The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-25


His BondSmen-An Atlanta Man
Claims 10 Have Invented Non-
ReaIIabIe Bottle.
GEORGIA.
Samuel 3. Palmer OF Georgia has been
appointed an assistant surgeon " the
navy.
The Odd Fellows Of Waycross VIII give
q picnic I'd SLwalee springs about the
last of May.
Hon. Patrick Walsh VIII deliver an adj
dress az Waycross on May - in the inter
Is, of the Cotton States Exposition at
Ch-cago.
The Office and store room Of Dr. II. G..
EJmunds' hotel at EIDerton was totally
destroyed by FIRE Friday night. RAYMOND
Merck had his soda appara tus for making
and bottIng soda water in the building
and IL was burned.
Friday afternoon Oconee county got
plenty of rain and a large quantity Of
hail. The hailstorm DID no very great
damage, but was quite he4Ny 90 certain
localities. AT Bishop lightning struck the
stable Of Dr. Oscar Brancn ana killed a
fine horse. No Other casualties have
thus far been reported.
There is considerable talk among the
business men Of Harmony Grove Of build
.ng another cotton mill this year The
dividends per annum and there are rea-
sons why another would pay as Wei or
better. Determined efforts VIII bo made
10 establish other manufacturing inter-
ests.
William Cheeseboro, one Of the Oldest
and most faithful engineers ON the Georgia
railroad dropped dead in the depot res
taurant at Augusta, Saturday morning.
He had gone in TO get a cup Of coffee
a few minutes prior TO the time for his
80. Ia o.
stricken with apopleNy and suddenly eN-
pred.
In the United States court at Macon
Saturday the district attorney filed suit
against the b0ndsmen of Charles G.. VIII
son, postmaster Of MilledgeVlle' VINO IS
charged with having failed to conduct
his Office according TO the requirements
of law The bOndsmen and the amounts
for which they are held liable are; Rich
ard Nelson. 5000; William w. Brown OF
Macon, 5000; Mark Johnson OF Mllledge-
vile, 5000; Henry j. Allen Mlledge55
Vile, 5000 Mr.. Wilson was appointed
postmaster at Milledgeville IN 1871.
The conference committee of the two
houses Of congress has agreed to the SEN
ate amendment giving to the Cotton
States and international Exposition Com
pany what amount viii remain from lne
government appropriation aIlef an tA-
penditures are made. The addition OF this
sum to the treasury of the company VIII
place financial matters with them IN a
much more healthy condition, ana enable
the finance committee TO pay OFT a greaL
number of claims which could not have
been met unless the amendment had gone
through The company will probably be
able TO pay 50 cents on the dollar on all
claims now outstanding as soon as the
amount from the government board
comes in.
Tweed correspondence Morning News:
A few days ago Mrs. Matte Kicks a
young married woman, while returning
home from her mother-in-law' S, observed
a white object lying in the road. she
picked ii UP and found it TO be Cor rather
she was under The impression), it was a
guinea egg. Having a hen ready TO set,
She placed the new found treasure In a
nest with the balance of the eggs As
soon as they Matched, Mrs. Kicks anxious
to learn the success OF her new egg plac-
ed her hand into the nest when small
snake Of the king species gl.ded into It,.
With a shrek, she threw the reptile from
her and ran TO the house Her husband
aSd a6on nS dsPPa lh6 the 35'S cause Of the
trouble.
Jesup correspondence Morning News:
The Woman's Missionary Society in the
Methodist conference of the Waycross dis
trict met here last Wednesday morning
for the purpose Of holding their annual
meeting. The society was called to order
by its president, Mrs. J. o. A. Cook. The
meeting adjourned Friday night. A large
represented by their delegates. A recep-
ton was given al the wilkins hotel Fri
day night in honor of the visiting dele
gates. Refreshments We're served at s
o'clock, after which the crowd was enter
tained with delightful music and recita-
tons, furnished by Prof. A. NJ. Brown of
Jesup and Miss Annie Twitty OF Waycross.
The society will hold its next meeting at
Albany on June "a, 1891
NIinedgevflle correspondence Morning
News: Friday night at a meeting OF the
trustees Of the Middle Georgia Military
and Agricultural College. Prof. W. z.
cd aef 1aa To hn
vacancy caused by the resignation of
President J. c. Woodward. Prof Reynolds
has been teacher in the school for sew
eral years, coming here from Greensboro,
Ga He has state reputation as a
scholar and the faculty and school is 10
be congratulated in appointing him as
presi1ent.-The commencement sermon OF
the Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
1ege VIII be preached next Sunday morn
ing a. II O'Clock by Rev. r. J. Bigham, D.
D., Of Nashville, Tenn. The full pro-
gramme viii be given the public later
Politics in Baldwin Is growing heated, es-
peclally IN the legislative race. The three
candidates J. d. Howars, r. w. Roberts
and Robert Whitfield, all have represent
ed this county and number their friends
by the score.
F. L. Seigel, superintendent of the Capi.
tai City Club at Atlanta, has invented 4
contrivance which, he claims, will preven1
the rehlling of bottles. 1t consists of 4
small glass contrivance, the ends of which
are round, while the center is a bulb
glass marble When the artifice has
been placed in the neck of a bottle
when must pc OF a peculiar pattern witt
a niche TO hold the contrivance an(
turned upside down, the marble rolls {,
the big end, allowing the liquid TO pas
freely from the bottle Reversed, tn,
marble runs to the small end of the af
Ialr, nlling IL and preventing the posi-
biity OF liquid entering the bottle. TIL
invention has been tried in the bras
form and works admirably. Ii is claimed
Mr.. Seigel has made application for
patent, and is negotiating for the man
ufacture Of the cOntrivance on an ex
tensive scale. He says they can be mad
Tor one-hah cent each of any size de
sired. The D.stillers' Association O
America, it is said, has offered 100000 70
the perfection Of such an invention.
Willard Fillmore Christopher Columbu
johnson, a negro with various aliases, be
heved to be the murderer Of Baker A
Bass at Atlanta, is under arrest in tina
city. charged with that crime. His arres
was accomplished by officer Cruseue q
the local police force at the instance q
J. ". Hewitt private detective, VIII