The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-22
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GEORGIA
Thieves are snatching pocketbooks from
ladies on the streets Of Atlanta
sylvanus Morris Of Athens has been APP
pointed receiver for the Athens city wa
terWorks
The home Of DR.. Chambers at Monte
yuma was burned Friday with most OF us
contents.
Thursday night. L. Monroe Jones, chief
Of the Macon IRE department ana MISS
Clara K. Bragg OF South Macon were mar
ried.
George E. Clapp of Michigan has. de
cided TO remove his factory LOT nakln6
shirts and trousers 10 CartersVllle. Ihlrty
hands viii be employed
Henry Ashworth Of Adairsville Barlow
county. has been arrested on charge
of counterfeiting. William Hall OF uhe
same county has been convicted OF the
same Oitense.
The municipal election at Watkinsyille
on Wednesday resulted in the election
of Dr. W II. Hodges for mayor, ana y.
+. Thrasher, G.. W. Aera, j. w. jack
son, Courtney Elder and ). W. Johnson
for cOuncilmen.
Charles N. Mehaffy Of Villa Rica, fire.
man on the old Georgia Paclnc DIVISION OF
the Southern railway, was arrested
Thursday on a charge of stealing a letter
containing a check for $40 from the mail.
Triton and Sparks will probably be con-
nected by telephone by way OF stanton
and Lenox. Sparks being already con
nected with Nashville twelve miles, this
extension will connect Albany with Nash
vile, a distance Of sixty-three miles.
Gov. Atkinson has appointed Judge
Sam J. VIM to be judge Of the city court
Of Gwinnett county and IL e. p Julian TO
appointed judge of the city court of COT
Zee and J. NJ. Denton was appointed So
licitoT.
VIII Simms was tampering with a PTS
fp1 at
trict of Bibb county Friday, His sister
was sitting near him in a chair. The pis-
tol was discharged, and a bullet entered
the girls heart, killing her instantly. The
coroner's jury found the killing TO be the
result of an accident.
The Piedmont spool and bobbin factory
at Athens, owned by c. W. Baldwin, has
started operations. II was recently de
stroyed by fire but has been rebuilt. II
has sixty fine machines of large capacity.
The factory now has a contract with sew
eral large mills to supply them with bob
bins. 1t will employ sixty hands.
The Sparks ana Moultrie railway, which
was recently purchased by the Atlanta
Lumber Company has been put in good
condition for distance of nine miles west
from Triton. In a few months 1t is highly
probable the road will be completed to
Moultrie, near which place the company
has an immense tract Of timber land.
A movement is on foot to keep the Floyd
county exhibit at the exposition intact
and to make IL permanent. The exhibit
was arranged with a view to this con-
fingency, and il will be placed in the
Armstrong hotel or in some real estate
office at Rome and kept as a standing adj
vertisement of the resources of the.
county.
A crockery eating turkey may not be un-
usual, but W. B. Kemp of the upper Fifth
district in Houston county, has one that
has broken the record. In September last
from the craw Of that turkey. October
z, pieces of like material were taken from
the same repository, and now the craw is
as big as peck measure.
J. II. Lumpkin, alias Oliver, a negro
blacksmith, has been bound over by
United States Commissioners Williams at
Columbus for robbing postoftice at La
crosse, in Schley county. A government
envelope containing a quantity OF eight
cent stamps was found on Lumpkin's
premises and after further search !, 1888
stamps were found in his barn.
A salvage corps has been organized at
Atlanta for the purpose of buying the
stun that can be secured at the exposi-
tion and such goods as the people of At
lanta will offer for sale when the fair
closes. A charter for the company has
been applied for and the charter stock
holders state they have a paid in capital
stock Of 100000 The company Is conEpos-,
ed of T. b. Neal, E. H. Thornton, e r..
Black, J. T. Gatins, George LowndeSand
b. f. Walker
The duties paid into the customs Office
of Atlanta during the period embraced
innate $4,000 During the same period last
year the amount was 5000, showing an
increase ID $4,000 for 1895 over 1894. OF
the total amount of duties stated as rep
resent1ng the latter half of this year, two
thirds may be placed to the credit of the
exposition and the remaining third to the
local merchants, among whom a tidal
wave of importing seems to have arisen.
w. M. Hardy of Austell is under arrest
on a charge of having conducted sWindlng
operations on an extensive scale. A num-
Der of farmers living near Tampa, a few
miles from Atlanta, accuse Hardy of hav
tng swindled them out of lumber worth
IN the neighborhood of 500. besides a num-
Der Of men claim that Hardy owes them
money for labor. Altogether the accusers
of the Austell man claim that he is some
$500 or $500 ahead by his operations with
them. Hardy claims that ne is innocent.
Gold Village, in Barlow county, is get
ting on boom. Several citizens have
sold out their mineral interest to a New
York company, who propose TO COM
mence work at once on large scale They
have discovered some real rich veins,
which, IT Is said, will pay we'll. The Geor-
gia Gold Mining Company's works have
been running night and day. They have
1ve-Story building lit up with electricity,
an elevator to carry up ore, three sixty
horse boilers, two large engines and sew
eral pumps and hosting engines.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Darien, under date of Dec % writes
as follows: State Senator Bussey and
son are here visiting Representative
4AalsleAu senator BuSSey, VINO mas been
appointed private secretary to United
States Senator A o. Bacon, while ha Sng
a good time hunting and fishing at Mr.
Mansfelds delightful place, the Thicket
as credited with having an eye on some
desirable property on the coast of this
county. He will go to Washington about
Jan. >.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Townsville under date of Dec. 20 writes
as follows: Mr.. Add Way of Patten, Ca.
and Miss Ida May Varnedoe, were married
yesterday at the home of the brides pa
rents near this city, Rev. ]. p. Marion
officiating. A card is out announcing
Capt. Charles p. Hanseu for mayor of
ThomasviNe at the ensuing election. He
will scarcely have any opposition, as he
is very popular man with all classes.
Capt. Nat Spangler, who lives near Bos-
ton, 1t is reported by his friends here, is a
candidate for the legislature from Thomas
county.
The correspondent of the Morning News
at Lyons under date of Dec. 20, writes as
follows: A few nights ago the marshal
made a raid on a gambling house. and sew
en- negros We're arrested and put in the
calaboose. Next day on failure to pay a
line of SO, each were put to work on the
streets for ~ days, three of them gave
bond for their appearance on the streets
In time to 60 10 work every morning IN
~ their time was up. The other four had
10 sleep in the calaboose at nights Last
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