The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-16

order for Lumber New Norh
Bankers 10 COlOniHe Georgia
Lands with Germans-LarEe Or
ders Prom Florida Received by
Atlanta Fertilizer Manufacturers
A Laundry Wagon AbIaxe in the
streets OF Atlanta.
GEORGIA
A bale Of cotton brought 10 market on
a sleigh was one of the novelties OF the
week in Gainesville.
AT the earliest convenient time, char
1ty ball will be given by the united mil
ltsry organizations or Augusta
Ms. Charles n. H0llingsworth died
Thursday morning al IL o'clock at her
home on lower Telfair street at Augusta
VIII Simeon. white sewer engineer,
Vas asnhyNioated in ditch ar Macon
Thursday morning II is thought he viii
Two hundred and thirty-fve acres Of
good blackjack land was sold before the
court house door tn Lincoln county and
brought only $500
a good deal of work will be required 10
put the roads Of Sumter county in good
condition again. Farmers report them al
most impossible IN places, the result of
the long continued rains
The Pelzer Manufacturing Company OF
Pelzer :. G.. has placed an order al East
nan for 100000 feet of lumber for the
erection Of cotton mill. over 100000
fees of flooring Is included. which viii be
dressed 70 order al Eastman
The jury in the superior court at Col
unpus, AFTER being out two hours. We'd
nesday night brought Ia q verdict Of muir
der in the case OF I'd Walker, charged
with the Killing OF Carrie Armstrong. but
recommended him to the mercy Of the
court.
John Hoffman The young white man who
accidentally shot himself several weeks
fNf HA RON Ia Of
tects OF his wound Wednesday morning at
Lne residence, No SIC Fourth avenue at
Columbus.
The telephone line which connects
lancplnton and Washington was sold be-
fore the court house door in Washington
snd WAS bought by T.. J. Holiday for s..
me line has been out OF hN for some
Time. and has been a dead loss to the
stockholders.
AZ Macon the special committee to in
NeSusate the charges against Supt. Pas
thsi or the ebaingang. for alleged brutal
ans cruel treatment 20 the convicts made
snelf report to The grand jury Thursday.
% was fuil and complete rxoueration OF
al charges against paschal
The stock contained in the store of n. L.
Nare, 90 Columbus, well known ass THE
Hustler was sold at assignee's sale We'd
tlesqsy. The stock had been envoiced at
s-sls 40, was sold % George Ware for
700 and the tirm viii be Ware Wynn
II. l.. Ware viii manage the business.
r II. Mabry of the Southern EXPRESS
company has received many Inquiries by
tls.iiessraph from parties ia Cincinnati and
Lhlcaso, Who are DESTROYS of buying
oysters 40 Brunswick. Mr.. Mabry learns
tnat The supply OF oysters has been cut
Snort al Brunswick for some unaccount-
able reason.
The local fertilizing establishments in
sAtLanta are all receiving large orders
from Florida concerns for guano. From
lalsi there Is no doubt hat much seed
ing VII have TO be done over again IN
i he soil mil -
tlth4y tertlzed TO force the CROP Some
q the orders come from as far south as
Tampa.
The Georgia Naval Artillery Company
- BlunsWlck has elected the following
GMcers Frank D. Aiken. lieutenant: j.
& Sules, lieutenant junior grade Frank
4, Dun ensign; c. /. Elliott, ensign. No
tice OF the election has been forwa rded 10
Ad1t Gen kell. The officers chosen will
stand an examination. and will then be in
sitalled oy Lieut.. Satterlee. The organiza-
lion Of naval artillery will date from he
installation of the officers.
The city council has suspended II =
5aftiett' the chief of Thomasville's fire
q dsegertment The charge made against
70 hres and in throwing water ON me
names: brownsville has been visited bv
several disastrous CONGREGATIONS recently
ana an investigation Of the fire declared
IN order. The council took fbe enisin co
2nt, and made a test with their watches
me demonstration was unfaVorable 10 the
= eI,.,, re lheh made statement, giving
m engineer. The council, however = de-
iiqed 10 supend the chief indefinitely.
Il Is said that Missler & Krimme;t the
NeM york bankers, have recently pur-
SSnased Al,VoV acres OF valuable land near
Nctmandale, which they will cut into
TRACTS ranging from 40 10 200 acres and
VIII sell the same, or rent on reasona HE
.efmS 70 German immigrant farmers. Nor
and the surrounding section viii
pc converted into a regular German VIII
age. Vegetables, tobacco, etc will he
sI ,i' on an extensive scale, and the truck
VIII De sent TO northern markets The
enterprise of Missler a. Krimmett is
mapped out on an extensive scale Tho
" - q mere, outline of the project.
Normandale is situated on the Southern
railway short distance below Macon
Brunswick Times-Advertiser The 40
male tramp" who will be remembered nv
the IimesvAdvertiser readers, as reporf-
lhg that she walked all the way from Sa-
edHhah. mas, II Is reported, become mental
~ unsound. The woman, shortly after her
arrival here. was Charitably looked affe,
~ the Kings Daughters and given a no.
siuon as general assistant in the marine
hospital, managed by Mrs. Foley IN NV
vile. For the last few days She has haen
taIklns AZ random on a great diversity
OF SUBJECTS reciting at length the civ
cumstances and history OF the three
husbands she claims to have had ia.
insanity Is yet of mild type, but fails
70 improve. She seems to be getfiDe
further away from reason every dav r
is, believed that the woman escaned fro, ~
some lunatie asylum and wandered aim
,Iessiy over the country, finally coming to
Brunswick. ~
There have been, since the organization
OF the county in 1922, only two hangings in
lfaH. Both of them We're legal execu-
lions. The first hanging occurred in 1Ss9
ana TOOK place on the hill south Of fhe
MethodlSt church near the old Whelchel
place The eulprtt was Corntassel an In
dlan, who killed a fellow Indian near
ksrown,s Bridge. Just across the river
from gainesville was the Indian nation.
put the state exercised jurisdiction he.
YONG IT'S confines in the nation. Corntassel
was hanged on huge oak tree He was
Dufled IN the middle of what is now
6fad1ora street, near the residence OF
Judge j. b. Estes. For many years after
Sae warrior had gone to the other hunt
ING gfounds the superstitious persisted in
ths Delef that his spirit haunted the place.
And next, IN 1872, a negro was hanged
not lar from the site of the present
SsalnssVllie College building His name
Wss BYRD Brooks, and he was sentenced
70 death Tor rape. No white man was
ever executed in Hall county.
Atlanta Journal. A strange scene was