People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-08-06
HERE IN OLD GEORGIA.
Doings of a Week Gathered in
Brief Paragraphs.
SOLID NEWS FOR A SOLID PEOPLE.
Happenings of General Interest From
Many COunties-Crime and Crimi-
nals-What the Other Fellow
Saw And Tells You About.


crease of $259,71
Chief Connolly of the Atlanta police
is very i'll at his home.
Fire on Sunday burned the Naylor
Hotel at Tybee with loss of 81, 900.
The State League of bicyclists meets
in Macon August 5.
The State Horticultural Society is in
session at Savannah.
State School Commissioner G. R.
Glenn, issued teachers licenses to TWEEN
ty six persons last week.
G. C. Clay, of Sumter, Ca, picked the
first new bale of cotton on his planta-
ton last Friday.
Judge S. W Fite inflicted severe penal
ties on the Illicit liquor sellers at Car
tersville last week,
The annual reunion of the Thirtieth
Georgia regiment was held at River
dale, Clayton county, last Friday.
The Federation of Trades is making
extensive arrangements to cele citrate
Labor Day in Atlanta.
Muscogee county's tax returns show
a decrease of $1,345 O29 Negro tax
payers returned 1886, 900.
A model school house to cost $1,000
will be built near the State Normal
School at Athens.
1t took five policemen and two patrol
wagons to arrest twelve year old
negro burglar in Atlanta last Friday.
Walton Jones, an employee of the
| Southern Plow Works, of Colum bus,
had his hand crushed by a trip hammer
w. G. Smith dangerously stabbed
Cicero Howell near Lumpkin last Sat
urday. The men were in quarrel
Miss Eva West fell from a porch at
Albany a few days ago and broke her
shoulder.
Atlanta's Board of Health is watch
ing suspects coming from the Alabama
districts where smallpox is epidemic.
Savannah's first bale came in Mon
dav, was classed full midoling and sold
at 10 cents.
f. M Bryan a prominent Macon
county citizen died Monday at Rey-
..si3s.
Perry, the DeKalb county murderer
under sentence, has engaged additional
counsel who will appeal the case.
Geo. R, LON hardy has been elected
to succeed Jacob Phinizy on the Au-
gusta water works commission.
Mrs. FELTON, will address the Agricul-
tural Society meeting at Tybee next
Thursday.
The ninth annual reunion of the sur
vivors of the Fourth Regiment, Geor-
gia Volunteers, will be held at La
Grange on Wednesday, Aug. IS.
DR.. A. B Calhoun, father of Atlanta S
famous eye specialist died at Newman
Sunday in his 89th year. He was a
noted physician for the past 40 years.
Mike Lenaham, boiler maker of
Newman was found dead in an alley in
Atlanta Sunday night. Foul play is
suspected.
Judge Butt will present the Ryder
lynching matter to Talbot and Harris
county grand juries at the Septem Der
session.
The fire boat at Savannah saved the
Barkentine CIPHER Saturday night.
The vessel was loaded with rosin and
was burning rapidly.
A man named Kerr is in jail at Spring
Place, Murray county, charged with
cutting Henry Dickson's throat Satur-
day night with razor.
A negro boy was caught in Atlanta
Tuesday stealing The contribution bas-
kets from the tabernacle where the
Sam Jones' revivals are held.
Judge Beck has charged Spalding
grand jury to bring the lynchers who
hanged the negro Oscar Williams be.
fore the court for trial.
A thousand people are attending
Jefferson Court, Jackson county, where
Reynolds and Brooks are to be tried fol
numbering M. G. Hunt.
e. w. Barrett, formerly of the Allan
ia Constitution Washington bureau
has taken charge of the Birmingham
Age-Herald
Alfred Douglas, the negro applicant
for the Talbotton Post Office who with.
drew last week denies that the fear OF
lynching caused his action.
Frank II. Elicit, yard conductor OF
the Seaboard Air Line was crushed tc
death between the cars in the Atlanta
yards last Saturday.
Rafe jenkins, negro brute, who has
confess ed to assaulting Mrs Georgia
Taylor in Franklin county last week
has been jailed at Gainesville.
One of the corner piers of the new
Forsyth street bridge in Atlanta has
sunk inches since Christmas. Promp
attention may save the bridge.
John S. Becker, of New York, has
bought and will run in the future tn,
Georgia Stats zeitung, Atlantas Ger
man weekly.
Hon. Fleming du Bignon refused tt
state positively to a Macon News re
porter last week whether he would OF
not be a candidate for governor.
Judge Sweat will hear petition a
Waycross, in the near future, for tn
appointment of a receiver of the Cum
berland Island Hotel property.
The trial of ex-Marshal Morris, o
Midwife, charged with the murder o
Joe Sprinz, has resulted in his bein,
bound over.
1 While lawyer Anderson was filini
: his papers in the Gum will case il
l Atlanta recently, lawyer Tasting
S came in and filed set of papers tina
has brought on contest. Andersen