The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES BRIEF
LY PARAGRAPHED.

a Big Blow at West Palm Reach Does
Considerable Damage to Small
BOats-Shipping SmiInx Becoming
quite an Industry at PensacOIa-A
Move on Foot to Abolish the Omcc
of Treasurer of AIachua COunty-A
Child Killed by Train.
GEORGIA.
Walter W. Jones of Aniston. Ala. was
married to Miss hide Weaver of Green's
boro, Monday.
All the Columbus schools are taking
holiday this week so that the children may
attend the exposition at Atlanta.
Mrs. Charles Collins, the young wife of
the assistant postmaster of Gainesville
a brief illness.
A child, aged 2ik years of Irwin Daniel
was struck by a train at Raccoon, Sunday
night, and injuries inflicted from which
II died few hours later.
A meeting of the Georgia Fruit Grow
ers' Association will be held in Atlanta on
Tuesday, Nov. r. at 10 o'clock a. M in
the hall Of the chamber of commerce.
After an illness of a few days over two
weeks, Prof. George NJ. Ransom, prin-
clpal Of the Davidson grammar school,
died at his home at Augusta Tuesday.
The litigation between Capt. Wooley of
Floyd county and the Telephone company
from Rome to Atlanta has been resumed.
Mrs. Sallie Simmons. OF Spalding coun-
~, asks Judge Speer of the United States
court to require the Central railroad and
its bOndholders to pay her $500, judgment
she claims TO have got in Spaldng super
Tor court in 1898 and which as never been
paid her
At a meeting Of the bar at Lawrence
willie Tuesday IL was decided to introduce
a bill to abolish the county court and sub
stitute a city court. The court is to have
unlimited jurisdiction in civil cases, and
10 hold bi-monthly sessions. The Judge to
receive a salary of 5000 per annum, to be
payable monthly
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira A. Slade were driving
out on the jackson road, near Griffin sun
day. when the horse stumbled and fell
throwing both from the vehicle. Mr.
Slade was severely bruised, while Mrs
Slade received injuries that will detain
her in her room for some time. Her lower
up was cut completely open for an inch.
Last week William E. Brown sold to
r b. Whitworth seventy acres of land
including what is known as the mile
house, located on the Loganville road
Just a mile from Lawrenceville. After
selling this property Mr.. Brown bought
eighty acres on the Stone Mountain road
from Mr.. Craig. just about the same dis
lance from town.
Mrs. B. NJ. Bradley of Tennessee, has
applied TO the United States court at Ma
con 10 enforce the payment of a Judgment
she secured against the receivers of the
court for the sum of $1,000. She sued in
the state court for $4,000 for personal dam
ages and got Judgment for $1,000, which
has never been paid.
"A tragedy occurred at a negro supper
and reception Saturday night, on the
outskirts of Elberton, in which Jim Dead
wyler was fatally shot He died at a
late hour Monday night. A difficulty
arose over a trivial matter between Dead
wyler and James Hicks Hicks drew his
pistol and fired and then escaped. He
has not yet been caught.
George C. Clifford and W. c. Boynton.
who have claims amounting to $760
against the 40 mining camp at the expo
Siton at Atlanta, filed a petition with
Judge Lumplxin asking for the appoint
ment of q. receiver and for an order re-
straining the parties in charge of the
camp from interfering with the assets
in any way. A temporary restraining
order was granted and the case was set
for Oct %
The ginnery and saw mill belonging to
James w. Bond. in Forsyth county with
ten bales of cotton was burned last Sat
urday night about II o'clock. Loss 81, 600.
The fire is thought to be of incendiary
origin. A dwelling house belonging to VIM
Ellis, colored, one mile from Cumming.
with about one thousand pounds of seed
cotton, was also destroyed by Gre last Fri
day night. The origin OF the fire IS not
known. Loss about $3.50
A scheme is on foot to have the South
ern Railway Company build a union de-
and enlarge it by building it 10 the corner
of Mulberry and Third streets. In order
TO extend te hotel, all the property from
the present hotel to the corner now oc-
cupied by the Davis stables will have 10
be bought In order to help carry out the
above scheme il is said that certain prop
erty holders are willing to contribute
$4,000 to the project.
Miss Henderson. who was brutallv as
saulted several days ago by Neal Smith.
q negro convict. died at Cole CITY Ties
day morning. Miss Henderson never re
gained sufficient consciousness to sneak
OF the assault. and she died uncon ious
OF the fact that her assailant has been
tortured and killed near the spOt where,
she was attacked by the convict brtlre
MISS Henderson was a beautiful Young
lazy OF - years, a resident of Alabama
where her father is farmer and ex-chief
OF police at Bridgeport. She was visiting
a Cole CITY and walking alone when Neal
omlth, Who was "trusty." left the other
eonNlcts and followed and assaulted her
Norman w. Dodge has filed in the Tr,i+o4
Seates court at Macon application for a
restraining order, affecting the foIloV1ir, :.
5aalned parties residing in Laurens arS
1Id I0i gomery counties: Greer Il % "
I'LL Lar ayette Miller. Hugh G5Iifs H.
y, a; rope. Bud ellis, Jackson C;rae5le'
" rope 1t appears from me lilI al
WIN the United States court clerk tbst