The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Citizen of Brooks County Blows
out His Brains-A Sensational suit
Filed Against the management of
the keeIy Institute at Bome-suber
Claims That the Killing of the
Three Italians at Mari City Was
Done in Self Defense.
GEORGIA.
Glynn superior court convenes for the
May term on May 20.
Judge w. /. Solomon died at his home
in TWiggs county Saturday afternoon,
after a long Illness.
new postohice named Tllley, has been
established in Stewart county. 1t Is
seven miles southwest of Lumpkin on the
upper Eufaula road.
Walter T. Corbett, ex-United States
marshal for the Southern district of Geor-
gia, Will deliver the address at Anderson
vile cemetery on May 80, the national dec
Grafton day.
Stamps. who lives about five miles south
of Waco. and VINO, if he lives to see
June p, will be l0S years old, is very
sick with pneumonia and little hope is
entertained of his recovery
Petition has been filed in the superior
court al Brunswick for the incOrpOra-
ton of The Artesian Ice Manufacturing
H Hem S"Tf almadge OapS Co' of N soiT York
and A. II. Lane and Columbia Downing
of Brunswick. The capital stock is TO
be $1,000 with privilege of increase to
100000. The company viii operate the
plant Of the Brunswick Brewing Com
pany which was recently sold at public
sale.
w. W. Guess, a citizen Of Brooks coun-
ty living seven miles west of Quitman,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart with a Winchester
rifle. He was accused by his wife of
being criminally intimate with their eld-
est daughter a beautiful girl of 10. He
had been threatening TO Kill himself for
some time. Saturday morning taking his
rifle and accompanied by his two chill
dren, and s years old, he left home,
saying he was going to Kill an alligator.
When he reached the pond he sat down
on "A log and in the presence of the two
children deliberately placed the muzzle
OF his rifle to his heart and pulled the
trigger.
one of the most sensational suits that
has been filed in long time is that of
Mrs. Dougherty VS.. A. Il. Mcdaniel man
ager ct al. of the Kelley Institute at
Rome, for $4,000 damages. The suit grew
out of the tragic death Of Dock Dough-
erty, a bachelor grocery merchant of
Rome, at the Kelley institute about the
middle of January. A negro employed as
a nurse in the Jag room was discharged
from the institute shortly afterward, and
he reported that Mr.. Mcdaniel. the man
ager, had kicked and cruelty abused the
patient on the morning of the day Of
his death and at other times. This, cou-
pied with the claim of his relatives that
he had been neglected and improperly
treated at the institute. forms the ground
work of the suit The authorities of the
institute express themselves as confident
of being able to disproVe all the allega-
tons by competent witnesses.
FLORIDA.
The Barlow district conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church meets at Fort
Myers tomorrow.
The first case OF sun stroke in Florida
happened at St Petersburg last week.
Master Bonnie Bitch, while digging pota-
toes, was suddeny struck down. He is
convalescent now.
w. J. Morris & Son of Welaka ship
about 1900 pounds of catfish every day.
A few days ago they caught and ship
ped 4,000 pounds Catfish bring IL cents
per pound in Boston.
While at Key West recently Bert Gard
ner of Fort Myers engaged over 800 bush
els Of fresh guavas to be delivered this
keys south of Fort Myers.
James A. Murphy died at Switzerland,
where he has resided for the past twenty
years, Saturday afternoon. of heart di-
sease. The deceased was sc years Of age
and was a native of Ireland.
Richard Combs, of Taylor, lost his baby
Saturday evening, and ran his horse 10
his sons place. hunI9g IL. when her ne
where it had crawled and gone to sleep.
Charles w. Thompson, proprietor of the
new brick yard at Gainesville, has a large
force at work moulding brick preparatory
to burning. He has kiln of about 60, 600
which he will burn this week. He is doing
this as a test.
H b. Plant has given contract to q
Newport News company to build one OF
the finest ships that ever plOWed through
southern waters. She Will be able tc
make the trip from Tampa to Havana
in fifteen hours, and Will be ready for
business by Nov. 1 next.
-.-,- e1o7 tl,o os,,,,i4 ofo-t-,.
office at Sumterville Saturday for ~tht
sale of a forty-acre tract of hammocl
and pine land by A. B, Hakwins of Colum
bia. S. c., to Messrs. Walter Graham anC
Walter Caruthers, two young men of Sum
terville This land is especially known
for its adaptability to growing cucumbers
From Jan. 1 to April 80, of this year Their,
were eighty-six new BUILDINGS erected il
Jacksonville at a total valuation Of $751;
us, according to the contractors esti
mates. Last year the value of new build
ings amounted to about Sl.0oO,O0O There
are other new buildings in course of con
struction. which are not included in thi.
report.
c. H. Suber, who shot and killed tire,
italians in store at Marti City, neal
Ocal, a few weeks ago has written a let
ter mailed at Blitchton, in which h'
claims the killing was done in self-de
tense, as the Italians had attacked hin
with club before he fired on them. HI
says he is going to surrender TO the au
thorities.
r. P. O'NeaPs house at Morriston wa.
destroyed by fire Saturday. The fire or
ignated in the room occupied by Brown s
Hall, photographers. The cause of III,
fire is supposed to have been candle lef
burning. The loss is $500 Through tn,
assistance of friends Mr.. ONeal viii
erect another house on the same grount
in a few days.
Young Mr.. Dean of Macon. Ca, who Ia.
been stopping It the Hotel Spence at Day
tona was drowned in the surf Sunday af
fernoon. He ventured too far and wa.
caught IN an undertoW. Mr. Spence anC
ms Wife, who were bathing nearer shore
We're IN the same undertOw, ana il was
only by herculean efforts that Mr. Spence
saved himself and wife.