The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-06

That Promises Great Things in the
Industrial Line-Dr Helm \ Re
c0verinE-Oconee County's First
Hanging-PensacoIa HarbOr I'm
proyements-A New styIe of Re-
frigerator in JacksonEiIIe-Other
Matters.
GEORGIA
Lagrange is going TO have a park ana
that the ground has already been survey
e. for the purpose.
Neither John Temple Graves nor Col
Garrard spoke al Gainesville on Tuesday.
They missed the train.
Ordinary Davis on Tuesday appointed
ex-Aayor J. u. Moore, tax collector Of
Floyd county. 10 fu the vacancy caused
by the death OF j. J. Black
The First Baptist church Of Dalton has
just purchased a handsome new pipe organ
at the expense Of about 5000. The instru-
ment is a fine one. and does credit 10 the
church.
A Glaseock county boy. Matthew Lewis
shot at a chicken Tuesday evening ana
three sons Of Dir. Bud Daniel were wound
ed hy the charge, though not seriously
The boys We're not seen when the gun was
fired.
Brunswick a few days ago sold TO Mr.
Kinney Of Indiana a tract of 1000 acres Of
pine land near Everett City. Mr. Kinney
will build a new saw-mill on the tract and
employ large number Of men.
Atlanta Constitution: Savannah has
honest policemen who turn in money they
find. So has Macon honest Off
GERS. Impounding OfiiCer Child there
found his own COW outside his yard and
impounded her. He had 10 pay TO get her
out
winterille. Clarke County is to have
new $500 school house. The county gave
$3.50 and the citizens will contribute the
remainder. Until the present time there
has been two schools, one run by the
Methodists and one by the Baptists. Now
the two are 10 be united.
DR.. J. II. Hehin. the young physician
whose narrow escape from death by an
overdose Of cocaine. self-administered. on
Friday at Orchard Hill, as reported in
the Morning News, has so far recovered
as TO be able TO be carried 70 the home
OF his father, DR.. J. S. Helm Of Locust
Grove.
Athens Banner: The statement tina,
Miss Rosa Woodbury. was the first young
lady 70 take a course in the University
summer schools was a mistake. Miss
Susie Newton, of this city, took a course
IN mathematics two years In the summer
school OF mathematics, under the man
agement Of Prof. d. c. Barrow.
At fire in a small shanty near Dyson
postofiee recently. when the roof had
fallen and the floor had given way, two
kegs Of powder exploded almost stimuli
taneOusiy, inturing a number Of specta-
tors. No one knew the powder was there
1t must have been placed under the house
when the railway was building eleven
years ago.
oconee county has the prospect Of the
first hanging the county has had since
the county was cut off from Clarke. Last
week George Elder, colored, was tried for
killing Bob Jones, an old colored man
Elder had shot the son Of the old man,
and the latter was trying TO get the gun
away from Elder. Without provocation
the younger negro fired and killed the old
man. The jury was out for only fifteen
minutes. A motion for a new trial will,
OF course, be made.
The survey OF the Tennessee. Georgia
and Atlantic railroad by Sandy Cross,
OgiethOrpe county, has put big ideas into
the heads of the good people OF that
village They have already about de-
Nermined to lay of mile square OF
ground into town lots and donate every
alternate lot TO the railroad should 1t be
built on the present survey. This viii
make a pretty good sized town, and one
y
from which to draw Its support.
The collector of confederate bills would
have a picnic If he could find himself In
the Mccarty homestead at Vinegar HnI.
The walls of the room are papered with
confederate money, and the decoration
Is unique and interesting. The bills were
pasted on the walls by Jasper n. Smith
soon after 1t became a certainty thar
confederate money was valueless. Now,
when some OF the bills would fetch a con-
siderable price from collectors 1t would
De impossible to remove them from the
walls they have so long ornamented
A negro man named Bill Williams is
hiding out from the authorities of Wayne
boro on account Of a little domestic scran
INDUCED in last Monday night, when he
made an attempt to choke his stepdaugh-
ter to death. The girl is named Margaret
Jones. The citizens of the vicinity of the
Old fair ground were disturbed about
O'Clock by the loud screams of the girls
mother, Anna Jones. The girl was cholxed
into lnsensibiltty and remained so for
some minutes before returning to life.
BIZ outran Marshal Grubbs, and is still
at large.
Americas Times-Recorder: Many odd
contributions have been made to the mu-
scum at the court house, the latest being
the ear OF a negro woman brought there
yesterday morning. Lizzie Phelps is short
one ear, which she carried to Justice
0ranain yesterday wrapped in a handker-
chief According to Lizzies statement.
she and Laura Mann engaged in a knock
down argument yesterday, and during the
circus Laura masticated the hearing APP
paratus on the starboard side of Iizzie's
anatomy. Justice Graham will get the de-
tails Of the scrap Monday.
Leonard A HIN of Macon, who Is per-
haps the youngest licensed preacher in
the state preached his first sermon on
Sunday in the East Macon Baptist church
he was listened to by an immense con-
gfegation. and his sermon was pro-
nounced gem of eloquence and power
and for one so young wonderfully brill
liant and powerful effort. Mr. Hill prom
lses 10 be a preacher of great force and
eloquence. He IS only II years old, and
only last Friday received his license to
the ministry from the North Macon dis
Erlct Methodist conference which was
In session at TenniIe.
Waycross Correspondence Morning
News: The cleverest shepherd dog in
Georgia is probably Nero, who is owend bv
Ben Ellis of Waycross. Nero was brought
mere about two months ago by his owner
from ms home at Dade City, Fla. and his
numerous clever tricks nd str