The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-27

A Young negro named Willie Jones. who
at one time drove the nuSeF OF tnieL
has been arrested On a charge Of sie1li=f
siIverware from the residence of tran4l
W. Foster of that city
Col II. G. Swift has gone north 10 pur-
chase machinery for the new cotton mill,
which he proposes 10 erect at once near
Middleton, on Beaver Dam creek, a few
miles from Elberton. The site Is a very
fine one and has just been purchased
by Col Swift
Tax Receiver Smith has completed the
work of making mp his tax books Tor
from last year Of Sl4l,p99 GAINESVILLE dis
trict pays One-third of the taxes, ana
feu OF only $1,000. There are good
many defaulters.
r. =. Hunnicutt, one Of the oldest ci-i-
zens Of Atlanta, recently met with pain
ful accident in stepping from the platform
OF one OF the Consolidated company s
cars. Thursday afternoon in the CLERK g
office. a sequel to this mishap was re-
corded in the filing Of a damage suit for
S2.500.
The Gate City Guard of Atlanta may
60 20 Washington TO escort President
Cleveland from Washington to Atlanta
The active members of the Guard have
Just ordered new uniforms, and If they
decide TO act as the escort to President
Cleveland they viii 60 10 Washington
and return on the Presidents special
train as his guard of honor.
The LeConte pear orchards about Amer
tcus contain an abundant crop this year,
but from reports there seems little de-
nland for this variety of fruit. An eX
tensive grower has just received returns
from recent shipment OF 1900 bushels,
which was closed out for 800 or just 8
cents per bushel. He has fully 1000 BUSH
els yet on the trees, for which he says
there is no demand whatever.
A man trundling a wheelbarrow in front
Of him viii advertise the exposition from
Chicago to Atlanta. The man is one Of
the characters OF the '49 Mining Camp
is
During the days of '49 when the people
of the world were rushing TO California
he pushed a wheelbarrow from Council
Bluffs to the gold fields. He now. pro-
poses to leave Chicago on Aug. 3 and
wheel his way to Atlanta.
Judge a. l. Miller of Macon is in At
lanta to obtain charter from the sec
rotary of state for the Georgia and Ala
hama railroad, which is the new name
Tor the Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery railroad. Judge Miller rs waiting
to have some necessary papers signed by
the bondhOlders who live in Baltimore
before presenting his papers to the sec
rotary of state and 1t may be a few days
yet before the papers are ready to be
presented.
A movement is on foot to consolidate
all the state societies of Atlanta into
one great union club. There are many
state societies in the city such as the
South Carolina Society the Alabama So
ciety, the Virginia Society, the North
Carolina Society and the Tennessee So
ciety. None of them, with the possible
exception Of the South Carolina Society
Is strong, either financially or numeri-
cally, and the idea has been advanced
to unite them and thus form one strong
club in which men from other states
-ean secure membership and feel at home.
George Morgan, a train hand on the
Georgia Pacific branch of the Southern,
was severely hurt near the belt june
fion at Atlanta Thursday. While trying
10 make a coupling he was thrown to the
ground by the box car and barely escaped
being run over by a fiat car. His side
was badly bruised, and for awhile 1t was
thought that several of his ribs had been
broken and torn loose, but an eXamina-
ton by DIR. Holmes showed that no bones
were broken. but that his left shoulder
had been badly disloeated in addition 10
the bruises.
The Chestatee Pyrites Company, own
ing what is known as the old copper
mine, seven miles east of DahlOnega, is
determined to build a railroad either from
Lula or Gainesville to the copper mines.
DahTonega is now raising the $4,000 -e-
quired TO extend the road from the mines
to Dahlonega. The money Is not to be
paid until the trains run into Dahlonega
on regular schedule time. The road Is
TO be thirty miles long, costing $4,000
from Gainesville or Lula to the mines
and $4,000 from that point to Dahlonega-
Among the incOrporatOrs are George w.
Scott c. M Gambler, n. P. Pratt, H.
y. Farrow Of the pyntes company, and
Frank w. Hall, w =. Price, w. A. Char
ters and NJ. G. Boyd of Dahlonega, and
A. @. Jennings of Brooklyn, n. " and
George ]. Baldwin of Savannah
If the filing Of charters Is any indica-
ton Of business activity the commercial
outlook for Atlanta this fall is rosy with
large expectations. A petition was filed
Thursday by William l. Webb, George r.
Webb and Eugene Christian, who desire
TO associate themselves together under the
corporate name OF the Webb Bros. Com
pany for q term of twenty years The
cash capital is fixed at $4,000 and the
privilege OF raising this to 100000 is asked
y the petition. The corporation is fOrme j
for the purpose of dealing in tobacco and
cigars W. A. Haygood, \. j. Haywood,
G. H. Plyer and J. X. Ards asked TO be
Incorporated under the name of the South
k1rkwood Land Company. The cash Gap
ttal on which they expect to operate is
$500, and they ask for the privilege or
Eaising this TO $4,000. David kaufman.
Victor kreigshaber and Jacob Haas ask
TO be incorporated under the name of the
Phoenix Wheel Company. with the privii-
eye OF erecting monster wheel on the
exposition grounds. The capital invest ed
IS $1,000
When Judge Griggs convenes superior
court in Macon next week, several very
important matters will be brought be-
lore him. one of the most important
questions that he will be requested to
take up is the suit to establish a CO.
partnership between the Dixie Interstate
Fair Association and the Georgia state
Agricultural Society so far as the manage
ment and operation of the Dixie Inter-
state Fair held in October and Noyem-
Der of 1894 is concerned. Messrs. Gam
brell & Nisbet and other attorneys who
represent sundry plaintiffs will make the
motion before Judge Griggs for a hearing
OF the case during his sitting, which
commences on Aug. l. These plaintiffs
are parties 10 whom premiums We're
awarded but never paid. The above
named lawyers represent about $500 or
500 worth OF claims. There is now in
court quite a sum Of money, 5000 or
$780, belonging TO the Dixie association
and which Receiver Davis has been en-
joined from. distributing or paying out.
The case is fun of interest and affects
the good name Of Macon. for the pre-
naiums should have been paid. The Geor-
giaeState Agricultural Society win stout
~ resist the effort to make il a copartner
with the Dixie Interstate Fair Associa-
ton. 1t claims to have had nothing TO
do with the management or operation
of the fair, and the exhibition was run
entirely by the Dixie association.
FLORIDA
The rumor of a steamship line between
Jacksonville and Nassau is revived.
The Florida Midland railroad is being
boycotted by the South Florida and Flori-
da Central and Peninsular railroads and
will not receive frelghts to be transferred
TO that road.
The Tuten stock Of goods at Gainesville
was purchased at public sale "Wednesday