The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,.,sOF THE TWO STATES TOLD N
PARAGRAPHS.


Atlanta Real Estate Company-A
.,-,r Hat Works to be Erected at
.,,nta-Bittcn by a Snake, Man
It, a Big Piece of Flesh Out of
"a. Leg-An Interesting Case In
.otvin= the Identity of a MOrtga-
.or in Court at Macon.
GEORGIA
,.,,--srfeiters ara turnt lg out bogus .sln
al Atlanta
r-,sqa Z. D. Rogers Of Blairsville died
1-Ti5sv. aged IS years.
N Harrison contemplates erecting a
ro-ai On his lot at Forsyth.
~ wholesale grocers of the south will
- In convention at Atlanta during May
ri this year.
The Georgia Quincy Granite Company of
Macon has closed $23,OoO or paving con-
--s-rs in New orleans
T,bn G. McGolrick of Macon was buried
r-~f5av He was a county commissioner,
+,6Hce commissioner and prominent pub
lie man
home at Tweed a day or two ago and
Ns~~ied William Branch. Two years ago
+na same girl attempted to elOpe twice
with another young man, but was frus-
fra-ed each time
The case Of Mrs. Tennent against the
Augusta street railway for $4,000 dam
90. for the killing of her son, and Tor
INJURIES which she herself received, has
Se71 withdrawn from the jury, and will
he committed to the superior court for
trial al the May term.
On Monday j. p Heard of Vienna.
bought a vacant lot on the corner of
Seventh, street and T,weifth avenue at
$1,000 The lot was bought from B. B.
Pound and j. 5. Pate, who owned t
Jointly About twelve months ago they
bought the property for $500.
A mortgage for 100000 has been flied
for record at Atlanta by the East Al
lanta Land Company 1t was given to
Nlessrs. Samuel Spencer. Edwin Packard
C. ;. Tuckerman and Frank G.. Webster,
trustees for the street railway and illum-
mating properties. The mortgage was
given on all the property OF the company
in Imam park.
W T. Meyers, as attorney for the petit
TONERS. has filed an application with the
clerk of the superior court at Atlanta for
a charter for the National Straw Hat
Works. The principal offices VIII be To-
named are V. II. Kriogshaber, G. K. Blu
chanan. d. kaufman, c. p. Murphy and
r. A. SOM. The capital stock is to be
500 but privilege is asked Of increasing
it 10 $4,000 If it is deemed necessary.
Darien Timber Gazette: The rivers are
falling AN along the line, and they will
soon be in shape for rafting again. The
sWamps are fun of water and travel out
suspended for a week. 1t will be the
latter part Of next week before any timber
will commence to come down again. The
freshet is stN on. 1t Is said that 1T is
the biggest freshet in years The water
all comes from the UP country, as the
local rains have not amounted to much.
Alex Erwin, Jr., of Athens is Just $500
richer as a result of looking over some
old letters some time ago. the letters
had been written to members of Mr.
Erwin,s family, during the war. and on
two Of them he found cancelled colfedeT-
ate stamps one issued by Macon and an
ether by Athens. Mr.. Erwin Thought the
stamps might be valuable, and entered
into correspondence with several stamp
spondence, he sold the city of Macon
stamp for $50. and the Athens stamp for
While walking in the woods near Face
vile Decatur county. day or two ago a
Mr. Wiley was bitten by a ratuesnaka.
Kicking himself loose from the reptile, he
sat down and rolling up his trousers OK
amned the wound which was bleeding
ana fully realizing his peril he drew out
his pocket knife and cut out of his calf
plug Of the flesh and tissues as large as
TWO silver dollars and an inch thick. Mr..
Wiley attlrms that the effects of the
snake bite have given HIM no trouble
only the wound produced by his knife in
cutting the deadly virus out before II
nad time to be taken into the circulation
Troubling him.
ard J. Harris of SandersvilIe the attor-
neys who were appointed by the court at
the last February term of Glascock Su-
peri0r court to defend Thomas Jones for
being accessory to the stealing of old
man McNair'S money last year, and who
vas convicted of the crime, have dismissed
me motion for new trial filed by them
IN Jones behalf The motion for a new
Ulal was to be argued before Judge John
T. Hart at Union Point, on April next.
Jones WI lnow be turned over to the
penltentiary authorities to serve out his
sentence of ten years imposed on him
ny Judge Hart. Jones is now in Jail In
Augusta.
Aunt Malinda Butt. an old colored wo-
man from Buena Vista is at Statesboro on
a visit About year ago the old woman
Nlsited Statesboro, and as a result of an
INCIDENT OF that visit, is now in a lawsuit
Win the Western Union Telegraph Com
pahy When she got ready to go home
mat TIME she had only a dollar in her peck
e., so she walked over to Dover and tel
Sgfaphed to Buena. Vista, where she had
ilIlle store business, for money to defray
waiting There and not hearing from her
yelegram Aunt Malinda set out afoot for
tier nome, distance perhaps of 200 miles
SSne followed the railroad to Macon and
aIUin lhere to Buena Vista, where she
dtIlVed after two weeks walking. Being
doout ~ years, she was so badly used UP
Inar she was confined to her bed for sew
e s weeks. and her suit with the tele-
Srapn company Is for damages for delay
Al delivering the message.
=, Stateboro Times: Some three weeks ago
w. "A. Garland of North Carolina arrived
d StdteSbono with new patent coffee
~ une KING Drip" The pot Is a good
pIlt ana sold like hot cakes. Mr. Garland's
D;usIiiess was not to sell these pots, but
SIIlpIy TO sell territory to others to work
Up Up. lie readily sold all the adjacent coun-
~ 10 70 Bulloch at fair prices. and among
arIOse VINO bought was William Mack
bi LOOK Screven, giving in exchange
itS mouse and farm near Statesboro. He
~ oiIGe went forth to make a living for
+b5mseIi and family of wife and two or
~ children Independent of 10-cent black
49, out the fortune came not IN three
80 however, Mr.. Mack came and was
,{ieuy 70 trade back. The right didn't fur
81 MIN bread and meat to eat, nor even
tSaiee 10 drink: and a coffee pot business
80 coSt farm and yet doesn't furnish
49, 10 drink is not considered profit
Nj IN common everyday business So
G., -hdck wanted to swap back, and Mr.
@@@itdRd being a man who believes in
o Gus action or no pay" kindly accom-
. e-gt go hlm In view of the fact that he had
q WIRE and children who demanded other
0essarles of life besides coffee.
~, Nj aeon Evening News: A very interest
- ~ case was set for trial Friday in the
10y court, but it went over to the next
Ill Inc contention of the defense in
H. ~ Is this: Annie Phillips engaged Ar
III III hooper, a well known Macon negro.
~ IS Low fugitive from Justice, TO
S sH4aAe application for a loan for her Of
WV she signed the annlfcaffo,, b77+