The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-25
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND sOI I'll
CAROLINA nRIEFLT PARA
GRAPHED.

woman Given Living Souvenir
of the AtIantn ENposition-senator
Mercer After fhe U~urers Of the
state With sharp Stick-LnNvycr
Vaadiver Of Rome Gets "A Verdict
Against Mrs LasceIIes.
GEORGIA.
Water works and electric lights now en-
gage the attention Of the people OF Ten
nile
Emanuel county IS worried about get
ting money 10 pay for her new jail with
out leTying sp-1ial tax
In $50 the negroes OF Georgia returned
S576428 worth Of property for taxation.
This year the amount returned Is ST.
SID.
A marriage was consummated recently
fin johnson county III which the groom
was fourteen and the bride eleven. There
were no parental objection
Dr. J. f. Shorter has been elected pres
fdent Of the Macon medical society. DIR.
Shorter formerly lived in Columbus and
New York, and is a noted eye and throat
specialist.
THE election for mayor and council OF
Marietta viii be held Dec. TO- and never
before in the history of the town has an
election caused so much excitement ana
general discussion.
Just now there is very little timber at
the public or private bOOms around Da~
the up-country, and consequently the
rivers and creeks have been too low for
rafting.
The work Of rebuilding some Of the
residences which We're burned on Fifth
avenue at Columbus recently, has al
ready commenced. and the indications are
now that the houses lately destroyed viii
soon be replaced.
on the night Of Nov. s. at a church al:
Warsaw. Green Howell stabbed jim era
ham, cOlOred. Jim died from the wound
Nov -. After a thorough Investigation
Of the facts, Howell was held for murder,
and is now in jail.
The jewelry establishment Of Y. J.
PekOr Of Columbus was closed by Sheriff
BOwles Friday night under a mortgage
Fl. IA. for $500 in favor of Charles Pekor.
Other mortgages amounting TO about
$l5e00 exist on the stock.
a mistrial was declared a.
Columbus Saturday in the case
Of VIII Miles. the negro charged
with attempted assault upon "a young
married ndy Of that city, The jury had
been out since noon Wednesday. This is
the third trial OF Miles.
L. L. Roberts, of Berrien county. has
raised this year with one horse ten bales
Of sea island cotton, twenty-five wagon
loads OF corn. enough pnders 10 feed for
" head OF hogs until planting time. and
will sell meat from twenty-five head. be-
sides making quantity of other products
on his farm.
Hartwell sun: II is said that a Hartwell
woman has invented a snore diverter 1t
is composed or a hood and sections Of fiex-
ibie pipe. When her husband snores the
hood is lowered over his head and the pipe
conducts the sound TO the cellar. There
hasn't been a rat in the cellar since the
diverter was put in operation.
Prof. ]. c. Harris, principal Of the
Rome public schools. and TIE teachers
employed in the schools, got up a beau
tiful chrysanthemum show Friday for
the entertainment and instruction of the
pupils. There were many varieties on eX-
hibition, most of which We're contributed
by the pupils from the yards and gardens
Of their own homes.
At Macon Saturday Ordinary Wiley
granted the petition of six candidates for
coroner who asked that the election be
postponed from Dec. . to Dec. 30 on ac-
count Of the proximity of the former date
10 the Christmas holidays The petition-
ing candidates thought that full and
fair vote could not be had so near Christ
mas time. The seventh candidate Tor
coroner. Mr.. W. W Henderson, would
not sign the petition.
At New York Friday verdict for IS Go
was rendered in the supreme court
against Maud Lascelles, who was
lawyer OF Rome. Ga. Sidney
Lacelles, the husband of the defen-
dant, was convicted of swindling in Geor-
gia under the name of Lord Beresford.
His wife secured the services Of Nandiver
and signed an agreement TO pay him
S. 90 Mrs l.ascelleS is the daughter Of
Mrs. Lilienthal OF YOnkers. who is said
to be worth several million dollars.
William Padgett, a resident Of Gordon
county. is missing. It is feared he has
been Waylaid and killed. Last Wednesday
Padgett was in Rome and sold cotton
amounting to SIS, and had the proceeds
in his pocket. He was with his brother,
but decided to remain all night in Rome
with friends and return home Thursday.
Nothing has not been heard from him,
and he has not been seen since Wednes-
day afternoon. It is thought he walked
ha to fob f.rsr.f
and was killed. Padgett is 81 years old
and was man Of good habits and reputa-
ton.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers Of the Bank Of Tennille dividend OF
10 per cent. was declared and II pen
cent. passed TO account of surplus
w. ). William, the president, was in at
tendance. He is president of seven Other
banks located along the line Of the Cen.
tral railroad. The Buford Bank, of which
Mr.. Witham is president held its annua
meeting of stockholders Tuesday. Paid
their usual dividend and passed per cent
to the surplus. The Bank Of Louisville
has paid its stockholders 10 per cent ant
increased its surplus by as much more
The same officers We're elected.
There is missing link of seven OF
eight miles between the southern termi
nus of the Chattanooga Southern. al
Menlo and Lyerly, on the CHATTANOOGA
Rome and Columbus Prominent capital
lists are looking over the ground with I
view to building a short branch betWeef
MenlO and Lyerly to connect the fOrmC
place, which has grown to be very pop
ular summer resort, with Rome and othe
points south The ultimate design is Il
build on by Cedar Bluff toward Piedmon
or Jacksonville. and on to Birmingham
Ala. The seven miles between Lyerl,
and Menlo will run along valley ant
the preliminary survey viii probably b.
made this winter.
Mrs. Georgia Hammond of Columbus
who returned home Saturday from visi
10 the exposition, brough back with he
a handsome baby girl with which she ha
been presented in the union depot in Al
lanta by an unknown mother. Mrs Ham
mond was sitting in the waiting room q
the depot when woman, clad in blac
and closely yelled, entered, carrying tn
baby in her arms. She asked Mrs. Ham
mOnd TO hold the little one for a few mir
utes, which she readily consented to dC
The woman never reappeared, and scare
failed to find her. Mrs. Hammond brough
the little girl home with her and will car
for her. The child is about year and
half old and has been named Atlanta.
Thornton n. Mobley of New York ha
sued the Southern Railway Company 70
SlO,O00 worth of stock. Mr.. Mobley claim
that he owned $4,000 worth Of stock in tn
old Georgia Pacific and that when tn
Southern purchased this road the agree
ment was that all stockholders in tn
Georgia Pacific should receive 80 per Ger
of their stock in new stock in the Soutl
ern, which would make him entitled