The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-17
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS.

A Request of $10,OOO For the Stntt
University-A Russian Ends His
Life at Sanford.
GEORGIA.
Bishop Gross left Augusta for his home
in Oregon Tuesday.
The Homer Steel Fence Company OF
Battle Creek. Mich, contemplates estab-
fishing a branch factory in Georgia.
Rev. B. ]. W. Graham has resigned
the pastorate of the First Baptist church
of Cochran to accept a position with the
state mission board as Bible institute
teacher.
Sunday afternoon lightning struck a
tenant house on the plantation of John
NJ. Strickland, six miles south Of Sc
noia, and killed four negroes. The house
was burned.
The Confederate Survivors Association
of the south will be invited to hold next
years reunion at Atlanta. Charleston,
Montgomery and Macon are also working
for the reunion.
Anthony Murphy's suit against the
Southern Railway Company for $4,000 is
on trial at Atlanta Mr.. Murphy claims
that the railway company has taken pos
session of a strip of land belonging to
him.
Lightning struck d barn belonging to
Mrs Julia Rowe at Senoia Sunday after
noon, and destroyed the building and con-
tents and killed two mules belonging to
Mrs Rowe and one belonging to Thomas
Owens.
The order for an election in Washington
county to authorize the issuance of bonds
for building a court house has been revok-
ed in Difference TO a petition to that effect
that was presented to the ordinary, Hon
NJ Newman
Willie McClain. the child who has been
in the Grady hospital at Atlanta week
with a bullet hole through his brain, fired
by his drunken father. will recover, but
he will be demented and paralyzed the
rest Of his days.
Henry Simpson. a middle-aged negro,
has been placed in Jail at Jonesboro
charged with criminaIly assaulting Mrs.
Alvin Turner at Salina, a village six
miles from Jonesboro. The crime was
committed Saturday morning.
Athens is to have a $15,OOO-lbrary and
museum, if a telegram sent from Chicago
to the New York Times is true. 1t stated
that a Jesse Spalding had died and be-
queathed $4,000 for the erection and equip
ment of a public library and museum at
Athens.
Prof. A n. Wilson, formerly of this
city, and for several years past the prin-
cipal of one of the pablo schools of At
lanta, has been dropped from his position
in that city, and il is limited that the ac-
ton is due to his political leanings. He
is a republican and a candidate for post
master of Atlanta.
]. G. Sears, charged with using the mails
TO send obscene letters, was arrested at
Atlanta Tuesday on a warrant sworn out
by his wife, to whom the letter was writ
ten. Sears has filed a suit for $4,000
against his wife's relatives for disturbing
his domestic happiness. Sears says that
the letter was intended to blackmail him
on account Of the suit. He claims that he
did not write the letter.
At Atlanta Tuesday Josie Byrd of that
city eloped with Ed. johnson of Savan-
nah. After they had been married an
were on their way to the railroad station
the horse, drawing buggy, in which they
were riding, ran away and threw them
out. The bride was badly stunned, but
not dangerously injured. The anger of
her parents were dispelled when they re-
allied what narrow escape she had from
being killed.
A severe storm passed over Hepzibah
Sunday morning. Near Bath a tenants
house on o. r. Brandons farm was struck
by lightning, the inmates badly frighten-
ed and the house slightly damaged. At
the same time the former residence of
John Brandon, near Bath was destroyed
by fire. Loss. $500; no insurance. Some
think it was incendiary, others the work
OF lightning. Clay Crawford. who was
occupying the house, narrowly escaped
being burned.
Gen. John B. Gordon announces in
formal letter to the Confederate Veterans
that a new commander will have TO be
elected at the Nashville reunion. He re-
views the progress of the organization of
veterans and the present status and an
nounces that he will retire. Just who the
successor viii be 1t is now impossible to
say. All of the southern states have com
manders OF Confederate Veterans, and Gen.
Gordon's successor viii be one of the COM
manders. Gen. Gordon has been at the
head OF the veterans since their organlza-
ton.
J. E. Robinson, a well-known young law
yer OF Atlanta, has been indicted for re-
ceiving stolen goods. The charge against
Robinson Is based upon his connection
with the case of Mamie Pierce, who was
recently convicted of larceny from the per-
son, and sent up for two years. As her
attorney Robinson made a hard fight In
her behalf. The prosecution introduced
witnesses TO show that Mamie Pierce not
only got the money from McHan, but that
her attorney had gone TO her house and
secured ~. After the conviction Of Mamie
Pierce, McHan expressed the determine
ton to prosecute Robinson for receiving
stolen goods. Last week the latter paid
Mcian Sl25, the amount charged to have
been stolen In the indictment against the
woman.
A sensation was created at Athens
Monday morning by a AXIS dodger. distrlb-
uted by the thousands during the night
making an attack on Chancellor BoFqs
and his brother, ana Prof b. H. Riev.
OF the university faculty. The reading
~ the dodgers follows: "A plea for mo
y Of @. Down with the Boggs.' AWAY
with Rileyl Both are hypocritical. nm.
principled, malicious demagogues. Trus-
tees do your duty!" These dodgers were
distributed In every section OF the CITY.
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