The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARaGRi Apis.

GEORGIA
Rev W. C.. Dunlap died at his residence
al Covington Monday.
Gov Atkinson has settled thc Rome
judeeshin contest by appointing ex-Judge
". ~ Henry of Rome 20 the piate
Col Theodore y. VIM has written Col
Lester al Washington 10 make an effort
TO re-establish the old fore on SGnherr-
for coast defense.
A. W. Lane has become candidate Tor
solicitor general of the Macon circuit to-
MI the unexuired term Of Solicitor Cen
erai FELTON, when that gentleman is ap-
pointed judge OF the Macon circuits
Sixty applications have been made TO
City Clerk Bridges Smith OF Macon by
saloon keepers FOR licenses 10 sell whisky.
and two applications have been made for
beer saloons. These sixty LICENSES repre-
sent S30,eJJ
small store and its contents. belong
ing TO J. S. Mckenzie. at 30 West Fair
street. at Atlanta. were destroyed by fire
Monday morning at 8 o'clock. 10 is be-
lieVed that The building was set on fire.
The value of the property burned Is esti-
by +. T. McBurney. The stock of goods
was covered 10y insurance.
Capt. Alfred c. Bell. one Of the most
prominent citizens OF Americas, is crit
caly IN, and his physicians have express
ed the opinion that he can last but
day or two longer. Relatives have been
telegraphed advising them 20 come al
once. Capt. Bell has been in for two
months. but not until Monday was his
condition considered precarious.
Mcintosh correspondent Morning News:
William r. Nliserola OF Brooklyn. y. Y.
passed through here yesterday and is
making tour of the United States on
N Haa OF Ion
uary 1885. and has walked already ASH
miles He pays expenses during his tramp
from the sale of seed FOR making beer.
lie claims to have a contract for the sale
OF dots accumulated during his journey.
The Western and Atlantic railroad has
purchased an extensive tract OF proper
~ just beyond the exposition cotton mills
al Atlanta. II is understood that the pur-
chase price was SIS 900. and that Capt.
English and Frank =. Rice We're the sell
lers- The grounds will be used for the
building of additional side tracks, for the
purpose of parking cars, and no improve
ments beyond the laying OF rails, it is
SAID, are contemplated there.
The report of the work accomplished by
the revenue agents in the department Of
Georgia and Alabama, under Revenue
Agent Pitts for the month Of December
has been completed. IL shows that the
department destroyed 143 illicit distiIe-
RES during the month. In Georgia there
@ S.
while there were forty-four in Alabama.
The valuation of property seized in Geor-
gia was SS.73330 and in Alabama S3ll8
making total of $ll,S5l3O
During Saturday night all the priso-
ners. nine in number. confined in the
Morgan county jail at Madison effected
their escape. BY some means the priso-
ners succeeded in securing an iron bar
and with this they opened one of the locks
that stood between them and liberty
WrafHh he
made key that unlocked the outside door
and landed them in the jail yard Here
the prisoners tore up their blankets
twisted them into ropes and with the aid
OF these ropes scaled the walls surround
ing the jail yard. 1t has been only four
years since this jail was completed by the
Champion iron works of Canton, O., and
yet, since its completion, there have been
forty escapes.