The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


GEORGIA
Mai. John A. Bowie, one of Atlanta
Oldest citizens. died Sunday night from
heart disease.
Five prisoners, one white man and four
negroes. broke jail at Cumming Saturday,
and made their escape
Judge Fish has granted a charter for a
new church to be erected at Americas.
1t is to be called the First Church of
Christ, Scientist.
President T. B. Neal of the chamber
OF commerce, will appoint in few days
three prominent business men of Atlanta
as delegates to the monetary convention,
which will be held at indianapolis, lnd.,
on Jan. y, 1897.
Lod j. Hill, ex-president of the Gate
City National Bank, of Atlanta. viii
shortly take up a permanent residence in
the City of Mexico. He will be general
manager of a building and loan company,
which has been formed there.
The negro Isaac Pounds. who
was stabbed at Americas Sat
urday in difficulty with Clip
Taylor, is still alive, though there is not
was captured Monday morning and is now
in Jail.
The e-year-old son of wylie sherrod
(colored) who lives near Buckhead creek,
in Burke county, was found dead in the
road between the bridges with wound in
the left breast in the vicinity of the heart.
He had been sent to carry his fathers
breakfast. 1t is not known how he met
his death.
The weekly holiday at Emory College
at oxford has been changed by action of
the faculty from Saturday until Monday.
This will go into effect Immediately after
the Christmas holidays. There is, OF
course quite a division of opinion among
the students concerning this change. Col
Iege will close on. the I'D and reopen on
the S1st.
r. r. Stone of Burke county, who was
a member of the Burke Guards, Third
Georgia Regiment, is the owner of an old
horn comb that is a valuable relic and
has quite an interesting history connected
with ii. He bought 1t in Waynesboro
March 2s, 1861 and carried 1t through the
war. 1t is old and yellow with age, but
is in fairly good condition, barring the
loss of a few teeth.
The present mayor, DR.. w. P. Carter.
was reelected without opposition in the
city election held at Lumpkin Saturday.
Marshal w. H. Griffith, the present in
cumbent, was defeated by E. b. Pickett
and the old aldermanic board was re-elect-
ed, with one exception, T. S. Singer not
being a candidate again. The board is
composed of II. B. Everett, A. II. Sinp-
son, w. l.. Mardre, E. T. Hickey and ]. ".
May.
John Moss. a moonshiner, SO years of
age, confined in Fulton county Jail on a
charge of illicit distilling, is just now one
of the happiest men in the jail When
he left his home in Banks county several
weeks ago to accompany a United States
deputy marshal to Atlanta he left behind
him a 19-year-old wife, and now he has
received news to the effect that his wife
is a mother and that he is the father OF
bouncing girl.
The Moore & Marsh building, at the
corner of Edgewood avenue and Pryor
street, at Atlanta, win be sold Jan 49,
according to the terms of the will of w
A. Moore John NJ. Moore, in his suit
against e. w. Marsh, estimates It's value
al S225,O0O, while Mr.. Marsh, in his an,
sWer, says it is not worth near so much.
After a sale of the property a division
of the state of W. A. Moore viii be made
by the executors among the heirs.
Judge Gambler of Atlanta, who is pre-
siding in the superior court at Columbus
In the absence of Judge Butt. sprung a
sensation in court Saturday by having At
torney H. V. Hargett arraigned for try
ing to intimidate witness. James Burks
was witness against a negro woman,
who had stolen S125 from him. Burks
said that Hargett had sent for him and
tried to get him not to appear promising
n hp nd
1t. Hargett denied this, and said Burks
mad threatened him If he appeared in be-
half of the woman.
The voters of Americas will have threa
separate elections on hand to-day Besides
the state election, a representative in con-
gress for Judge Crisp's unexpired term
win be chosen. while the municipal cleo
uon for mayor and alderman takes place
as well. In the city election Mayor Hixon
viii be reelected, while J. w. Query, W.
T. Brown and j. w. SILVER
will be the new members add
ed to the aldermanic board. II, S. DAVIS
VIII be reelected city clerk and treasurer
AL these being the nominee of the recent
primary. The city registration books have
closed with nearly 800 voters registered.
At Columbus Monday afternoon at a
joint meeting of depositors of the late
Chattahoochee National Bank, now de-
funct, and of Receiver Flournoy of the
bank, the depostors asked that the re-
ceiver make a statement as to the pro-
gress being made in winding up the affairs
of the institution. This information Mr..
Flournoy gave readily He has collected
from the stockholders nearly $4,000. His
payment to the depositors so far in set
Element of their claims has been sos 500.
He now has on hand in cash nearly $40, 600.
The depositors appointed a committee to
see the receiver this week, and get a de-
tailed statement of these matters.
FLORIDA.
Rumor has 1t that the Ocala Morning
News which has been suspended for the
past six weeks, will be resumed in few
days.