The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
N PARAGRAPHS.

The WheatIey hank building al
Americas sold Saturday-A Dwell.
ing in Burke County Owned bs
John FIannery n Co Burned-Ths
Gate city Guard Celebrates IL,
FOrticth Anniversary a Negro
sleeps During n Trial Involving hi.
Liberty.
GEORGIA
The Gate City Guard of Albania viii
celebrate its Fortieth anniversary Jan. ..
The municipal election at Talhotton
Saturday resulted a. follows: Tor mayor,
b Curly; aldermen. T. II. Persons. q. II.
Estes, y; J. Perry man, p T. Bardwell,
Roddick Leonard. j. n. Mccoy for mar
shal, D. ID. lawson.
The gin house, gin mill. etc. belonging
10 Solicitor General W II. Davis al
Waynesboro was destroyed by first last
week The origin of The fire is unknown.
Mr.. Davis es mates his loss at Sl.Bl.
with an Insurance of $,uJ-
An important deal in realty at Amer
icus Saturday was the sale Of the former
bank building OF J. W. Wheatley & Co.
on Cotton avenue. The property. was
owned by Charles NJ. Wheatley, and was
purchased by ". II. c. Dudley at $3.50.
Editor Rose Of jackson is getting up a
scheme in the shape of a commercial bull
letin which ne will publish every day.
giving "a list Of the MORTGAGES recorded In
The counties of Pike Spaldiug. Monroe.
Henry, Butts. Jasper and Jones. The
subscription price VIII be So a year.
r. B. Morrison has resigned as the
manager Of the Rome Brick Company,
having disposed Of his interest in the
concern, and viii retire from the COM
pany at once Morrison will be succeed
ed by William McDufiie who was fore
man Of the construction department of
the Massachusetts mills
At the election at Gainesville Saturday
for municipal officers W. O. Dean and j..
w. Wans!ey received p votes each for
mayor resgliins in ti sd. w. r. Lug
Adair were elected as members of cOun-
eli. There will perhaps be another cleo
ton for mayor ordered at an early day.
The dwelling on the old John Attaway
estate place in Burke county, owned by
John Flannery & co. of Savannah. was
burned about a week ago. 1t caught from
a spark on the roof. John Gates. who
was moving in, and Mr.. Evans who was
moving out, lost most Of their household
furniture. The loss is about 81 900 with
no insurance. Flannery x co. Will rebuild
at once.
III AAAE NAtE AbAAA AA AAeNpAAs AANN ARAAN
since, two respectable-looking and intel
ligent young men, northerners, 7. w. Red
dy and T. d. Heilmer, were convicted on
the charge of the larceny of a bicycle.
They were sentenced to pay fine or
go to Jail. As they did not have the
money they were imprisoned Saturday.
they received money from relatives and
each paid a fine of 800 and were set at
liberty.
Macon County Citizen: While the states
Witnesses were swearing away his liber-
ties and three eminent lawyers on each
side We're vigorously pulling and Wrang-
ling over the knotty questions sprung on
the court during his trial last Monday,
Gus Parker, The colored prisoner at the
bar, went hard and fast asleep in court
and slumbered as sweetiy as il he had
been resting on a fiowery bed OF ease with
no prison walls staring him in the face.
A short time ago the firm of Helfrich
& Company of Macon failed and the sher-
if toon charge of the stock Of goods
notes, accounts, etc. Later, on petition OF
Herman Mall ct al, Judge Hardeman
appointed W. b, Birch temporary recelV-
er of the notes and accounts and left the
goods in the charge of the sheriff. Last
saturday afternoon. on a new petition OF
stead d Wimberly, attorneys for sundry
creditors Judge Hardemau appointed w.
IL. Birch temporary receiver of Helfrich
q Co.'S stock of goods, notes, ac-
counts, etc. Recently the storehouse OF
- l. ClUUb~ was destroyed DN IRE. Inc
Scottish Union and National Insurance
Company refused to pay the insurance,
alleging that the iron safe clause of the
policy had been violated Stubs sued
the company and the jury awarded him
$50 The company made a motion for a
new trial. and Saturday Judge Harde-
man refused to grant 1t.
John W. Landreth. a weaver at the
Exposition cotton mills at Atlanta, was
seriously hurt Saturday night where the
Central and the Atlanta and West Point
railroads pass over the East Tennessee
and the Atlanta and Florida railroads
near Peters street. Landreth's home Is in
Newman, and a day or two ago he went
TO that point to visit some relative. lie
started for home Saturday, and as the
train reached Humphreys street, he
jumped off so as to take a near cut
through to Marietta to reach his home
near the Exposition mills. But Just as
1.andreth jumped the train reached the
high trestle on the Atlanta and West
Point over the East Tennessee, and he
dropped to the ground, a distance of some
forty feet. His fall was seen by severa
people, who went TO his assistance. Ian.
dreth was found in an unconscious condi.
tion and was removed to a drug store
near by where ii was ascertained thai
one arm was broken and a leg badlN
scratched. He was removed to the Grady
Hospital.