The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-13
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PAR Apis.

Feroula-s Postmaster Dcau-0ue o.
the EAGLE and PheniN Mills at Co.
lumbus Besumes Work-Crops ia
FIourishing Condition in sumter
County-TeIephone Lines To BE Ez-
tended.
GEORGIA
Miss Minnie Cady and C.. n. Fieldlns
were married at Leliatou. Coffee county
Sunday.
MAJ. J. C. Courtney is 10 succeed ID. C.
Sims as manager Of the Atlanta cfuce of
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Capt Julius ". Boyd. postmaster al
Feronia, in Comee county died Saturday
He represented Coffee county once in thl
lower house OF the general assembly ol
Jhe state and once iu the Senate.
Mil No of the Eagle and Phenix mills
at Columbus began operations Monday
morning. There were more operatives on
hand when the doors We're opened than
were necessary. The other mills may start
up this week.
Ordinary Calhoun of Fulton county has
made a verbal decision i'm the petition of
the American Surety Company % be al
lowed TO 60 on tae bonds Of those who are
appointed by tle ordinary as admiuistra-
tors, trustees, guardians, etc.
The farmers of Sumter county report
that the crops up 30 this time are in a
Iiourishing condition. Corn and cotton are
lNghAls Wei, and as cDplOus rains have
4Ilel recently throughout that section of
TAX state, me prospects are encouraging.
r. b. Mcdonald. a Flint river fisher
man. carried 20 Americas Saturday a
wagon load Of the largest sturgeon ever
seen mere Several Of the FISH were five
leet ID length ANA weighed from thirty
nNe 20 ltty pounds. They are caught in
lhe Flint near Americas In very strong
nets.
Prof. r. +. Cobb, who has charge OF the
music department of the Hephzibah high
school. has invented a new action for pi-
amos which promises to reVOluuonize the
IAdnalacture of that instrument. 10 is both
ingenious ana practicable and has been
hishiy iHdorseQ. A patent has been APP
Piled for.
Saturday night a duel occurred on the
plantation Of L. II. Adams in Mitchell
county between Isaiah Sweet and another
negro, Ben Cobb. Sweet shOt Cobb with
a shotgun. while Cobb used d pistol. Both
received abdominal wounds. Cobb lived
only short time and Sweet died Sunday
AFTERNOON. IL appears that Sweet walked
Ten mics with The sole purpose OF way
laying Cobb, whom nc looked upon as his
rival.
It is reported at Americas that the Bell
Telephone Company viii shortly extend its
lines from Amer.cus to Macon. thus con-
Meeting the principal towns and cities
IN North and south Georgia. Already
Americus has telephone connection with
Cuthhert Dawson, Albany IhOmasville
and points beyond. and the completion
OF the proposed limo to Macon viii con-
meet al the principal points in the state.
IT IS thought that the line Will be eX-
tended at an early date.
On next Friday. May 18th, Cuerry q
Hail viii retire as attorneys of the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida railroad. and
this viii end their connection with The
road, which has existed since the organ
lzauon of the company. They Will be
succeeded by Hon. John /. Hall, who re-
signed the position at WASHINGTON Of
assistant United States attorney to accept
the Georgia Southern attOrneyship. Guer-
ry a Hail We're paid an annual salary
OF SGUW as attorneys OF the Georgia
Southern. Judge Hail viii be paid 1900
per annum. Judge Hall will make his
home IN Macon There is an impression
that Judge Halls railroad connection at
Macon will extend beyond the mere at
tOrneyship of the Georgia Southern and
will embrace the attOrneyship of some
other line
The information comes from Washing
ton city that the conference committee
Of the Senate and House have agreed on
the salaries of the United states mar
shals and United States district attOr-
neys of the southern district of Georgia,
and these officers viii each receive an
annual salary of $500, This new ar
rangement will go into effect after the
30th day of next month Heretofore these
officers have been entitled to fees, the
maximum limit of the marshal per an
mum being 5000, and that Of the district
attorney So 900. Since Marshal Harrell has
been in Office he has made his maximum
per year, but il is doubtful If District
Attorney Gary has averaged 5000 per
annum, from the fact that he makes
Augusta his home, whereas, if he had re-
sided at Macon, where the headquarters
of the court are, he could have made the
maximum.
Stillmore correspondence Morning
News: Richard Bird, colored was shot
and instantly killed at Corsica Saturday
night There is no clue to the party who
did the killing.-A negro woman who has
been teaching school at Monte, near here,
was severely whipped by w. NJ. burden
Friday. She had been in the habit OF
cursing and abusing the small children
of J. d. Overstreet and w. NJ. burden.
Friday she severely wounded one of the
children in the face, which led up to the
whipping J. d. Overstreet & Co. are
The negroes have threatened to burn them
out. Every effort is being used to pre-
vent an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Burrows, a
young white man, who was so severely
wounded in the field at work a week ago,
near here, is recovering. He says he
was knocked down by some one and he
knows who it is, but refuses to tell I'M
yicts escaped from the guard at George
NJ Binson' 5 convict camp last week, and
have not been recaptured.