The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-15
GEORGIA.

Waycross Herald: DuBignon may yet
come to the front as the dark horse in
the senatorial contest.
The new building for the boys of the
Methodist orphans home at Decatur was
dedicated Thursday morning.
Judge and Mrs. A. c. Moss celebrated
their fiftieth marriage anniversary Tues
day at their home at Homer.
A 7-year-old child OF Sally MeLendon,
colored, of Tweed, was so badly burned
Wednesday that her recovery is doubtful
Prof. E. NJ Cannon has been elected
principal of the Rome public schools. The
Office was made vacant by the death Of
Prof. R. ]. Gwaltney.
J. r. Latham of Atlanta was badly
hurt in a wreck which occurred near Mont
gomery Ala, Thursday, on the fast mail
from Atlanta to New Orleans.
L. C. Peoples. a postal clerk running
from Chattanooga to Brunswick, is in the
Fulton county Jail on charge. of ex-
tracing registered letters from the mails
DR.. c. J. Foss, a celebrated physician,
native of the West Indies. died Thursday
at his residence near Hepzibah. Paralysis
and general debility was the cause of his
death.
The two-headed baby which created
such a sensation when it was born at
Macon about three months ago, died
Thursday. The baby was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Bryan.
Among the applicants for the postmas-
tership at Rome are the following w. H.
Ebling, Walter F. Brown, Capt T. J.
Helm, Capt. R. V. Morrison, Col. ]. j.
Childs, A. w. Ballew.
Thursday Jim Carson and a man named
Brown became engaged in a row at Lin
dale. which resulted in a bloody fight
Carson drew his knife and began stab
bling his antagonist, cutting one of his
ewes out. Carson has been lodged in jail
to await the result of his wound.
Thursday eighteen cars of pig iron,
making a solid train, went from the Rome
furnace by the Southern railway to fill
an order from Wilmington, Del. Within
the last week the furnace has received
orders for 10000 tons and it is being ship
ped daily at the rate of 300 tons per day.
Matte ]. King has filed a suit against f.
p Wright in the city court at Atlanta for
5000, for false Imprisonment and malici-
Gus prosecution. She says that he swore
out a warrant against her charging her
with being a common cheat and swim
der" and on the charge she was bound
over and Imprisonment for eleven days.
Herbert Cantren of White county has
been sentenced to serve two years in the
Ohio penitentiary and to pay a fine of 800
for violating the postal laws. He was
tried and convicted of breaking into a
In, n
which was a postoffice. He was convict
ed of robblng the postoffice money drawer
of Sl5
James Law of Cherokee county. Ala
bama. reported Thursday that he had been
robbed of $50 in cash and $500 worth of
valuable papers at Bates wagon yard at
Rome during the night He said that he
pulled out his pocketbook in a saloon to
pay for some whisky and that he believ-
ed that parties watched him and robbed
him after he went to sleep. The police
could not find any clew to the where
abouts of the property or the identity of
the thieves.
For several days the family of Capt. R.
c Clark of Rome has been disturbed by
hearing strange noises in different rooms.
They had been greatly puzzled to account
for them. but Thursday morning Capt
Clark heard the noise near the crate in
the sitting room and proceeded to inves-
tigate Lifting the fender he disco Vered
a big rabbit, which had entered the build
ing through the cold air flue of the furn-
ace used for heating purposes, and had
been circulating through the house for
several days in his efforts TO escape.
Judge FELTON, has granted an injunction
restraining two warning factions in the
Cotton Avenue Colored Baptist church at
Macon from entering the church until
they can get together and agree on a
pastor The church has had all sorts OF
trouble for some time the trouble origi-
mating over the election of a pastor TO
whom one faction objected. Since then a
dozen or more pastors have been elected
by one faction or another but each time
the opposing faction refused to recognize
the pastor so elected. Several times only
the timely Interference of the police mas
prevented bloodshed, and only a few
nights ago the police narrowly averted a
riot.
In the mining region around Tecumseh
furnace in Floyd county there are about
1000 acres Of land from which all the tim.
Der has been taken of by the charcoal
burners. and II has been lying idle and
valueess to the lessee for several years
Recently a stock company has been
formed, IN which il is supposed that "A
good deal of northern capital is invested,
ana these lands have been leased and a
force of men has been set TO clearing ana
fencing them, preparatory to farming on
O. very large scale next year Some OF
the lands are quite fertile, and with care
tul cultivation, they will produce SPLEEN
dld crops. II the experiment succeeds.
there are thousands of acres Of land that
Will probably be brought into cultivation.
When the Chattanooga, Rome and Co.
luinous railroad was being built through
Saattooga county quite a large number
Of the citizens subscribed no tbe etaoi.
Ihese subscriptions were generally for n
~, ~ SneIea only and great many Of
lntm were never paid After Inc ros5
was completed 10 effort was ma6o - ga,
Zee them. and after the road had been
run Tor feW ye9r9 IL went into tbe hsn'9s
OF receiver. in settling up Inc afeats.