The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-10

GEORGIA.
A movement is on foot 10 organize fair
ground and stock association at Dalton
for next year
Wednesday afternoon a petition for
charter for a Seventh Day Adventist
church for Atlanta, was filed In the office
OF Clerk Tanner.
II is stated positively that II. Clay
Holt. a conductor of the Georgia South
ern and Florida railroad, will be cam
didate for alderman from the sixth ward
al the ensuing election at Macon
The residence of Or. J. Z. Tucker at
Fayetteville was burned Wednesday night
together with all ms household furniture.
The loss is 5000 and the insurance fs
about $1,000. II is thought TO be the work
OF an incendiary.
The South Macon district conference Of
the Methodist church opened at Unadtlla
Wednesday with large attendance. Some
OF the most prominent ministers OF Gepr-
gla VIII address the conference on matters
Of interest TO the church.
About ten days ago a l5-year-old daugh
ter Of J. NJ. Wood of Washington stuck
splinter In her foot. Apparently the wound
healed immediately, but few days later
set In. and she died after two days OF
great suffering.
Columbus Taylor nominee of the dep-
ooratic primary, easily defeated r. u.
Saxon, the third party nominee for or
dihary, TO I'LL the uneXpired term Of Judge
NJ. GOrnAey, deceased, in the election held
at Cuthbert Wednesday. Taylors ma
jOrity over Saxon I'm the county was 20
Only fair vote was poled.
James Calhoun, a well-known farmer
of Harris county, was given a prelimin-
airy hearing at Columbus Wednesday
morning before Commissioner Williams
on a charge of Illicit distilliug Mr.. Cal
houn learned several days ago that tho
revenue officers had warrant for his
arrest and he gave himself up. The OH
GERS failed TO sustain the charge.
s. Il. Shannon of Twiggs county is at
Macon, 1t is probable that he will De
d candidate for solicitor general OF his
circuit. "A position now held by Tom Edso1
of Telfair The election will take place
at the next session of the legislature.
Mr.. Eason will be a candidate 10 sue
coed himself. II is also probable that
w. NJ. Clements of Eastman Will be in
the fight
A sale was made at Augusta Wednesday
of 100 bales of extra staple cotton at Sac per
pound. by NJ ODowd's Sons to a North
Carolina manufacturer. The factories OF
that state have been caught short In cot
ton this season and Augusta has been
benefited by their misfortune to the ex-
tent of 5000 bales of cotton, which they
have purchased there.
After thirty-six hours of horrible suffer-
ing, J. +. Osborne of Ruby, in Irwin
COUNTY. died from hydrophobia "Wednesday
morning. Osborne had been in this state
only two weeks. having come from Penn
ey1Yania to make his home here. Nine
weeks ago he was bitten on the ringer by
a DOG. but the wound did not seem at all
dangerous, until day or two ago. His
suferings were eXcruciating, and he died
in terrible agony.
Suit has been filed in the office of the
clerk OF Bib superior court by A. Gibian,
agent, against several subscribers 10 the
capital stock OF the Cumberland Island
Company. The suit is for s47S.3l, supplies
furnished. The suit recites that the old
Cumberland Island Company is insolvent,
and. its affairs were put in the hands of a
receiver sometime ago. The only possible
HNnh No Hn Nk~eW
tions of several persons to the capital
stock Of theicompany. The Suits brought
against these individuals.
Alex Carr of Atlanta recently adjudged
sane and under death sentence for the
murder Of Capt. King may have another
opportunity given him for his life. Thurs
day petition was filed by Cars counsel
Messrs. Arnold q Arnold, directed 10 the
Judge OF the superior court, asking that
the verdict rendered in the last trial be
set aside. The counsel for the defendant
the evidence, and not according to law,
and that the conduct of the jurors was
not as it should have BEEN.
The recent heavy rains have proved de-
structive to property throughout Ran
dolph county. In some sections growing
crops have been considerably damaged;
in other sections public roads have been
considerably washed. In the Coleman
and that of o. A Barry, now owned
by the Bank of Cuthbert, were swept
away. The rains saved the crops in some
localities, as many hadn't had good sea-
son in nearly two months and the drought
was proving exceedingly huPtful.
H. B. T, Montgomery of Opelika and W.
j. Montgomery of Atlanta arrived at
Rome "Wednesday and a meeting of citi-
zens- was called to discuss the question of
opening a new bank. The Montgomerys
proposed TO put IN $4,000, the citizens to
raise $4,000, and capitalize the new bank
at 100000 The following committee to
solicit subscriptions was appointed: J.
w RounsaYille, j. l.. Camp, w II. Coz
ker,' c. ID. Wood and w. j. West. This
committee will go to work immediatelv
to secure the $40, 600 and if successful will
open a new bank at once
DIR. T. NJ. Mcintosh, principal physician
of the state penitentiary, arrived in Ma
con Monday night and registered at the
Brown house, He left the city the next
day. During his stay, so it has just been
ascertained, he called on Mrs. Mobiles at
the jail 1t is said that the principal
physician made the visit to Mrs. Mobiles
at the request of Gov. Atkinson to ascer-
tain her mental condition, as one of the
pleas that will be urged upon the gov
ernor why he should commute her SEN
tence to life Imprisonment, is that she Is
half-witted. DR.. Mcintosh visited her as
an expert. 1t is not known what report
he will render to the governor.
James L. Watkins, cotton statistician
in the agricultural department at Wssh-
ington, ID. G., Is in Columbus en- route to
Atlanta, where he goes on business con-
nected with his work in the government
service. Mr.. Watkins is on business
tour through the south, and has been
looking after the cotton interests in that
section. He was the compiler of the very
Interesting statement recently issued
from the agricultural department. which
was published in the press dispatches
a week or two ago, giving statistics and
prices in regard to cotton for the past
100 years, a. statement which has attract
ed great deal of attention throughout
the country.
c. L. Tumlin. one of Cuthberts livery
men, came very near losing two horses,
a hack and negro driver in Hog creek
during the recent heavy rains The. team
had BEEN driven TO Fort Gaines wi thssome
drummers. Returning to Cuthbert after
the rains they reached Hog cree r. west
of Coleman, and found the streafn coul
siderably swollen. The driver attempted
to cross and when the current was reach,
ed the horses, hack, driver and ALI were
swept down, the creek. When the horses
were about to drown by being, TANGLED
in the harness and the driver was abou,
TO go up, being washed out and swinginS
to limb. another team of Mr. Tum-
Inns, returning from Fort Gaines TO Cutn-
bert, came upon the scene. The driver
and drummers went to work, and after
heroic efforts cut Ihe harness and *.
tracted the horses. The driver was In 4
precarious condition. He was found cling
ing TO limb