The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-30

GEORGIA.
The pear crop iu Georgia This year ls me
1arsesi ON record Dc is estimated t-tt il
will exceed 100000 harieir
Prof. =. D. Pollock Of Mercer n-Ftr-
slrv and Miss Eva Selman or Nl9A.9e
v-,.rs married at the home OF tho bride
WEDNESDAY
A bin has been introduced in the lesisla-
ture TO change me Town on 49, ~ -
The CITY of Mou.,rie and To extend us cor
porate limits.
IL G. .rcGowan. editor of the Lincoln
News and Miss Fannie May Lyon were
married Wednesday at the home Of .}"e
Police Sergeant j. A. Thompson Of At
lanta. was accidentally shot ~ llr igs
Wednesday. The bullet paS7tH llii ISL
the calf Of his leg, inticuhs a paiiiiNi
wound.
Miss Jessie Den of Sylvania received
this week "A check for SluJ from the " asA-
ington ID. Co. star for WrlIns lne 80
concluding chapter TO seIlai 'hey WIZ
running.
Miss Mamie G. Thompson, youngest
daughter of MT and Mrs r.. .. Iholhp-
son OF Thomasvine was married cones -
day night at the home OF het parents ~
"A. B. Smith of Naldosta-
The mayor and council of Butler ban
quoted the pupils OF the Buuet Aha5T 81
sand artillery punch, CO... altei iAoV'
OF Macon delivered an address
A telephone company is being ORGANIZER
by the business men OF grimm E-ach StotA-
holder buys his own telephone from the
company. which is expected 10 start Jus
mess with one hundred members
Dalton. which has shown various liter
AIRY SYMPTOMS of a more or less pronuunc
ed type, has just organized "a sGnoot OF
philosophy after the style of the bronson
Alcott Emerson school of Concord.
Alex. johnson a thrifty negro of Wash
ington county. had his barn burned TINS
week. together with five bales OF cotton
nd Inns haIg q
piled the torch while Alex was at church.
Louisa Ogletree has filed her interven-
tiOn in the United states court al Macon
asking that her judgment from tat su-
claims against the Central railroad prop
erty said TO be not included IN the mort
gage. Louisa was injured while 1ldihS
from a point in Monroe county to Macon.
She sued for $1,000 the jury allowing hei
81 500.
Dr. Lewis Harvey who was convicted
at Atlanta recently of the murder OF nus
wife has not yet been sentenced To lne
penitentiary to begin serving the ne
Sentence which was passed on ann by
Judge Clark last Monday. mere are sew
eral prisoners in jail who are 10 Ice sent
out next week and on Monday W Han
vey viii probably so out with the nrst
lot Of them.
Jesse w. Waters. of Albany. will be
candidate for congress in the Second dis
trict on the silver platform TO succeed the
present incumbent, Hon. Ben Russell, VINO
In view 81 mis-. the field will be left to
Judge James Griggs, who intends resign
ing from the Judgeship Of the Falaula CIR
cult, and Mr.. Waters. Both Will run on
the silver platform.
A few days ago, the large dry goods
house of Somer Brothers was closed by the
sheriff at Hawkinsville under certain
mortgages. The H. b. Clalin Company of
New York had only short time before
sold the firm goods to the amount OF ahopt
S4500. Wednesday United states Marshal
Harrell went down TO Hawkinsville with
a writ of bail trover issued by the Clatiin
Company, through their attorneys Harde-
man, Davis a. Turner at Macon. Somer
Brothers purchased the goods from Claflln
on credit and Clafiin claims that his bail
trOyer will stand because Somer Brothers
got the credit under false representations
as to their financial and business stand
ing.
Greensboro Herald: Mr.. V. S. Hall has
a book in his possession which is an OBJ
1ect Of interest to many Greene county
people, IL being the roll of members and
minutes of old Friendship Baptist church
extending from 1880 TO a later period. At
the time the chronology was begun, negro
slaves belonged TO the same church with
their masters, and a number OF thor
given names are chronicled, that of their
master appearing after Ihelf own.
Friendship church was located on beau
tiful five acre plot, near the home of the
late Col. ArmOr. the land on which 1t
was located being decided to the white
members of the church. Ii is said that
Mrs Sallie Han is the only member now
ship, hence she becomes, as representa-
tive of the denomination owner of the
tract.
The case Of the state VS. Joe Eaton.
charged with the murder of M. W. Pitts
at Nickalack in Cobb county, was taken
up in Cobb superior court Wednesday and
after going through long array of jul
rOrs the necessary number was secured.
The state began its evidence and during
the examination OF the third witness, j.
y. CAN'T. Sr.. one of the jurors who was
nn a fel
forward on the floor, brusing his face
badly. Great excitement prevailed in the
court room for a few minutes. Dr. 9. Y.
Nolan, who was in the court room at the
time, gave the juror the necessary medical
attention, and removed him to the hotel.
Counsel for the state and defendant failed
10 agree on another juror and defendant re-
fused to go on with the eleven. and the
court declared mistrial and assigned the
case by special order for trial December y
1t is a little strange that two forces were
at work at possibly the same time TO re-
lease Sam Violet from Jail at Vienna. Sam
was helping himself with tile and Judge
Fish with a pen On the same night OF
Sans escape Judge Fish took up in cham
beers over at OglethOrpe Sans applica-
ton for new triad and granted the new
trial, asked for on the ground that the
evidence did not warrant the verdict OF
guilty. AS soon as his lawyers knew OF
Sans escape they apprised Judge Fish OF
the fact and asked him to hold up Judg
ment on the motion for new trial. But the
papers had been passed upon and mailed
back to Vienna before their letter of in
formation reached Judge Fish. All the ne
groes in the Dooly county jail say that th'
ones that escaped recently threatened tC
kill them if they gave any alarm. one ole
negro ''hollered" once but they hushe,
him UP quick with a prod from the iron
rods they had Nothing has been hearC
from them.
The nerve and presence of mind of Mrs
J. NJ. DunwOody enabled her to captur
burglar while he was in the act of rob
bling her house at Atlanta "Wednesday
night. As a result. Will Jackson, a burll
negro, rests behind the bars at the cen
trial police station charged with burglary
About o dock Mr. DunwoOdy left or
ders with a transfer company to send Il
his house for trunk. Later in the even
ing, the company sent a wagon according
to orders. On the way. the driver pickle,
up a friend Of his, VIII Jackson, and hai
him for company. When the wagon ar
rived at the house the trunk was no
quite ready and Mrs Dunwoody told IN
driver TO wait for a few minutes. Sh
then went into her bedroom TO finisl
packing. a few moments later she hear
"A noise in the hallway. Opening the doc
she saw Jackson starting out with tn
hatrack Instead of screaming as mos
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