The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-11

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The Abbevine cotton factory has been
formally organized
The town council of Montezuma has late
" let a contract for electric lights.
Rev. and Mrs. II. II. Parks. Of Edge
wood, viii celebrate their golden wedding
on May -.
Blight is playing havoc with the pear
trees in and around Eastman. other fruit
trees. however, are looking hne-
Henry Bryant. of Cobb county. is in jail
at Atlanta in default Of 500 bond. on the
charge of having brutally beaten 2-year-
old baby.
The cement works Of George II. Waring.
Of Kingston. which were burned on April
50 will be rebuilt and running inside OF
six weeks.
The Randolph County Agricultural So
ciety has decided TO have a county iair
in Cuthbert during the latter part Of the
summer or early fall.
DR.. G. B. Stricken the pastor Of the
Central Presbyterian church of Macon,
has been elected 10 the chair Of theology
in Hampden-Sydney College virginia
Charles Ivey died at his home at Ivey
Tuesday. He was an uncle Of the Ivdy
brothers, of Macon. ana father OF Mrs.
\. II. Rice, OF Macon he was porn IN
Martin county, North Carolina, in 1916.
Mrs. Stringer. who was sentenced at the
last term of the court TO pay a fine OF
500 for selling liquor in Dahlonega, or
else 60 TO the chain gang, Is still IN the
county Jail. with very little probability Of
her being able TO pay out.
The electric storm at Griffin Wednesday
came near playing havoc with the cleo
trio light and telephone wires. AS the
lightning flashed the fluid ran along the
wires, melting many Of them. and burnng
fuses out of the switch boards In the tele-
phone exchange.
On May % an election viii be held in
Laurens county 10 determine whether or
not bonds shall be issued for the erection
of a court house. The amount OF the is
sue is to be So 100. Many of the country
people do not favor such a large amount,
and they say considering the depression
$4,000 would be sufficient.
During a heavy storm at Atlanta We'd
nesday bolt of lightning found its way
in the direction Of Thurman street, near
the CITY limits shot down on an untn-
ished building and sent three labOrers 10
the ground stunned and bleeding. Henry
Polk a colored carpenter. was seriously
and perhaps fatally injured.
Special Master }. y. Tally of the United
States court has been engaged in passing
on the fnal accounts and report Of Re-
ceiver Knapp in the case of Baird VS..
Empire Mills. This property was sold at
Eastman Tuesday. Receiver Knapp says
a new mill will be organized with a capi-
tai Of $4,000 TO take charge of and operate
the property
A young minister from a neighboring
county was arrested at Americas Thurs
day, at the instance of a merchant on
Cotton avenue, charging him with the
theft of a silver dollar. The young man
was obdurate. Rather than appear in
court the preacher gave him a dollar and
the prosecution was dropped.
The little screw steamer Ruby, owned
by Capt. L. Dart, sank at her berth at
Brunswick at the foot of Monk street
Wednesday. 1t IS thought that the Ruby's
of the spring tide and that she was tilted
over soon filling and going to the bottom.
Capt. Dart has not decided whether or
not he will attempt TO raise her. The
hppD fifteen
was the first steamboat ever built in
Brunswick. She was the pioneer of the
81. Simon line.
Capt. English and Capt. Wright. chief
of the detectives of Atlanta, have an
swered the suit for damages filed by Capt
Amos Baker. Capt English's answer is
the lengthier one. He denies any malice
and also denies any knowledge of the fall
sity or truth Of the charges. He alleges
that he had nothing to do with the printing
of the charges made by Capt. Wright and
that the latter was one which came under
the head of a privileged communication
Capt Wright makes a denial of all the
allegations in Capt. Bakers suit for $780,
900 damages.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Mrs Josephus
Tarver is suffering from badly sprained
arm and bruised face. resulting from an
unfortunate accident that befell her last
Saturday morning. She was standing on
chair putting away some clothing in
the closet when In some unaccountable
way she lost her balance and fell to the
floor, sustaining the injuries above sta
ted Miss Carrie Waterman is also the
victim of a painful accident which occur
red Sunday night, in which her hand was
severely cut by a broken pane of glass
from falling window sash that she at
tempted to catch.
Z. L. Bergstrom. manager of the South
eTn Perfumery Company Of Atlanta was
arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff VIII
Green on a warrant sworn out by Harry
sharp, the druggist member OF the
state board of pharmacy. charging him
with selling adulterated drugs. Mr. Berg
strom Immediately gave bond In the sum
Of $500 and was released. 1t is charged
that the Southern Perfumery Company
of which Mr.. Bergstrom is manager, has
been selling adulterated castor Oil Mr.
but says that the adulterated oil was sold
through mistake, having been sold to him
as pure oil.
Americas mes-Recorder A good stor,
is told at the expense of the crew of a pas
senger train arriving here Wednesday af
ternOon, but on which road Ii need not bt
said. Less than twenty miles from Ameri
in iVeS rtti an e eottass s family
very near the railroad track, and here /
was that rather ludicrous scene trans
pired Wednesday. 1t seems that some on
of the train crew had attempted a fiirta
ton with one of the comely ladies of thi
household, which she promptly resented
and Wednesday, as the train approached
went forth to emphasize her displeasur
at such conduct. Armed with a navy ST
shooter she took position on the from
porch and trained her battery on tha cars
The engineer scented danger, and pullin
the throttle wide open dved into a Goa
heap in the tender, as did the fireman alsc
The conductor locked himself in a closet
while the fiagman climbed on top of tn
rear coach, and thus secure, they RENAME
until the train dashed by the place q
danger. A timid drummer and the colore
porter stood on the rear platform an
witnessed the proceedings, reporting al
terward that the irate lady spanked thre
children when the train passed and the
putting up her weapon returned to he
household duties, with no fear of furthe
trouble from that crew.
Eighteen years ago Joe Brown a negro
was riding on a mule in North Caroline
when he was attacked by a vicious do
and bitten on the left foot between III
pig toe and instep. The dog proved to b
rabid and was afterwards killed Tn
bite did not cause Brown any uneasinest
with the exception of a slight soreness:
The wound was cauterized and soon hea
ed. Brown moved to Georgia and nothin
more was thought of the incident until
short time ago, when DR.. S. T. Bush {
Lothair was summoned to the bedside {
Brown, who lived near there. When tn
character of the disease had been decide
upon the patient was securely tied to hi
bed. The paroXysms manifested then