The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-29

pany Of Macon received several hundred
bales Of cotton in payment for guano In
asmuch as the guanO was sold on basis
OF 6 cent cotton. the managers Of the
phosphate company declared that they
would hold that cotton until IL would sell
for cents. All this time the cotton has
remained stored IN the various warehouses
OF the city, and there seemed very little
reason 10 hope that the company would
ever realize on II as much as IL would
have Melted at the outset But the recent
jump In cotton caused these several hun
dred bales TO be thrown on the Macon
market and they were bought Tuesday by
the Bibb Manufacturing Company at 8
cents around. At the time the most Of this
cotton was marketed IL would not have
averaged more than az cents per pound.
so that the phosphate company has re-
allied a profit OF $50 per hundred. or
from s. to s. per bale by holding. On 5l0
bales the saving to the company will be
considerably over 5000 after paying stor-
age.
on Saturday last. Coroner NJ. r. Lyon
was called 10 Gus Mayes' farm In Cobb
county, to hold an inquest on the body Of
Miss Tinnie WhitlOck, who had been shot
in the right eye with a pistol ball, said to
have been accidental. The girls brother,
Lovick Waters, u years old, had been sick
and was staying with his grandmother,
Mrs. Waters. Miss Tinnie, about 70 years
old, had gone with her mother over to see
the boy. While there, the testimony is,
that she asked her brother to let her see
his pistol He got the pistol and handed
II to her. She began pointing IL around and
fooling with IL. The boy took a coughing
spell and knelt down at the side of the
door with is head outside. His sister Tin
ME, stepped to the door, and the pistol
fell out Of her hand and struck a rock on
the ground. It Immediately fired, the ball
penetrating the right eye, lodging In the
head. The distance, IL is said, between
her and the pistol was about seven feet.
yet her face was powder burned, as was
also the face of the boy. The girl ling
cred about twenty-four hours and died.
The coroner's verdict was death from an
accidental discharge Of a pistol.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Arraigned be-
Iore the recorder Tuesday morning were
John Collins and J. W. Scarborough, on
a charge OF disorderly conduct The
testimony was interesting, and though
II developed a sad state of married In
felicity, yet at times was iudicrOus 1t
seems that Scarborough, who is an old
man, deserted his wife many days since.
she IS the mother OF Henry Collins and
the aunt OF John Collins. After the sud
den departure of her husband, Mrs Scar
borough was taken care of by her nephew
and son, until Monday night, when Scar
borough suddenly appeared at the domi-
Gle and had an interview with his wife.
He used his persuasive powers to good ef-
feet, and a reconciliation followed. The
reunited couple had retired when the
boys returned from their work. and learn
ed Of the visit and the reconciliation.
notwithstanding the lateness of the hour,
however, the repentanh hutband was
aroused and incontinently elected from
the house, whereupon he sought a police
man and made complaint against John
Collins. The evidence showed that John
was guilty of disorder and he was fined
81 by the recorder. The old woman left
the court room in rather fiurried frame
of mind, not apparently decided whether
to go with her husband or son. Finally
she decied to. cling to her husband, and
departed reluctantly with her boy.