The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-05

,wOman's Body Near st. Augustine
Independent Candidates for FIorI
dn's LegfsIature-Sugar in FlOrids
ST. AugustIne's Bonds May GO Int
Court.
GEORGIA.
An fee factory is spoken Of for Elber-
ton.
Thieves in Atlanta have taken to steal
ing bath tubs
1t is estimated that the work of repay
ing Whitehall street in Atlantis will cost
about $1,000
The new bridge spanning the Georgia &
Alabama railway at Barlow street in
Americas, is practically completed.
The Macon police are unearthng n case
of wholesale robbery. The thief was a
trusted employee Of T. c. Parker, who had
been persistently and extensively robbed.
The retail liquor dealers of Augusta are
worried. The cause is found in their not
understanding the new excise law. Sew
eral have been fined heavily by the recor-
der.
The first operation of the Elberton pants
factory, owned and operated by Messrs
Gardner, Arnold 6, Co, occurred on We'd
nesday. About twelve dozen pairs Of
pants will be turned out daily, and sales
men will be put on the road at once.
On Wednesday Officer Conner of Grif-
fin went out into the northern portion of
the county and arrested a negro by the
name of John Atkins who is charged with
burning L. j. Boynton's cotton house in
that part Of the county on the 25th of
August.
Triton begins to feel the impetus of the
movement toward the south. Letters
from all section of the country indicate a
Widespread desire to know about the En-
pire garden section. The Triton business
men begin to realize that 1t is time to get
in line as the extensive business improve
ments indicate.
Miss Maggie Calhoun of Columbus, who
shot negro boy few days ago, tells her
story as follows: She and a relative had
been firing the gun some time ago in the
back yard and she had asked him to re-
move the last load. He had done this, so
she thought and she only believed the
gun was not loaded.
Reuben Carswell, colored, of Toomsboro,
was dangerously shot Wednesday. He is
supposed to have attempted to rob Will
liam Harper's store, near Milledgeville.
Harper keeps a rife trained on the money
drawer for the benefit Of burglars. A string
attached TO the drawer fires the gun. This
makes two negroes he has caught recently.
The action of the Seaboard in putting ON
sale 1000 mile tickets for $40 is meeting
with the hearty approval of merchants and
travelling men of Atlanta. In recognition
of the valuable aid that such action has
given them, a large number of wholesale
merchants of Atlanta have called a meet
ing of the business men at the KimbalI
house assembly room for Saturday even
ing. Sept. 8.
Americas Times Recorder: The first
practical test of the new wire cotton tie
invented and patented by Capt. w. NJ.
Hit, of this city, was made yesterday at
Council g. McGarrahs warehouse, and
proved highly satisfactory in every res
pect. Capt Hit knew full well the require
ments of a tie that would supplant the
product of the tie trust and has fully sue
ceeded to that end.
There was a meeting on Rose Hill, Col
umbus handsome suburb. recently Of citi-
zens Of that suburb and of East High
lands, the object of which was to discuss
the lack of water facilities in these two
for relief. Both Of these suburbs are pop
ular and contain many Of the handsomest
residences of the Columbus district. They
are entirely without means of fighting
fire.
Macon News, Sept. 8: This morning a
procession of twenty-one two-horse wag-
ons. each wagon loaded with three bags Of
cotton, came into the city via the Column
bus road and Cotton avenue and went di-
rect to the large and popular warehouse
OF Mr.. Boliver Ray on Poplar street. The
cotton belonged to Mr. John n. Lewis, a
prosperous and we'll known farmer Of
Crawford county, who ten years ago was a
poor man. but by energy, hard work and
integrity has become successful and a
well to do planter.
The Americus Herald knew how to APP
preciate a public park. The last issue APP
peals to the people as follows: Can't the
people rise up in their might and demand
that something be done to make Windsor
park the beautiful spot it used to be? Many
people are too busy to think Of such things
but there are enough public spirited peo-
pie with a little time on their hands to
take hold of the matter and see that some
active steps are taken before the place be-
comes a wilderness of weeds and beyond
repair.
Atlanta journal; An aerolite fell at DR..
]. ]. Knots place beyond the Barracks
last Thursday about $3.50 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. DR.. Knott was not at home, but
those of the family who were say they
were startled by a report like that of a
heavy piece of artillery, and by the time
they got to the door TO look out, the fumes
OF sulphur pervaded the atmosphere. From
this circumstance DIR. Knott thinks the ex-
plosion must have occurred very near the
ground This is somewhat unusual as the
explosions are supposed to occur some
thing like 50 miles from the earth where
the resistance of the atmosphere begins TO
be appreciable.
FLORIDA.
There are ffty-six licensed bar rooms
in Jacksonville, about one to every nine