The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18


GEORGIA
President GEORGE NJ. Crimson OF the Still
more Air Line j. progresslnE IncIt WIN
his road from Stillm0re 10 SFainesooro.
Arrangement are now being made Pc put
TWO large canning factories iu Fort Aal-
les just as soon as the peach crop Tor
This year Is d certainty.
The three star PLAYERS OF the old Au-
sus'a ball team-hllS German ana
Stafford-haVe signed contracts with the
New Yorks, TO play the following season.
J. H. Heery d Co. of ReidsVille have
purchased OF Henry Eyals lot one half
acre ia size, facing the court house square
and will erect at once a large store for
their own use.
John J. Dorsey of sunny Side. in Spald-
ing county. was attacked by an Infatuated
hull last Thursday evening, ana haq one
Of his arms broken, besides receiving a
number Of bruises.
An ordinance to make the tax for cigar
cite selling 800. was introduced az the
meeting Of council at Aontezuma last
Wednesday night. and viii Doe passed upon
at the next meeting OF that body.
Congressman Cabaniss has been in For
syth several DAYS. The main purpose OF
his visit to Georgia az this time was 20
assist in the defense of Richard Ross'
charged with the murder of his father-in-
law
The entire stock of r. L. 1lcComb &
GO. of Alilledgevilie, whose store was re-
Gently closed by the shefH under mort
gage foreclosure at the Instance Of the
Milledgeville Banking Company VIII be
sold at public cutlery on Feb. 20
Announcement was made Friday al Co
iumbus Of the marriage OF Charles W al
ton. city editor Of the Euqulrer-Sun, and
Miss Mary Prcer, young lady of that
city- The marriage was "a secret one. 1t
occurred on Iueday evening, Feb. 8.
The residence of Capt James Clark
about four miles south Of Hamilton was
totally destroyed by fire Friday, together
home "a .
posed to have been the work of inCen-
diaries. Nothing was saved.
A correspondent writes as follows from
Center, Decatur county The snow aver
ages about eight inches all over the land.
Great damage is done 10 stock on the
range. The cat crop is totally ruined. lt
Is said by the oldest inhabitants that this
Is the coolest weather they have ever eN-
perienced In this section.
quite a good joke has been played on
Congressman Lon Livingston at ClarSs-
ton. The colonel IL Is said, wrote "a DEM
ocrat as he thought. for list of names
TO whom to send seed, but his man proved
70 be a populist. When the seeds We're
handed out by the postmaster it was
wondered why all this favoritism.
A. NJ. Reinhardt of Atlanta filed Friday
deeds for record for property worth S21 $40
70 various parties. II IS said that during
the boom times of 1891 Mr. Roinhardt
bought a great deal OF uuimprOved prop
ertv on credit al the high prices then pre-
vailing. Since then the financial depres-
that he Is unable TO sell and IS forced to
make a general assignment OF all his
property. which Is said to be worth $75,-
As Alderman Theo. NJ. Foley Of Column
bus was going 10 dinner Friday. he was
bit on the temple with snow ball thrown
BY Albert Jenkins, and knocked down. The
accident was unintentiOnal on MT Jen-
kins part, but nevertheless, inflicted a
serious wound on MIR. Foleys head. He
was near his home when the accident oc-
fenFF ~ fsa4rs afrtHs
when medical attention was summoned
AT last reports he was resting quietly.
and though the wound is not "a serious
one, II Is very painful.
The quarries of the Blue Diamond Gran
ne company at Hutchinson on the Athens
branch Of the Georgia road, owned by Au-
gusta parties, had been sold to Neuable
Brothers of Atlanta who own and operate
large granite works At Stone Mountain
The Blue Diamond Granite Company Is
an Augusta concern, of which Joseph r.
Lamar IS president. The principal owners
are AesSrs. Charles Estes, r. G.. Burum
John r. Schneider, H. H.. Claussen, n
Markwalter r. 5. johnson and others,
An accident occurred at Augusta satur-
day morning, where Cumming street
crosses the Georgia railroad tracks The
outgoing fast train had been delayed in
waiting on the Atlantic Coast Line and in
order to catch up with the schedule the
rate OF speed usually observed in passing
through the city was considerably in
creased. On board the train was A q.
Hargrove, who had boarded the cars at
the union depot, intending to ride up TO
Cumming street and alight. This he at
tempted to do, but the increased speed
OF the train and the slippery snow covered
ground caused him to fall with awful
force, where he lay unable to rise. IT de-
yeloped that his left leg was broken and
the left eye probably destroyed.
Griffin Call: Farmers all over Georgia
appear to have resolved to let guano
alone this year Reports from Southern
has hfn
lively no orders given for guano, and
mat the farmers propose to try one crop
a. least without it, Other sections say
the receipts this year Will be as q wagon
load to a carload in former years. There
mas been received at the Central freight
depot here this season l02 tons while a +
the Georgia Midland and Gulf not -
pound has been handled. Last wear there
were $40 tons received over the Central
Georgia Midland. These figures furnish
correct estimate as to the extent that
guano will be used in Spalding county.
Meldrim Guidon: Last Thursday night
while the wind was blowing almost a eaIe'
the thermometer running down al the ratss
of tve degrees an hour and eVsrttbint
freezing, making it the worst night on
IseoIa' a poor tramp performed a deed,
Whch, II II had been done by what the
world calls gentleman, would have been
heralGed TO the four quarters of the earth
by the press associations. After the Shoe
ny nad goEe up a large tree fell across
the track of the Central, about a roiIe
ABOVE Eden, making a dangerous obstTrc-
ton which would have wrecked the FIRST
train passing. This obstruction was fn1In5
by q poor tramp. What did he do? Did he
ne N wait for the Atlanta passenger ira In
which would be along in a short while IN
order to rob the manned and dying passen-
gers, as tramps are supposed to do? No
ne did nothing of the kind. He made All
haste to reach Eden, the nearest statien
ana hunted up Agent Crawford and mott
ned him of the accident. There is no teIe
graph ONCE at Eden, and the agent knew
he would not have time to notify the
section foreman and the telegram office
ct Meldrim both. The tramp again o.
fered his services and carried the mes
SAGE to Meldrim, and the night passenoer.
train, with its human freight went safely
through the passengers never KNOWING
they had probably been saved the horrors
OF an awful accident by the PROMPT action
OF only poor old bum"
The assault made by two men on Mrs
Mary ellis, sixteen miles from Dublin
mention OF which was made in the dis.
patches of the Morning News was a most
outrageous one. About dark on MondaI-
Mrs. ellis had Just finished cooking bsr
supper, and placed IL before the fire To
keep II warm as she was expecting her
husband from his work every minnie
when suddenly she heard a loud knockin9
at the door. She opened 1t caufionsixS
Two men pushed it open and forced their
way past her into the house Both were
under the influence of whisky and Oh
serving the GIRLS nd w.