The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
Nrws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


caped From Captivity, Throw
themselves on Each Others Necks
on Meeting Unexpectedly at the
atIanta ExpOsitiOn-A Bible Pick
ed Up Among the Dead and Dying
On the Battlefield of Petersburg,
Now in Possession of Georgian.
GEORGIA.
A movement is on foot to erect a cot
TN factory at Eatontun.
Edward Cohen of Macon broke his arm
a1I ruptured blood vessel by a fail on
Friday.
" cen Rome and Atlanta has been COM
piet5d.
The Montgomery county grand jury
viii commend the establishment of
county court
A Jewish paper viii very shortly be is
sued in Atlanta, and be edited by George
~. Markers.
John L. sutton and w. J. Swinson have
bought out G. G. Hogon at Washington,
and viii conduct general merchandise
business.
Judge Adamson bought the property of
Prof A. c. Reese on Maple street at Car
rolton last Tuesday at public sale. 1t
brought N,UlO.
win Morrow. desperate, who killed
the sheriff Of Gordon county three years
ago has been captured in the mountains
Of North Georgia.
James Brock of Athens, out of work
and with no money, attempted suicide
Thursday, by drinking an ounce of lauda-
mum. He did not die.
T. B. Pace will close out his mercantile
business at Cochran and move to Halle
hurst, where he has an interest with his
brother in an extensive turpentine deal.
The general judiciary committee of the
Senate will report adversely on the bill OF
Senator Long to create an insurance com
missioner and give him the power to fix
insurance rates.
The judiciary committee of the House of
Representatives has unanimously report
ed a bill recommending that the question
of abolshing the county court OF Houston
county be submitted to a vote of the people
Of that county.
As a sequel Of litigation, which has been
pending at Atlanta FOR some time, the
George Holiday Lumber Company has
filed mortgage for $5,5JO IN faVor OF
Moody & Brewster, covering the entire
plant on Peters street.
Frank Trammell colored. Of Gainesville
was convicted in the United states circuit
court at Atlanta Friday of violating the
postal laws and sentenced by Judge New
man to two years at hard labor in the
Columbus, o., penitentiary.
Mrs. w. W. Baldwin of Marshallville,
who was so badly burned last week, died
Friday. She did not regain consciousness
sufficient to know that she had been
burned but knew that she had lost her
eyesight and frequently asked how she
had been hurt.
A Southern railroad switch engine ran
into an electric car at the Mcdaniel street
crossing at Atlanta Friday, and knocked
il off the tracks. The car was crowded
at the time. The wife of a colored preach
er named Thobbs was hurt, and several
other passengers on the car were badly
shaken up and bruised.
A telegram from Cincinnati was re-
ceived at police headquarters at Atlanta
Friday announcing the arrest in that city
of Adolphus Badger, a negro wanted in
n a q hQ roo M mn 90 ~
and another negro named Will Bruce
killed Earl Beatie in a street fight on
Houston street on July last.
Jim Love the negro who is wanted for
the murder of Simon Slater in Bulloch
county last January, was seen on last
Saturday by party who met him on the
Emit walking leisurely up and down the
public road in broad daylight. and within
six miles of where superior court was in
session.
Col. w. r. Rankin of Gordon will be in
the race for congress from the Seventh
district as an opponent OF Judge John w.
zle to his friends is how he is going to
get out of the charge of having sided with
the populists during the last election,
when DIR. FELTON, opposed Maddox.
Hugh Whitner, while showing some Wis
itors at the electric light plant at Elber-
ton the modus operandi of the dynamo and
machinery had a current of electricity
strike his right hand, completely paralyz-
ing the whole arm and side. His hand was
severely burned. but has as yet given him
no pain as there is no feeling in either
the hand or arm.
c. I. Grower, formerlg of the Quitman
Free Press, and &c. A. Grower, up to a
snort time ago assistant cashier of the
State Bank of Florida at Jacksonville,
which position he resigned three weeks
ago, have formed a co-partnership under
the firm name of Grower & Co., for the
purpose Of CONDUCTING a general insur-
ance business in Florida, with Jackson
Vile as Headquarters.
After the battle at Ream's Station, near
petersburg, Aug. 70, 1868, j. Il. Hunter or
Quitman, while walking among the dead,
dying and wounded, saw beautiful leath-
or covered, very small, Bible near ted-
eral soldier, who had just died. He picked
up the little Bible and has it yet. On one
ing: Mr.. c. =. MOrrisons book-only a
small present to you from Julia. >"
George Brown, about p years old, who
lived several years about four miles from
Jefferson, went out to the cotton patch
last Wednesday to finish picking field
Of GOTTEN. He carried his gun along, say
ing he would go hunting after he finished
the cotton picking. Late that evening he
was found in the cotton house dead, with
the contents of one BARREL of the gun
ln his breast. The verdict Of the eoron-
er's jury was that he committed suicide.
lie was a young man OF moral habits,
and the cause of his act is unknown.
Mir and Mrs c. h Bair reached Macon
Thursday night. after having journeyed
IN a wagon all the way from Iowa City,
Ia, a distance of LOO miles. They We're
five weeks and three days making the
trip. stopping occasionally to examine
farming lands with view to purchasing.
Mrs. BARS father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H King, live in Macon, and,
after reaching Georgia without being suit
ed, they decided to complete the journey
to Macon. Mr.. Bair is quite q, wealthy
citizen of Iowa City but likes the south
ern climate, and is seeking home in
Dixie"
A young man suspected of being Harvey
Wilson, wanted in Floyd county on a
charge of murder, was arrested at At
lanta Friday by Frank Morris, detective
employed by the Southern Express Com
pany. On the night of Aug. 60 Thomas
Montgomery was stabbed to death by his
stepson Harvey Wilson al his home few
miles from Rome. 1t is said that the boy 5
mother, Montgomery's wife, assisted in
the stabbing by holding her husband while
Hvr son stabbed him. Wilson escaped while
2is mother was caught and is now in jail
aW tin trial The man arrested denies
that he Is the n---1erar.
Atlanta Journal; Friday afternoon two
men, considerably past the meridian of
life, were strolling about the exposition