The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-21

/ magnet, was searching for her stolen Jew
sisn1ad HTrs igm Gsy 40 NJ 4rs' 1891 aiher
was ready to follow the first blow with
others, but constable interfered and
| Mrs Walker allowed the search TO pro-
| coed. The missing articles were found,
| but Mrs Walker said that she had been
an innocent purchaser of them.
Editor Jack Powell of the Blakely OBJ
server. was married last week to Miss
connie Strong, popular young lady OF
| that place, and this is his announcement
| OF the event to his readers: After a te-
dious courtship of several months Jack
| Powell and Miss Connie Strong were mar
| rled on last Thursday evening Rev ]
". Arnold performing the marriage serv-
| ice NO cards; no objections and nObody's
| business. Now is the time to subscribe
A fire which started at Carrollton We'd
| nesday about noon destroyed the build
| ing, machinery and tools Of the sash.
| door and blind factory of DR.. w c New
Inc factory was being operated by Col
| r.. A. Brooks, who also lost some valuable
machinery and material a blacksmith
ana wood shop near by were also burned
Dr. New estimates his loss at about 5000
and Col. Brooks says his will amount to
about $1,000. Neither carried any insur-
ance Inc fre started from spark from
the engine.
Clarence James, a machinest at Pate
bros. shopSh az Hawkinsville. hal a
lIllraculous escape from death last Mon
Jay morning by the bursting of a cylin-
Ger mead OF small steam engine that
ne was repairing. He was heating the
piece OF machinery, preparatory to taxi
ing II 70 pieces, when IL suddenly ex-
ploded with terrific report Fragments
OF the iron flew in every direction and
one OF them struck Mr.. James in the
Iorehead, knocking him senseless. He was
not seriously hurt, though he will carry
an ugly scar as long as he lives as a re-
suit OF the accident.
The correspondent of the Morning News
az douglas sends in the following: The
citizens of Douglas assembled ia mass
meeting Wednesday night for the purpose
OF o, nominating a munipical ticket for the
VIZ: Gus L. Brack, w. f. Sibbett and 6. A.
ward, Jr.. were placed before the CON
Vention. {. A. Ward, Jr., was finally de-
stands: For mayor. c. A. Ward Jr.; for
aldermen, r. A. Buck, b. Peterson w =
Sl6Dett, G W, Infinger. D. w. Gaskin.
Col. Ward, in neat little speech stated
that If elected the first mayor of Douglas
VINO was yet in her swaddling clothes ne
a city, that he would serve without salary
Bob Oliver and Julius White. two small
negroes, were put on trial in the GRIM
maj superior court at Atlanta Thursday
On the charge Of robbing the States Saw
lngs Sank or $500. When the case was
ealled Tor trial II was proven that Julius
White was only years old and he was
ordered discharged, as under the law
ne Is not responsible As soon as he
mad been discharged he was put on the
stand and testified that he had stolen
the money and the other boy had moth
ing 70 do with 1t, except to help him
stolen. The case was stubbornly fought
by the defense, and when the Jury went
out II was unable to agree on a verdict
so Judge Clark ordered a mistrial in
the case.
The death of ]. A. Adams, which occurr-
| eu at tteynOfuS last week has caused sew
eral of the merchants of that place much
uneasiness. Mr.. Adams was president of
the Reynolds Exchange Bank He also
acted as cashier. The merchants had per-
feet confidence in Mr.. Adams, and he held
al n L.,
result in case OF his death. About ten DAYS
| ago he was stricken with paralysis and
| died in short while W. NJ. Musslewhite
| was appointed temporary administrators
| 1t was found that there were but little
/ FUNDS, some notes, etc, to balance nearly
| $4,000 liabilities. Mr.. Adams bought cot
| business. Some of the cotton will also 20
| to his credit 1t turns up that there are a
| number OF executions against Mr.. Adams
| estate, which, under the law, viii claim
| his estate, including cotton, money, ETC.
BY this state of affairs several firms are
| temporary deprived Of the use of consid-
/ cradle money. Had Mr.. Adams lived.
| everything would have been right
| One. of the largest sales of timber eff
| fected at Americas in some time was
made Tuesday, by p. G. Clegg and J. c.
/ consisting of the hardwood timber COW
ering 5000 acres of land lying along Flint
/ river in Sumter, Lee and Macon coun-
| ties, The land thus described is covered
| with magnificent growth of whiteoak
ash and other hard woods suitable for
/ manufacturing purposes, and the work
of clearing the timber will begin next
/ week Mr.. Johnson, il is understood will
| export large quantities of this timber, raft
4 ing the logs TO the Georgia and Alabama
| railway at Johnson's Station, where they
| will be loaded for shipment to Savannah
/ or Brunswick. 1t Is estimated that fully
| 50,0OO selected logs can be secured along
| Flint river. Messrs. Clegg and Horne
| sold the timber at so much per tree the
| transaction netting them a snug sum
/ Is of he
/ early next week the work of Telling it
| will begin at a point in Dooly county and
| continued up the river until the amount
| wanted has been secured.
Macon Telegraph: The Southern Ex-
| press Company was held to be liable TO
| j. II. & w. w. Williams in the city court
Wednesday; Williams sued for SIS and
was brought mainly on the ground that
/ the express company received the dia-
| monds to be delivered at Swainsboro
| the express company's nearest office was
| Midwife, several miles distant. The forg-
| err receipted the express agent at Mid
| Vile for the diamonds, and Williams
! claims the express company is responsi-
| BILE for the safe delivery Of the goods al
| their destination. Judge Ross charged
| the jury that the plaintiffs were right in
| this contention, and that the express COM
| pany should have used extraordinary dill
! genee to see that the goods We're prop
/ erly delivered; that as they had under
| taken to deliver the goods to the j @
| Coleman at Swainsboro, the man who got
| the goods at Midwife became as an agent
/ Of the express company, and IL he aid
| not place the goods safely al their desti-
/ nation, the express company was liable
| Inc express companys counsel requested
/ the court 10 charge that IL PLANTERS
were entitled TO recover at all, they were
bound by the clause on the blanks linn
! iting the value to $50. But Judge Ross
/ believed the law on this subject applied
/ only 10 cases where the sender Of an ex-
press Package refused 70 give valuation
| the package was lost under such circilun
/ stances, then the sender could not recOV-
/ er more than so, and the Jury was so
| charged. The express company viii carr
/ ~ the case 10 higher court
FLORIDA
People near Waldo had 10 fight a woods
/ FIRE last sunday away from their house,
and fences
p. ". Rooster and Raymond Riera OF
Iamph are ~ Orlando for the purpose of
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