The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-28


The Negro Voters of atInnta-A Nan
and His wife Fight Each other
With Oars ns Weapons-Death
brought ON by an Attack Of He
couahs-A White Girl Married To
"a Chfnaman.
GEORGIA
An effort IS being made TO establish
q circulating library ia SandersVille-
f. +. Jones. "a prominent citizen of Ath-
ems was found dead at the Hotel Lula at
Athens Tuesday morning
The Glynn county people are considering
the feasibility of holding a fair early i'm
the spring 10 show OF her resources.
Maj. r. S Wharton one of the most
prominent men of Floyd county, is lying
al the point of death at his home in Cave
Spring.
An immense chufa crop is reported TO
have been raised iu Washington county
this year. They are very prolific. Those
who have been cuitiVatng this crop sag
there is nothing finer for fattening hogs.
The trustees Of the state lunatic asylum
are to elect pathOlOglst expert in physi-
illogical and pathological histology, bac-
terloiogy. lar} nology and ophthalmOlogy,
who shall serve at a salary not exceeding
Sl.S00 year.
The negro voters of Atlanta have split.
Two factions are at outs with each other
regarding the adoption of a ticket for the
coming city election one has formed it.
self into an organization which aftlliates
with the A. T.. A.. while the other has
expressed its sy mpathy with the Cttizens
ticket.
A terrible battle between q man and his
wife occurred near Cumberland Island on
Tuesday last. The couple left their home
In Camden county for a visit to Bruins
wick ana when near Cumberland Island
q quarrel ensued which resulted in both
being seriously hurt The oars were used
as instruments of war and the heads, arms
ana shoulders Of the pair are in terri
bic condition.
Charles Adams died suddenly at his home
IN RolersVille, suburb of Augusta, a day
or Two ago; He was attacked with hic
coughs and although every remedy was
tried no relief was found. He was "A very
stout man and previous to the attack had
been seized with commissions. Mr.. Adams
was ABOUT = years of age and was mem
per OF the IRE department. lie was son
OF Councilman Wash Adams.
A mortgage for S3JO.OO was filed for rec
ord at Atlanta Tuesday by Messrs. King
y Spading as attorneys for the Atlanta
RaliWay Company. The mortgages were
gwen TO the Baltimore Guarantee and
trust Company and covers property be- !
longing to the Atlanta Railway Company
Ihere are IN all seven hundred bonds each |
Tor the sum Of $500. They bear per cent |
interest and are due on Sept l. 1925 The
interest and the principal is to be paid in |
hneness.
About 4 o'clock Monday morning the
stable of +. r. Young about three miles |
east of Columbus, was destroyed by fire
tosether with its contents. The origin |
81 the conflagration is unknown, though |
~ was evidently The work of an ncendia- |
~ In the stable al the time were three |
me horses, all Of which persisted in the |
flames, and on which there was no in |
Surance, though Mr. Young carried a 500 |
policy on the barn. This amount will |
not nearly cover the loss, IS besides the !
stroyed.
At Atlanta Tuesday n. J. and T. Al
hammond, attorneys for Mrs. Eva |
thompson Branch, who came from viii |
inlngton, y. c., several years ago with her /
husband, Raymond +. Branch, filed a pc |
ntlon asking for total separation. Mrs |
Branch alleges that her husband was
somewhat addicted TO drink and one night |
while drinking slapped her face and other !
wise mistreated her, after which they
nave not lived together. T.. NJ. q c. r. |
mitchell, as attorneys for Mary Elizabeth |
Wells, also hled petition asking for a |
separation from him on the grounds of |
cruel treatment
Attorney Marion Harris. for Mrs. No
pies ana Attorney J. Randolph Cooper. for |
N4s FAMILIES have forwarded their bills /
OF exception in these cases to the clerk of /
IWlggs superior court. The clerk has ff- |
teen uays IN which TO send them to the /
supreme court, and, under the new law |
the supreme court must hear argument /
Wlthin ten days after the bills are receiv- |
ga, so that not more than twenty-five |
gays can elapse before the fate of Mrs /
Mobiles and Gus Families is definitely set
TED The attorneys have every reason to |
believe that they Will secure a new trial /
Tor their clients.
Miss Emma Bridges of Washington |
county was badly Injured by a horse !
M,ohuay. she was going to Sandersville |
WIN ner brother, Irwin Bridges They |
We're IN a buggy and met the Augusta |
southern train in front of c. c. Scarbor- |
o o., residence They got out Of the bug |
~ ana We're holding the horse when he /
was so frightened by the train thar miss
5 5,rlgges was knocked down and tram |
p pits.l,, she was taken into Mr.. Scarbor- |
Cusn residence and DIR. William RaWl- |
lngs was sent for, who did all he could TO |
TeheNe her suffering. She ia now doing |
very Wen and the injuries are not serious |
irwin Milan. a well known citizen Of |
y. MssIlWelner county, was tried before Com |
missioner Broyles. at Atlanta Tuesday
I Ior using the United States mail to de- |
fraud. He was bound over 70 the ci,.,1,i+ |
court at Columbus, and gave a S5OO bond
Inc evidence showed that Milan bouabf |
a quantity Of goods from John b. Daniels |
$500 ~ sslsI OF Atl9nta, and, to obtain the
gooas, represented himself to be worth a |
certain amount of money. He also sign |
eq ms fathers name to the orders il is |
charged. Upon Investigation nv the ros+ /
office inspector, il was found fbat Milan |
was not worth anything it is claimed
father ~ MS
Joe Hong, Chinaman. and Miss Tona
flttman, a young white woman. were |
united in marriage at Atlanta Tuesda, Nv |
Justice Landrum. This is the second lime |
a man anu a White woman ha j
been united in Atlanta. and the nt1eetjon /
OF us Legality has been sprung ON both |
occasions, but Ordinary Calhoun has |
ruled both times that the marriage Of q |
Tr1hlnaman and Caucasian was legal |
Ihe woman went to Atlanta recently from |
south Carolina. She is quite young and
r lssy pretty and Immediately became fas- |
clhated with the Chinaman, who is said
10 have an interest in the Chinese store
on Marietta street and of several rlaces
IN the exposition grounds
The. warrant charging Orth Stein. edi- |
Tor OF the Looking Glass, with criminal |
nDel, taken out a few days ago by
1T. u II. Snyder, was dismissed by
justice Landrum, at Atlanta Tues |
Gay, on account of the failure of the pros
ecutor IN the case to apear in court The
accusation against the editor was the re-
SUIT OF publication two weeks ago, show
ing now a Doctors certificate of Illness
could pc secured for a paltry fee from
some physicians and used to have cases
cohunued in court. The paper produced
a certificate from DR. Snyder. and he
sMoEe out the warrant. DR. Snyder was in
court but few minutes before the case
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