The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

naman az Macum-Ihe supreme
Head OF the Good TempIars In
speeding the Lodges in the south.
GEORGIA.
The Methodists OF Preston are 70 have
new church.
Two bets were made az Thomasvillc.
Thursday. thar Mckinley WoEIi 1e the
next President Of the I4ited States
A contract has been let for the erection
Of a $500 school building ID Arlington,
To take the place of The one REC emily
burned.
Last Friday night the store of the @. p
Marshall Company az Perry was iorci-
bly, entered. the safe drilled into, and
about Sl25 stolen.
Heavy losses Of cattle that We're run
ming al large during last weeks blizzard
are reported from every neighbOrhOod in
Montgomery county.
The city council Of Brunswick Thurs
day night filled the vacancy caused boy
the resignation of Col. John T.. duBisuOu
BY electing c. d. Ogg
The maudamus case OF C.. Il. Masseu-
burg VS. county comm ssloners relative
TO the county treasuryship is set for
hearing on next Monday.
Athens went through a regular epidemic
of burglary wednesday night and early
Thursday morning. Seven burglaries and
aarcenies were committed
There is a lady i'm Americas who claims
the distinction Of having refused the hand
of the ilustrious Grover years ago. when
he was probably sheriff instead OF presl-
dent.
Wednesday Receiver NJ. Newman sold
the stock Of dry goods Of kessler. Ma
gos & kaplin. on Fourth street at Ma
con, to j. Danncnberg for 81 0J0 TO sat
isfy a claim,
John W. Reid of the NeeI Shoe Com
pany has purchased from Mrs. LightfOot
the dwelling at the corner OF Madison ana
Forsyth streets, at Macon. The price
paid was $3.50
+sCrar,1rpa'' Stewart ,,.bo Hvee ,,,ar
Tell, is perhaps the oldest person in Camp
bell county, being 100 years old. She is
very feeble and rarely ever tries to walk
without assistance.
Hundreds of cattle have died for lack
Of attention in Decatur county and seq
tlon since Christmas, and many more
properly fed ana cared for.
The dwelling house and barn Of John
Robinson, five miles from Athens. was
burned Wednesday night Mr. Robinson
lost everything he had IN the barn, hay.
grain. wagon and mules. The origin OF
the fire, It is thought, was incendiary.
+. Il. Glover raised on his farm en-
Panhandle district in Taylor last year
Tour bales Of longstable cotton, which he
Shipped to Savannah last week, the first
of the kind ever raised in thar county He
was offered 10 cents per pound for the cot
ton in Reynolds.
The board Of education Of Irwin county
mas instructed Commissioner Fletcher
to contract with teachers on a basis of
$50 per scholar for 100 days taking into
consideration the whole number Of chill
dren belonging to each school, whether
all attend or not.
At Macon a special grand jury has been
drawn for March 4, TO Investigate the
murder OF the Chinaman. Tung Hi the
murder Of Fletcher Sawyer the recent
JAN delivery and an alleged outrage and
brutal treatment Of a. 4-year-od white
girl named Beulah Cowan.
From all the information obtainable IT is
feared that there is danger of too many
melons again this year. a number Of farm
ers IN both Houston and Crawford viii in
crease the acreage in melons this year
over last There are also a number Of
Others who will plant literally this year.
In Blbb superior court, at Macon.
Thursday, a final verdict and total de-
cree was rendered in the divorce suit OF
Mrs: Belle Chenille VS.. Thomas Chenille.
Each party was granted a total divorce
ana are allowed 10 marry again, and
Mrs Chenille can retain her maiden name,
TO wit: Miss Belle L. Guerdeon.
Macon Evening News: Col. j. w. Pres
ton has defended forty-seven cases Of muir
been hanged. It looked if the record
was to be broken when Tom Allen was
sentenced TO death, but II still remains
intact. Aliens escape from Jail NAV ena-
Die him to escape from the gallows.
The Irishmen of Atlanta. Augusta and
Macon have raised $500 to offer as a re-
ward for the recapture Of Tom Allen, who
escaped from Macon Jail last Friday
night. Allen killed Charlie Carr. a popqi-
lar young lrishman, who had only been in
Macon Few days, having gone there
from Asheville n. c., to enter business.
Little Robert. the S-year-old son of
George Montgomery Of Cartersville fen
into a railroad culVert "Wednesday even
ing and was picked up unconscious and
supposed to be dead about ten minutes az
forwards. The culVert had a rock bottom.
and his head struck first and terrible
gash was found at the back of his skull
The little fellow has rallied, and may re
cover.
Dr., d. II. Mann. right worthy grand
templar, the supreme head of the INDIE
pendent Order of Good Templars of the
World, Will be in Atlanta tomorrow and
make an address at DeGive's opera house.
DIT Mann is on a tour Of inspection of an
the southern grand lodge jurisdictions
and to advise with the grand lodge Off
GERS on the best methods Of strenethenino
the order in the south
The ladies of the Baptist church al
R1chland, are moving in the matter of
erecting parsonage. so that they can
have their pastor reside in Richland They
are sending out chain Of twenty-five let
tiers to friends throughout the country
and from this and other sources hone to
realize enough to have the parsonage
erected and ready for occupancy by the be-
ginning OF another year.
The pension payments in Stewart county
are as follows: Confederate pensions.
For the widows. is at $50 per annum. 81.
eo0i confederate soldiers, 70. 1910 Next
can war pensions For old soldiers, 3 at
s. / a
- Der month, y months S96 Indian
war OF 1886 pensioners: For old soldiers
3 at " per month, per year S2SS widows.
az = per month, per year, SS6f; grand
total. $3.50
A few Of the younger men Of Athens
nave made up their minds to get up a
knitting mill at Athens. They will apply
for a charter. The capital stock is to be
$4,000 and it is TO be raised on the CO.
operative plan, the shares being IS each
These young men started out Wednesday
taking up subscriptions to the CAPITAL
stock. They worked only about and hour.
and in that time 4S5 shares OF stock were
taken, representing g. 442.
Some young men from Gainesville. who
We're hunting in the neighbornood Of AL
iatcona Tuesday, report that they came
across party of miners digging gold
along the branches and creeks in THAI
section. These men are not regular min
ers but tenants on the farms of the neigh
borhood, who stated that they could find
no work and were compelled 10 do some
thing to feed their families. They make
about 50 cents a day by selling the small
quantity Of gold which they get out by
hard and diligent work.
Last Thursday night as Mayor Ladder
OF Rochelle, was opening some goods in
the rear part Of the store of Ladder &,