The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
Impair AGRPAHs.

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An once Building Twenty Storie
High TO BE Erected at Atlanta
Congressman Turner'S Eother-in
Law DisIOcntes Her Hip-A Mar
Breaks Both of His Legs i'm Jump
ing From WaEOn-Back Pas
Amounting 10 $1,000 10 be Divided
Among Aagustn's Letter Carriers
GEORGIA
VIII Spinks is lying at the Grady hos
pital at Atlanta, suffering from dan
gerous knife wound INFLICTED hy bis friend
Arthur Hayne. while engaged 10 pes
sonal difficulty.
After an illness of several weeks, Mrs
Mary F. Grier died at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. J. n. High, on Peachtree
street. at Atlanta, SATURDAY she was
the widow Of the late Capt Clip Grler-
Some time since the mail carriers in the
postofice at Augusta sent a petition 70
the postoffice department in Washington
asking for pay Tor overtime they ~ z
worked Saturday. They received notice
that they would get il, and il amounts 10
5000.
Mrs. j. o. Morton. mother-in-law OF
Congressman II. G. Turner. fell from her
piazza at duitman Saturday, and disio-
Gated her hip. She had started TO 20
from the house aud as she reached the
top OF the steps her foot slipped and she
fell 10 the ground.
Bob Fryer. a farmer living in Mt. Zion
district, near Zetella, was standing in his
wagon at she oil mill at Griffin Saturday.
waiting for the delivery % some cotton
seed meal, when - passing train fright
ened his mule. which starred in fast
run up solomon street. Mr. Fryer be-
came frightened and jumped from his
wagon and when he struck the ground
both his legs were broken.
Atlanta is 70 have a twenty-story office
building. The site has been selected. an
option secured. a big bonus paid on the
property, the plans are now being dra wu,
and work upon the building win be he
gun within sixty days. The structure will
be located on the property. bounded by
Peachtree, Poplar and North Broad
streets. generally known as the Powell
property. Il VIII be built by the Mutual
Building Company of Atlanta, new cor
porauon, which starts out with capital
OF 100000, and which viii soon increase
the capital stock 10 $1,000 600. The com
pany is made up of capitalists Of Attain
Ia, New ork and London.
FLORIDA.
One hundred and twenty crates of fine
Strawberries were shipped from Haw-
thorn Saturday.
1t is estimated that about $4,000 worth
of timber will be marketed at Apalachi-
cola, as a result of the last rise.
In the contested city election case in
the circuit court at Pensacola, the jury
Saturday night, brought in a verdict in
favor of w. L. Anderson, the contestant
a serious shooting affair occurred be
tween Jack Keen and Sol Edwards, about
one mile and a half west Of Drexel Satur-
day. The trouble grew out of a family
anair Edwards is keen's brother-in-law
Edwards was shot twice, and IL is thought
to be serious. Keen is now in jail.
The farmers around Greenviue are max
ing arrangements for planting large crops
of cotton, both sea island and upland. The
average farms through that section are in
good shape for farming. Plenty of corn
and bacon has been raised at home La
Dor Is expected to be scarce, as a great
many of the laborers have gone south tc
the phosphate mines The fruit croI
promises TO be very fine this season.
Simon Hamburg, who has been confined
in the Orange county Jail at Orlando fol
the past two months on a charge of ar
son, was released from Jail early Friday
p morning, on 5000 bond, and has gone e
Titusville, his home. the scene of his al
legged crime. 1t Will be remembered thai
Hamburg and w. j. Garner were charged
with burning Titusville and were held ii
heavy bonds. They were taken to Orlando
for safe keeping. Some weeks ago, or
habeas corpus proceedings, Garner was re.
leased and Hamburg bond reduced tC
5000. Garner Immediately left for Chi
eago, the old home of Hamburg and him
self. He succeeded in getting ChiCa &c
parties to go on Hamburgs bond and the
latters release followed.
E. A Franklin's pawn shop at Tampa
was the scene of an exciting little scrap
Saturday afternoon. in the course OF
which the man of loans and tickets was
forced to draw a gun to protect himself
from assault. The story told by Mr.. Frank
lin is to the effect that on March % a
stranger left with him a diamond stud;
upon which $50 was advanced. Saturday
morning the man who had pawned the
stud came in with three friends and asked
that II be shown them. AS he seemed on
the point of selling the pawn ticket, Mr..
FRANKLIN complied with the requent, but
the party left without coming to a de-
cision. A little before 4 o'clock in the
afternoon the same crowd reappeared on
the same erTand. BY this time Mr. Frank.
I'm, whose experience has not left him in
entire ignorance of the noble art of film.
1iamming, was becoming suspicious and
before showing the stud took the precau.
paper. After considerable discussion
among themselves one of the party Dull.
ed OUT roll OF bills and extracted there
from so, which represented the loan witt
the interest added. Fifteen minutes hat
hardly passed when three of the Origina
party returned and demanded a loan of 81
on the stud BY this time Mr. Franklin,
suspicious were more thoroughly aroused
lie natly refused TO advance any sucl
sum. One of the crowd without warning
fell upon the pawnbroker as he sat pinnet
up in his chair, between his desk and hi
head. Fortunately w. II. Semonite was il
the place at the time, and with his as
sistance and the moral influence of tn,
gun Mr.. Franklin finally succeeded il
drawing, the three men were backed on
of the shop leaving Semonite guar1in,
the door. In the scuffle the stud wa
dropped, and when one of the gang wa.