The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-01

SOn-A Negro Child Murdered hy
Poison at Newborn-A Weaver in
Pursuit. OF His Runaway wife.
GEORGIA.
The Masons OF Marietta have organized
a council Of Royal and Select Masons.
The Georgia State Dental Society will
meet at Andian Spring or june 18th. and
will be I'm session until the evening Of the
18th
Mr.. Campbell Of the Southern Historical
Society Is at Lexington interviewing the
Oh serflerE iu TcfcrC nee to the early his
tory of the county.
Hon. ". u. Amos. one Of the most prom
inent citizens in that section Of the state.
died al Forsyth Wednesday night after
several weeks illness
The manufacturing industries Of Column
bus are 10 be handsomely represented At
the Cotton States and International EX-
position at Atlanta next fall.
judge Gilbert j. Wright of Forsyth IS
not expected % live. he was at one time
judge Of the Albany circuit and has many
friends throughout The state
Jim Lawrence. colored. shot and killed
himself an TOWoliga while foOliug with
g Smith & Wcsson pistol IL was supposed
10 have been accidentally done
Claude Rowe Of Lexington. who was Sc
rlonsly cut with a knife IN the right eye
last week during quarrel by Henry Ar
mold, IS now ~ Atlanta, under treatment.
Sixteen employees OF the J. r. White
a bicycle club known as the White Cy-
cling Club. They have ordered sixteen
Columbia bicycles.
The jackson building an the corner OF
Alabama and Pryor streets at Atlanta,
the property OF Capt. Henry Jackson. Is
10 be remodeled and run as a hotel On
the European plan.
William McEwen Johnston has purchas-
ed for $4,000 the handsome Nussbaum
building corner Cherry and Third streets
at Macon. He bought the property of Nor
ris Harris for the American National
Bank.
In the United States court at Atlanta
Thursday mistrial was ordered I'm the case
OF Daniels against the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. Mr.. Daniels was injur-
ed az talera several months ago and sued
Tor $4,000 damages.
Benjamin S Trapper Of Marietta was
stricken with apopleNy in the reception
room OF the Aragun hotel at Atlanta
Wednesday, from the effects of which he
uled early Thursday morning. He
was a member of a prominent family
His father. who resides in Charleston, is
prominent minister.
The Americas GuauO Company held their
annual stockholders meeting Wednesday
at which a very satisfactory exhibit OF the
past years business was made. The output
Of fertilizer was 1900 tons for the past year
John NJ. Green, Of Atlanta. was reelected
president and Frank Sheffield. Of the Bank
OF Commerce, secretary and treasurer with
the same board Of directors.
Commissions have been issued from the
adlutant generals office 10 the following
officers: i. q. x. Bell to Doe captain of the
Macon Hussarsi b. A. White to be first
lieutenant and q. l.. SnOWden, to be sec
oDd lieutenant, T. G.. Crawford TO be first
lieutenant of the Clarke Rifles, and Joshua
Hill OF Madison, to be battalion adjutant
OF the Third Georgia regiment.
The case of the state VS.. Charles Allen
for the killing Of Paul Hin Slaide occupied
the attention OF the court at Dawson all
day Thursday. Judge Bower is presiding
The defense made a hard fight to post
pone the case and also asked to have
mistrial ordered because juror was sud-
denly taken sick just as the panel was
complete. Aliens counsel is trying to prove
case. Of self-defense.
At Newborn last Sunday evening the
i-year-old child of Lizzie Head, a negro
woman, died very suddenly Ii was bur
led and nothing was said about its sud
den death until Wednesday, when the
woman had a warrant issued for her hus-
band, Lee Head who had made threats
TO kill the child. Coroner McCord sum
moned jury an held an inquest over the
dead BODY and, upon examination, il was
proved that the child died from poison
given IL by the husband. who left as
Is still at large.
Tom Spinner, who passed through Rome
Thursday In search of his missing wife
tells romantic tale Of woe. He says that
ne has been in pursuit of her ever since
Christmas, when she eloped with another
weaver from the Danyille Va. cotton
mills, the man deserving a wife and two
most beautiful woman in the world, and
he Is bound to have her if she can be
found. They had lived together seven
years when she deserted him, but had no
children. lie had but little money when
ne started, and that was soon exhausted
but patiently he persisted in the pursuit
and in Atlanta he was only a few hours
Dehind the guilty pair He left Rome for
Raccoon mills in Chattooga county count
ing the crossties and feeling confident he
would run them to earth at that place.
he wants his wife back and wants re-
Venge on his abductor.
Atlanta Journal: Under the amended
city charter, on July !, the system of he
handllng or the city money will be chang
ed entirely. For years the plan has been
70 place an moneys IN the hand of the
CITY treasurer, who, under a proper bond
was allowed to place the amount in the
hands of whatever bank he chose. The
account of the city is at present as n
has for some time, been with the Lowry
Banking Company, and Yesterday he
treasurer had in his hands nearly 800 00O
Under the amendment to the city charter
II IL were now IN force, the Lowry Bank
ing Company would have only 500 500 and
then would have to pay interest to tine
city on that sum, while this same amour,
would be deposited under similar condi
tons with three other local banks Re
turning 70 the section of the amended
cnArter. however, 1t is there provided that
after the first Monday in July, 1896 the
deposit OF money in the hands Of the CITY,
treasurer shall be regulated as follows
whenever the funds in the treasurer's
hands exceed 5000 such sum shall be de-
posted in four chartered banks of dis
count and deposit in as nearly as equal
proportions as practicable The selection
of these repositories is not within tht
province of the treasurer but shall he
designated by the mayor and city council
The banks selected shall be those. whicn
other things being equal, shall pa TO the
city the best rate of interest For the
funds which are thus placed on deposlt
the treasurer nor his bond securities shall
be liable. The money shall be withdrawn
on warrants regularly issued by the MAYOR
and city council, signed by the city con-
troller. The treasurer shall not be allow
ed to withdraw money on its own motion.
but 1t shall be done through the channels
which have been above designated.
FLORIDA.
The knights of Pythias of Milton are
erecting a very fine hail. which will be
ready in about thirty days.
1t is estimated that the tomato crop of
the Manatee section will be worth 5000 O0O
about half of which has already been
shipped.
Sheriff James Weeks of Green Cove
Springs, who for personal reasons re-