The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-04
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

The ArteSinn Well al Fitzgerald
said 10 BE "HOodoOed"-A Fine
Coin CoIlection-The Close of the
Patterson Trial n GainesviIie-A
Road Congress Called at Orlando.
The Louisville and Nashville
Wharves at Pensacola other
Matters.
GEORGIA.
The South Georgia railroad has been
graded 10 Morven. and the iron is az
HeartDine 10 lay the track.
Mrs. Barbary Hester. whose age is about
50. will be baptized ths second Sunday
IA this month in the upper edge OF Lump
Kin county.
North bound freight train No. % crashed
into southbound local freight No. II. at Lii
burn on the Seaboard Air Line Saturday
night. deraiing six cars and DANA ging
the nOrthbOund engine so that it Is unfit
for service.
The movement to establish a camp OF
Sons Of Confederate Veterans is assuming
definite shape, and number OF the lead
ing young men OF Americas have already
expressed their willingness 10 join the
proposed camp.
held recently in Dahlonega the members
Of that body organized the Lumpkin
County Teachers Association. which Is
10 be comprised Of teachers and friends
of education. a constitution and bylaws
were framed and subscribed to by about
thirty teachers.
Fitzgerald Enterprise: One is almost
tempted to ask II an evil spirit haunts
the artesian well. OF whether the fates
have decreed against the well. Ever since
work was commenced several months ago,
there have been delays and accidents
which have seriously impeded the prog
ress OF the work
Macon was visited by a heavy rain, light
ming and thunder storm on Saturday,
though no damage was done except se-
we're washing Of the streets and a few
broken sewers. IL was reported that JEFF
fersonvile. Twiggs county, was badly dam
aged by "a storm the same day. Telegraph
wires between Macon and Jacksonville
were blown down and 1t was impossible to
verify the report.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: There is a very
considerable amount of building in prog
ress in Columbus just at present. A drive
over the city must impress one with
this fact for evidence of the city's par
ticular activity in this line Is TO be seen
on every hand. Among the residences in
process of construction are to be found
many fine and handsome ones, which will
greatly add to the beauty of the city.
The old Markham hotel in Atlanta will
be rebuilt by the stock company owning
the property at the foot Of Wall street
Since the fire destroyed the old landmark
a few months ago the owners have been
quietly making their arrangements for
new building, which will be one of the
handsomest in the south, and as soon as
certain matters are settled work will be
commenced and hurried to completion.
At the evening service of the McKen-
dree church Of Columbus Rev. George
N. Mcdonnell informed his congregation
of his acceptance of a scholarship in the
Vanderbilt University of Nashville Tenn
and his duties as pastor of the church
would end on Sept. l. Mr.. Mcdonnell
goes for the purpose of fitting himself
for missionary work, and he intends, after
graduation, to devote his life to spread
ing the word of God in foreign lands.
The jury at Gainesville returned a YER
dict Saturday night of guilty. with a re-
commentator to the mercy of the court,
in the case of Henry Patterson, who killed
his wife several months ago. He was sem
fenced to life Imprisonment Patterson
was a prominent young farmer and had
been married only few months when the
tragedy occurred. He claimed that the
shooting was accidental and his attorneys
based their case on the testimony of the
prisoner. The evidence was circumstan-
tial but damaging. The jury was out sew
eral hours.
Abel News: II. c. Brown showed us,
this week, quite a collection of old coins,
which have quite an interesting history.
The coins are all silver, one piece cor
responding in size to our dollar, made
in 1888 bearing the name of Carolus III,
King of Spain. He also has the half
dollar size made in 1881, and the quarter
size made in 170S These are the Oldest
coins We have ever seen, and are old
heirlooms of the family, Mr. Browns
mother giving them to him. The coins
are well preserved, and are curiously de-
signed. Another rare coin in the colec-
ton is a 115-cent silver piece of 1884. This
is a British coin, and Mr. Brown can
get S25 for 1t. The three others are val
ued at $40 each, by coin collectors. Mr..
Brown is not a coin collector, but values
his collections very highly.