The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.

Americas Boy Saves His Baby Sis
ter From Death in the FIames-A
Citizen of UnadiIIa Drops Dead.
GEORGIA.
Another large hotel has been contracted
for at Reidsville.
Another excursion party of emigrants
will reach Fitzgerald next week.
It has been discovered that a gold mine
underlies the town of Blue Ridge.
The recent cold spell has not affected the
fruit prospects in Southern Georgia
Mrs. J. W. Rheney. aged seventy, died
of dropsy at her home near Keysville,
Richmond county, Sunday.
Rev. DR.. T. P. Bell, of the Christian In
dex, will preach the baccalaureate sermon
at Mercer next commencement Sunday
Saturday the members of the Macon
Sporting Club. accompanied by number
of Gordon huntsmen, killed over thou
sand doves in field near Gordon
The alumnae of Wesleyan Female Col
lege. Macon, have undertaken to raise an
endowment fund of $4,000 in honor of the
late DR.. w. c. Bass, who was for many
years president of the institution.
W. r. Quarles, who was held in Fort
Worth, Tex, upon a charge made by the
Rome Hardware Company for embezzle-
ment, has been released. His friends made
up the shortage satisfactorily to the CON-
pany.
Five suits have been filed in Cobb county
against the Southern railway for injuries
10 parties sustained in the Fruithurst ex-
cursion train wreck at Austell last No
vember. The amounts asked for aggre-
gate $4,000.
B. r. Legg, one of the most prominent
citizens of Cobb county, is lying critical
~ III at his home at Marietta and death
is expected at any moment. Mr.. Legg $
wife died a few weeks ago, and he has
been i'll with pneumonia since.
Bruno Bodeman, real estate dealer
at Little Rock, Ark attempted suicide
Monday and will die. His parents live
in Brunswick, Ga. Mr.. Bodeman was a
prominent business man and no cause
has yet been assigned for the rash act.
Tom Hunt and man named Campbell
engaged in an ARRAY at Griffin Saturday
night that came near being fatal. Camp
bell stabbed Hunt several times about the
face and neck and ran. Hunt then pulled
his pistol and shot three times at the as
sailant, but the balls went wide of the
mark. Both men were arrested. They have
been released on bond.
DR.. r. H. Pate fell dead in his lot at I'm
adilla Sunday, and was discovered a few
minutes later by his son-in-law, who drove
up to spend the day with the family. DR..
Pate was in his usual good health at
breakfast Mrs. Pate is critically ill., DIR.
Pate represented DoOly county in the leg
islature of 1898, and has always been a
leading citizen Of the county.
This week $4,000 will find it's way into
the pockets of confederate veterans. 1t is
the money which is paid the veterans who
were injured during the war in the service
of the south. The veterans OF Fulton
county will get of this sum 81, SO. This
money is for Injuries received and the pen
sions range all the way from So to Sl0O a
year. There are 10 veterans in Fulton
who come under this class, and who will
share this money.
w. H. Thompson, alias H. o. Wilson,
wanted at Madison for embezzlement, was
captured in New Orleans Sunday Mr..
Thompson was agent of the Macon and
Northern railroad at Madison. On Dec.
] he left and has not since been heard
of until the report of the arrest Sun
day. On examination of his books it was
ascertained that he was a defaulter in the
sum of $500 or more. The Fidelity and
Deposit Security Company has been act
lively at work since to secure his arrest.
Will Miller. the six-year-old son of DR.
George T. Miller, prominent physician OF
Americas, proved himself hero Satur-
day. while his baby sister, Annie, was
playing near the fire her dress caught and
she was in imminent peril of death. The
little brother came to the rescue withouT
waiting to call for assistance, and with &
broom beat out the flames, and rolling the
gushing the burning clothing. The little
girls dress was nearly burned off, but the
prompt action of her brother saved hel
from worse fate. Fortunately the chile
was uninjured.
Washington correspondence Morning
News: Cards are out for the marriage Of
Miss Berta Galloway to Mr.. Frank Sims
for the 26th.-A dwelling house on Mr.
James A. Benson's place, east of town
was burned last Thursday. 1t was occu
pied by a tenant who lost most of his
effects. There was no insurance.-Hol
cholera is. prevalent in Wilkes now.-A
negro woman named Sophie Barksdale
living on Miss Fanny WaltonS place, wal
burned to death last Thursday She wa
burning brush when her dress caught
and was burned TO a crisp before aiJ
could reach her.-LewiS Smith was boun'
over to superior court Monday in tn,
county court for burglary-The farmer
in Wilkes have been unable to make an,
progress with their crops, owing to we
ground.
Davisboro correspondence Mornin
News: Mr.. Sol. Newsom has killed tn
last of ninety head of hogs, making 16,
900 pounds of pork. some of the las
killed Weighing 40 to go pound iha
the meat will amply. suppl
his farm of fifteen plows this year, i
edition to which he will have severa
tierces Of lard to sell. AS to the cost o
the pork, he regards it as almost nomi
nal, having kept the hogs in pasture
with abundant Bermuda and pond grass
TO which later, for two months, wer
added Watermelons The melons CAV
them a good start and they were in splen
did condition to fatten when the pea field
were opened for them in the early fail
Mr. Newsom will plant ten acres in mel
ons this year for his hogs.
Augusta Herald; There is a motorma
in the employ of the Augusta Street Rail
way Company who should feel very prou
Of himself. At any rate, people who SAY
him do something Sunday felt proud 0
him. Reference is had to Motorman Nc
Cord. Sunday he was running on tn
Iurpin Hill line. At 2 O'Clock he starte
back toward the city and in the cours
o. 2 rev minutes the car was going at
nlgh rate. just ahead Of him the motor
man saw woman walking along on tn
track near the switch on the Hill. II