The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-19
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Woman sent to the Asy IuEa Ate
Trying IN Burn Her House-Th
Baum Habeas Corpus Case at Au
Eusta Suu Hanging Fire-An Al
tempt to Wreck n Train on th'
Georgia ROnd.
GEORGIA.
T. n. Lewis, OF Thomas, has assigne,
to Jackson & O'Connor of Augusta.
The Hotel Bon Air at Augusta wednes
Vorable auspices.
Hog killing is the order of the day IL
Stewart county DAME. Bradley killed
three hogs which weighed lisp pounds.
The store of Davis & Marks. at Midwife
was entered by thieves Thursday night and
great quantities of groceries. clothing and
shoes stolen, also two fine gold watches
A party composed of thfrty-hve fami
lies. from Chicago, passed through Macon
en- route to Lake City. Florida, Thursday
night. Another party hailing from Du-
luth, Mimi, VIII pass through to-day, go
ing to Sibley, Ga.
Mrs. Temperance A. Connally, widow of
the late Thomas ". Connally, and mother
of DR.. E. l.. Connally, Rev Paul f. Con-
nally, J. c. and S. n. Connaliy. Miss
Mary Connally and Mrs. Luther 4. Ros-
ser. died at Atlanta Wednesday.
Mrs. Joe Vaughn was tried on a charge
of lunacy at Rome Wednesday and sent
TO the asylum. She has been there three
times before. Wednesday night she at
tempted to burn the dwelling in which her
family lived, but the blaze was discovered
in time to put it out.
J. L. sutues, an engineer of the West
Point road, and J. w. McDade, an engin-
eer on the Central road, were placed under
arrest at Atlanta Thursday for violating
section 1898 of the city code, which pro-
hibits more than one train on one crossing
at the same time. 1t is claimed the engin-
GERS were allowing their freight trains to
stand on Mitchell street crossing together
in violation Of the law.
The writ of habeas corpus in the case
of Marcus Baum, who was arrested at
Augusta last week under a requisition of
Gov. ToWnes of Maryland, honored by
Gov. Atkinson, was originally made re-
turnable Thursday before Judge Eve, but
by agreement Of the attorneys the hearing
has been postponed until next Tuesday
Baum was arrested under a warrant sworn
failed a month or two ago. Baum is charg-
ed with having obtained goods under false
pretenses.
An attempt was made to wreck the night
express on the Georgia road which left
Macon at II 80 Tuesday night in charge Of
Capt. Jack Harris. About two miles from
Ruuedge, the engineer saw an obstruction
on the track and promptly applied the air
brakes and reversed the engine, thereby
frustrating the attempted wreck and prob
ably saved many lives, as the train was
running about fifty miles an hour when
the obstruction was sighted 1t was evil
IDENTIFY the intention of the highwaynen
to wreck and loot the pay train, which left
Tuesday afternoon in charge of w. s. Nor
ris, assistant treasurer and paymaster of
the Georgia road.
Americas Times Recorder: Postmaster
Scarborough, his assistants and letter car
riers at the postofice, were considerably
unnerved Thursday by the discovery Of a
package of dynamite in the mails the
quantity being sufficient to have killed
every one of them and wrecked the build
ing had it exploded. And the worse
frightened one Of all was Forrest Simmons,
the colored mail carrier, who, uncon-
sciously, carried the deadly package about
town in search OF the owner. The con-
tents of the package was only discovered
by the fact that it was delivered to the
wrong man. one with name similar to that
on the package, and who returned It to
the postoffice. The dynamite had a fuse
attached, and had this been struck when
the stamp upon the package was cancelled
the result would have been disastrous
From a letter found in the package Mr..
Scarborough thinks the deadly explosive
was intended to be used in safe blowing in
this city Both the police and federal au-
thorities are at work on the case and
there's trouble ahead for the man who
mailed the package.