The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12


Not Tempting Ground For Idle
WOrkmen.
GEORGIA.
The new Methodist church at Valdosta
IS nearly completed.
Miss Marie Fort Thomas a well known
and popular young lady of Rome died at
the Capital Female College in Atlanta
Thursday.
Mrs. Ellis Talbot of Macon. has pur-
chased the residence of Mitchell Rogers on
College street II IS said that Sl2,510 was
the price paid.
The firm Of Pearlman & Soloman, dry
goods. etc, Of Americas has dissolved
partnership Mr.. Pearlman leaves 10 en-
ter business at Naldosta.
II Is learned upon good authority that
gentleman from Duluth. Mimi. will estab-
lish wholesale hardware house In Amcri-
Gus this fall. He VIII invest $4,000 in the
business.
w L. Houser met with painful acct
dent Saturday while working at the Fort
Valley Manufacturing Company fac
tory by which he lost the thumb from his
wight hand
Allie Wright. a young white lad Of Au-
Eusta, was bitten Thursday by moe
casin and is confined 10 his bed with
IN the leg and in the arm
Harris Barnett. a young son of J. S.
Barnett OF Naldosta. accidentally shot
himself with "a pistol this week The bull
Or. Burton. The wound was not "a serious
one.
Sectionmaster Frohawk Of the Plant sys-
TEN was badly hurt al Jamaica Fridav
morning. He fell under a moving hand
car, which passed completely over his
body. fracturing the lower jaw bone and
cheek bone.
Petitions are being circulated for sigma
lures throughout the county asking Judge
Bower to adjourn the June term of Cal
houn superior court until the regular term
IN December hence II Is more than likely
that there viii be no court in June.
Rev. #. S. l.. Harwell. of Jonesboro. died
at midnight Thursday night. He was Il
years OF age and was member of the
Methodist conference for forty-hve years
a twin brother of the deceased. Rev. J.
Richard Harwelb died only two weeks ago
A negro named John Simmons was ar
rested al Nadosta "A day or two ago. Sim
mons has been serving a life sentence at
James camps at Adrian, on the charge
OF murder but had made his escape. He
was identified by a man from the MineUla
camps who knew him at Adrian.
Some person for some unknown reason
tried TO poison the whole Of Tallokas
school in Brooks county last Thursday
by putting poison I'm the well. Seven
teen pupils and the teacher. j. p. Glover,
fell victims to the poison, and only
through hard work by physician We're
they saved
ollie Clewis the young man who was
accidentally shot at brownsville a week
rious Is improving as fast as could be
expected. The paralysis of the right side
which followed the shooting, is grad
ually getting better and the young mans
physician and friends now entertain
strong hopes of his early recovery.
Walter and James Gentry were clean
afternoon. Waiter Gentry was at work
in the well when gas rose on him and he
called for help. His brother, James, i'm
mediatoly descended to help him, but be
reached wa
James tied rope around Walters body
and Il was drawn out. but before they
dead.
The residence of S. NJ. Cornelius. near
Palmetto cemetery at Brunswick was
burned TO the ground Friday. The fire
originated at o'clock from a defective
Kitchen fue and spread so rapidly that it
was impossible to save the main struc-
ture. Most of the furniture, fine library
and some valuable deeds and other papers
went up in the flames. Mr. Cornelius es-
Inmates his loss as $500, partly covered
by insurance
- wednesday morning in the parlor of
Decatur street hotel at Atlanta Justice
Iandrum joined in the holy bonds of mat
rimony a man more than 80 years of
age from Louisville, KY, and a lady, who
Is not more than Is years old. The
ceremony was performed at a very early
hour and there We're but few people In the
hotel who knew anything about II. The
contracting parties were Mr.. Jacob Brab-
son and Miss Ora Stockman, and the hotel
In which the ceremony was performed was
the Gate City.N
Americas Recorder: Atlanta is
by no means harvest field for unem-
ployed workmen and artisans white
workman of this city went there q month
ago to obtain employment at the eXposi-
tion grounds, but was not able to secure
work al any price and returned home.
He saw men at work there at 81 and 81 %
per day who two years ago received 81
and IS per day in Americas. Hundreds Of
CArnHnfHrE hrlnbinNaTE
away daily by the contractors.
An accident occurred on the railroad Mon
day between the overhead bridge and the
Dixie crossing at Sparta, by which Hay
den Williams was killed and Nathan Flew
ellen was seriously injured. They were
track hands, and were engaged in hauling
a load of crossties on handcar. 1t seems
Lhat they were riding On top of the ties.
The car was allowed to get under too great
Roadway while going down the grade to-
ward the crossing; and when the brakes
were suddenly put on the unimpeded mo-
mentum of the ties threw them and the
hands forward on the track with the
above stated result.
Information of a wholesale barn burn
ing in Stewart county, near Omaha,
Thursday morning, between midnight and
day, was received at Columbus Thursday
The fires were all incendiary and it is
said the loss is very heavy. The barns
and contents of Dan Bradley and E NJ
McLendon were among those destroyed
by the incendiaries. These men and sew
ial OineI planters OF the same nelghDOr-
hood were victims of the fire fiend one
night about a year ago. Detective Bill
Jones of Atlanta ran the perpetrators
down soon afterward capturing two ne
groes, who We're convicted and sentenced
TO the penitentiary for life. 1 is believed
that Thursday nights fires were the work
OF some of the same gang of negroes
that did so much burning in Stewart
county last year
The Athens Street Railway Company a
snort while since purchased a magnificent
water power at Mitchelfs bridge, three
miles from the city, and have already
had all the surveys made and the orders
for all necessary machinery will be placed
in few days. They propose to bring
five or six hundred horse power TO the
city to sell to various manufactures at
a price far below that of steam power.
Twelve miles from Athens is Barnett
shoals on the Oconee river where a nat
ural 4,000 horse power can easily be util-
lied. The plan is being discussed 10
chain the river to electric dynamos and
run that large, power into Athens at an
early date. The question of generating
electricity as power to move machinery
Is receiving great deal of attention al
the hands of a number of business men in
Athens.