The morning news., 1897-08-16
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.


Subject-A Chapter of Crime.
GEORGIA.
The Athens Banner viii be edited 10y
Hon. H. H. Carlton hereafter.
Bicycles. not more than two on each
car. are now allowed by the Atlanta street
railway
George Brideweu of Augusta was fined
81 by Recorder Barrett for beating and
choking his wife.
Athens Banner The outlook for the city
schools and an the educational institutions
OF Athens is very bright
Citizens OF Camilla are trailing with
bloodhounds a negro who attempted an as
sault on a little girl in that town.
Rev. C. n. Donaldson OF Atlanta has
accepted a unanimous call to take charge
OF the Baptist church at McDonough.
A 5o-vear-old man. living up about Var
nens. named Hubbard. ran away with
1s-year-osd girl named Leonard, last
week.
Ii is curreatly reported that the Nash
vile. Chattanoosa and ST. Louis railway
will build large. new freight ana passen-
ger depot al. Rome.
Judge John s. Gambler goes to Green's
boro to-day TO preside in several cases
against the Georgia railroad in which
judge Hart is disqualified.
Augusta Herald. If the tax returns CON
tinue to slump the school teachers and
confederate soldiers and state house Of
fcers viii have to eat grass.
In honor Of their twenty-hfth anniver-
sary. Congressman and Mrs. j. W. Mad
dox will be at home to an of their friends
in Rome Tuesday. Aug. Il, from to Z
p. m. No invitations.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun is pol1ing
no end Of fun at the city council for al
lowing itself to be taken i'm by the slick
talk Of a pedder and seduced into buying
a patent safety grove platform"
waynesboro Citizen: Reuben c. Bea-
vers of Campbell county, Georgia has
held Office for seventy-fve years without
a break. This scores over Queen Veto
ria, and he ought to have a jubilee.
The vote on the question of moving the
county seat of Habersham from Clarkes-
VILE to Toccoa will be held on Thursday.
Toccoa makes big promises to the peo-
pie if she is successful in the contest
Walter Ard. The young man who killed
Ed King, colored, near Cochran. on Aus.
8. was adjudged insane at HawkinsviIle on
Saturday. Ard was released from the asy-
lum about a year ago having been con-
fined there about five months.
An Atlanta man had his daughter and
son-in-law arrested for stealing from him
and they gave the police evidence which
lead to the arrest of the old man for run
ming a fence and the plunder they have
recovered thereby is astonishing.
Columbus Enquirer SUM- The more that
light is turned on the subject the more TN
willing are the people to have the police
commission abolished. Its workings suit
them, and no good reason has yet been
presented why it should be abolished.
Augusta Herald: Work was begun this
morning for the new $4,000 building for
the Paine Institute Material is being got
ten on the site. The building is TO be
pushed with reasonable rapidity and will
be ready for occupancy in 1898, when 1000
scholars will be in attendance.
Mnla Stone, a young 1S-year-old white
woman who lives with her sister, Salue
Sullivan, up over the market at Macon,
attempted suicide by swallowing two
ounces of laudanum. Or. Moore was called
In and soon brought her around Disap-
pointed in love tells the story.
S. C. Cunningham. lunacy prisoner at
Griffin, attempted to commit suicide in his
cell at the Jail by saving into his throat
with a piece of broken whsky.hask. His
throat was horribly cut and gashed, on
both sides. Cunningham at one time was
a member of the police force. For several
months past he had been out of work. and
a few weeks ago began drinking heavily.
Dalton Argus: Berry Bowen says a
popuhst approached him the other day
trying to interest him in a scheme TO cross
the mosquito on the hOneysuckle vine and
start a new breed of honey bees. Berry
says he would have gone into the scheme,
but he had just made arrangements with
a republican 10 graft the onion on the
Irish potato, and furnish weeping eyes for
all the disappointed original Mckinley
ties.
Dalton Argus: Those who have been
"doubting Thomases" On regard to the
perfection of Elberta peaches in this Sec
ton ought TO see Dennis Johnson's crop.
lie sent the editor half dozen this week
they were Of the kind that would readily
retail for 81 a dozen IN the cities. As
large as your fist. perfectly formed and
colored, they We're as fire as could be seen
an any market anywhere. Mr. johnson
deserves especial congratulation for his
success IN raising them
Atlanta Journal; a. J. Ward. from Car
roll county. was bound over by Judge
Broyles this morning for running an i-
licit distillcry. About three weeks ago
Ward came 20 town with "a friend of his
who had fallen into the hands OF the rev
epue officers for moonshining. and was
loud in his condemnation OF the onense.
and for a while refused TO be bondsman
Tor the prisoner. A short while afterward
the officers "smelt rat" and found. SO
they claim, that Ward himself was a
moonshiner Of considerable capacity. Ho
appeared very sheepish and seemed quite
overcome by his arrest this morning.
The most sensational case finding is
way into the courts OF Georgia In years
has been lodged In the city court OF Rich
mond county. A wife is suing the medi-
en- college OF Georgia for. ns She alleges
having taken possession OF the dead body
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