The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-13


syia--A Verdict Against the City IN
Rome-A Witness supposed 10
Have Been Murdered Found.
GEORGIA.
The Perry Home Journal IS urging the
farmers of Houston county 10 raise more
hay. Il is profitable
The wife Of j. T. Kellum. Of the city
controllers office az Atlanta, is quite III
and is not expected TO live
Abe ScuttIe. an aged negro fisherman,
who has for years piled his vocation on
died suddenly Thursday.
Georgia Pine railroad is the name Of "a
new railroad TO be set on foot IN a snort
while. This road IS TO run from lam
bridge TO Arlington, distance OF forty
miles.
Mrs. ]. T. Flynn, widow OF Capt John
+. Flynn, master mechanic OF the ives
tern and Atlantic road for long Walie,
died at her home on Peachtree street AT
Atlanta Wednesday.
At Perry a night or two ago c. A. Thur
mond heard a connection among his hogs-
Going out he found an aillgaIor on tne
point of killing one of them. The aliga-
tor, not the pig, is now dead.
1t is out of the usual order for corn TO
grow out Of a tree, but Perry makes such
a showing. The tree Is near the pos,-
office, and the corn is about two feet in
hight. though about fifteen feet above the
ground.
1t is probable tnaI three OF ADuI Nal
loads of peaches per day will be shipped
from Fort Valley next week, and more
than double that many the week l0llOW-
ing. Almost as many Will be shipped from
Marshallville.
Lightning struck a negro boy about ten
miles west of Blakely Tuesday evening.
He was leaning against tree when II
was struck. the lightning running Gown Gown
the skin on the top Of his head. his
recovery is doubtful.
Miss Fannie Bird Jones. a beautiful
young lady about 10 years Old accidentally
TOOK an overdose Of chloroform at her
step fathers home at Blakely TUESDAY
and died at IL o'clock Tuesday night. Miss
Jones was suffering with a severe case or
neuralgia and took chloroform 10 rehe'e
The pain.
In little cottage at &C Magnolia street,
Atlanta, lives a mill operative, w. =.
johnson, with his family. Among the
members of the family is a girl sally,
aged 20. This young woman has recently
been cured of sickness after several year
illness in a most remarkable manner, anu
Mr. johnson attributes his daughters
cure TO a Christian scientist, a Mrs. hol-
land, who lives near him
Col. 0. L. Williford of Madison has In
his possession a quarter that has a his
tory II was coined in 1891, and was cut
out of a mules shoulder a few days ago
by j. H Ainsne. The mule was owned
by George Waters, who got Mr. Alnslle
to make the operation. He inserted the
knife and found a hard substance, Wnlcn
he extracted with little trouble, and WhlC n
he found to be the above mentioned guar
ter.
Wednesday night Jake r. Hall, young
man very well known about Atlanta, went
70 Clarkstone in buggy, and, taxing MISS
NannieWood from her home there con,
Quoted her TO EdgeWOOd, where at
o'clock Thursday morning they were mar
ried at the residence of the Kew. II. X.
Parks who performed the ceremony. FOR
some time past the two have been making
efforts to marry, but the parents OF the
young lady interfered each time.
The election Of officers of the Georgia
Grand Lodge of Good Templars, at the
convention at Social Circle this week,
for the coming year, resulted as tolows:
Grand chief Templar, Frank ;. =, Slblsy 81
Demorest; grand counsellor, g. W smith
of Edgewood, Ca; grand vice Templar,
Miss Maud Docus of Social Circle; grand
secretary, James 9. Thrower OF Au ll
Macon, Ga; marshal, II. c. Cook OF OK
ford, Ga.
fight that may terminate fatally &C.
CURED at Americas Wednesday, between
Charles Peterson and Bob Anderson, two
diminutive negroes, hardly eight years OF
age. With the instinct born OF ms ancss-
tors, one of the combatants pulled ms
knife and slashed the other across the
temple and then plunged the blade INTO
his back, reaching the cavity, Inc cohui-
ton of the wounded boy. Anderson; MS Is
quite serious and death may result Inc
Peterson boy was locked up.
]. r. Mercer of Dawson has retained
counsel to bring a 5000 suit against a
nursery firm. few years ago. WhSn
planting his orchard, Mr.. Mercer bought
5000 peach trees, which were represented
TO be an early variety that would rlpen by
the middle of May. This is now July, after
the markets have been supplied with early
fruit at fancy prices, and Mr.. Mercer finds
himself with a very promising crop OF
green peaches on hand and the market
gradually declining as the supply Increases.
The suit will be brought III the United
States court in Tennessee.
Atlanta Journal: A curiosity from the
vegetable world came to the agricultural
department Thursday from Sylvania.
ScreVen county. 1t develops the ability OF
the nut grass as a borer. A gentleman
down there sends potato from his patcn,
an Irish potato of medium size, through
the center of which grows sprig Of
nut grass. The root of the grass struck
the potato, and instead of going around
it. bored straight through, sucking sub
stance from the potato and then emery
ing on the bottom side to sink its way
toward the center of the world.
At Rome Thursday in the case of Lacy
VS. the city of Rome, a verdict of S. 500
was returned for the plaintiff. d. b. Lacy
contracted to make the excavations for
the new city reservoir and on completion
the city refused TO pay the balance due
on the contract, alleging that the work
was not properly done. The city also de-
cltned 10 give up a certlhed check for j
thousand dollars which had been deposit
ted by Lacy as pledge of faithful per-
Torrance of the contract. The jury gave
the plaintiff the full amount claimed. A
motion will be made for a new trial.
Among the governors mail Thursday
was letter bearing the postmark of Key
West, Fla. Il. was from Capt Merrill
Miller, commander of the warship Ra-
leigh, at present stationed IN the waters
before Key West. The letter stated that
the captain has been very much concern
ed over the Illness of the governor, and
has watched his case with a great deal
of interest whenever he could get pa
pers. He writes to say that he saw by
q recent paper that the governor was
considerably improved and to c0ngratu-
late him upon the prospect Of an early
recovery.
Jim Williams, a negro who is accused
of an attempt to assault Miss SeweI an
estimable young lady who lives just over
the line in Alabama, near Howeus Cross
Roads, is in Jail at Rome. Her father is
a well-to-do farmer and Williams worked
on the place. Night before last Miss Sew
ell was awakened by a noise in her room
and found the negro by her bedside. She
screamed and the negro ran. Pursuit was
begun by a number of neighbors, but be-
fore they reached him Deputy Sheriff AL
bea captured him near Cave Springs and
took him TO Rome for safe keeping VIII
hams says he went into the room to get a
pair of shoes which he had left there
T. H Jenkins of Clara postofHoa E,,,I