The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Site Selected for the Masonic Home
at Rome-Mrs. Montgomery, the
Alleged MurdereSS of Rome. Makes
Application to Give BafI-EIectric
Lights and Water Works for Dub
Iin-The Southern Railway SettIinG;
Up the Claims for Damages Grow
ing Ont of the Recent Accident.
GEORGIA.
The Rome fire department has decided
10 take part in The fire tournament at
Atlanta in October.
The Augusta Southern railroad is now
running wide guage trains as Tar as
Ayera, fifty miles from Augusta.
James T. Cotney, OF the firm of COthey,
Bell Co, has purchased from John
Hamil, the store, No. IA Forsyth street,
Americas.
Dan Robertson. a negro. who was cap
tured at Augusta. was convicted Of muir
der at Aiken Thur sday. He killed another
negro and stole his clothes.
A. b. c. Dorsey Of Gainesville was
painfully and quite seriously hurt Mon
day night by being thrown from his
buggy while going from his Office 10 his
home
The board of health of Bibb county
has indorsed the adoption by the board
of education of the rule requiring all
pupils in the public schools to be vac
cinated.
The site has been accepted for the pro-
posed Masonic home at Rome for INDECENT
MasOns and widows and orphans Of de-
ceased brethren who. are in reduced cir
cumstances.
The Finger & Shelly shoe factory at
Gainesville has determined TO double its
capacity and output. Another building
will be erected and new and improved
machinery put in.
John Anderson, professor in charge Of
Sumach high school, in Murray county,
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of only two days Prof Anderson nad
only been married a few months.
Wednesday afternoon the little 4-year-
old son Of william Lynn, who lives one
ton headforemost and died of suffoca-
ton before he was discovered.
At Atlanta Thursday the jury in the case
Of Garnett Arnold against the Sonsoil.
dated Street Railway company, Drought
in a verdict for s., 900 in favor of the plain
tiff, whose child was run over and killed
by one OF the company's cars.
Prof H. A. Scimp, of Emory college,
has filed suit for $4,000 damages against
W. II. and Sam Venables owners OF Tenn
pie court at Atlanta, for injuries he says
he received recently by falling into the
open shaft of the elevator in the build
ing.
The pioneer citizens of Atlanta are to
have a great reunion at some date in the
near future. The exposition will be asked
The prime movers in the proposed reunion
are the members of the Atlanta Pioneers
Society.
Rev. G. l.. Chastain, the pastor of the
Methodist church at Spring Place, has
just closed one of the most successful
revivals that has been held there for
a number Of years. There were about
forty-five conversions and seventeen &C
cessions to the church.
Dr. Robert Battey of Rome is still lin
gering with no perceptible change in his
condition. He is yet unconscious and the
attending physicians have no scientific
ground for hoping for his recovery. His
remarkable vitality Is wonderful, but with
it all he is certainly growing weaker.
j. w Myers of Toledo, o., who was
Lieutenant in enn ,S regim ne
sword taken from the dead body of a
confederate officer on the battlefield Of
Seven Pines or Fair oaks, near Richmond,
in 1852. II has engraved on II the name OF
Lieut.. Sam Streetman. but no indication
Of the regiment or state to which he be-
longed,
The aldermen OF Dublin contemplate
furnishing the town with electric lights
and water works. b. NJ Hall Of Hall
Bros, Atlanta, civil engineers, was in
Dublin this week, and met a committee
Of the board and closed a contract for
thorough survey and estimate of the
cost of the enterprise. A bonded indebt-
edness of $4,000 will be required to build
the plant.
issued a call for convention of the
county school commissioners of the state.
The convention Will be held in the state
capitol at Atlanta. There is one school
commissioner for every county in the state
which makes 1877. The meeting is to be
held for the purpose of devising ways and
means for improving the school system
of the state. 1t Is especially desired to i'm
prove the system in the rural districts
to get better buildings and better teachers
better books and better methods of teach
ing.
The Southern Railway company mas
been earnestly at work since the big
wreck near Macon, settling up the damage
claims and trying to cure the sick and
wounded victims. A majority of the claims
have been satisfactorily adjusted. and but
few of the wounded are still unable to
family Of Frank Herrington-his sisters
and brothers-have not yet agreed to the
railroads terms They say they win not
be satisfied with the payment of medical
and funeral expenses, as Mr.. Harrington
contributed largely to the support OF his
sisters, who, they contend, are entitled to
damages from the railroad company Con-
fsrences are being held between members
of the family and the railroads attorneys.
Unless a settlement is reached suit will
be brought
Mrs. Joanna Montgomery, who is in
jail at Rome charged with completely
in the murder of her husband, has made
application before Judge Turnbuli for
bond. Her attorneys are confident that
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will have no trouble in giving 1t. Mrs.
Montgomery is taking the confinement
hard, and her physical condition is said
to be weakening. Her father. who Is a
preacher of some note in his county, is
at Rome, and is apparently confident
that his daughter will be acquitted Of the
charge. Mrs. Montgomery held her hus-
band while her son stabbed him at an
early hour one morning, and though she
claims that she did not know her hus-
band was being stabbed, the verdict of
the coroner's jury held her as a party
to the crime.
Decatur New Era: We received from
W. NJ Cochran fine collection of ccnfed-
crate relics few days ago. Among them
q wooden canteen worn by Ben H. Tug
gle, at the time he vas killed at the battle
OF Peachtree. A sword made by Henry
Oliver, colored blacksmith, and carried
by Capt. John W. Fowler when he left
here on May %, 1851, in command of COM
pany E, Seventh Georgia A piece OF
spoke from the carriage of old Long Tom
of Sherman's battery, captured by the
confederates at the first battle of Man.
assas. A confederate cap box. A cotton
vest woven and made by Mrs. Cochran
during 1863 A small box made from a
piece of Mrs. Henry's table, whose dwell
ling stood between the lines at Manas-
sas and was literally shot to pieces dur
ing the battle. The box was made by Cat
Morton and presented to Mrs. Fowler
Miss Fannie Argo has contributed a loi
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