The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Macon Drummer sues n Fhy stefan
for $4,000 DamaEes-A suit for
Damages for the Alienation of a
Wife's AHectiOns-A Remarkable
Case I'm Floyd County Superior
Court-A Negro Probably Fatally
Injured.
GEORGIA.
At Columbus Wednesday West Redd
was sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the murder Of Andrew Head. both col
ored.
Col. Jacob z. Dart. United States con-
sui to Guadalupe. will return 10 Bruins
wick in April on leave of absence, for a
visit TO relatives.
The wine vault and house on the Ben
Jones vineyard. at the northeastern edge
of Atlanta, was destroyed, together with
several thousand gallons Of wine Thursday
morning about 3 O'Clock. This makes the
second time il has been burned.
A sensational suit was filed in the office
Of the clerk Of the superior court at At
lanta Thursday by Thomas A. Chamber
lin against j. "A. Clark. Mr. Chamberlin
charges Mr.. Clark with stealing from him
the affection of his wife and destroying the
happiness Of his home.
Albert Query has just finished a life size
portrait of Robert Toombs for the state.
The portrait will be hung in one of the
halls of the capitol at Atlanta, the place
10 be selected by Gov. Atkinson. Mr..
Cherry will receive $1,000 for the portrait.
The work was done in three weeks.
The Massachusetts, cotton mills in Floyd
county are nearly complete. The machin-
cry is nearly all in and they viii begin
Summing in a month. They have built quite
a town at Lindale. When the Tame mill
is completed the three Rome mills VIII use
up large part of the 5000 bales OF cotton
annually received in Rome.
A mortgage Fl. ia. was foreclosed on the
property of the Southern Saw works at
Atlanta Thursday by Deputy Sheriff TIN
Blount. The judgment was in favor of the
Baldridge & Hagen Saw Company and was
levied on the Southern Saw works, as the
property of Mrs Sarah McNey. me
amount of the Il. ia. was 81, 4I0.6O.
The Swapping Shoals milling property,
y miles from Covington on South river,
has changed hands. 1t is now owned by
II. A. DeLoach, formerly of the DeLoach
Mill Manufacturing Company of Atlanta.
Mr. DeLoach and brother will probably
reside at the shoals, where they intend
70 start large factory at an early cate.
Eden correspondence Morning News:
The farmers are making active prepara-
tons for putting in potatoes and an aver
age acreage Will be planted THIS year.
Some few have planted small patches
already, and next week will put in the
bulk of the main crop Diversified truck
on the intensive plan seems to be the
general opinion on which the planters
propose to act.
Lee Lyle, a Macon drummer asks the
city court to allow him judgment against
Dr. Benton Strange the well known spe-
cialist for $4,000 damages The alleEa-
tons are that DR.: Strange seriously in
jured Mr.. Lytle's health during a course
Of treatment, and was unnecessarily rough
in administering the treatment DIR.
Strange will answer that Mr.. Lyle retus-
ed to obey instructions during the course
of treatment and is, therefore, response
BILE for whatever damage that might have
resulted.
At o'clock Monday night A. ]. Nc
Gees entire business block at Butler was
swept by fire. His undertakers establish
ment, blacksmith and wood shops were
all burned to the ground. The origin OF the
fire is not known. When discovered the
flames had gained such headway that
nothing could be saved. This IS the sec
ond destructive fire Butler has had in the
last six weeks. The burnt block was sit
uated near the Central railroad depot Mr..
MCGEE estimates his loss at 5000 lie had
no insurance.
Thursday night, at McDonough. a negro
named Louis Laney boarded the north
bound passenger train on the Southern
railway to assist his daughter, who was
going to Atlanta, with some bundles.
While he was in the car the train began
10 move, and before he could get out il
had attained considerable speed He
rushed to the platform of the car and IN
attempting to get off was thrown several
feet His head struck the steel rail OF a
side track with such force as to crack
his skull. His head was badly cut and
bruised and one ear was cut off. His nJu-
ries will probably result in his death.
Stirmore Correspondence Morning
News: Measels is here and around Still
more and many families are suffering
with the disease. The wife of the Hon.
w. R. Kemp died Wednesday afternoon
from the same-We have had and are hav-
ing heavy rains the creeks are full and
the timber men are happy, many RATS
have gone and will go down the Ohoopee.
The heavy rains are setback to the
farmers, 1t being too wet to plow.-Our
hotel, the Canoochee, which will be the
finest in this section of the state, is rap
idly on it's way to completion and win
be furnished in the very finest style by
the owner, G. NJ. Brinson.
Tweed correspondence Morning News:
Ten days ago Mr.. C. W. Wilkes. a thrifty
and enterprising young farmer of this
vicinity, cut and drifted fine raft of slab
lumber TO Darlen, realizing over $500
by the transaction. Wednesday evening,
upon reaching Mount Vernon, in Mont
gomery county, he made a few purchases
and started home. Upon arriving at his
destination he was utterly astounded on
examining his pocket book and clothes,
proceeds of the timber money was gone.
Strange to say, he can't give no satisfac-
tory account of how the money was lost.
With the money he intended paying some
debts incurred during last year. Part of
the money belonged to his brother.
Tennille Correspondence Morning News:
Tennille and vicinity keeps pace with the
most advanced sections of Middle Georgia
in material prosperity. The variety of In
dustries is small. but these are pushed
with commenable zeal. The amount of
idle labor is very small, and but little
worn-out and abandoned land can be seen.
The last cotton crop was a success finan-
cially, and other industries have pros
pered proportionately. The people kicked
against the Communication tax for working
the public roads and in mass meeting re-
quested the ordinary to suspend its oper-
alton, and upon the authority of the at
torney general the collection of the tax
has been postponed until the March term
of court and the public roads are being
worked under the old law.
James Everard Blackshear Of Guyton
whose death on Feb. has already been
reported in the Morning News, was one
of the cOnfederacy's youngest soldiers
At the age of 16 Mr.. Blackshear threw
down his books and entered tie confed-