The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.

An Atlanta Lawyer Disbarrcd-A Re-
markabIe Case Of Traumatic Cata-
IepSy AT COIumbus-AnOther Turn
in the Famous Fort Brooks Reser-
walton Sultan Unknown White
Man KILLED Near jacksonville.
GEORGIA.
A movement is on foot TO build crab
factory al Adairsville.
Cherokee county is out of debt and has
$3.50 surplus in the -treasurer's office.
Harmony Grove will ask the next leg
islature TO extend her corporate limits.
Another newspaper will be established
at Blue Ridge, with J. VI. Hackney as
editor.
A new bicycle club has been organized
at Atlanta A race track viii probably be
built
Judge W. H. Persons, ordinary of Cow
eta county. died at his residence in New
nan on Sunday
The police have not yet solved the mys-
terry surrounding the assault that was
made early Tuesday morning on Mrs. NJ
L. Logan, at her home at Atlanta.
A child years. old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Stevens of Augusta. ate
quantity of morphine pills Wednesday.
and her life was saved only by hard work.
Hon. James r. Smith Of Coffee county.
who has been messenger Of the House of
Representatives for the past twenty years,
died very suddenly at his country home
on last Sunday morning.
Joseph j. Clemens. one of the owners
of the Preacher gold mines near DahlOn-
ega. had his arm broken by a falling
cone in the open cut Of that mine. while
experimenting the work there Wednes-
day.
The driving-rod on the engine attached
10 train No. Of the Central railroad
tore through the cab at point five miles
north Of Bowling Green Wednesday, and
bruised the engineer in several places. The
fireman was not injured.
The four team base ball league is almost
a settled fact. Griffin, Americas and Ma
con have agreed to join Columbus in the
league and arrangements are now being
made to get the league in working order
at the earliest possible moment.
DR.. +. F. Allston, an elderly physician,
who resides at Cane Creek, twelve miles
from Darien, fell into an open fireplace
at his residence Wednesday and was
fatally burned. The fall was caused by
physical weakness and old age.
Capt. John Peek. 70 years of age, died
at Hartwell Wednesday. He was a con-
federate captain and moved his family
10 HartWell in 1863, from Western North
Carolina, and returned TO his duty stay
ing there until the close of the war.
Judge Andy Calhoun of Atlanta has de-
clared war against dairymen who sell
aduferated milk and has announced his
intention of dealing severely with all VINO
are convicted before him of this Offense
The first offender caught was fined $50.
The Cook house. more recently known
as the Commercial hotel, at Fort Gaines.
has been sold to Col r. f. Turpinseed
ana Will hereafter be occupied as a resi-
dence There is talk on the streets of a
STOCK company building new brick hotel
at an early date
Condor & Co, of Knoxville, Tenn, have
recently taken contract at $50. 900 to arch
with brick the tunnel near Braswell. on
the Southern Railway Companys line The
contractors employ force of 100 men and
intimate that 1t will take one year to
complete the work.
The city council of brownsville. being
confined by the charter of the city to
the taxation of only 80 cents on the 500.
are endeaVoring to raise revenue for the
demands of the city in every other way
They have increased in several instances
the specinc license, and added a large
number of new industries to the list.
The confederate veterans Of Troup coun-
Wednesday, and among other resolu-
tons passed, was one protesting against
the action of the Grand Army of the Re-
pubic Tor passing a resolution not al
lowing the confederateS a position in the
parade in New York on the Fourth of
July next
The bronze medals have been received
by Secretary Lewis for distribution among
those who won that award during the
Atlanta exposition. They will be immedi-
ately distributed. Within a few days the
gold and silver medals will be ready for
distribution. These will be sent direct
from Philadelphia to the exhibitors Ger
tified orders Will be sent out to exhibitors
by the exposition company and these will
be placed with the makers of the medals
Willard Mulkey. the wounded police
man of Rome, is reported in a dying con-
dition. A careful investigation of the
case has established the fact that in the
shooting Sanford did not fire until Null
key had shot at him the third time the
three shots being fired in rapid succession.
After Sanford fired Mulkey fired back a
fourth shot and then staggered to the
saloon, so that in the event of Mulkey's
death, which seems probable, the charge
will be Justifiable homicide on the ground
of self-defense.
The case against L. N. Mercier the law
yer who was some months ago dlsbarred
for conduct unbecoming an attorney"
was cdlteu lot tfldl before Judge Lumpkln
at Atlanta Wednesday. 1t will be recalled
that the disbarment of MERCER grew out
of certain affidavits made by him in con-
nection with the Meyers case in which
he swore that the jury had been tempered
with and that Hon. w. c. Glenn had
talked and influenced the jury. At the
time Mr.. Glenn Indignantly denied the
charges against himself and took out a
warrant against MERCER, charging him
with perjury. The case has been standing
thus for some time. The whereabouts of
MERCER is unknown, and when the case
was called Mr.. Douglass. attorney for
MERCER, stated that he had been unable
TO hear from his client, and requested
Judge Lumpkin to excuse him from fur
Their representing MERCER. Mr.. Douglass
was excused and the case was proceeded
with, which resulted in a verdict that
MERCER be disbarred.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: A remarkable
and weird case of traumatic catalepsy
was exhibited here Tuesday in the case
of Lun Jackson, a negro youth. In diff