The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-08

[ is alleged by his friends. feeling that his
I own actions were responsible for the
] heavy losses, gave his individual notes
covering the amounts. The campaign in
which Judge Hines was the nominee OF
| the populist party for governor came on
| and the expenses in waging the fight were
| so heavy that he was unable to pay the
! notes and has been unable to meet them.
! The lady. whose money Judge Hines in
| vested, died some months ago and the out
! standing notes are now in the hands Of
| her administrator, a sOn-in-laW by the
name of Tyson.
! Waycross correspondence Morning
/ News: A 5000 fire occurred Thursday
night at McDonald's mill. W. w. Nc
| Culley's store and contents were burned.
/ The store was stocked with general mer-
| chandise. and was run as a commissary to
| the j. 5. Bailey q Co.'S lumber business.
| The impression is that the fire was OF
| incendiary origin. The loss was partially
covered by insurance in the Lott and
Murphy companies TO the amount OF
| S.50O.-Travis T. Thigpen. Sr., aged a.
who lived eight miles north of Way
cross dleu thursday night at his country
! home.-Ihe little daughter of Mrs. Fred
Ricketson of Coffee county was burned 10
death MISREPRESENTATION Cleveland
has appointed Drs. Frank c. Folks j. L.
Walker and j. II. Redding of this city
as the board of examiners for the fed
eral pensioners of South Georgia. The
soldiers of the Fitzgerald colony will be
in the jurisdiction of the board.
ward the opening of a new telephone ex-
change in Atlanta were filed Friday. One
was the petition of ]. II. Blakely, Simon
Bear. Joseph S. James. George L. Bell,
Luther Z. Rosser; o. c; Fuller, w. 9.
Blackburn, Paul b. Trammell, John w
helms and y. II. Thornton. who ask that
they be Incorporated for the term of
twenty years, with the privilege of re-
newal, under the name of the Atlanta
Telephone Company. The principal Of
flee of business is TO be in Fulton county,
and the capital stock is put down al $3.50
600, with a privilege of increasing it to
SJ00,OO0. The company desires to run tele-
phone connections throughout the city,
and to other places in Georgia and else
where. The second application is from
Simon Bear, j. NJ. Blakely, ]. S. James,
George l.. Bell and L.. u. Rosser, who de-
sire to be Incorporated under the name of
the Georgia and Florida Telephone Con-
struction Company for the period of TWEEN
~ years, with a capital stock of 81 800 600
The business Of the corporation is to be
the purchasing of telephone exchanges.
the buying and selling of the bonds of
telephone and other companies, the hold
ing and selling of telephone exchanges in
Georgia and Florida, and all other such
business.
FLORIDA.
No cock fighting is allowed in Tampa
Measles and mumps prevail in Washing
ton county.
The board of county commissioners of
Bradford county has extended the time
for collecting taxes of 1895 to April 30.
Ida Goldbye. colored, committed suicide
| Friday at her home at Jacksonville by
shooting herself. No reason is known for
the act.
Around DeFuniak and Chipley, as well
as at Orange Hill and other points in
West Florida, a great many western peo-
nile
w. II. Johnson has been commissioned
| quartermaster, and T. ]. Walker com
missary on the staff of Brig. Gen. Albert
w. Gilchrist, both with the rank of cap
| tain.
DR.. Derrick said at the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church conference in Tam
pa last week that since the emancipation
| of the negroes they had accumulated $279 =
| o00,OO0 worth of property and have in
vested 100000 in church property.
Colonies of western people are expected
| to locate this spring in the western coun-
| ties. 1t is said that the families will be
| OF good class and they will bring the
| church and school house along with them
and make these institutions the center OF
, their settlements.
The Bradford county democratic exec
utive committee met at Starke last Tues
| day and decided to call a convention soon
to elect delegates to the state and con-
| gressional conventions. Whether the
| county officers shall be nominated by
| convention or by primary will then be
| determined.
At Tampa Thursday Mrs NJ E. Pryor
an elderly widow, who had been attend
| ing services in the Presbyterian church
| Just after leaving the church, and before
| she had crossed the street, was struck
| by an electric car and knocked down
| Three toes from one foot and one from
| the other were cut off.
While he was at church on Sunday
night, I. P. Jennings residence at Char.
| lotte Harbor was robbed of $40 belong.
| ing to the Sunday school, Two young
| white men were arrested OF Fort Ogden
| tried, and convicted of the theft. They
| were sentenced to pay a fine Of S25 each
| or serve a term in Jail
Sanford Chronicle: The enterprise Of the
Savannah Morning News is shown in The
| fact that its issue of Friday Sept. p. con
| tanned the only full and accurate report
| of the Grand Army encampment at Dav.
| tona published by any newspaper Wher
the News goes in to do a thing it gen.
| orally gets there "on both feet
The grand jury. in session at Sumter
vile, after investigating the case of the
| abduction of Miss Grace Darrell at Cen.
| ter Hill in Sumter county some time
since returned true bills against two
young white men, j. S. HOpson and Mr.
/ dLiAlStr anu a negro, Manson henderson
and the case was set for Tuesday of mex
week.
DR.. w. Mitchell has received his ap.
pointment as postmaster at St Andrews
and has forwarded his bond to the DEPART
nent at Washington for approval The
appointment is to fill the vacancy occa.
stoned by the removal of his predecessor
The citizens of Federal Point are gettine
up subscription to run a telephone line
from that place to Palatka- The money
I "a G1 rfh
line is to be built at once.
T. S. Walker. superintendent of the Oke
fenokee Drainage Company. has been tc
Fernandina inspecting a wharf, with 2
view of shipping lumber through tina
port, which he will do if satisfactory ar
l.