The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-21

chants of Forsyth, are in Atlanta for the
purpose Of calling the attention OF At
lanta's public spirited people TO the dis
/ tressed condition of the Methodist church
| in that little city In December last the
/ Methodist church building was struck by
| a cyclone and completely destroyed. Tn
| fortunately this was the second time this
mad happened. A few years previous the
| church building was storm struck and
destroyed. The first time the plucky peo-
pie rebuilt without asking assistance. Now
| IL Is out Of their power to do so, and they
| VIII ask their more fortunate neighbors
| to help them. The Methodist quarterly
conference appointed ID. j. Proctor to raise
a fund TO rebuild. Mr. Proctor is ably as
| sisted by Mr.. Andrews. Both have the en-
| tire confidence Of the church and the peO-
| pie generally in Forsyth, and are also
| well known in the other cities Of Georgia.
b. T. Inglis, a young Canadian, died
last night at the Grady hospital from
| the effects of the morphine habit. OF
which he had long been a victim. Inglis
was seized with sudden Illness Sunday
morning in the reading rooms of the
Young Mems Christian Association. Thet
ambulance was called and he was taken
to the Grady hospital, but was refused
not iit subject for that institution. Ar
ter being refused admission to the hospi-
tai, lngns was taken to police station,
where he suffered the most excruciating
agony all the afternoon. DIR. Harris was
called and said that the man was in a
dying condition. Another effort and this
time a successful one, was made to get
him into the hospital He was past re-
lief, however. and died soon afterward
lnglts has no relatives in the city ana
few friends. so it it is probable that his
remains viii have to be buried by the
city.
The county police have arrested Jake
kreis and Ed Gossett, two young At
lanta butchers, on the charge Of stealing
cattle. warrants were taken in Justice
OTIS court, but Saturday they failed to
appear Tor trial and their bonds were for
feited. Just where the two men are Is
not known, but the officers will make an
effort 70 locate them. Aug. IA ]. NJ
Tolan Of Battle Hill in the western part
OF the county, lost two cows and re-
ported the matter to the county officer
sunday he secured enough evidence 10
cause them to arrest Kreis and Gossett
/ They claim that they are the two men
that stole the two cows and that the ant
mails were slaughtered at the yards OF
| Mr.. kreis, the father of one Of the young
men arrested. Friday the hides of the
! TWO cows We're found in the establish.
Upon finding the hides the detectives
notified Mr.. Tolan. who went to the place
and identified them. The arrest of the
two men followed.
The coroners jury in the case of Dock
Wade, the old eX-confederate who was
so brutality murdered at AbbeVille Thurs
! day night, reached a verdict at O'clock
saturday afternoon, and to the great sur
prise or the community, Sam Wallace was
released, while Rush Wallace his half
witted brother was indicted for the MUIR
DER, with the recommendation that he be
sent to the asylum The murder occurred
before daylight Friday morning Rush
wallace had an old single-barrel shot
gun. lie slept in room by himself. Mem
Ders OF the family testified that he had
threatened Dock Wades life on account
OF a fancied injury. There was evidences
that window in his room had been rails
ca leading to the yard Fresh earth was
4 found on the window sill Rush was
asleep when the sheriff arrived. He was
SURPRISED 10 hear of the murder and de-
I al Tfc
was Indifferent from first to last. sat
urday night after the verdict of the Jury
was rendered a commission of lunacy
pronounced MIN insane and he will be sent
TO the asylum. The evidence is SLIGHT
and wholly circumstantial
Constitution: Earl w. Wright. son or
fatrolman Wright of Atlanta, had mar
and the fact that he is alive now Is atfrin,
uted TO the poor marksmanship of the
man who fired at him from ambush.
wright was returning from Grant parIS
ana was driving horse and buggy He
was alone and had no idea that he was
ABOUT 70 be the target for the bullets of
an unknown marksman As he reached
/ woodward avenue and passed the deen
| woods that skirt the street a man waIlxe5f
from the shadows and told the young
man to hold up his hands, Whipping mn
ms morse the young man made a dash
| Tor the electric light ahead AS he turned
20 see VINO the man was that had hailed
let whizzed very close to his head An.
| other flash, and the second bullet grazad
ms sleeve. The boy was terribly fright
ened and hurried into the city as fasr
as possible. The matter was reported ar
the station house and the officers will
enoeavor 70 IND who did the shooting. IL
was about midnight when the Shooting
occurred. and it was so dark that, II
could not be ascertained whether IL was
a white man or negro who did the iir-
ing. The police will investigate the ar
fair and determine, if possible, who fho
would-be. assassin was NV
When the street railway companv az
Aug uSIS Irsu contemplated extending
s sHear Harrisburg I. I line out to Lake Ohm
be running through to the lake by to-
1 day. If everything had worked together
Tor the quick completion of the extern
SION II would have been finished. hut
there We're number of obstacles. Col
Dyer said to a reporter this morninrr
mat! that ne now hoped to have the line fin2
/ lshed by the first of September. He said.
I We had hoped to have the cars rim.
/ ming regularly on the line ere this hiIt
the many rains have been something Of
/ a drawback 10 the hurried completion
/ OF the work, and then, too, the civ
changed the grade on US and It was
found necessary 70 raise a quarter Of a
mile Of track which had already been
4 placed. This stretch of track in some
/ places had to be raised as much as
/ eighteen inches. Some delay in the ar
/ rival or rails and crOssties also caused
delays. However, 1 feel certain that
/ everything VIII be IN readiness by the
first OF next month, so that we can put
/ on regular schedule TO the suburb OF
| Augusta, which / am sure will IN a short
time prove 10 be one OF the most delight
/ full" This extension has been talked
I again, and when II IS completed viii 80
greeted with Joy By those who have Au-
susias advancement al heart.
FLORIDA.
Florida has 40 cigar factories.
Tampa viii celebrate Labor day-eet,t .