The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-02

Together 10 Force Down the Price
of Guano-A Negro Murderer SEN
fenced 10 BE Hanged at Gaines
vfIe-The Prohibition Election In
Hamilton County Declared IlIe-
gal.
GEORGIA
Mrs. Catherine c.. Dunn OF Augusta,
died Thursday night, aged % years
Bishop Henry ~ Turner. of the ART
can EPISCOPAL church, is 10 leave soon Tor
another official visitation TO Africa.
Tuesday night about 50 resroes, men.
women and children. left Griffin for
Mexico where they propose 10 Try farm
ing
Akers' Bros. mill on Sugar creek in De
Kalb county was destroyed oy hre eaF3
Tuesday night The loss is ABOUT covered
BY insurance
The Cave sring Mercantile Company,
having purchased the plant or the AS
bury Mining Company, VIII begin opet-
ating the same az once.
In shoe shop at the corner Of Forsyth
aud Peters streets at Atlanta an un-
known negro woman dropped dead al :
o'clock Wednesday night
An Italian VINO keeps fruit stand az
107 Peters street at Atlanta was roDbep
Of sf4s in bills late Tuesday night b.
colored female snatch thief.
At Richlsnd a day or two ago, while
Mack Cantreu was cutting stock for
his saw mill : large tree fell catching bis
right leg beneath Il, breaking and CRUSH
ing the ankle.
Col T. NJ. Acton. one Of the pioneer
residents OF Atlanta. died a. his home on
Baker street. Wednesday afternoon. The
cause Of his death was heart trouble. He
was 70 years old.
Frank CarTuthers, who Was tried. con
victed and sentenced 10 be hanged az the
last term Of Pulaski superior court for
the murder OF Thomas L.. Carruthers
has obtained a new trial.
The cock hsht which has been going on
in EembuEg for the past three days ended
THURSDAY afterr 1on. II was a victory
for Aiken and south Carolina, and de-
feat for Augusta and Georgia.
For the pzS- few days a large number Of
letters have s-r-ve1 il Athens from Michi-
gan and 1E1er states n that section asking
informa-i5- ro-csrzins that part OF Geor-
gia ard sxg-sssing tie desire Of the
writers 90 E1ve there 20 live.
TIE s-ss ---5clral election. under the
new c1zr-sr w1s held IN Newborn last
week zlz rss---s5 in the election Of Hon.
i. P. Duke sor mayor, with Hons, r. X;
Porter. Z n ADAMS. r C.. Patrick and
". IS, CAll1s for coulc-4Uen.
G. ". Perkins. president OF the Western
and Tennessee railroad, has nled petit
ton al Wrightsvllle, asking for charter
for a saw mill. planning mill, etc. 10 be
known as the Perkins Lumber Company
and to be established al Meeks, in john
son county.
Wednesday night the barn Of Col. r.
p. Parke. at his Holton stock farm, near
Macon, was destroyed by ire. sixteen
choice Jersey mich cows, nine calves and
two Shetland ponies were burned. The
barn was one of the largest and handsom-
est in the state. 1t is not known how the
IRE started,
Schener Bros, firm composed of
Moses Schener and Max Schener of Car
tersville closed their doors Wednesday.
and surrendered their business TO their
creditors. Their stock Of goods is esti-
mated at something like $4,000. The
amount Of their liabilities is not known
at this time.
A petition for a charter to run a ceme-
terry was filed In the clerk s office at At
1anta wednesday by G. w. Notes, F. =.
Burns. c. p Byrd and others. The in
corporators begin with a capital stock of
$4,000, and ask the privilege of increasing
II 10 $4,000. The name Of the cemetery IS
70 be the Highland cemetery.
Sam Drew, colored, of Gainesville, at
tended a hot supper. SIX miles above
GAINESVILLE near Red Hill wednesday
negro who was in attendance at the party.
George Rice and Jim Simpson. ooiOred,
are both suspected OF the murder, but
who did IL is not positively known. No
arrests have been made.
Westbound freight train No. q on the
savannah, Americas ana Montgomery
railroad ran over and instantly killed
negro near Penia, Dooly county Wednes-
day morning. The negro was standing
near the track as the train approached
and It was while trying TO save his dog,
that broke from him and ran in front Of
the engine, that he lost his life
Five well-known citizens Of Telfalr
county went TO Macon from McRae We'd
nesday to answer to the charge of having
rescued Luther Williams from United
States deputy marshals about two months
ago in Telfair county The men are T.
j. Williams Dan Kelly, Dave Wells. Nose
Williams and George Williams. They DO
not fear the result Of the trial.
The steam engine used in the governs
ment disti.lery of I. G. Mcgowan at
TTr11caan exrp1r7nR Monday cea1dfnu
wood Sanders Of Roberta He died a
O'Clock p. m. that day. George MCGOWAN
was terribly burned ana W Z; seoe gin.
of Atlanta. storekeeper was painfully,
but not seriously scalded. Others es-
capped miraculously without much in
jury.
Conductor W. w Gresham Of the Sa-
vannah. Americas and Montgomery road
met with a rather peculiar accident
Wednesday. His train, a westbOund
freight, was rounding a curve when the
lurching- Of a car upon which the con-
ductOr was standing threw him overheard.
Fortunately he fell safe distance from
the wheels. and escaped with few slight
bruises.
Charley Ware. coIored, convicted of
numbering his wife on or about Jan. 5,
has been sentenced to be hung at Gaines
vile on March s. His wife and mother-in-
law were murdered and the house burned
down over them. The evidence was cir
cumstsntial, but the jury found him
guilty without any recommendation to
mercy. The execution VIII be private. A
motion for a new trial has been made.
Late Monday afternoon j. r. Mercer
Of Dawson received kilograms announc-
ing that the appointment of receivers for
]. r. Mercer & Co by Judge Griggs had
been overruled by the supreme court.
The decision was rendered that morning.
Mr.. Mercer will now settle his business
affairs himeslf. and says his creditors
will be paid every dollar he owes them.
His assets more than double his 'liabil-
fties. - -'.---....-- s.--- Is
H. s. Henry and S. B. Pinkston of Daw-
son ran a fox ten miles a few mornings
ago and then lost him. All the dogs ex-
cept one showed up that night. Search
was instituted fer the lost dog, and a
week afterward ii was found in a-aeep
hole with the fox, a large red one. They
had been without food and water for a
week and were apparently on friendly
terms in their close quarters when dis
covered and rescued. &c. .a
w. A. fitzpatrick, resident Of Carriers
vile, is perhaps the oldest man in Geor-
gia he having passed his 108th birthday
He is now in good health. He was born
in Hancock county and has lived all his
days in Georgia. His wife Is living at the
advanced age of 80. They have had thir-
teen children, seven of whom are living
H Hohenstein of Waycross, shipped to
New York Wednesday SIS coon skins and
6 otter skins
w. c. Sampler Of Rome, the man against