The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-15
GEORGIA.

of Suits Taken Up in Court at At
Ianta.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. NJ. NJ Sumeran and Mrs. Fanny S
Fleming of Augusta died Thursday night.
Little Ida Anderson. daughter of B. f.
Anderson of Rome, has completed a quilt
/ of 2,OOl pieces.
| W. Z. Gullette has established a paper
called the Quill at PaVo in Thomas
county. It's first issue is a very credita-
| BILE one.
The governor has offered a reward of
/ 500 for Bud Miller, who is charged with
/ having killed George Bennett in Ciwinnett
/ county Nov. l, 1895.
l Alfred w Cockerton of Tegocigalpa.
Honduras. is in Atlanta in the interest
of establishing the Atlanta hosiery mills
at Atlanta with $4,000 capital stock.
AS Frank McDonough stepped from a
/ street car at Atlanta Friday, a pistol fell
| from his pocket and was DISCHARGED the
! bullet lodging in one of his feet and break
| ing the bone badly.
Hon. p. l.. Query died at his home at
| Georgetown Thursday, after a short ill
! ness. He was in the S4th year of his age
| He was one of the most prominent raen
in Southern Georgia.
Powell Bros. are opening another i'm
/ menSe turpentine farm three miles nori h.
! west of Bainbridge on their recent big
! purchase of timbered land Their first
/ cut Will be 10000 boxes. which number
]
Mrs. Nora Aitken filed suit at Fairburn
| Friday against the Atlanta and West Point
| railway for $4,000 for the loss of the life
of her husband Alex Aitken. Aitken was
| one of the best known engineers on the
| road and was killed Oct. s. in the collision
near Red Oak.
Mrs. Harry Zlotnisky arrived at SWANS
boro Monday, night. She is just from
KIs'ia exce Sfd G ye1v speak no Eng
she caught during the last week or ten
days. She and her husband had not seen
each other in four years past.
w; w. Dalton, a well-dressed. middle
aged man, was arrested at Atlanta Fri
day night by Officers Bone and Barry.
or charge OF soliciting aims on the
streets. Dalton was highly indignant at
ms arrest He claims to be a Knight of
Pythias and says he was merely asking
a fellow member of that order for tenn
porary assistance, as he had run short
Prof. William Ryder of Rutland dis
trict, one of the oldest and most prominent
citizens of Bibb county, died at his home
in Rutland district Friday. on Nov. is
Prof. and Mrs. Ryder celebrated their
golden wedding. The occasion was a han.
by one and the seven grown children. who
were present at that time, thought that
even then their rather was on the very
threshold of death. Prof Ryder was Is
years of age.
Atlanta Council No. 100, Royal Area.
mum, has elected the following officers
lot the year: A. ROScnfeld and w. @
Hubner, representatives to grand council;
w. F. Parkhurst and ]. S. Panchen al
ternates; j. r. Pierce, regent; j. c. Car
isle vice regent; J. s. Panchen, orator;
Denck, secretary; Amos Fox treasury,
Sig Rosenfeld, collector; John Berkeie
guide; S. l.. Solomonson, chaplain; Max
Franklin, warden; Isaac Elsas, sentry
l.. NJ. Thibadaux, trustee.
A warrant charging +. A. Fielder. chief
OF the department of admissions and con-
cessions Of the exposition at Atlanta, with
assault with intent to murder has been
sworn out in the court of Justice Blood
| Worth The case against Mr.. Fielder was
caused by some trouble that he had re-
| Gently with one of the concessionaires. a
man named Fischel, in the forestry build
| ing on the exposition grounds. Hot words
We're exchanged between the two and Mr.
| Fielder finally struck the concessionaire
with the butt of a pistol.
Harry. Raymond, who the city detec-
| tlves of Atlanta have arrested on all
KINDS OF charges and used every effort to
run out of town, is again out Of trouble.
| Friday afternoon he al Mary CHS
! holm against whom state cases were made
| recently, were both dismissed by Justice
| Route. Raymond says he has as much
| right in Atlanta as anybody, that he is
| no criminal, and that he proposes 10 stay
| in Atlanta He was arrested several days
| ago on a warrant sworn out by Green
| Conn, city detective, who also prose-
cuted the Chisholm woman
James Rogers of Augusta was before
| the United States commissioner Wednes-
day on the charge of passing counterfeit
| money. He sold a pair of shoes to negro
man and gave him silver in change for a
| s. bill. One of the dollars was counterfeit
and when the negro returned with it Rog-
| ers denied having given it to him and re-
| fused to make it good. Then the negro
reported the case to the United States
commissioner con After t,s an investigation
| pass counterfeit money. knowingly and
dismissed the case on his giving the negro
1 good dollar.
An ostrich farm is to be started in the
| southern part of the state by J. NJ. Wal
| lace of the firm of Dimmock & Wallace
| of Atlanta. A few days ago Mr.. Wallace
purchased a pair. of Australian birds
| from the ostrich farm on the Midway
| These birds were taken from the farm
and placed in the poultry show where
| they will be kept until the close of the
| fair. They will then be taken to the
| southern part of Georgia where ii is sup
| posed that the climate is so mild that the
birds will live Ostrich raising has be-
| come very profitable in California and the
| birds are so plentiful that they can be rIIr-
chased very cheap now. Mr.. Wallace paid
| 500 for the birds with which he pro-
] poses to start his farm.
The race for the judgeship of the Ma
| con circuit is becoming very interesting
| So far is known at present Solicitor
General FELTON, is in most favor with the
people who will ask the governor to make
the appointment 1t is said, however
that many of the friends of Judge John
+. ROSS OF the city court, are urging him
to go into the field. Should Judge Ross
consent to become a candidate and be sue
cessful in securing the appointment
James H. Blount, Jr., will be a candi-
date for the city court judgeship. In case
Mr.. FELTON, should be made judge there
would be a lively race for the solicitor
ship between w. n. Holtzclaw of Hous-
ton county and Warren ID. Nottingham
of Macon. The bar and county officers
of Houston have formally endorsed Solic-
itor FELTON, and have signed a petition to
the governor to appoint him.
The police Of Atlanta are looking for
an individual who seems to have been
very successful in working a swindling
game upon a number of ignorant and I'M
suspecting negroes. Some time ago a
young man, calling himself Harry Ham
mond, informed those whom he met that
ne was in Atlanta for the purpose Of Sc
curing hotel help for Florida hotels. He
said he wanted cooks and walters and
could get them good positions. AS Ham
mond was a good talker and his scheme
a plausible one he had no difficulty IN in
terestlng a number Of negroes IN a. From
each Of these, u Is said he collected Sc rs
for railroad fare to the Fiowery state.
Friday. ~ Is claimed, he collected that
amount from each Of twenty negroes,
promising 10 take them 20 Florida on the
Do 30 train that night. An even score of
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