The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Key West Are Investigating
Gambling Houses and Gamblers.
GEORGIA.
]. b. CASTOR was elected mayor Of Gains
vile Monday
Gov. Atkinson is expected back to A.
lanta on Monday from his tour to callfor-
mia.
Cholera is reported to be playing havoc
with the hogs in Lincoln county. ana
many of the people there have lost all
their pork.
A young child Of John Travis was run
over by a dray at Griffin Tuesday after
noon while coming from school, and was
badly hurt
Charles H. Moore & Co. of Barre, Va,
have leased the quarry of Swift Ethe-
ridge. at Elberton, and will at once put IN
a $4,000 plant
Judge ]. S. Shaw of Liberty county IS
reported to have the largest turnip ever
raised in Georgia 1t weighs nine and a
quarter pounds.
A stalk of Mitchell county cotton twelve
feet high and as large as a mans wrist,
was recently sold for 50 cents to an Ala
bama man. who wanted it as curiosity.
]. T. Moore of Jackson won the gold
medal offered by clyde Shropshire for the
best defamation on the south at Athens
Tuesday at the exercises in the university
chapel.
The outfit of the Evangelist. heretofore
published at Statesboro, has been moved
to Ashburn. where it will be run in the
interests Of the South Georgia Holiness
Association.
An east-bound through freight on the
Georgia railroad ran into a drove of seven
teen horses and mules Monday night at
$50 o'clock, the property of c. M. Church
III, of Thomson, and killed fourteen of
them.
Fire al $3.50 o'clock Tuesday morning de-
stroyed the store of W. NJ. Joseph, corner
of Sixth street and Ninth avenue at Col
umbus. Two dwellings adjoining were
also burned. They were insured. The'
loss is about 5000; origin unknown.
Townsville Correspondence of the
Morning News. Jan. Is: Townsville is
to have a training school of pugilisim.
Jack O'Keefe of Chicago a professional
pugiist will form a class and instruct
in athletics, especially pugilism. He will
also give sparring exhibitions.
Deputy Marshal McAfee captured a
unique specimen of the blind tiger" in
Gainesville recently. 1t was a we'll
equipped barroom on wheels and drawn
by two mules. on the inner side Of the
wagon wera a keg of whisky. Jug a
wash tub glasses and all the parapher-
MALTA necessary in the serving of drinks
A damage suit for $4,000 was filed by
Arnold & Arnold. attorneys for Thomas c.
Laird, at Atlanta Monday afternoon. II Is
against the Western and Atlantic Rail
road Company and Mr. Laird claims that
he was seriously injured by being Knocked
off the top of a car through the careless
ness of an engineer In the employ of the
company. while pursuing his duties as
switchman on Nov. !, 1896.
A. D. Maier. formerly chief clerk of the
Marion hotel at Atlanta, has been made
temporary receiver of it, The application
for receiver was filed by Carl Wolfshei-
mer and other creditors of the hotel COM
pany, alleging it's insolvency. A schedule
of the cOmpany's indebtedness is fled
with the petition. The order gives the
management the right 10 conduct the bus
mess as heretofore. The hearing for per-
manent receiver is set for next Saturday.
Hon. Benjamin Franklin Suddeth of the
county of Banks married last week the
Widow Brooks of Gainesville. 1t was
very business-like proceeding. A few
days before Mr.. Suddeth wrote to mis-
friend, Taylor Castleberry, to please at
tend TO that little matter we were talking
about and you and Mrs. c. be ready to
take a little walk with me down Wash
ington street Tuesday" On Tuesday the
aafK IL. int
straight to the ordinary's Office where all
parties met and the ceremony was per-
formed.
Estes and Jones. attorneys for ex-Chief
of Police Butner of Macon, will at once
file in addition to the bill against Chief
Boifeuilet supplementary proceedings at
lacking the validity Of the recent munich
pal election and seeking to unseat four
members of the council The bill viii
hold the recent election illegal, but the
amendments to the city charter, making
ward changes, were passed after registra-
ton closed. If successful in contention.
all acts of the present council will be
Illegal
The case of Jacobs Pharmacy Company
against Jonathan Norcross, a suit for $685.
600 damages TO the stock of drugs of the
company, is on trial IN the first division
of the city court at Atlanta. In the dec
laration the pharmacy company claim
that they had five years lease from Mr..
Norcross for the first floor of the Nor
cross building, half of the second floor,
and all of the third floor. A fire oc-
Cured, they claim, in the third floor in
January 1894. and that they had to move
out In three weeks, II is claimed, Mr..
Norcross stated to them that the building
was in condition for occupancy In Febru-
airy, 1894, the petition states, the walls
of the building collapsed damaging their
merchandise to the extent of $4,000 and
their stock 5000. They were out of bus-
ness, they claim, three months, which
was worth 5000, and goods exposed were
damaged $1,000.
A curious story OF love which survived
the grave has eliminated at Cordele. in
which the young lady acted as the admin
traitor on a dead mans estate. The ap-
pearance In Dooly county several years
ago of Jefferson Collins. who came from
North Carolina. proved 10 be quite an
event In the family of J. r. Hatcher So
strong was the affection which grew up
that during a subsequent illness of Mr..
Collins, who was absent in an adjoining
county, he was nursed through IL by mem