The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS or TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

An Augusta Negro Who Il "a Prodigy
in Solving ArithmaticnI Problems.
Negro Accuses Lawyer Of
Bringing "a suit in His Name with
out His AuthOritS-An Early Clos
ing Movement Among the Clerks
of the Retail CIothiers of Atlanta.
GEORGIA
Rome's new water works system is TO
nave a inter at cost OF S., 1000
Eastman has voted TO issue bonds TO
establish public school system.
Two tracts Of land were sold Tuesday
At sherms sale at Swainsboro; one 40
acre tract for &0l5 and lz5-acre tract. q
acres improved, for $40.
The mortgage given by s. Waxelbaum
q son or Macon to the Peoples Bank on
their stock of merchandise was recorded
wednesday The amount is s. 800.
1t is reported that Miss Harrydele Hall
mark, formerly Of Augusta but now of
New York, has been offered an editorial
salary of 81, 500 a year.
The meeting Of the farmers at SWANS
boro called for last Monday, In the in
terest of reducing the cotton acreage was
a Idiiure. There We're not more than six
farmers who met for that purpose.
J. W. Smith has leased a large building
at Athens belonging to DR.. +. s. Lyndon
ana adjoining the Bailey foundry. IN
ana also viii put in his bobbin machinery.
The clerks employed in the retail cloth
ing houses at Atlanta are circulating a pc
uuon asking their employers to close
their stores at o'clock p. m. on Satur-
Gays. quite number Of the merchants
have agreed to the petition.
While hauling a heavy stick of timber
on the Williams Lumber Company's los
way last Tuesday afternoon, Jack July.
colored teamster, was thrown from mis-
mule and wheel of the heavy cart passed
hrF 81 II
which resulted in death.
The arrival of President Spencer and
other prominent officials Of the Southern
railway at brunswick has revived the
talk OF the building of a new union depot
IN that city. The Plant system is said to
be willing to cooperate. The state rail-
road commission has already ordered a
new depot built there.
T. ]. Williams. a former policeman OF
Atlanta, was tried before Ordinary Cal
noun Thursday on a writ of lunacy. He
was adJudged insane, and will be sent
10 the asylum. His little child was run
over by street car and met most tragic
death. To this accident and to the grief
at the loss of this child the unbalancing
OF MS mind is attributed
Last Saturday the little 4-year-oId son
OF NJ j. Fountaing, near the still of j.
w. Zoe & Bro, at Nidalia, was painfully
scalded. His mother was boiling a not
OF potatoes and had just lifted the pot on
the nre when the little fellow stepped
backward against it, overturning the pot
the skin was scalded Off the child's limbs
from the hips to the feet
EX-Congressman Tom Cabaniss did
not leave Washington on March q when
congress adjourned, but he still fingers
at the capital. 1t is reported that Presi-
dent Cleveland has expressed his inten-
tlon or giving Mr.. Cabaniss a good posi-
ton, and 1t is said he viii appoint the
eX-representative from the Sixth district
TO the office of district attorney for one
or the new courts in the Indian Terri
tory at a salary of $4,000 per annum
J. e. Mckenzie who brought suit
against Richmond county for
500 as compensation for work which
ne was compelled to do while confined in
Jan on false charge, has signed anida-
Wits to the effect that Henry S. Jones. his
attorney, had brought on the suit without
MS consent or knowledge. and thar he
desired it dismissed. In consequence of
the signing of these documents the case
has been stricken from the docket MIR
Jones, the attorney, is highly indignant
and claims that he never knew the negro
until he came into his office and em-
pioyed him to file the suit. He saws the
negro has been induced TO take this co,,rse
by certain parties.
There is a negro man in Augusta who
is prodigy in the way of working out
examples. He answers instantane0usIv
any example in multiplication addition
etc. His name is Robert Gardinerbire'
and is at present porter for J. f. & w
j. Cooney. He was born in Edge6eld
county and worked for Mr.. Middleton et
Clarksville until a year or two ago
Thursday there was a large crowd e,o ~
cred around Cooney's store Dropou5 S W.
examples in multiplication to him He
was asked how much would 263 times 90
be and answered 6,627, and it should have
been 1871. This was the only mistake he
it, he said that he knew the answers to
all examples by heart.