The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-08

,a,s Fire LOsses-The Committee /
sill at work soliciting Subserip-
lions for Rome's New Cotton Fac
tory.
GEORGIA.
The Rome electric light plant has hech 1
sold for its taxes. and was pld ii ny Say'- 4
n II. Bass for S3.uA
Rev. Groves II. Cartledse OF bold
Strings in Franklin county, Is the Vlils
surviving member Of the hIsI ssHoN %
Georgia.
The commission Of Justice Of the Peace 4
George W. Holmes of Macon has been re-
voked pending the lhFes'lsa''o"
charges against nm.
NJ Ford of Omaha and William W. F.
Scenter OF Kansas City two OF the Hlost /
noted counterfeiters IN America are III
der arrest at Atlanta
Andrew Wilson. living near Pinehurst' I
has gathered this year from one vine Iok- .
weight pumpkins that averaged twenty +
bounds. making a total of 800 pounds
Rev. 5. R. c. Adams. the pastor OF tne .
Baptist church al Carrolton, has peen
called by a unanimous vote OF lhe -ha-
rietta Baptist church as pastor lor next
year.
prof + r Whatley superintendent Of I
en- Vonab Land and Mining Company /
took out of the old Callhouh mlhe III ~ ~ I
weeks. j 600 pennyweights of gold at a cost 4
of $3.50 -
son. the missing agent of the Macon ana I
NoTthern railroad at Madison, left short |
age Of 81 697 in his accounts. A NeW 10TH /
company is on his bond Tor S-'VJo
Prof ]. A. Bagwell. president Of the f.
Perrv-Rainey College at Auburn, lost ms Z
fwo-story residence by fire last Tuesday /
The building was total loss, nut a large I
portion of the furniture was saved
The movement to secure a division Of /
The federal court of the Northern ulStl.Ct
or Georgia at Athens Will be maze AGAIN. /
And along with il viii go request loI an
commemorative for a public building IN /
Athens.
The peoples party of Butts county met
in convention at the court mouse at Jach-
Son last week, and reelected lions. T.. =. /
McCandless and T. j. Newton as~dele-
gates to the state convention OF the peo-
pies party.
The Roswell Manufacturing Company
is building a new dam about one mile ana
"A half below the Lebanon mill DAM. Iney
are working thirty or forty hands ana
intend to complete the job by the middle
Of December
The board Of public school trustees Of
Columbus have decided TO erect a tenn
porary school on the site formerly occu-
pied by the Eleventh street school ana
which was recently destroyed by fire.
Work will begin at once
JEFF Valentine. alias Martin, the ALLEGED
diamond crook who is being held At DClce
headquarters at Atlanta, 10 be sent 10 New
York on a warrant charging him with lar
ceny from the person, VIII prooaD'y. pc
taken to that city in day or TWO.
TOccOa News. A certain man IN loWll
cleaned out his we'll last week and FOUND
the following assortment Of articles az
the bottom Six rats, two cats, three old
hats and four clippers: and people wonder
where typhoid fever comes from.
Henry Heutman of the Macon Brewing
Company was shot at four times Thurs
day by a drunken negro named RanoClph
Taylor. One shot took erect, passing
through the feshy part of the right arm
The wound is not serious. The negro mace
his escape.
The committee to secure subscriptions
20 the stock of the new S6O0OglO cotton MN
AT Rome are still busy and report that
they have. raised little over half the
sum necessary. The gentlemen interested
in the work feel confident that they will
be able to raise the required amount with
in the time specified.
The following municipal ticket has been
announced at Lawrenceville FOR another
year: NJ. S. Cornett mayor G. A. Al
mand. ]. A. Ambrose, A. 7. Paterson
and W. Z. Brown, aldermen: Mayor L.
Al Brand will not be a candidate for re-
election. Neither will Councilmen G. L.
Boon and 7. X. Powell.
A story which has come to light in the
clerks office at Atlanta tells how an old
Baptist minister, who worshipped on the
Sabbath day and made blockade whisky
during the week, evaded the search of
the revenue officers for twenty years
only to be arrested at last in the midst of
his devotions. His name is Hendricks,
and he lives in Ebert county.
Dan Whatley, a car inspector for the
Southern Railway company, fell heavily
from a passenger train at Macon Thurs
day and wrenched his back. almost dis
locating the bone. Mr. Whatley had board-
ed the train at the cotton yards and at
tempted TO step off as he reached the plat
form of the passenger depot he stepped
before the train stopped, thus causing bis
fall.
Bud Hfx, a negro farm hand, was lodged
in Jail at Rome Friday on the charge of
assault with intent to murder. He and
young white man, Cajah Tolbert, living
in the lower part OF the county, fell out
over a dog fight. Xix threw rock at
Tolbert, striking him just below the ear
and crushing his skull. Physicians eX-
press grave doubts as to Tolberts re-
covery.
The fire loss in Atlanta for the present
year promises to exceed that of any re-
cent year by several thousand dollars,
and the number of alarms that have been
sent in during the year are more than
for any other year the largest number
before this year being in 1893, when the
fire department was called out 2S9 times.
The total number of alarms this year is
30S up to date The total loss is estima-
ted at $4,000
party of sixteen immigrants from
Horton, Kansas, passed through Column
bus Friday en- route to Fitzgerald. They
are members of the G. A. r. colony and
will locate there They report that in a
short time 123 families from Horton Will
follow them, and that a general emigra-
ton of that section to this new Ell Do
reaching their destination, engage in the
fruit raising business.
Mrs. Eliza Simmons. the widow of Col
James p. Simmons, passed away at Law
Tenceburg a day or two ago, at the age o
76 She was the mother of one Of the
most prominent families in Gwinnet
oounty's history. Her husband was on
of the Oldest and most prominent attor
neys in the state. She was the mother o
Mai w. E. Simmons. Mrs. Sam J. Winn
Mrs 7. X Mitchell of LawrenceVille, ant
r. E. Simmons of Atlanta, Mrs. Kelle.
of Montgomery and Mrs. Proctor of For
syth.
Miss Sarah Wallace Cumming died a
her home at Augusta Friday az the aG
vanced age of SO years. Miss Cumming
was a member of one of Georgia's mos
distinguished families. She was the youne
est child of Thomas Cumming, who was
in 1873, the first intendant of the city O
Augusta under its present charter an
until his death in 1884. oSly presi
dent of the Bank of Augusta and the city
foremost citizen during his long and use
full life.
Simmons & Corrigan. as attorneys 70
David r. Wilder have filed a bill i'm tn