The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-29

Miami - Green Cove's Municipal
TieIet-A CoIOred Girl Burned TO
Death-A baggage Master Fatally
Injured at Port Tampa-A Negro
BaaIy Injured at the Bottom of n
Well.
GEORGIA.
A class for the study Of the Russian
language has been organized al Emory
College.
The members Of the Rome Light Guards
are preparing for big bazaar for the
benefit Of the company
Gum city is the latest suggestion. 1t
will spring up somewhere on the line OF
the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad
Grand Chancellor ". II. Schatzman of
the Knights Of Pythias of Georgia will
institute a new lodge Of the order at Mon
tezuma on March 3.
W. b. Smith, a Polk county farmer, was
waylaid and robbed Of a considerable sum
Of money Monday night. while he was
passing on a public road.
The Glenn Grocery Company Of Atlanta
which failed several weeks ago, has
bought a stock from J. j. & J. E Mad
dox, receivers, for the purpose OF contln-
uing business.
D.
70 W. d. Grant a strip Of land about
twenty-five feet wide, running along Gus
tom house place from Broad to Forsyth
street, at Atlanta, for $1,000
Marshal J. F. Troutman of Fort Val
ley has captured 81 Ross, an escaped con-
Wet, on ]. 7. Hartley's place. Ross was
taken from the penitenuary 10 CRAWFORD
county court, to testify in case when ne
escaped.
The ladies' of Rome have decided TO ex-
ert themselves to secure the pardon of
Chester Scott, who is now serving a life
sentence for completely in the murder of
Sheriff McGinnis of Gordon county, sew
eral years ago.
Archie Griffin young white man, who
sometime ago stole Columbia bicycle be-
longing to Edward Benton clerk in the
Georgia Railroad Bank, at Augusta was
sentenced by Judge Eve Thursday 10 serve
one year in the penitenlary.
While Mrs. James T. Nutall was riding
into Atlanta on a Decatur car Thursday
afternoon, Hubert, her tiny infant babe
died in her arms just before she reached
her destination. The lady was on her
way to the Office of DR.. Orme.
In the recorders court at Columbus
Thursday. a young white man was fined
IS for Offering pretty young saleswoman
"a for the privilege of kissing her. He was
smitten with her looks, but the young
lady did not receive the proposition faV-
orably.
Charles Estes. Fred B. Pope. Thomas G.
Barrett, Jr., and Landom Thomas have
bought a large tract of land in South
Carolina four and a half miles from Au-
gusta. The place is known as the NJ looping ,lii
chasers have not decided what they VIII
do with 1t.
Application Tor charter for the Verd
Antique Marble Company was filed at At
lanta Thursday by Fulton Colville. as at
torney for A. G. Maclanchlan, Henry
Cooper and George Talbot. The capital
the privilege of increasing to S50,0OO ana
the headquarters are to be in Cherokee
county.
Tom Pye, a negro wen digger. was at
the bottom of well at Columbus Thurs
day and the bucket, filled with mud and
stones, had almost reached the top when
the rope broke. Pye saw the bucket com
ing but there was nowhere to fly Tor safe
ty so he squared himself for the shock.
loaded bucket came down with terrific
force upon his head, shattering the bucket
into small pieces, and laying the negro
covered the bottom of the we'll Medical
attention was Immediately given him, but
II is not yet known Whether or not MS
injuries will prove fatal
Lothian correspondence morning NEWS
serious mishap occurred four miles
from here last Sunday morning. Marshal
Davis. a prominent farmer, is passionately
fond of practical jokes. A short time ago
Mr. Davis purchased a hideous looking
false face After breakfast Sunday morn
ing he put it on and went TO the lot
for the purpose of frightening the mules.
Before he reached the gate, his attention
was attracted to his little 6-year-old son,
named Charlie, playing on a shed. Mr..
paws turned toward the child, walking
slowly along until he reached within
few steps OF him. The boy didn't move.
Mr.. Davis then made a wiere noise. Sud
denly the son fixed his bow ond arrow that
he held, and taking unerring aim, shot
it, the sharp pointed dart taking effect in
his fathers right eye, making a frightfm
wound. 1t is probable the eye VIII nave TO
be removed.