The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-07
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PAR AGHAPHs.

Statement of the Eagle and PheniN
C0mmittee-A Mule Team struck
by a Train-Scnator Quns In Flor
faa-The Rapid Progress of Miami.
An Editor who Abused the Liner
aIIty of Orlando Democrats.
GEORGIA
Atlanta has given "a deed over the old
state capitol for $4,000 20 secure the
money 10 build her new city haH-
Rev. II. ?. Jackson. graduate Of Mer-
Ger University. and later OF the Baptist
Seminary at Louisville KY. has been
called to the pasiorate 81 me A9netllle
Baptist church, vice Rev. }. J. Lyman
resigned.
City Marshal Feagin Of Americas Is
proud in the possession Of a pair Of
Kentucky bloodhounds. with pedigrees as
LONG as a clothes line. They can catch
anything that runs. swims OF flies, and
woe now 10 the jailbird who escapes.
Abbevine Exponent: C. W. Donaldson.
architect and builder OF the elegant coll
Iege building. now nearly completed, is
hard at work on the academy Tor the
colored people. Both buildings VIII be
completed and ready for occupancy BY
Sept J. 1896.
Marietta Journal: Mr.. Joe Black, the
other morning, heard something strike
the side OF his house and then fall on
the veranda. He went out and found
silver dollar on his back veranda. Who
threw il there he hasn't any idea. Free
silver has come al last
Christian Index; Monroe Female Col
lege at Forsyth is the second oldest fe-
male college IN the world. Wesleyan at
Macon. is the Oldest and II is said that
Baptists founded that. II Wesleyan
was founded by the Methodists then
Monroe Is the oldest Baptist female col
lege in the world.
Augusta Herald: It is reported on relia-
bic authority that the Street Railway
Company has bought out the Thomson
Houston Company and are attempting 20
secure the Gas Light Company and Will
DO all the lighting for the city. IL Is as
serted that the purchase OF the Thomson
Houston Is a positive deal and that the
second purchase is pending.
The Mallory steamship Colorado which
suffered from a collision in New York
harbor recently IS being thoroughly re-
paired and improved preparatory 20 re-
Stunning her place on the line. Her cylin-
uers are being bored out, and now ma
chinery placed. TO greatly increase her
speed. The Colorado VIII probably be
ready to make trip TO Brunswick In
about two weeks
Macon will In a few months be talking
with Americas, Augusta and all with At
lanta via the Southern over the telephone.
The Macon order OF Catholic Knights Of
America has received an appeal for help
from the hundred or more Catholics who
were sufferers by the cyclone which re-
Gently devastated St. Louis. The knights
Immediately responded to the appeal and
have taken measures to give aid TO their
suffering brethren.
The South Georgia railroad is being
pushed right ahead. President oglesby
has bought from w f. Algee a Co.. OF
Atlanta an engine, a passenger coach and
new rails for twenty-five miles. The line
when completed from Quitman to Adel on
the Georgia Southern and Florida will be
thirty-one miles long. Ii will probably
be connected with a road owned by the
Atlanta Lumber Company and the roads
together Will have nearly seventy miles of
track.
Simeon Shaw Of Madison has a chip on
his shoulder. In the current issue of the
Advertiser he has a card which reads. ITO
Whom II May Concern-I wish TO say that
any one who says or insinuates that
came back from Japan for any motive OF
interest or cowardice-or any unworthy
motive or cause whatever or for the pur-
pose Of precipitating a prohibition con-
test or fer any other sinister reason is an
unmttigated coward in the first place, and
a dastardly liar constitutionally. Simeon
Shaw"
A Western and Atlantic train struck
two mules near Marietta last week: the
driver did not hear the train, nor could
the engineer see him on account of a
cut at the crossing, one mule was thrown
twenty-five feet, the other fifteen. The
driver saved himself from death by jump
ing. He was bruised by the fall. A ne
gro woman, named Emma Marshall, was
on the seat with the driver and she was
hurled from the seat and fell between
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was knocked out OF place.
Macon Telegraph; Some days ago the
Kings Daughters Of Vineville presented
she may be able TO change her raiment
as often as she desired. The wrappers
were taken to the jail by one of the good
ladies'. who explained that they We're a
present from the Kings Daughters, who
had taken an interest in her WAL,
who is the King OF Vineville. anyhow, an
how many gals has he got?" was the re-
ply of the old lady as she looked the Wis
time trying to explain to Mrs. Mobiles about
the Kings Daughters, but never succeed
ed in making her understand.
The report of the receivers of the Eagle
and Phenix Manufacturing Company of
Columbus was issued yesterday The re-
port, which has been in process of prepa-
ration for some time, Is very fun, Its
summary shows: Total liabilities. 81. 5Ss.-
737; quick assets, valued, $4l0,0635l; eN-
cess liabilities, Ills, 40. These liabili-
ties are mainly in bonded indebtedness,
$500, 600, and in bills payable, some secured
$269, 42e.7s, some $40, 1850, claimed to be
secured by cotton and merchandise in
Eagle and Phenix warehouse. but not
found by the receivers, and others unse-
cured, $lS7, 1906. In assets the value of
the read estate is not included, and stocks
were listed at their face value.
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FLORIDA.
The DeFuniak Breeze, which has here
tofore been populist journal, is support
ing Bryan and Sewall.
The Tampa Tribune complains that in
some sections of that city the children are
allowed to go naked. Some grown, folks
would Ike 20 90 almost naked this