The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

dictate 10 Purchase the Georgia
Southern and Florida ROad-A
Practical Joke Ends in Negroes
Serious Injury.
GEORGIA
A movement is on foot TO organize
a new telephone exchange in Rome
John C. Keirbow died from paralysis
At his home al Atlanta Thursday. He was
a years OF age
The trial at Atlanta Of the Morley
whitecap case has been postponed until
Monday week
An unsuccessful attempt was made 20
burglarize Dr. Mark JOhuston's residence
late Wednesday night az MilledSeville.
Mr.. BrourOn. proprietor Of the Victoria
hotel at Athens has leased the CONNER
cial in the same city and will run both
houses.
The Hawkinsvnle District African
Methodist Episcopal church conference
will convene at Hawkinsvihe on Wednes-
day, March 2.
The trial Of Mrs George Ring on the
charge OF assault and battery on Eula
Cowan VIII take place al Macon next
Monday in the city court
Capt. a. Y. Beaten died at his home At
Abbeyille Wednesday from paralysis, this
making his eleventh stroke. He was a
little over = years OF age.
High waters from the recent rains have
just began to reach points on the Central
railroad between Macon and savannah.
No trouble is apprehended from IL, how
ever
The efforts OF the officers Of the Fifth
regiment TO organize two full battaliOns
IN Atlanta are meeting with success The
nrst company already has a membership
or twenty three men
4 fruit farm containing 30 acres Of
land near Fort alley was sold last week
10 DR.. Boyiss OF Dayton, %. The new
owner VII build q residence IN the place
and move there with his family
The children o. Nrs. J. T. Cannon of
Atlanta have brought suit against the
Sou-1zru railway for her DEATH she was
ilE 1G1 -1s s--- claims -Llt 90 was be-
cause e Reckless thinning
-Azn- EE1rrts- Tartr1uzh. an old col
erred VcU.l1 lTi-g tl q cabin on the farm
trtrr af 1lrW cr-i9. was burned 70
tea "A s1 aar t-sa last week Her cloth
EE gst4 -rCZ an cpel IRE place
There r--lr ll lumber circles 10
fts saf- t1l- saEeral OF the largest
MINIS e -1e state have entered COM
rl-e WIZ A---sV-z man as manager,
Wr-- 1Ha1 ar-s-s az Brunswick Moth
trE -Eza las been learned as yet
A Meeting OF the executive committee
a. the international Association OF Fire
Chiefs has been called for April = az At
laHta By Chief J1yler Of Atlanta. who Is
chairman OF that committee. The COM
Imi1tse il compose OF a number Of the
leading IRE chiefs in the country
The Hunt Shoe Company OF Macon has
hled the following Mortgages; j. w. Ca
haniss, cashier Exchange Bank 800; J.
s. Budd, Sl35; 8irs. Carrie Lawton. $780,
l.. w. Hunt, 5000; total, 81 1875. These
mortgages have been recorded in the
court
a few days ago, near Joyners Mill, in
Pulaski county, two boys aged respectively
and II years, sons Of J. Il. Jones and
James Mutt, killed a large hawk with
stick as II flew down and struck at q dog
near where they were at play. The
hawk measured four feet from the tip Of
one wing TO the other
Near Forsyth Wednesday night. near
Juliette, Bailiff Lee Edwards was knocked
from his horse and murderOusly assaulted
shot and robbed by two negro highway
men. Mr.. Edwards was on his way to
Juliette, after spending the day collect
ing tax n fas, and had S63 on his person
when attacked. The negroes escaped.
John Booth, who was appointe re-
ceiver for the Athens Oil Mill and Fer
ulizer Company, has given bond and TAX
en- charge of the business. The assets
amount to about S56 900 and the liabili-
ties to less than $1,000. The appointment
OF q receiver was asked only to wind
up the affairs of the company.
Only AIS tons OF commercial fertilizers
have been received at Perry this year,
against i,l0sIs tons received last year OF
the amount charged to Perry this season
about so tons belong to parties near Myr-
tie. The last shipment received in 1894
was on April 4. but the greater portion
of the guano was received before March l.
The correspondent of the Morning News
az Cochran, under date Of March p, says:
&c. +. Stubs, one Of Pulaskfs largest
land owners and a leading citizen of
Cochran, who was head Of the large mer-
camille hrm of Stubs, Thompson &
Co, died Thursday at O'Clock. The re-
day"
Judge Speer has resumed the hearing
a. Macon Thursday Of the suit of the Lu-
bricating Oil Company of Pennsylvania
vs.. Central railroad for SIS, 600 and breach
o. contract. The Central makes an off,
set 70 the claim by charging that the
plaintiff guaranteed that by the use Of
It's Oil the Central would make a saving
of 10 per cent. The Central saws ii has
not realized this saving.
Lawson Bragg, who lives in the upper
part OF ,Sereven county, accidentally shot
Milford. his 2-year-old son, last Satur-
DAY Bragg Is a blacksmith, and had an
old pistol which be had repaired and not
thinking that 1t was loaded, he was show
ing his son how IL worked since he had re-
paired II, and IL went of, and happen
ing TO be polluted toward his son. it Shot
a bullet through his breast. The bali
passed through a lung and lodged, II Is
supposed, IN his shoulder blade. The
wound is dangerous one.
some OF the leading working men Of
Macon talk Of organizing a syndicate to
purchase the Georgia Southern and Flor
lua road. They say they can get an or
sanzatlon OF 300 men to enter this pro-
Ject. The idea is TO operate the road on
the cooperative plan. and manage II on
me lowest economical basis possible
they propose paying low salaries until
the earnings of the property warrant in
creased pay. The promoters Of the scheme
seem very much in earnest, and think
their scheme entirely practicable.
Hon. r. ]. Redding of the state expert
ment farm at Griffin reports the creamery
TO be In a hourishing condition, turning
out cheese that cannot be exceIled any
where. Mr.. Redding is enthusiastic over
the present out look for an unusually fine
fruit crop. The trees in his section he
says, are just beginning to bud, but not
a one, not even the plum bushes are in
bloom. There are more fruit buds on the
trees than he has seen for a number
of years, and he says the present out
look is that there win be one of the
biggest fruit crops in Georgia this year
that has ever been seen here
Bids for the stock OF goods in The Fair
at Atlanta, the establishment of Samuel
Thanh6user, which was recently placed
in the hands of a receiver, were opened
in the superior court Thursday by Judge
Lumpkin, and the goods, outside of the
identified portion of the stock,
were awarded to Miller Bros
who purchased the stock of D. III,
Dougherty from the Clanins. As there
was a large portion Of the stock that
had been Identified Judge Lumpkin or
dered that the bids be separated and