The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS

Made Against Him Dy fAaihtAh
Unjust and Unwarranted-A Cler-
gyman Puts n DamPer on Dancing
A Remarkably Deformed Pig
Harry Edwards 10 Banquet the
Literary Men of Georgia.
GEORGIA.
Capt Thomas Nuran Of Atlanta died
Monday of Bright's disease
There is a young man in Hiawassee
who is willing 70 get married in jute
bagging on the streets OF Hiawassee, pro-
vided his friends viii set him up IN house
keeping.
Robert E. Hall. the sawyer at Tits
saw mill at Triton. had pistol duel with
a negro named Charley Stokes Saturday
night Hall was unhurt. Stokes was
shot twice and is in the guardhouse
The following patents were granted TO
patentees in Georgia, In the issue for the
week Just past: FIFTEEN Building: A. H.
Merrill Atlanta musical instrument; FL
lery A Johnson, Rome, hook ana eye.
John whitlock, charged with burglary,
occupies a cell at police headquarters at
Atlanta. Since he was arrested the negro
has confessed that he committed several
burglaries, and says that he recently stole
a SlO0-bill from a drug store IN Macon
1t is stated that Harry Stllwell Ed
wards. who has been awarded $1,000 for
his story, Sons and Fathers" will in
vite at an early day the literary ana
editorial fraternities Of Georgia TO a COM
plimentary reception TO be given by MN
In Macon or some Georgia city contrary
located.
At the residence OF a prominent mem
Der of a North Dalton church, few nights
ago. a dance was in progress. This
wounded the religious feelings Of Rev. M
M Walraven, who lives close by III the
parsonage. He got up dressed %eht g 4Sg
whirls. which put quietus on the terpsl-
chorean revelry.
The first case called in Clayton superior
court Monday was that OF the state
against Ivy Brooks, charged with killing
and beheading a negro companion BROOKS
admits that he killed the negro, but claims
that a woman companion Of his severed
the head from the body and buried Il IN
a well in the neighborhood of the killing
He says also that the klillng was III
self defense, and that the fatal DloW was
made with a maui and was JustlnaDle'
John Nolan was acquitted at Madison
Monday of the murder Of Charles Cowan.
A remarkable freak of nature was ex-
hibited at Waynesboro Monday by a col
ored man in the form of a deformed pig.
it had one head, four ears, eight Ieet
two tongues and two mouths ana TWO
separate bodies from the ribs out toward
the lower parts of the body. II created
great excitement and curiosity. IL lVeu
only two hours after birth.
waycross correspondence Morning
News: The stockholders of the Wilson
Shoe Manufacturing Company yesterday
elected officers as follows: President, =.
c. Grace; vice president, warren botI
treasurer, ]. +. Wadley, and secretary, 4
NJ Grace. A board of directors were elect
ed also and the company was thoroughly
organized. The factory has more oroers
Just now than il is prepared TO nli.-A. X.
Bennett and j. d. Smith are preparing 10
erect a large business brick block on Jane
street between the Phoenix hotel ana the
site of the old Commercial hotel-Machlh-
cry for the temporary repair shops Oh the
Wavcross Air Line is being received at
Waitertown. In week or two the shops
will be in operation.
Green Hartley, who lives on the plan
tation of Ed. Houser, near Fort Valley
was blowing in a field Saturday where
there was a large rock that was IN the
way of the pillow. He and two other men
moved the rock so as to let the pillow
pass. After moving II Mr.. Hartley saw
something that looked like the edge. of a
stone jar, and upon digging II up FOUND
that it was an old stone Jar, and upon
opening IT discovered that 1t contained
gold, silver and greenbacks. The money
was counted and found to be $4,000 in
gold and silver, the greenbacks being so
badly decayed that II was impossible to
count them. Mr.. Hartley was told by
some one that half of the money belonged
TO the government, and not knowing to
the contrary he took 1t to Perry and de-
posted it with the county treasurer.
the money was buried there years ago by
some miser. 1t is thought that Mr.. Hart
ley will not get the money, as II Will be
claimed by other parties who owned the
land years ago.
In reference to the Hines case at San
dersville Judge Hines makes the follow
ing statement: Il am able to demonstrate
my innocence beyond doubt as soon as
Indictment was found, the prosecutor. who
is bitter enemy of mine, left the county
on Tuesday and could not be gotten back
until Friday. When he returned he was
so intoxicated that he could not be brought
into court. When he returned again de-
manded a trial. when the case was con-
tinued by the state. / am safe in saying
that all fair-minded men of all political
opinions regard my treatment as an out
rage. Some of the grand jurors wished
to accord me the privilege of making a
statement before them. Had I been per-
partisan jurors could have found no ex-
cuse for indicting me. l have no fears of
the result. All ask is a trial Until then
stated that a continuance Of the grave
charge was nothing more than he expect
ed. He knew that the prosecution would
not give him trial.
FLORIDA.
The unknown man, who fell from a
train on the Florida Central and PENN
sular railroad about fifteen miles west of
Jacksonville last week, has been identi-
fed as James McGinty of Pittsburg, Pa.
Capt. w. H. Towles of Barlow has
brought suit against Lee county in the
sum Of 5000 damages for the use of his
claimed right-of-way over certain cause.
way between Fort Myers and Punta
Rassa.
At De F'uniak Springs Sunday night the
stores of DR.. Landrum, drugs, Mr.. Stubbs,
bakery and Eddy general merchandise