The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.


in a Phosphate Deal.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Francis R. Shackelford OF Atlanta
died Tuesday. A little over two weeks
ago she was Frustrated by a stroke OF par
alysis.
Edward Graham Of Tweed. a pilot on the
Oconee river, while riding fractions mule
Friday last. was thrown TO the ground.
sustaining broken leg
DR.. Frank Pierson. the evangelist. who
recently conducted series of meetings
at Augusta. died al Oelwein. Ca, Monday
from an attack Of typhoid fever
At Monroe last week Green b. Austin.
accused Of the assassination of John Chan
cy on the sth of October, 1895, was found
guilty and sentenced 10 life imprisonment
The Stuart Manufacturing Company Of
Atlanta have sold out to DIT. W. a.
Baker. who win continue the business un-
der the name and style Of the Stuart Gin
and Buchu Company.
Gov. Atkinson has issued an order Of
fering a reward OF $3.50 each for the cap
ture of the Stone creek train wreckers
who moved rail on the trestle over
that stream Saturday night.
The residence and furniture Of II. A.
Latimer at Augusta was damaged from
tl.HU
mer was fully insured, carrying $50 on
the house and $1,000 on the furniture
Saturday a deed to the old Brosius ma
chine works was filed in the clerks office
at Atlanta by W. NJ Nixon to the Atlanta
Wooden mills for the sum Of $4,000. The
new industry will put al least rs hands
TO work.
A negro. named Robert Ford. was shot
and seriously injured at Hazlehurst Mon
day night. He and another negro were
gambling and some difficulty arose over
The game. which ended with the above
results The negro who did the shooting
escaped.
The house occupied by John Brewer.
on Warren McGauhey's place near Mon
roe. was discovered on fire about O'Clock
Monday morning. one of Mr.. Brewers
young children was burned in the house,
and Mr.. Brewer, in attempting to rescue
the little one was probably fatally
burned.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L.
Ansley of Americas, had a narrow escape
from death by poisoning Tuesday morn
ing. The negro nurse with the intention
of giving the babe some simple medicine.
gave IL a big dose OF tincture of arnica by
mistake and only the prompt attention of
a physician averted serious consequences.
The Guaranty Investment and Agency
Company of Atlanta, composed Of G. Gun
by Jordan of Columbus; d. II. Livermore
j. c. Dayton, ]. A Topliff and T b. Fielder,
Jr, has been granted a charter. The cap
1tal stock of the company is to be 100000
and the purpose of its organization is to
buy and sell real estate and secure realty
titles.
A charter has been granted the Ameri-
can Tool and Machine Company, whose
capital stock is to be 100000 The prnci-
pal office of the company is to be Atlanta
and branch offices VIII be established in
many places. The object Of the company
is the manufacture of car couplers and all
kinds Of machines and machine working
tools.
At Townsville Tuesday Judge Hansen
confirmed the sale of the property be-
longing to the Mineola Lumber Com
pany, which has been in litigation The
highest bidder was James NJ. Smith of
Oglethorpe, the price offered being 1900.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was paid
down. Attorneys representing both sides
were present when the matter was closed
up.
The mortuary statistics for the month
of February, that have just been COM
piled by the city clerk of Macon, show
that the number of deaths for February
1886, exceeds the number of February, 1895,
by thirteen. During the month just past
there were IS deaths, l6 whites and 20 col
ored. The same month last year there
were only %. No cause is assigned for the
increase.
Berry Burns Of Paulding county was
tried before United States Commissioner
Broyles at Atlanta, Tuesday, on charge
or retailing whisky without a license.
The evidence showed that thirsty neigh
bOrs OF Burns often went to his house,
laid a silver quarter down on a shelf
for the purpose, closed their eyes and
waited for a few moments and then.
them on shelf a first-rate drink.
Tin, Do .ro,,,,er x,,hffa :, r,,hn
a factory in the eastern section of At
lanta was locked up at the police station
IN that city Monday night He is said to
have fired or had a part in the firing of
the bullet which crashed through window
and struck Mary Walker a young woman
living on Berean avenue, last Sunday night
a week ago. The woman was dangerous
~ injured. Ray is thought to have had
an accomplice and the officers expect to
capture him.
Washington Correspondence Morning
News: Mrs. Peter Donnelly died at her
home in Washington Monday night Mrs.
Donnelly and her husband were the two
Oldest residents of the toWn.-Mark L.
Heard an old and highly respected citizen
of Wilkes county, died at his home near
Danbury last Sunday evening. He was
out walking, and upon his return sat
down, taking his little child in his Ian
Suddenly he fell over dead. He was 76
years old.-The dwelling house and its
entire contents of John Mathis, living
was burned last Monday. There was no
insurance.
A tragedy was enacted on the plantation
of ]. D. Minor, near Meriwether station, in
Baldwin county, last Thursday, just about
daybreak. Two young negro men, Eli Rem
der and Charlie Owens, the best of friends,
sat together by the fire. Eli wanted to
borrow a half dollar from Charlie. Char
lie refused to lend the money, which
brought on more talk and caused hard
feelings. Eli had picked up Charles pistol
and revolving it in his hands saw that it
was loaded. minute later he fired the
ball which entered Charities neck, causing
his death in about fifteen minutes. Eli i'm
mediately left for parts unknown.
Mrs. Mary Mcintosh Gardner died at
Augusta, Tuesday. in the S9th year of her
age. Mrs. Gardner was the daughter of
the late Thomas Gardner Es., and the
widow of the late Maj. James Penman
Gardner, who, as young man. was dis
tinguished officer in the army Of the Duke
of Wellington in the peninsular war and
at the battle of Waterloo, but for the
greater part of his life a citizen of Aug
usta. Mrs. Gardner was the mother
of several children, who still survive her.