The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Books of the Alliance Warehouse
al Athens-T,vO Young Lawyers OF
Atlanta Indulge in "a scrap in Court.
GEORGIA.
Athens is to have a conservatory Of
music.
A northern man is going TO establish a
large nursery near FOlkstOn, in Charlton
county.
David Rosenberger proprietor of the
Plantation cigar factory at Atlanta died
Wednesday
The Eden Park cotton mills of Doug
lasville viii increase its capacity 1000
spindles before Dec. 10.
1t is said that more than two-thirds OF
the people are disfranchlsed in Blbb coun-
ty for non-payment of taxes.
The people of Augusta are kicking
against the inefficient telephone service
to which they have to submit.
W. A McElhannon, charged with fraud
ulent and malicious mischief, In burninS
the books of the Alliance warehouse at
Athens, has been found guilty.
John James brother of United States
District Attorney Joe James. was stricken
by paralysis at Lithia Springs Tuesday
but is recovering. The stroke is the sec
ond experienced by Mr.. James.
j. +. Gardner of Monroe county was
tried at Macon Tuesday on the charge
of removing whisky from his government
distiliery without paying license on IL,
and was bound over in the sum OF $780,
in quarrel at Smithton, about seven
miles from Monticello. Wednesday, b.
X. Reeves was killed by his son-in-law,
Emory Blackwell. Blackwell was also
shot 1t has not been ascertained how
badly he is hurt.
Mrs Elmira Hughes died at Jeffer-
sonville in Twiggs county Wednesday
morning in her 18th year. Mrs Hughes
was the widow of Hon Haywood Hughes,
a large slave owner and leading citizen
of Wilkinson county before the war
The bright little girl who came into
Gov AtkinsOn's household a week ago
last Sunday, has been named! and will
now take her place, duly christened, in
the happy world of babyhoOd. The name
of Georgia Hardeman Atkinson has been
given the little girl
Dr. A. Reynolds gave a 6-weeks-old
calf to Noah Stewart, a farmer who lives
five miles from Marietta. MIR. Stewart
put the calf in his buggy and hauled it
home. He kept it two days, when the
calf got out of the lot and disappeared.
That calf went all the way to Marietta
and was found bleating at DR.. Reynolds
home, where its mother was.
The little daughter of L. II. Bollinger,
living in West End, Macon, was horribly
burned Thursday and may die from her
injuries The mother had her hands pain
fully burned in snatching the burning
clothes from the child's body. The child
was standing by the stove cooking pan
cakes. She lifted the corner Of her dress
TO open the stove door and the dress ig-
nited.
Deputy Collector L. T. Moses, Mar
shals Mann and Johnson and Assistant
Revenue Agent Meredith, made a raid in
day, and brought in NJ Z. Reid and b.
W. WhittOn. Reid owned a government
distlllery, but did not place the prod
uct in the warehouse. Both were placed
under SEQ bonds by Commissioner
Broyles.
Thomas L. Day was killed Wednesday
by the Seaboard northbOund vestibule
train while walking on the track about
two miles from Winder. He had been
TO town and was returning home when
the accident happened. Mr.. Day was an
industrious farmer and had recently made
a purchase Of land. He was about 60
years of age. He leaves wife and sew
eral children.
An exposition train on the Southern rail-
way struck and killed an unknown negro
Thursday morning, near Ponce de Leon
Springs, in Fulton county. The negro was
walking between the tracks and heard'
the train coming. lie must have mistake
en- the track which it was on, however.
for he stepped upon the track just in front
of the train and was struck by the engine
q moment later.
Charley Martin a patrolman on the At
lanta police force, met with an accident
Thursday morning He was walking
about on the second floor of the No.
engine house, when, without seeing the
hole through which the firemen slide to
the lower floor, he stepped in it back
wards and was precipitated TO the lower
floor, sustaining dangerous injuries. No
bones were broken, but 1t is feared that
Mir. Martin was injured internally.
The house Of Fred Raoul and G.. f. Da-
Wis, at go and GA South Pryor street, at
Atlanta, was burned Thursday morning.
The fire started in the house OF the for
mer. When the firemen arrived the mem
bers of Mr.. RaouPs faIAily had not got
out of the house and We're rescued by the
fremen. Mr.. Raours house was burned
to the ground with everything in 1t. The
house Of Mr.. Davis was partly burned.
Considerable damage resulted. the loss
on both houses and contents will amount
20 about $500.
1t is related that the North Georgia
mCIntaineers, who deal in blockade
whisky in their wagons without creating
suspicion. They put the whisky In their
wagons, cover it up with FODDER and then
tie a cow to the end of the wagon and
start 10 Atlanta to peddle out their stun.
They take the COW to go along 10 give
the Impression that they have COW Tor
sale. An Atlanta man, VINO keeps
wagon yard, says certain old COW has
made so many trips 10 ms wagon yard,
that she knows her stan ana goes 10 IL
promptly on arrival.
Railiffs from Judge Orr's justice court
at Atlanta levied upon the forty cannibais
OF the DahomeY village thursday, and
the forty cannibals are now in the Gus
tody Of the court 1t seems that II. e.
Leonard, a spieler for X. Pene, the owner
of the Dahomey village, had a contract
with the latter. He claims that the con-
tract was violated and that y. Pene owes
him money. Will Black succeeded in hay
ing the case postponed until next Thurs
DAY, so that the bonds could be strength
ened In the meantime the man-eating
savages of the midway are still doing bus
mess at the old stand.
Thomas w. White shot at J. NJ. Hear
den at Ashburn Wednesday and failed to
hit him. After the shooting he fed and
has not been caught. y Dung White and
his father called for Hearden at the plan
ing mill of J. 5. Belts & Co., where Hear
den was working. Hearden went outside
and talked to them for a few minutes
The elder White ran up TO Hearden as if
TO attack him and Hearden showed MIN
away and started back TO his work
Young White drew pistol and fired the
bullet passing through Hearden's hat.
. Dung " hite left Immediately and has not
been heard from. The father was arrested
and put under a bond of $500 The White
family moved to Ashburn about a wear
ago B. 3. White, one of the sons, is a
lawyer and it now attending court at Is
abeIla.
There was q lively little SCRAP in JUS
tlce Orrs court at Atlanta Thursday in
winch two young members Of the Atlanta
par were the principle figures Ed Rob-
lnson and L. C Crane who were represent
lng the parties in "A suit filed in Justice
OIfs court and which was to have come
up thursday Mr.. Robinson went 10 Inc
couit ana made an effort to have tbe
lot.