The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

in I5S5-Harmony Groves New
school BuiIdfng-A Case in Court at
BIairsvine Ends in the Marriage OF
the Parties 10 the Litigation.
GEORGIA.
The annual meeting of the Royal Area
mum of Georgia VIII he held in Rome on
May J.
The fruit farms in Houston. under the
management of Capt j. y. James, will
soon be connected by telephone
Richard Murray is under arrest at
Bucna Vista charged with the murder Of
Tom Goodwin several months ago
J. c. T. Baker, the lumberman who was
badly burned during the destruction of
his home at Atlanta Saturday, is still at
the Grady Hospital The physicians are
unable 10 decide whether or not he viii
live.
The citizens OF Harmony Grove have
voted the trustees of the academy $500
worth of bonds to add 10 the money they
will get from the insurance company 10
erect the new school building. This VIII
make in all about 5000.
It is reported that chair factory is TO
be established at Augusta. The chairs
are 10 be made I'm the rough here They
are then TO be sent north where the finish
ing touches are TO be put on before they
are placed on the market.
The Alpharetta Free Press says: y.
n. Doris Of Crabapple lost a fine yong
mule on Wednesday. The mule was in
"A stable, and having fastened its legs in
a crack. reeled and fell against the side
Of the stable and broke its neck
The Fulton county commissioners viii
not authorize the employment of physi-
clans to examine into the condition Of Alex
Carr. The physicians 10 examine his con-
diton and testify before the ordinary at
the trial for lunacy on Thursday VIII have
to be appointed by the ordinary.
Two weeks ago "a small terrier dog ran
through Cave Spring swapping and Snarl-
ing at everything in his way. Before be-
ILL led N.HH NsNs
and other animals. among them mich
COW owned by DR. W. :. Culbertson. A
few days ago the cow went mad.
A curious old custom exists in White
county, and has been put into effect al
ready this year. It is the chastisement
of tardy road workers by their fellow la
borers. Three or four men were tanned"
on p certain road on Wednesday. and the
overseer himself got few stripes for be-
ing late at work.
Macon is to have ball league all Of her
own and II Is to be formed at once Young
men of Nineville. Huguenin Heights and
of the Young Mems Christian AssOcia-
ton have taken hold of the matter ana
their plans have already progressed suf-
hciently to make the formation Of
league certainty.
The Early County News states: "Ru-
NOR says that the verdict in the Neal
lister case in Fort Gaines last week win
have important bearing upon the collec-
tion of the policies. of insurance upon Hy-
ats life. The policy contain a provision
Voiding the insurance II the insured be
killed while fighting"
The Oldest man In White county Is
Henry Turner, who lives about two miles
from town. If he lives until July he will
be 9S years old. He is very feeble. but
persists IN trying to do some farm work
He Is veteran miner and has dug thou
sands of pennyweights of gold out of the
ground in that county
The directors of the Harmony Grove
cotton mills recently decided to buy sixty
more looms, dnd also to put on a night
force of hands and run the factory night
and day. Goods are being shipped from
Maine to Mexico. The min is considerably
behind with its orders, but Will now be
able to fill all orders promptly on arrival
of the new looms and the In crease in the
force of hands.
AT Milledgeville. the dummy has again
ceased to run, and now those who only
have dime are compelled to walk to and
from the, depot. The lesses have sur
rendered the lease contract to the trus-
tees for the bondholders and now the old
capital railroad is advertised TO be sold
at PUBLIC sale to the highest bidder
ninety days from April /. There seems
to be little idea as to who will buy or
what Will be done with the line after
July ].
The correspondent Of the Morning News
at Alapaha writes as follows: young
crops are coming up and looking healthy
and fine. The appearance of the people
mas improved with the bright prospects
for the future Everybody seems to have
something to do, and is doing it with a
Will. We can now safely calculate on an
abundant fruit crop. The fruit trees have
such an abundant growth of leaves. that
should slight frost come, the young
fruit would be sufficiently protected to
insure nearly a full crop. Oats in this sec
ton VIII be almost an entire failure, but
the farmers viii plant the land in corn
and raise more hogs for another year"
"A hshing party from Madison went over
TO Black Lake, several miles east of Mil
ledgeville, the other day and returned
through Miledgeville, going back sun
day They told of a somewhat startling
incident on their expedition During their
last days fishing the party found an IN
known negro mired uD so deep in the
mud he could not get out The negro told
them he. had been there since last Fri
day. making his stay in the mud five
days and nights. and when found was
hardly able to walk after being pulled out
of the mire. The negro said he had he
come lost and attempted to cross the
swamp, miring uD to his shoulders and
was not able to get out. The negro
name is not known.
Union superior court was in session a.
BlalrsYiile last week. Judge Kimsey pre-
sided The most important criminal "a So
on the docket was that of the state against
al of Miss Alice Cobb. The parties in the
case are members of the most prominent
and wealthy families in that section of
Georgia. More than 40 witnesses We're sworn
by the defense, but the very closest eN-
animation failed to show even the sliphf-
est thing detrimental to the young ladys
AaAsNA COUNSEL
for Rich made the young lady an offer
OF marriage on behalf of his client. which
was accepted, and Judge Kimsey was
asked to perform the ceremony. Judge
Klmsey stated that it gave him great
pleasure to be present at that particular
marriage, and that the young man ought
TO be proud of a wife who had shown such
a character by witnesses brought into
the. court house for the purpose of al
tacking II. The defendant was required
10 give bond for the young lady's main
tenance for five years.
Atlanta Journal: Carl Berger, a caterer
of No 10 East Thirty-third street New
York, has written to Chief Connolly ask
ing for the arrest of Mrs. Minnie Jordan
who is said to have lived in this CITY al
one time. and who IS the divorced wife Of
DR.. Seth n. Jordan of Columbus ca
1t seems that Mrs. Jordan was recentiv
arrested in New York on charge of sho6-
lifting. As soon as she was arrested she
sent for Mr.. Berger, who is a warm friend
and fellow Mason of DR. Jordan's. and
asked that he go on her bond for $500
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False Statements and Misrepresen-
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