The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
~ PARAGRAPHS.

p Girl Of - lcars-Ihe Biu OF IA
repifons in tire Myers Case Filled.
Negroes Caught Der-nudinE the
Government Out 81 Witness Fees.
GEORGIA
S-einfe~g Bros. of Wrigbtsvnle have
olssolved cOpartnershlp-
sam small is now member Of the Viz
gfnia bar Hc has opened au once al
Portsmouth.
Rev 1Ir Galloway of Forsyth has been
called 90 the uasf1rate ol rle First Bap-
fist church of Dawson
A Lee county farmer returned 20 his
house the other nirlt and round uNe
Wild live rabbits huiiled up hy tlo hearth.
The chiefs Of police and mar=hals of the
state @. Georgia VIII hold their urst an
nual convention next month in Gaines
vile.
The grand division Of the order OF Rail-
way Conductors of the United states, OF
Canada and Mexico, VIII meet ln Atlanta
on Tuesday. May "a.
The colored teachers of Terrell county
Will meet at the court house AL Dawson
tomorrow morning. for the purpose Of
organizing county association.
rhe formers Of Terrell county have
been requested To- assemble In Dawson
on Saturday. March 2. 10 discuss cotton
acreage and olganize branch OF the
Cotton Growers Protective Association.
About twelve months ago a negro named
Dave Hughes escaped from the Houston
county jail. Tuesday night Ic was cap
tured iu q chimney in "a house on Pleasant
Hin, near Macon. uy Deputy sherlus JOB
son and stephen.
Hampton d. Herman real estate deal
ers OF Atlanta, sold Tuesday TO g. j.
- Ferrall of Athens two buildings and lots
in the city. ami two houses and lots
N kirkWood and fifteen vacant lots m
West End. The amount Of the sale is
about $4,000
"A hnal decree IN the receivershlp case Of
Lazarus Bros was taken in the superior
court a. Macon Tuesday, ana the case
was thrown out OF court The
Nessrs. Lazarus made salts,
factory settlement out of court and
consequently the receiver was dismissed.
W. E Riordan and r.. b. McLain. who
nave conducted groeerN business al
Dawson under the drm name of Rordan
4 AcLain, have dissolved oparlncrship.
Mr.. McLain viii continue the business
Il the same stand on Main street. and
Mr.. kiordan will engage in the broker
age business.
about hve miles south of McRHe Mar
sinai Wood shot Charlie Clements, a ne
gro track hand. on the Southern rail-
onca la the thigh and once in the collar
bone The difficulty arose over the fact
that Marshal Wood had arrested elem
ents' wife for disordcrlv conduct and when
released on bond she went after her hus-
oan3. He. with several other negroes,
went to 1ir. Woods house, called him
Wood shot Clements. Clements wounds
are not serious and he VIII recover.
The bill Of exceptions In the case Of win
Myers was filed with the clerk of the
court at Atlanta Wednesday morning
It is practically the same document that
was presented when "a new trial was asked
for. When that was done the reasons were
set forth why "a ncw trial should be grant
ed. The motion was OVerruled. and now
the bill of exceptions has been filed. I'm
which il is alleged that the court below
Ha. HHmHaH aaaN
grounds set forth In the motion. The
case Will now go to the supreme court and
V win not be long before the fate of this
young man is settled, as the court always
passes on the criminal cases first, letting
Ihe civil cases wait until the others have
been disposed Of
Atlanta viii make an effort 20 secure
portion of the amount appropriated by
the city TO pay the armory rent OF milf
tary companies. The members of the
Guard say they are an organized military
company and that they have as much right
TO portion of the fund as any of the milf
tary companies now IN existence in the
city, Their rght TO receive any Of this
fund is denied by officers OF the Fifth regi-
ment, and when the matter comes up for
consideration before cOuncilmanic com
There are seven white military companies
in the state service in the city, and it is
admitted that each of these companies
are entitled to their share OF the fund,
and the only question viii be over the
right Of the Guard to receive a portion.
A Gretna Green romance. in which
Whoever and young girl or II We're the
participants, occurred Monday evening
near Lolde, in Laurens county. The par
ties were Edward Scott and Miss Melissa
White. a handsome country lassie, the
daughter of Rev. John White a Baptist
preacher. Scott is a good looking man,
of IS years and has been married three
= times, Miss White being the third wife.
Ten years ago his first Wife died. Shortly
after he led to the altar his second wife,
a Miss Pope They separated and both,
at once, instituted divorce proceedings
A jury two weeks ago granted the d.
Ncrce and "a day or two ago Scott received
his document of freedom TO marry. and at
once sought Miss White. Ii is thought
that he had arranged this matter with
the girl some time ago. Her parents We're
en tjrely ignorant OF the status of affairs
Scott and Miss White walked over to the
house of her brOther-in-law. and there
Judge Thigpen met the couple and hastily
tied the knot in the presence OF several
witnesses. Parson White was very much
surprised on hearing of the elopement.
Mrs. Scott No. was also released of her
marriage bond by the last court
FLORIDA.
John Trice. late of the Exchange Nation
al. inter As to start new bank at Tampa
W. c. Pittman has begun the erection
OF four tenant houses on Washington
street at Thomasville
The hotel Royal Poincianna at West
Palm Beach is entertaining over 500
guests. The hotels capacity is 1000.
In Alachua county the truck farmers are
now preparing their land and planting
Irish potatoes. Around Gainesville the
acreage will be large.
Ingram Fletcher has resigned his po-
Eiti6n as cashier of the State Bank of
Orlando on account of i'll health His
successor is NJ. Z. Bishop OF Maitland.
Walter Perry, coiored. formerly an en-
ploye OF the Florida Central and PENN
sulsr road, who lost a leg on the railroad
at Yulee. is suing the company for $780,
600 damages.
George Murray Jones, a conductor of
the Florida Central ana Peninsuiar rail
road, and son of Assistant Roadmaster
J. J. Jones of the same system, died at
the home Of his parents at Live Oak
Monday of pneumonia
Col. J. H. Livingston of Ocala was on
the warpath Tuesday for our city faith
ers and was loud in his condemnation
of their acts IL regard to the 'tcow ordi-
nance" The colonel was the owner Of a
ftne Jersey mich COW, but since the new
mayor has taken hold of the reins he has
put a stop TO cattle roaming the streets
at their own sweet Will and the result
Is the colonel's COW was among the num-
Der i'm pounded and subsequently sold to
and butchered by one of the market men.
The marshal claims TO have advertised
the COW according TO law, while the irate
colonel says the marshal knew his COW
and had promised that if the COW was
impounded he would inform him of the