The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-01

GEORGIA
Miss Rosa Clark. eldest daughter Of
Capt r. g. Clark. died 40 ler home 10 East
Rome Monday, after a long illness.
on Sept. j new dry goods firm viii
open business IN the 4ancey h.oeh II
Athens, under the name vi Parks, Bran
non & Co.
A Washington county farmer raised such
big hams last year that he cannot and
market for them. They weigh about
50 pounds each.
DIR. T. Edgar Rogers OF waco IS sim con-
fined iu jail al Atlanta. having failed 20
give the 5000 bond required OF him for
COunterfciting
Annie. the s-year-old son OF ". ". Al
bea OF Tignal, I'M Wilkes county, died sun
day OF suff0cauon. caused pE getting q
chinaberry in his WIndpire.
The sadie hotel at Triton has changed
hands ". ". T.mmons was the purch-
aser and Capt. Phillips the seller. The
price pad was $4,000 cash.
The iron front for DIR. Jake ". Paulks
brick block az Triton has arrived and
been set in place. and this handsome e.il-
nee VIII soon be completes
The firm OF Sheppard & Manor IS build
ing brick block alOnside the Paulk block
at Triton Il VIII be two stories nigh,
and sixty feet front by 10 deep.
An election 10 determine whether the
city shall be bonded for the purpose OF
erecting electric lights has been ordered
by the city council of Sandersyllle, 10 De
held Sept. T.
John A. Sibley has bought city block
a. Triton and Will erect 5000 hotel
The large number Of northern visitors
stopping there during the winter makes
another large hotel a necessity.
George Granting, a young white man
whose home is near Macon. was knocked
down and severely hurt by a switch en-
CINE on the East Tennessee road 70 At
lanta Monday. One of Grantung's arms
was broken below the elbow and he was
considerably bruised about the face and
chest.
Early Monday morning Mrs N. J. An
dersOn, wife of a Well-tO-dO and respected
citizen Of Holly Springs, five miles south
of Canton, committed suicide by jumping
into a we'll She had been mentally un-
balanced at intervals for several years.
and IL was during one OF these FITS Of in
sanity, she took her life.
Frank Derricott. the young man who
fired four pistol shots at N. VI. Mason, the
soda water clerk at Atlanta SATURDAY
night. was released from jail Monday af-
Ternoon, he having succeeded in giving an
$50 bond for his appearance IN the crimi-
nal court to answer to the charge of as
sault with intent TO murder.
Correspondence to the Morning News:
Ar. j. A. Beatty writes TO say that a
dispatch from Tweed, respecting his show
does him injustice No man within ID
miles Of Tweed or LOthair knows, he says.
the kind of show he has because he was
not permitted to have a performance at
either place, because il would take an
armed brigade TO run show In that sec
ton.
The merchants Bank Of Rome opened its
doors Monday afternoon. The newly elect
ed board consists of Hugh T. Inman of
Atlanta, president Charles ID. Wood Of
Rome, vice president: II. l.. AIiddlebrOoks
OF Atlanta cashier and W. =. Simpson,
A. K. Sullivan, Henry Harvey and r. J.
Raglan OF Rome constituting the remain
der OF the directory.
The case of assault and battery against
Madison Davis. Athens coIored eX-post-
master, was continued TIL Saturday The
Charge IS brought against Davis by W.
II. Hams, a negro doctor, who alleges
that Davis knocked him down with a
stick. The cause Of the fight was the al
legged circulation Of a report by Hams
against Davis daughter
At Atlanta the timers who went out on
a strike AZ Moncref & Dowman's are still
out. They all say they viii refuse TO re-
turn until they are paid the union salaries.
The company viii not agree 10 pay all its
workmen the union salary, it IS said, be-
cause several of the workmen are just
starting into the business and their labor
is not worth as much as the more skilful.
A few of the strikers nave gone to work
for other tinuing establishments, but the
majority are stu out Of work.
The case Of the state vs. g. W. Press
nell. ST.. came up in Judge Fosters court
ar Athens Monday morning Pressnell is
the man that halted Maurice JankOwer
and his wife on Prince avenue "a few
nights since. Mr.. Jankower took out
warrant for PressneH, charging him with
pointing pistol a another. PressneI de-
MED PORTING a pistol, and said he was
mistaken In his man. that ne was looking
for another fellow. Judge Foster require
ed him to give bond in the sum of 800
j. 5. Lester Of Atlanta has invented
new style automatic faucet which is said
TO have much merit The faucet has been
patented and will be known as the Lester
Automatic Faucet. II is designed to save
water. a company has been organized
Tor the purpose Of manufacturing the new
faucet; The officers Of the Company -are: .
A. Q, Rhodes, president; J. S. Lester vice
president and general manager; J. X.
Polk, secretary and treasurer. The COM
pany is capitalized at So. 600. A charter
has been secured under the name of the
Lester Automatic Faucet Company
Under the pension law passed at the
last session Of the legislature there were
ninety ex-confederate soldier applicants in
Bfbb county. Ordinary Wiley duly for
Warded them 10 ehe pension department
IN Atlanta. He has received the names of
tnose who have been allowed pensions
and also the names Of those whose ap-
plcauons have been disallowed Forty
one were allowed and forty-nine disallow-
ed. To be entitled 70 a pension the apDli-
can't must show that by reason OF his
age and pocerty, infirmity and poverty
or blindness and poverty" he IS unable
or labor
A romantic and sensational story Of
kidnapping and love came TO a coneiu-
SION IN Atlanta Tuesday morning, when
Detective Barrett arrested Frank Videfta
an Italian whose home is Erie. Pa vi.
detta was pursued TO Atlanta after a four
years search by his wife, who is now a
Mrs. Wills. He was found at the expo-
sitlon grounds Tuesday morning and ar
rested. AT the place where he claimed to
be boarding on Houston street the little
7-year-old daughter for whom the mother
nad been searching some four years was
found Nidetta agreed at the police sta
ton to turn the girl over to the mother.
and the mother and daughter left for
Erie, Pa, Tuesday afternoon.
Sandersville Progress: A cork tree in
the front yard Of the Jackson house was
denuded of the bark around the trunk
last week. Samples Of the cork viii Be
forwarded to the agricultural depart rnarr
at ashingt0n, and also to the exposition
III Atlanta. The bark or cork was two
inches and half in thickness. This strip-
ping OF the bark, it is said does not in
1ure the tree, and new bark viii grow
upon the trunk. This tree bears an acorn
similar TO the oak. 1t was set OUT ahout
thlrty-nYe years ago. It is thought thar
this is the first instance where cork has
been taken from tree in the United
States. Cork trees flourish in the countries
around the Mediterranean sea Yoaln. p
trees We're sent out by the government to
test their adaptability to this climate
and this is one of them. There are Others
in Sandersville, but not 80 large as this
one.