The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

Key West sends n Memorial TO Con
City's Needs as Naval station
Government Engineers LOOISins
Into the Possibilities of Openine
Jupiter Inlet.
GEORGIA.
Miss Willie Bob Hall of Sandersville dieC
Tuesday. after a short illness Of pneumo
MIA, aged IS years.
Burglars have just carried off 500 wortl
OF jewelry from the residence Of Mrs
Garner at Atlanta
The residence Of c. H. Cobb Of Decatur
was destroyed by fire Tuesday. Nothing
was saved. The house was insured, but
not the furniture. Mr.. Cobb Will rebuild
at once.
II. J. Stevens OF Smyrna, an employe
of the Western and Atlantic railroad. was
probably fatally injured Saturday night
by being struck by a bridge four miles
from Chattanooga.
Gov. Atkinson has granted pardon 10
Gordon c. Williams of Richmend county.
Williams was sent up for term Of six
months for running a gaming house. He
has served four months.
After a fruitless trip Of three months TO
Germany and England in quest of millions
Of dollars TO which she claims she is
heir, Miss Cornelia Sefbles has returned
TO America and is now in Atlanta.
Rev. Samuel Pope Galloway, the editor
of the LAGRANGE Reporter, died at La
Grange Wednesday morning al o'clock,
of heart disease. He was the father Of
Maj. Frank Galloway, the governors sec
rotary.
II is reported that two of Judge G. w.
Harvard's boys were numerically beaten
by a teacher near Unadilla last week, re-
ceiYing from 100 to 100 lashes, laid on
in such a manner as to bring blood in
considerable quantity.
Charged with forgery and embezzle-
ment, Albert l. Craven, bookkeeper for
the Atlanta coffin factory, was arrested
Tuesday by Detective Fitzpatrick. An
hour later he escaped from the custody
of the officer and all efforts to locate him
since the escape have proven unavailing
Craven is charged with having forged the
name of his employer, L. II. Hall. TO
check for 500 which he had cashed at the
Lowry bank, and il is claimed, has en-
hezZled funds OF the firm for which he
was working to the amount of $l25 or
more.
Darien correspondent Morning News:
State School Commissioner Glenn adj
dressed the people of Mcintosh Tuesday
on the subject of education. A large
crowd of white and colored people listen
ed to him. Mr.. Glenn said that parents
are too prone to turn their children over
to teachers and neglecting to help in at
tanning the highest objects viz: The arm
in-arm progress OF Intellectual and neral
education. MIR. Glenn, by several very
happy Illustrations, showed how worth
less mere intellectual training was II the
moral part were neglected. Mr.. Glenn
made an excellent impression on his au-
dience.
Dublin correspondence Morning News:
J. Currie Thompson, editor of the populist
Transcript, who was arrested on a war
rant sworn out by Editor David Waxton
of the Courier, waived preliminary trial
before Judge Wolfe, and gave bond for
his appearance at the July term of the
superior court-A monster alligator, ten
feet in length, was dispatched near Bat
tie creek, in the Oconee river, last week,
by Engineer Porter of the steamer Annie
Garhutt. In it's stomach was found an iron
was placed a pouch filed With powder. 1t
was evidently dynamite arrangement,
lost by the government snag boat years
ago, which plies the river. The saurian's
teeth sold for 50 cents apiece.
Tweed correspondent Morning News:
The dissension which has predominated
for several years among the members of
the Blue Springs Baptist church, culmi-
mated in the Withdrawing of several
brethren from the church. At the con-
ference Saturday a half dozen members
were charged with betting at a turkey
shooting, and drunkenness. All acknowi-
edged their guilt and were forgiven. Be
fore the conference adjourned nine mem
bers and their families came forward and
applied for their letters, saying they
would rather be in a church where there
was less confusion, and a spirit of broth
erly love. Pastor Whom was surprised,
and endeavored to pacify the flock but to
no avail. vote was taken, and the with
drawing members received their letters.
A new church win be established on the
site where the farmers academy is loca-
cd