The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


son for Defamation of Character
in Connection with the Jumbo
Hunter Case.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Elizabeth johnson died at Rome
Sunday, aged 81
William Henry Jones died at East Ma
eon Monday of heart disease, after an i'll
aess of six months.
The markets of South Georgia are
t9untifuny supplied with wild turkeys
and ducks killed in Ogeechee swamps.
VIII Jacobs and Rome Stephens, two
Young boys Of Patesvine, disappeared a
week ago and have not been heard or
since.
Times are getting better in Southwest
Georgia, but the change is being wrought
Dy the farmers and business men, and
not by the politicians.
Editor Chick Niles of the Columbus En-
quirer-Sun is first in the field with a NOM
ination for lieutenant governor. His en-
try is Hon. William Clifton.
Mr. stern of Albany is an enterprising
merchant, He offers prizes to the school
children to write his advertisements to
appear in the Albany Herald.
The city council of Macon has offered
for sale to the board of education the
Second street school property, the only
school building owned by the city.
Japan persimmons grow to an enor-
nous size in Tattnall county in the AL
tamaha river. They excel the California
product in flavor and excellence.
A. NJ. Black and W. W. Morton of Lex
ington KY, are at Macon. They propose
TO establish a dairy farm near that city,
with fifty blooded Jersey milch COWS.
a number of watermelons were kept
over in Tattnall county. The Lyons Mer-
camille Company of Reldsville bought a
lot from Mr., Clifton last week and will
ship them north.
Athens has a practical charitable in
stltution II IS a sewing and cooking
school in which poor girls are taught
Miss Louise Lane and Miss Hunnicutt
are at the head of it.
II is considered almost certain that the
famous Seventh regiment, and the Old
CESS corps of Albany, n. Y. viii be in
Atlanta on New York day.
1t is rumored that c. c. Kibbee will not
accept the nomination of the Good Cow
eminent Club for alderman of Macon, and
will refuse to make the race on account
Of a press Of private business.
j. r. Whitehead, young railroad en-
ploye, who was injured some time ago
and who was confined to the Grady hos
pital at Atlanta since the accident, died
at that institution day or two ago.
A poultry show will be opened at the
Atlanta exposition Nov. 20. The Georgia
Fanciers' Association, composed of sew
eral poultry raisers of the state, has been
organized, and stock Of birds will be eX-
hibited.
The Presbyterian synod of Georgia will
meet at Macon on the Goth of this month,
and it is expected there will be an attend
ance of from $50 to 200 lay and clerical
delegates. The synod will be in session
several days.
The children of A. E. Choate who was
killed at Atlanta two weeks ago by an
exposition train, have filed suit against
the Southern Railway Company for S25, COO
They claim the speed of the train was in
violation of the law.
The Brunswick Times Recorder COM
plains that the $500 Glynn county exhibit
at the Atlanta exposition. has only the
Watchful eye of the stuffed eagle over IL,
and thinks that there should be other
eyes in Glynn to perform this patriotic
duty
The Vienna Progress says that a party
went to serenade a farmer named Cole
up near Vienna the other night and
when they left for home Coles horse was
found dead in the lot. Ii is supposed
that the horse had heart disease and died
from fright.
Judge Hardeman has passed an order
amending the charter of the Union Com
press and Warehouse Company of Macon,
so that the capital stock shall be $40 CO.,
with the right to increase it at will, and
authorizing the company to collect 20 per
cent. of the outstanding stock and cancel
Two business houses were closed by the
sheriff a t Columbus Monday. One was the
wholesale grocery firm of A. COsset q
Co, closed under one mortgage for 81, 500;
me other was A. A. DreyspooL retail dry
goods, whose two stores were under a
Sl,5OO.
John A. Windy, well-known Atlanta
attorney has been arrested on a war
rant from Justice Bloodworth's court
charging him with larceny after trust
The attorney was required to give a bond
OF 200 for mis- appearance before the JUS
tice. He is accused of collecting S125
Tor a client and failing to turn over the
money.
Five weeks ago the wife of Willis Nor
risOn, cOlored, of HartWell, died. Her
ST an nj
Willis celebrated the solemn occasion by
marrying another wife. The minister who
preached the funeral sermon could not
Zoe induced 10 perform the marriage GER
emory, so Willis had to get another col
ofed brother to tie the indissoluble knot
Robert Harvey, a brother of Henry Har-
Ney one of the leading citizens of Rome,
was badly injured by a falling log Mon
day. He was assisting i'm Unloading a
team when log rolled on him, knocking
MN down and passing over his body. The
log was about fifteen feet long and il fell
with crushing force on his body, injurine
MN internally, and, it Is, feared, fatally
Diplomatic day at the Atlanta EXPOSE
Gon has been abandoned on account or
secretary Olney's inability to be present
70 denver an address. All of the foreign
minister's at Washington were invited to
come, and many of them had accepted
Those from the South American countries
mat have exhibits were asked to deliver
addresses, and they had consented to do
The great need of more room for the
scientific and mechanical departments of
me University of Georgia at Athens will
eau for the introduction of a bin in the
general assembly appropriating $4,000 for
tnat purpose. As it is now with largely in
creased number of students in attend
"hce upon the University, it has become
practical impossibility to give them the
proper training on account Of the lack Of
-1bofdtory rooms and proper recitation
Iattnall Journal: For employing sue
oessful methods for collecting money for
Saurch purposes a Reidsville lady stands
~ the head. This week she sent out for
l"o physicians who, thinking they were
Sallcd professionally, FASTENED over, think
ing Of their SO or "a fees So surprised were
t2ey when asked for a contribution that
'Aey readily gave the amount asked and
ven more Others were sent for and by
-lSht every citizen almost in town had
promised something.
aldosta Times l.. L. Roberts of Ber-
zen county. has raised this year, with one
-ofse, ten bales of sea island cotton,
twenty-five wagon loads of corn, pen
Gers enough to feed forty-one head of
-Qgs through until planting time, and
VIII sell meat from twenty-five head be-
des making plenty of other products
IN his farm. Isl used NaldOgta guanO