S wounds are serious, but not nee
essarily fatal
Here's what the Darien Gazette says of
the so-called riot at harrington: "A tele-
gram was received in Darien on WedneS-
or more armed men be sent there at once,
as the negroes We're in a riotous state.
Sheriff Blount formed a posse at once
and went to the scene. but on the arrival
of the posse there was not rioter TO be
seen. A little later, however, band OF
seven came up and stated that they want
ed peace and not trouble, so-the sheriff
and his gang came home, perhaps little
used up from the trip"
W. A. Sticky, who killed Ira Taylor, his
brother4n-law last September a yeal
ago in a passenger car of the Macon
Dublin and Savannah railroad. has beef
placed in jail at Dublin, preparatory
TO being sent 10 the penitentiary to serv,
out his twenty years sentence the su
preme court having refused TO grant hin
a new trial and sustaining the decision
OF the lower court. At present STICKY il
a physical wreck, being crippled in al
his limbs. caused by his daring leap from
the train while in motion. A petition il
being widely circulated for signature
asking Gov. Atkinson 10 pardon STICKY
Miss Anna Starr Reynolds and Gordon
Bass were secretly married at Rome las
spring, and only let it become known las
week. The young people adopted a move
plan of letting it out. They sent out in
Nltatlons to their friends to meet them a
Alzpah church last Wednesday night ant
attend their wedding. The friends wer,
there, but instead of Witnessing a mar
riage, simply heard the news that thu