The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-20
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.


GEORGIA.
During last week there was shipped from
the port OF Darien l.7g7.5s7 feet Of timber
and lumber.
Mrs. Catherine Burke. the aged mother
of T. c. Burke one of Macon's most
prominent citizens. died Saturday. after
TWO weeks illness.
Prof J. T. Nelson who has been princi-
pal OF the OglethOrpe high school for the
past several years, has resigned. on ac-
count Of III health.
A. NJ. Eady, one Of the oldest and most
respected citizens OF West Point. died
Saturday aged Is years. He had been a
merchant in West Point since 1850.
A fine horse OF the stable OF E. n. Ali
son ran away on Main street at Eatonton
Friday attached to a dray killing himself
against tree close to the curbing.
T. F. Logan, a prominent citizen of
Americas, is critically III and his re-
covery is not expected. For several days
he has been suffering from brain atection.
AT Athens Friday in the Ayers SUN
against the Seaboard Railroad Company
for $4,000. claimed as damage TO person.
the jury returned a verdict Tor VOW IN Ia
vor Of the plaintiff.
At Montezuma Wednesday morning a
party arranged TO enjoy a FISH fry on the
river and while arranging to make their
departure. Mrs. Henrietta Herr, who had
got into a wagon, was thrown out by
sudden movement OF the team, her arm
was dislocated and broken Just above the
wrist.
The committee in charge of getting up
the big excursion from Rome to Chicka-
manga May 6, for the benefit of the bat
tie abbey has gone hard to work to make
of II a grand success; CedartoWn, sum
merville Lafayette, Kingston, calhoun,
Carrollton and other towns viii be asked
90 join.
Attorney Marion Harris has filed suit
in the United States court at Macon for
Mrs. Matte l. Mercer against the South
ern Railway for $4,000 damages for the
death of her husband, Robert l.. Mercer,
who was fireman on the Inflated freight
train that was wrecked at stone creek,
and Mercer was killed.
DR.. Thomas J. Collins passed through
Jackson Friday. en- route to the state asy-
lum, with Oscar Ridgeway. About four
weeks ago Ridgeway shot Albert Force
and Force in return struck Rldseway over
the head with a heavy stick and from the
conclusion Ridgeway has lost his mind
All the parties are white and well con-
nected.
One Of the most important matters 20 be
attended TO at the twenty third annual
convention Of the Georgia State Sunday
in Macon to-day, is the election of twenty
four delegates to represent Georgia In the
eighth international thirteenth nationaD
Sunday school convention, to be held IN
the city of Boston, Mass, June 70, 70.
Within the next ninety days the Atlanta
Bicycle and Machine Works viii be manu-
featuring a high-grade bicycle. The COM
pany has just been organized, and the APP
plgcation for a charter asks that a charter
be granted with an authorized capital of
Frank L. Lewis. James ]. DeSette and Ar
rhur Green, rich capitalists and manufac-
turers of lnGtaaa, and A. j. West Z. j.
Kramer and S. w. Wilkes, OF Atlanta
Tim Flowers, a we'll known paralytic
white man, aged 30 years, who drove
around the streets Of Macon in a wagon
pulled by goats, was found dead Friday
afternoon IN his small wagon under his
house, on Fourth street. II IS not known
how long he had been dead. When found
his goats, which were hitched 10 the wag-
on, were lying down. waiting for their
master to drive them on. Flowers had
been paralyzed in the legs since he was
eight years old and could not walk. He
died from natural causes.
Yenable Bros have made a new city HAN
proposition to the city council of Atlanta
The new offer is designed to meet the OBJ
Jecttons OF Mayor King and the members
of the council who do not favor the for
mer proposition, which was vetoed by the
mayor. The terms Of the new offer appear
"
opposers of the first proposition have de-
clared themselves in favor of 1t. 1t is be-
lieved by some of the councilmen that the
new offer will be accepted almost unani-
mously when laid before that body The
Venable Bros. propose to lease the city
ample space in their new building for the
sum of $500 per annum.
Some little excitement was caused in
Eatonton Friday by a representative of
Wolff & Happ of Macon taking possession
nf 10 known
ness of S. Cohen. NJ. Vice, who was in
charge, claims he had no authority to
turn over the stock, but Wolff proceeded
TO pack it up and had got well under way
when Vice instituted proceedings and had
the store closed by the sheriff. Both par
ties were greatly enraged, and several
times came near coming to blows. Mr..
Wolff states that he had Instructions to
take the stock from Wolff & Happ. The
matter is in the hands of the court and
Wolff has gone back to Macon.
A lively shooting scrape occurred on De-
catur street in front of the Kimball house
at Atlanta Friday night about o'clock.
Hiram Graves, young white man, shot
and painfully wounded George Thomas,
a contractor from Milton county. Two
Thomas coat and the other lodging in
his wrist, 1t is miraculous that he was
not killed, for, if he had not thrown up
let, 1T would have undoubtedly pierced
his heart. Graves made no effort to es-
CAPE anu WAS dIIGSlNu ny OulC6TS f16WlLI
and Boon. Whisky was at the bottom of
the affair.
At the recent Chicago Exposition con-
vention at Atlanta it was decided to have
a vice president of the Southern EXPOSE
ton Company of Georgia in each of the
congressional districts. The matter Of
naming these officers was left with the
president This list has now been made
out, and is as follows: First congressional
district, D. G. Purse, Savannah; Second
congressional district, Arthur Hood, Cuth-
bert; Third congressional district E. NJ
Rumph. Marshallville; Fourth congress
sional district. Mayor Cliff B. Grimes, Co
lumbus; Fifth congressional district John
NJ. Green, Atlanta; Sixth congressional
district, Adolph Joseph, Aiilledgeville; Sew
enth congressional district John w Ak
en-, Cartersville; Eighth congressional dis
trict, William A. Broughton, Madison;
Ninth congressional district James w
Robertson, Cornela; Tenth congressional
district Judge w. +. Eve, Augusta :
Eleventh congressional district, II. F.
Dunwoody, Brunswick.
FLORIDA.
Seventeen negro prisoners languish in