The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-30


County Burglar by n BaiIin OF an
Atlanta COurt-FemaIe Baseball
lists in GeOrgia-FIned SO for De-
flying an Augusta POIicemnn-LOne
Distance Power Transmission nj
EIberton.
GEORGIA.
The Rome Tribune will publish a trade
edition early in October.
4 W. Harrell of Rome. who has been
confined TO MS bed for about ten days from
the effects Of spider bite. is out again
Wade Dobbs. colored had his left hand
badly mashed at the Brumby chair fac
tory at Marietta Friday afternoon. DR..
Nolan amDutated the index finger.
Cotton caterpillars have made their APP
pearance in Floyd county in large num-
bers. In the present immature condition
of the plant it means a reduction OF 81
10 90 per cent. OF the yield in infested
fields.
John Teller. colored. OF 2l5 Mangum
street, Atlanta, the negro who was nit By
a train in the Central railroad yards Mon
day night, and who was taken TO the Grady
hospital, died from his injuries at that
institution Wednesday morning.
Dawson News: A little daughter Of Mr..
J. II. Fincher, who lives near Springvale,
had narrow escape from lightning a rev
days ago. She was standing near large
oak, when the lightning struck It. shat
tering the tree and killing dog near by
Albany Herald: Tuesday. Messrs. James
Robey and Tim Timer made a wager for a
long distance horse race. The distance Is
from Albany 10 Dawson and return, and
the bet is SO a side. The race is to come
OF Wednesday, each horse 10 pull road
cart.
The Dawson News hears that a thief
entered ]. w. Dismuke's house, a few
miles from town, Friday night and stole
his purse. Mr.. Dismuke sold lot Of cot
ton. that day, but fortunately for MIN the
be al before no collected
money.
The success recently attained by Capt.
=. c. Clegg in boring an artesian well on
his plantation in Sumter county will in
duce others in this section TO bore wells.
1t is understood that one will be sunk
shortly at Cobb Station on the G. d A.
railway.
Allen Scott. negro preacher of Colnm-
bus, was arrested Wednesday by Bailiffs
Smith and Gordon, on a charge of disturb
ing public worship, II being alleged that
ne broke up meeting being conducted
by rival exhorter. He Will be given a
hearing Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
by Justice Leonard.
Dawson News: Munday Haynes. a ne
gro who works on the Thornton pianta-
ton, came to town with a load of stolen
corn Monday and sold it. Capt. oxford
detected the theft and reported IL to w. o.
Thornton, who had Haynes jailed. He is
thought to be the one who stole wagon
load OF hay from the same plantation three
weeks ago.
The second story of the passenger depot
at Thomasville has been entirely rearrang-
ed within the fast few days. The tele-
graph and dispatcher's office has been
moved to the Jackson street end OF the
building and four offices made in the other
end for the supervisors of roadway and
bridges. The whole upstairs is now light
ed with electricity.
Dawson News: The New York female
base ball club arrived in town Saturday
morning and played a match game with a
nf and nOEg that
ternoon. 1t wasn't much. of a game, and
afforded very little amusement to those
who witnessed 1t. This aggregation is the
toughest set ever seen in Dawson, ana
will hardly be permitted to come again.
Bill Jones. a negro, was tried and con-
victed in the county court at Ihomasville
Wednesday OF assault and battery and
sentenced to pay fne Of SIS or work on
the gang three months. He will work: 1t
was proved that Jones frailed his mother
woman had him arrested. He is quite a
bad citizen, so ii is said, and has served
a term in the Florida penitentiary.
School Commissioner S. c. Moore of
Sumter county has returned from his
second round of the county schools, and
reports them in a satisfactory condition.
OF the thirty-twO white schools twelve
have alrsady begun while lie tae t 4taers w
schools, thirty-five in number are already
in session. Commissioner Moore reports
the attendance at each Of the schools very
good for the season.
At Americus early Wednesday morning
a force of hands went to work tearing
away the old pump house at the crossing
of Lee and Lamar streets to make room
for the POhle air-lift system to be used
hereafter in pumping water from the
artesian well. The old house, with the
fussy little engine inside, has long been
an eyesore and obstacle in the streets,
and now gives way before the general
march of progress in that direction.
Constable Joiner Of Boston took two
negroes to Thomasville Wednesday morn
ing whom he arrested the night before on
a warrant charging them with COW steal
ing. One of them Is the notorious Lag
O'Neal, who is exceedingly well known to
the officials The other is Perry Davis.
Davis is the man who sold the stolen cow,
but says he got the animal from O'Neal.
They are in jail awaiting preliminary
trial, which will be given them in few
days.
Americas Times Recorder: No county in
Georgia sent a more gallant company to
the front in 81 than old Sehley, and the
brave survivors of the company will meet
in annual reunion at Ellaville on Friday
next. A splendid barbecue will be one of
the features of the occasion, and around
the festal board the old soldiers win again
recount the trials of "the days that tried
mems souls" Many veterans from this
city and vicinity viii go over on Friday to
join their old -comrades-in-arms on that
occasion.
Marietta Journal: One of the most in
teresting sights we can think of-one that
would make wooden image laugh-would
be to see three summer girls walking down
the street one in a Mother Hubbard, one
in boomers. and the third in a pair of these
big balloon sleeves. Holy Moses What a
trioi And wouldn't they create a sensa-
ton? And yet with all their funny little
fads, the dear souls don't hold on to lamp
posts to keep the earth from wabbling
nor try to open the front door with q
corkscrew at a m, in the morning, and
that's saying a great deal for them.
The Davis Foundry and Machine Works
berton, Ga, two twenty-five-inch DAVIS
turbine water wheels, in iron penstock
with supply pipe and draft tubes The
power is $50 horse. The driving pulley
weighs 5000 pounds and runs about 30,
revolutions per minute. The total weight
IS $1,000 pounds; This big affair is to run
the electric light plant at Elberton. The
water power is five miles from the city
and this will be the only long distance
transmission in the state. The Davis com
pany is also building a 400 horsepower
plant for the National Manufactures
Company of Yedking Falls, S. c..
Commercial: The big beer barrel tina
surmounts the building of the Atlanta
Brewing Company is still in place despite
the fact that the Woman's board have
demanded its removal. President Collier
notified President Steiner Of the brewery
TO take the barrel down at the Request
of the woman's board several days ago
Mr.. Steiner then said that he did not SEE
how IL could be done without entailinf
great eXDenee. the COMPANY having al