The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
INPARAG RAPHS.

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A Gun Found I'm n Forest in Wiscon-
sin Supposed 10 Have Belonged "a
Georgia Soldier who Was Eaten
by WoIvcs-A shooting Array in a
saloon at MiIIedgeviIIe.
GEORGIA.
Sanders Mcdaniel is on trial in Newton
superior court for the murder Of Riley
Stewart.
The engagement Of Miss Rebie Lowe
and James W. English. Jr., OF Atlanta Is
announced. The wedding viii occur on
April ..
Another fruit farm viii be established
on the Perry branch railroad, five miles
from Perry. The deal was made last week
through Capt. J. y. James for 5io acres
Of the Z. L. Fielder plantation.
The Wrightsville and Tennille railroad
has just received from Paterson. y. j., a
new passenger engine. 1t was ordered
Feb. "a and IN less time than a month
was constructed and shipped 10 Dublin.
Uncle George" GHreath, as he was IA
mniarly known in Barlow county, died
at his home near Cassville Sunday after
noon at the age of s.. He was one or
Barlow county's Oldest and best citizens.
Roberta Academy was consumed by fire
at Roberta Thursday afternoon. 1t was
a large two-story wooden building. ana
valued az about $500 The insurance
amounts to $50. The upper story was
used as Masonic rooms.
Two fine mules were stolen from W. ".
PAGES barn at Trenton Thursday nigh;.
y negro who had been employed upon the
place and who has disappeared Is sus-
Dected of the theft. ~ horse was also
stolen the same night at Wauhachie,
twelve miles north of Trenton.
There is now on exhibition at Augusta
a portrait of the late Juriah Harris, N.
D, Of Savannah. It will be presented
to the medical department of the Uni
Nersity of Georgia, on March 30 by the
Students of the Memorial Association.
Walter Hemphnl. the young man who
was shot by Joseph Ewalt in Wheelman's
saloon at Ninedgeville Wednesday night,
is very low and his physicians have little
hope of his recovery. Ewalt is in jail
and claims the shooting was accidental
This is not generally believed however.
as Hemphill was shot three times. Hemp
hill has made no statement.
Rufus Childs, the young white boy con-
fined in jan at Griffin for stealing, Is
still in custody. but a number of citi-
zens, having Interested themselves in his
case, il has been decided that he shall
be liberated as soon as he learns the Ten
Commandments, with the promise that
he leave town and go to work on a farm.
He has accepted the conditions, but wants
bicycle to ride out of town on.
Washington correspondence Morning
News: The fruit growers Of this section
report a good deal of the fruit killed by
the recent cold Weather.-Judge Cade, col
ored, was arrested here to-day charged
with the oitense of rape upon colored
girl about y years OF age. He was lodged
in jail.-A meeting of the democratic eX
ecutive committee has been called for
next Tuesday, March 3l.-James Arm
strong is out for reelection to the legisla-
ture.
Darien correspondence Morning News:
Vessels at the loading grounds at Sapelo
are suffering heavily from the boldness Of
sailor runners. Some of the vessels have
had as many as ten sailors stolen from
them in a night. The runners gain admis-
sion to the vessels by pretending to be
oyster men and the like. Capt. Linden, Of
the Russian bark Primus, reports having
made one of these runners run at a lively
gait last night, with a shotgun, and other
masters of vessels have determined to
follow Capt. Lundin's example in break
ing up this nefariOus business. These par
ties come from Brunswick and Savannah.
A party of wealthy Chicagoans are in
Americas looking about with a view to
investing largely in lands in that Vicin-
ity One of the party Is president of a
large carriage manufacturing company,
and may establish a branch there. \
committee from the local board of trade
has charge of the party and has shown
them various tracts of land suitable for
manufacturing purposes, as well as a
number Of desirable farms. plantation
of 1000 acres was visited to-day, the pur-
pose being to locate a colony of Hoi-
landers thereon. Another member of the
party is DESTROYS of building a canning
factory at Americas and is looking al
property suitable therefor. The gentle
men expressed themselves as greatly pleas
ed with this section of Georgia and doubt
less will make large investments.
Gov. Atkinson is in receipt of a letter
from Chicago telling of the finding Of an
old army rife near Woodruff, Wis, which
evidently belonged to a Georgia confed-
crate soldier. The rife bore the name OF
II. duBignon engraved on the stock. The
old rife evidently has a history 1t was
found leaning up against a tree in for
est. Quite number of human bones were
found about the tree, apparently indi-
eating that the owner of the gun per-
lshed at the spot, eaten by wolves, It is
thought by the writer of the letter. Car
wood Harris of "a and SO Canal street,
Chicago, late first lieutenant Company A,
Fifth Michigan Cavalry of Gen. Custer
brigade. Mr.. Harris writes the governor