The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TEE Two ST ITEs TOLD
IN PARAGRAPBs.


brush-AtIanta's New Loan and
Trust Company.
GEORGIA.
Seven divorces were granted by Floyd
superior court Saturday afternoon in two
hours.
The members of the Jackson Hill Bap-
fist church at Atlanta have raised $1,000
towards building a new church.
Dan Hyden is reported to be the Oldest
man in Iumpkn county. He is ninety
and has been married four times.
The postofice at Kirkwood was burglar
lied Sunday night and several dollars
worth of nickles and pennies were stolen.
Attorney Anderson of the Georgia Mid
land road had satchel full of valuable
legal papers stolen from his private car
a Columbus Monday.
Fire destroyed the store of Jones & Me
roney at Cordee Monday morning at
O'Clock The loss was $500 with $500 in
surance on the stock.
j. w. Smith, an Epson county man, has
been farming twenty-one years, it is said,
and in only one year of that long period
was he ever obliged to buy corn or meat.
The Blakeley Observer says some cit-
zens in North Georgia have the gold fever
so badly they are undermining their dwell
ing houses, searching for the precious met
al.
Reuben Mays, one of Sandersville's old
est citizens, died Monday. He was stricken
with paralysis and was sick only a few
Washington county. He was IS years
old
The teachers Of johnson county organ
lied a teachers association Saturday. The
following officers were elected: President,
L. G. Webb; vice president, a. J NJ. Rob
inson; secretary and treasurer A. L.
Hatcher.
Davis & Dozier's dry goods store at
Dawson was entered Sunday night and
robbed of $40 in money besides a large
amount of goods The safe was unmo-
Tested, the money being taken from
drawer near it,
]. j. Sorrell, a Colquit farmer, is the
dread enemy of hawks. He has owned
rifle four years and during that time has
killed 800 of these birds OF prey: lie re-
Gently shot one measuring 512 feet from
tip to tip. He killed il al a distance of a
quarter of mile.
1. J. Slaughter, a farmer, had queer
and painful accident recently while burn
ing brush on his plantation near Jackson.
Some of the brush was "thunder-wood,
WHICH Is IGDulEu 10 Ut very pDlSOiiOuo- 4 TIC
smoke from the pile poisoned his eyes and
he was unable TO see for several days. His
hands were also blistered by the smoke.
]. Z. S. Cooper the cigarmaker shot
by his brother-iu-law, II. X. James, at
Atlanta, continues to improve, and has
so far recovered that he is permitted to
sit up. James is still locked up at police
headquarters or a charge of assault with
intent to muraer, and as yet no effort
has been made to secure his release on
bond.
There is danger of an oyster famine in
Columbus uuless a very decided change
takes place IN the weather at Apalachi-
cola soon. The steamer Flint, which ar
rived at Columbus Monday, failed to Sc
cure a single barrel on her trim to that
city. The cause OF the threatened famine
is the rough weather which now prevails
at the bay.
While drying at Atlanta Saturday night
DIR. V. He Taliaferro was thrown from his
buggy. by his horse running away, and
seriously injured, He is now at the Grady
hospital undergoing treatment for his in
juries which consist of a deep cash on the
side of his head an ugly one on his nose,
one of his eyes is blackened and bruised,
and his face has several small scratches.
Within the past sixteen years Gwinnett
county has built a new Jail and court
house and bought a pauper farm at an
aggregate Cost OIL S4O,OUl, every cent or
which has been paid. The county is out
of debt and there is money in the treas
ury. During the time the court house
and jail tax was being paid the state and
county tax was never higher than 81 cents
on the 500.
J. Z. Warwick Of Americas, who will
resign the position Of master mechanic of
the Georgia and Alabama railroad on Feb
10, will leave in a short time for Canada
to look after the interests of his recent
Invention, patent brake shoe, with which
he is meeting with great success The
device has already been adopted by sew
eral railroads in the south and will short
" be used by the Canadian Pacific, and
u ls Tor this purpose that he is going
north.
News comes from Hartwell to the effect
that two indictments are pending there in
Hart superior court against Yaneey Car
ter, the noted populist senator One OF
these charges is assault and battery, and
the other is using profane language in the
presence of ladies. These indictments on
charges totally different from the charge
limited at may possibly offer the founda-
ton for the charge that the senator had
been guilty of immoral conduct with a
young German girl.
Pew. w. Il. Quillian gives Emory College
$3.50 as the first of a fund to be raised for
the establishment of lectureship at EN-
3I s,n Steer tne model OF me celebrated
sity, England. When the fund becomes
sufficiently large "A lecturer will be pro-
cured TO deliver course of lectures on
subjects. After 1eIiverv INC
lectures will become the property Of EN-
DRY College, and such profits as may arise
l from their publication win be added to
the original fund.
lrwinton Bulletin: Several years ago
there were about $4,000 acres of land in
this county. The county hasn't been
made any smaller, and we haven't heard
OF any OF the land leaving for Texas VET
the tax books show only a little over 2tS0
OO0 acres. Five thousand acres disappear
ca from 1894 to 1896. II the land Is sfiu
here and no one has stolen IL, the county
mas been defrauded of about $40 in taxes
during the past ten years. II il continues
70 decrease at this rate in a few Years an
the land in the county will be the CONT
house square and the Jail lot.
The Union Loan and Trust Company. has
just been reorganized at Atlanta, with the
following officers: A. b. Cornell. former
" governor of New York, president: ED A -
Richards or Atlanta, vice president: lanes
Giihllan. formerly treasurer of the Unified
states, treasurer The capital stock OF the
company has been increased from 500 0O0
TO S2oOoO0. I. ]. Fielder will probably be
MADE general manager OF the company. II
is the intention Of the company to erect
a ten-story office building in Atlanta. II
u said that an offer has been made az S2O
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