The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-25


ing 90 Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Counterfeit silver dollars are in circu-
lation at Americus.
An amateur photographers association
is the latest organization for Brunswick.
There is a project on foot to have a mill
tary encampmCnt at Macon, during the
Peach carnival
AT Macon nearly every day there is some
transaction in real estate. Property is con-
stantly changing hands which shows "A re-
vival in business and an upward tendency
IN the real estate market.
J. II. Rainey was arrested in Lexington
Wednesday. He killed a negro in Wilkes
county several months ago. but it was sup
posed that he had left the state. He got
IN the alteration over the sale Of a pistol
Henry Ernest Wilkes the 1O-year-old son
OF Frank Wilkes OF Atlanta was badly hurt
Wednesday afternoon by being thrown
from SWING in the yard a his home. one
of his shoulders was dislOcated. one knee
joint badly hurt and one rib broken.
Judge r. d. Hardaway of Thomaston
died Thursday morning at O'Clock. He
was sick with drOpsy OF the heart for
many years. He was a leading member
of the local bar and was twice appointed
} }ydse OF the county court in Epson e0un-
James A. Davis. president OF the At
lanta Water Wheel Company. is accused
by =. NJ. Whitehead and Linder & Clark,
OF Dublin, OF selling them turbine wheels,
receiving payments on accounts and fail
ing up to date TO deliver the wheels. The
matter will be fought out in the courts.
1t is quite probable that the Houston
county teachers will be Joined in their
annual institute by the teachers of Ma
con and Taylor counties. Commissioner
Dew says arrangements have been about
completed for the institute to be held at
June IL.
About fourteen miles from Brunswick, on
the South Brunswick Terminal railroad.
an aged gentleman named Taylor IS in
the merchandise business. Late Monday
night burly negro entered the store and
threatened to Kill the proprietor unless he
handed over all the cash. which was
promptly done by the old man. The amount
was SIS. The thief also carried off two
Winchester rifles and two fine pistols.
In the superior court at Macon Wednes-
day in the case Of AlecS Mcbride vs.. Geor-
gia Southern and Florida railroad for SIS
900 damages, verdict was rendered for
the defendant Mcbride claimed that he
was kicked off the train by a conductor
for not having ticket, though he offered
70 pay his fare in cash. In falling one OF
his legs was run over by the car wheels
and had to be amputated. Mcbride could
not sustain his allegations.
The desk which was used by Mrs Potter
Palmer al the Worlds Fair will be sent to
Mrs. Joseph Thompson to use during the
Atlanta exposition. The desk in question
was carved by a young woman Of North
Carolina and is not only beautiful from an
artistic point, but is interesting as a his
torical relic. The gavel that Mrs. Thomp-
is made of wood from Gen. Jackson's old
home and is sent by Mrs. Donaldson Of
Tennessee.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Barnesville Underwear mills has been held
and new officers and board of directors
elected. At the meeting the following gem
tlemen We're elected: President, d. Kauf-
man. vice president, j. w. Hanson; secre-
tary and treasurer. B. W. Elder; board of
directors, d. Kaufman, J. W. Hanson. b
w. Elder, Joseph Hirsch. r. L. Swatts
Nj l.. fa hf
purpose of the new organization to in
crease the capacity Of the mill to double
what II now is.
The Phenix City Railway Company.
which viii operate electric lines In Phenix
City and Girard Ala, just across the river
from Columbus, has been organized, the
majority of the officials and members OF
the board of directors being similarly con
nected with the Columbus Railroad Com
pany. The Phenix City Railway Company
Will begin at once the erection of two
lines, one to extend down the river into
Girard, and the other out to the plant OF
the Chattahoochee Brewery, west OF Pie
nix City. park will be arranged at the
brewery, and il is possible that a beer
garden may also be established there.
One day in the near future Clerk II. NJ.
Broadwell and Editor George d. RucLxer
OF the Alpharetta Free Press, will have
chopping contest. They have agreed to
the contest and have placed in +. NJ. Ram
seys hands IS forfeit to be paid to the
winning. party if one or the other of them
should back out. The contest is as fol-
lows: II. NJ. Broadwell and George d.
Rucker have agreed to cut stove-wood
ten hours, the wood to be cut belonging to
Rucker. If Broadwell shall cut as much
wood in the ten hours as Rucker cuts in
the same time, then Rucker is TO pay
Broadwell 50 for his days work; but il
Rucker shall cut more wood than Broad
well, then BroadwelPs days work is to
cost Rucker nothing.
A fine milch cow the property of w. ID
King, of Tweed, came to its death in a GU
rious manner one day last week. While
grazing In the woods the bell knocker was
lost and Mr.. King wanted to replace an
other bell on it's neck. His son threw her
TO the ground with the agility of a Texas
cowboy and roped her securely. She
couldn't bear this familiarity and began to
kick like a wild broneho. driving her horns
deep In the earth, paving and rolling from
side to side and making fight at the boys
every time they approached. Whenever
they moved their positions she would go
through the same hysterical evolutions
She continued this until death relieved her
agonies.
An independent steamboat company has
been formed at Apalachicola, having at its
head William Gaines and Horace Pryor
In the near future the company will
build and put upon the river a boat Of
light draught to ply between Albany and
Apalachicola. 1t win be constructed some
what after designs exceptionally service
able in low water. The boat will be built
on this plan especially for the traffic above
cambridge, as that portion of the Flint
river during the low water season is quite
dangerous, and at periods of the year al
most unnaVlgaDle, during which time she
viii also be put on the Chattahoochee
The machinery has been purchased and
delivered and work upon the craft will
be pushed rapidly forward toward compile
ton.
James McAlpin, a young man, who lives
in. East Macon with his widowed mother
ana invalid sister, persists in starving him.
self forty days and nights, because Jesus
tasted His whole life is now devoted to
wandering in the swamps and attending
church. All attempts to turn him from his
strange resolution to fast have proven use
less He says Jesus Christ tasted and he
Us just as good as Christ. Young McAlpin
was for a number of years employed at the
harness mandatory of Bernd & Co, and
earned good income, from which he sup
ported his mother and sister in East Macon
and was to them a great comfort. For
some time he has been out of employment
and the family are in very much reduced
circumstances.
At McRae Thursday the coroner's jury
in the case of L. l.. Williams killed by dep
uty marshals last Monday, while sleeping
on his sons piazza, rendered verdict OF
murder in the first degree. The evidence
showed that Williams was shot while lying
down, with newspaper over his face, and
the first knowledge he had of the pres
ence of the marshals was a Winchester
ball in his head. Eighty-two bullets were