The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-21
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Georgia and Florida Road.
GEORGIA.
The Mystic Shriners Of the state Of
Georgia will meet in Macon to-day.
Some gallant member of the coming leg
islature will introduce a bin allowing a
woman to hold the office of state librarian
If this bill passes Miss Ellen DOrtch, the
present assistant librarian, will be can
didate, against Col. John Milledge, the
present librarian.
At Franklin, a day or two ago. Rev. L.
H. Green drew a large black snake from
his well while fishing for a loosened buck
ct. His snakeship entwined himseh Sc
curely around the drag and was drawn
TO the top to be killed. lie was about
three feet in length.
In Richmond county 1857 votes are regis
tered, and it is estimated that Hon. w. II.
Fleming will get a majority over Col. J.
T. West his opponent. Of 1000 Richmond
will also give Bryan and Sewall a good
majority. The number Of registered vot-
ers in the county is about 800 more than
in the state election.
Hon. John F. Redding representative
from Pike county, viii, it is understood,
take a stand in the legislature in favor
of an election law similar to the Australian
ballot system. This measure is favored by
several members, 1t is understood. A mass
meeting of Bib county citizens have asked
one of Bibb's representatives TO introduce
such law.
Two murder cases will occupy a portion
of the courts time at Lexington this
week Sam Watson the slayer of John
Mapp Of Maxeys, and negro woman
who is charged with Draining her hus-
band, George Stribbling, while taking a
MONDAY nap on Jabe Poyner's place viii
appear at the bar of justice and Judgment.
The parties in both cases are colored.
The warehouses at Americas are fun
of cotton, though a large quantity was
sold by farmers during the past week.
Receipts in Americas have passed the 20,
600 bale line so far this season. though
but little cotton remains on the planta-
tons. Americas usually receives 10000
bales Of cotton, but this years receipts
owing to the short crop, will not exceed
$500 bales
Muscogee will probably have a colony
of emigrants within her borders soon. For
the past few days a committee. repre-
senting thirty-one northwestern families,
has been prospecting in the vicinity of
Columbus. While the trade has not yet
been closed, the probability is that the
colony will buy tract of 1000 acres in
the county and there settle the land be-
ing equally divided among the thirty-one
families.
The Chattahoochee musical convention
assembled at Lumpkin Monday in annual
session in the same church where thirty
one years ago it was organized, with
representation from the counties of Stew
vi. Dor nraf IN.
Terrell, Calhoun and Early. The election
of officers for the ensuing year then fol-
lowed with the following result: A. T.
Martin of Shellman, president; A. J. Fore
man of Sanford. vice president; c. A. La
nier Of Hatchers, secretary, and Rev. I.
NJ. Galloway Of Lumpkin, as chaplain
serious wreck on the Georgia and
Alabama railway was prevented Satur-
day night by the watchfulness of the en-
gineer. AS his train was approaching the
Hightower trestle in Stewart county, he
noticed a faint illumination at it's far
end, and bringing his locomotive to a
stop, descended and made an examination.
He found that the fire had so eaten into
the woodwork that had the train pro-
ceeded it would have plunged to destruc-
ton. This was the same trestle that was
set afire last year, and in this instance,
as in the other, it is thought to have been
FLORIDA.
The first orange shipment Of the season
was made Saturday morning from the
Codington grove at Thonotosassa. This
was followed by another shipment Satur-
day night, which was made from the Man
aztec river country.
The Louisville and Nashville division
stock claim agent, assisted by his corps
of detectives, is making things lively for
the alleged trespassers and INSTRUCTORS of
that railroads tracks in Jackson county.
Mr.. Watts brought four men to Mariana
Friday morning for this offense, and there
are more TO follow. A doctor is alleged to
be implicated, and there are three charges
against him of obtaining money under
false pretenses The complaint has been
made by parties whose cattle, II is said,
he has collected claims for from the rail-
road company
Orlando Reporter: After thorough ex-
animation of the law on the subject.
County Solicitor Newell. on Saturday af-
ternoon, issued a capias for the arrest Of
Felix Colsby, colored, who accidentally
killed Isaac Jewett, colored. Friday after
noon. Deputy Gordon arrested Colsby just
as he was starting to attend the funeral
of his victim, and locked him in the county
Sail, to await trial at the November term
of the criminal court, under the charge of
manslaughter Colsby was not at all sur
prised at his arrest, as he had been told
that he would doubtless be arrested for
carrying concealed weapons.
Work on the canal at Port Tampa came
to a sudden stop Saturday, and It now
looks as though the Plant Investment Com
pany and Hillsboro county would try COM
illusions in the courts. The big dredge
that the company has had at work deep
ening the canal was seized for taxes by
an officer Saturday and II was tied up,
thus stopping the work on the canal until
this matter shall be settled and it is like
ly that the case may go into court for
final settlement. The Plant people. Il IS
understood, have refused payment OF the
amount, on the ground that the dredge-
boat is owned in New Haven, and is, con-
sequently, not taxable in Florida.
FLAGMAN SHOT.