The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-15

of the Cotton SIin at Lafayette
Being Increased 80 Per Cent
GEORGIA.
At Thomasviue Saturday pears were
Selling al 10 and 10 cents per bushel on the
trees.
Mrs. NJ. z. Bean. she wife OF a wen
known contractor Of Atlanta, died Friday
al her home on Pulliam street.
The negro arrested al Athens. supposed
10 be Jackson the murderer of Wilson Of
Atlanta, proved TO be some one else and
was released by the authorities.
The directors of the Valdosta Ice and
Packing Factory met az the company's
ofice on TUESDAY evening and declared a
semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent
Jars to hold contributions for the Grady
hospital are placed in several public
places at Atlanta. Last week some one
stole five of them with their contents.
Mr.. Frasier, who died about a week ago,
was one of the oldest citizens of Brooks
county. At the time Of his death he was
q years Of age, and had been member
of the Baptist church for seventy years.
Mrs. Lucinda Fridell of Cobb county.
who is 16 years old, and her little grand
daughter made plenty Of bread and meat
at home last year to do them, and
splendid crop this year, working the farm
unaided.
Mrs. ]. Irene Adams Of jacksonville.
Fla. has had a man known as VIII. Bald,
win arrested by detectives OF Atlanta, on
a charge of Incorporating SlN in money
and a diamond ring belonging 10 her. He
will return TO Jacksonville.
Chairman johnson of the board Of police
commissioners of Atlanta viii ask the
city fathers to adopt the ordinance now In
force In New Orleans fer the protection
of the people against street bcggars ara
TO keep the city free from Migrants and
crooks. This law is n very stringent one
and covers the ground fully.
c. L. Hand of Pelham was in Americus
Friday en- route to Cincinnati TO superin~
q % q
from his vineyard one carload Of 10000
pounds OF the fruit went forward Friday,
while two more cars will follow in day
or two. The grapes were OF the ives
variety, and the shipment will net Mr.
Hand a round sum-
A regular building wave has struck At
lanta and Improvements on huge scale
are being made throughout the city. Many
elegant and substantial business houses
are being built and the carpenters and
architects are busy with the plans and
buildings. Several costly residences are
also in course of construction and 10 is
predicted that a great many more viii be
started in the next thirty days.
meeting of the city council Of Ameri-
Gus was held Friday night for the purpose
of considering the proposition recently
made by a Cincinnati mill owner relative
10 the removal of his entire plant to
Americus. After fun investigation OF
the matter council consented to defray
the expenses Of two citizens who will go
10 Cincinnati at once for the purpose OF
examining he machinery and taking OF her
initial steps that may be deemed neces-
sary.
Pear shipments from Valdosta have been
remarkably heavy thus far this season
3n spite Of the blight from which so many
trees are suffering. More than a thou
sand barrels have already been shipped
by express from Naldosta. Five express
cars have been kept on a side track to
accommodate shippers and several solid
express trains have passed there loaded
with pears for the northern markets.
Eighty barrels brought from 81 to S. per
barrel
John d. Boyd died at Columbus Friday
MFR. Boyd was well known throughout the
city. He was a confederate soldier. and
during an engagement in the army his
mind was affected by the passing OF a
mimic ball near HIS head, causing con
cussion of the brain. For number OF
years Mr.. Boyd has been conspicuous
inquire around the court house, his favorite
place for Willing away the time. Although
demented he was quite harmless, and was
liked by every one who knew him.
Uncle" Alfred Livingston, aged about
81 years. conducted the devotional cxer-
Sises at Oak Hill Newton county, recent
ly, and read lesson from the scriptures
without using any glasses. He is in fine
health and keeps cheerful at all times
II is said that for the past fifty years
he has been regular attendant at Beth
any Sunday school, having been its sup
erintendent for full half a century Dur
ing all these years his pleasant face has
been seen at old Bethany church every
Sunday.
Grace & Jones Of Macon, counsel for old
man Wiggers, who recently figured in the
papers so conspicuously because of his
connection with an insurance case in
which a young man in his employ was
said TO have met an untimely death un-
der suspicious circumstances have been
notified by one of the companies IN which
the young man was insured that payment
Will be resisted. suit Will follow. Some
OF the insurance men claim Mr. Wig
gers actions were suspicious inasmuch as
he was beneficiary.
DR.. c. c. Thompson, who was arrested on
G. warrant for cheating and swindling
Mrs. Zettler of Macon, was put in iai
IN default Of $50 bond Thursday, had a
nearing in the city court Saturday ana
was acquitted. DR.. Johnson was charged
with having told Mrs. Zettler who runs
a boarding house, that he had some money
deposited in a safe in Macon. the pros
eeutor claiming that on this representa-
board. on refusal to pay he was ar.
rested. The justice of the peace placed
him under bond, but the city court did not
find him guilty.
net" has come to the front again, this
time in a rather sensational role. She
was married about year and a half age
20 }. 9. Hearn of New York and disap-
peared from behind the footughts A day
Of two ago she appeared at one of the hos
pitals at New York with her five months
old baby in her arms, and alleged that her
husband had given the child poison. She
says she lived unhappily with him and left
MN Tor revenge he attempted to poison the
child, using morphine. At Bellevue hos
pital DIR. Braunwick said the baby was
only suffering from cholera infantum
If poison had been administered the child
had swallowed none of it.
One of the most unique and original con-
venuons that has been called in Georgia
this year, is called for July "a, at Chicka-
mauga. 1t is to be a convention of the
North Georgia Fiddlers' Association of
which Bob Jones of Walker county IA
president. Every town on the Chattanooi
ga. Rome and Coum bus railroad between
Rome and Chattanooga has at least half
dozen fiddlers and in Lafayette the
hddlers are unanimous, including Col
Napier of The Messenger. who is an ex-
pert. splendid programme is being ar,
ranged for the fiddlers and prizes will be
offered for the best od-fashioned "break-
down" tunes, as well as for the more mod
ern music. Every evening during the
convention there will be big ball at which
the most famous fiddlers of North Geor-
gia will appear in their official capacity.
DR.. J. A. Somerheld, prominent young
practitioner of Atlanta. who has been suf-
fering with appendicitis for some time,
mad an operation performed some time
ago. He is rapidly recovering, and will
be able to sit up in few days. DIT. Nc
Rae performed the operation, which was
extremely successful. 1T is one of the few
peculiar cases., remarked Or. McRae
''the appendix had been pushed around to
the side several inches from its original
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