The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-18
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.


in sumter County-BurgIars Make
a Haul nj Mncon-A Woman of Ne
Dume County Makes 100000
Above All Expenses in Five Tears
From IA Georgia cold Mine.
GEORGIA.
J. F. Bassett, a dealer in aluminium
goods at Atlanta. has failed
Mrs. Mary r. Hopkins. wife Of DR.. J.
S Hopkins of Atlanta, died Tuesday.
Tony HHl. a negro jeweler Of Atlanta.
IS in Jail on a charge OF making and pass
iug counterfeit silver dollars
Prof. e. c. Branson, who was not re.
elected by the trustees Of the Industrial
College. has been unanimously elected
principal OF the normal department or the
military college at MiledgeViile-
A held OF cotton. planted by William J.
Johnson on his place in South Atlanta,
is fin bloom. such a thing at this time Of
the year is almost unprece tented IN
that section, and the cotton IS attract
ing a good deal Of attention.
Some time Sunday night thief entered
the residence Of Col. Lee Jordan at Macon
and stole Col Jcrdans watch, several
diamonds and a sum Of money, Inc ron
berry was not discovered until Mohday
lice. and efforts are being made TO catch
the thief or thieves.
At Atlanta Tuesday. Judge Newman is
sued the hnal decree in the suit Of Andrew
J. Robinson against the Piedmont Mar
bic Company for 1888. So principal, anu
1S7.QS interest, which Percy ADAMS, the
appointed special master, decided ln Ia
NOr of Robinson. The sale OF the proper
ty has been ordered.
No d living in
Gwinnett county committed suicide last
week bv hanging herself No cause is
known for her self destruction. she was z
years Of age and had been working IN the
field and returned TO the house complain
ing OF feeling tired. Her mother Went az
ter some water and on her return she
found her daughter hanging by a rope
Life was extinct.
W. T. Heasterley has filed suit against
the Exposition cotton mills at Atlanta for
$4,000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that
his son, Charles Heasterley, was al work
in the carding room Wnen ms arm was
caught between the iron teeth OF one OF
the carding machines and so badly lacer-
ated that amputation was necessary, ana
he considers the mill 20 blame, ana ms son
to have been at no fault
Joseph Beeman, a young man living on
the Stewart plantation. near Americas
met a tragic death day or two ago. Young
Beeman was riding mule 70 the house
from his days work In the held, When the
animal threw him. His foot became en-
tangled in the harness and he was dragged
a considerable distance fover the roush
ground sustaining injuries from which ne
died The next day. Beeman was nineteen
years old.
Tom Hair, a mechanic, was taken to
Rome from Atlanta Tuesday upon war
rants sworn out by various parties in
Rome The Mcdonald Furniture COM
pany charges him with larceny aItei
trust, G. B. Holder, one OF the county
commissioners, thought the board had
good grounds for an accusation OF cheal-
ing and swindling. while w. ID. Cunyus,
livery stable keeper, made a case against
Hair for cruelty to animals. HAIR Is now
in jail.
Sunday afternoon, while in bathing in
the Oostanaula river, near Calhoun, James
Brawner. a farmer, met with an accident
that will in all probability be the cause
Of his death. In diving his head came IN
contact with rock about three feet be-
low the surface of the water. The force
of the conclusion left him unconscious,
and but for timely assistance he would
have drowned. Besides several scalp
wounds, the skull is fractured and MS
body partially paralyzed. He is not ex-
pected to live.
Atlanta Journal: There is an old lady
named Mrs. Smith, who was left a widow
about FIVE years ago in McDufie county
with 5000 Of debt to Cypress her she
has recently been working her gold mine,
which is a very small outnt, and costs
but trife to operate. She has now ABOUT
SlO0O 600 ia the bank, and her NINE is yield
ing many hundreds every week. she has
been urged by mining engineers to en-
large her plant, but she declares she IL
doing well enough, and believes IN letting
good enough alone.
At Atlanta Tuesday, the jury that has
Co. dave n the 4 q
of NJ. A. Hale, administrator on the es-
tate of ]. H. McGuffy against the Massa-
chusetts Benefit Life Association, brought
IN verdict for the plaintiff. McGuuy
was a doctor who was well known in At
lanta He had his life insured with the
association for 5000. He died but the as
ISOLATION refused to pay the money, al
leging that McGufey had consumption at
the time the policy was taken out. Mr..
Hale was appointed administrator for the
purpose Of suing for the amount The
verdict was for the principal sum of $1,000
and $1,000 interest.
Anthony Barnes shot Henry Williamson
while on an excursion down the Augusta
Southern road Monday. The shooting oc-
CURED on the train near Blythe, Jenerson
county, but was in Richmond county. VIII
hanson died after an operation at the La
mar hospital at Augusta about midnight.
Williamson was shot twice. One of the balls
was taken out while he was at BlyJhe.
In the struggle which preceded the shoot-
ing both the negroes fell from the plat
form Of the coach in which they were rid
ing. When the train was stopped and back
ed TO the place where the two fell only one
was found, and he had two bullet holes IN
his stomach. Barnes had made good his
escape, and has not been seen since.
Ferdinand saloshin was arrested at At
lanta Tuesday by Detective Harris at the
instance of Sheriff Bowles of Muscogee
county. Several weeks ago Saloshin was
arrested on complaint of the proprietors
of the Central hotel in Columbus. They
charged that Saloshin had left a board
bill there unpaid and swore out a warrant
against him for cheating and swindling
Saloshin made a vigorous fight in the
courts before he was taken back to Co
lumbus. In that city he was given pre-
hminary hearing and his bond was fixed
at $500. The bond was signed by three
prominent merchants of Columbus, and
Saloshin returned to Atlanta Tuesday. Fol
some reason, Saloshin's bondsmen became
anxious about him, and sent Sheriff
Bowles to Atlanta to arrest him.
FLORIDA.
Mayor Thomas of Gainesville has ISSUED
a proclamation calling for an election