The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-13

Georgia ChautEs udIua Associate ON
at AIbany-Harry GIesner Dies al
the Middle Georgia Military and
Agricultural COIIege-A Letter OF
War Times the Subject of an In
teresting story.
GEORGIA.
The Bon Air hotel at Augusta will open
ats doors to the reception of guests next
Wednesday.
j. j. Murphree, a prominent merchant
of Midwife, died Friday of hemorrhaglc
fever, after a brief Illness.
Jeptha NJ. Bradley. one of Hartwelrs
oldest and most prominent citizens, died
Saturday. He was 50 years old.
Mrs. w. ]. Kelley. of Columbus. was
thrown from a buggy Saturday by run
away horse and severely injured.
Maggie Bell, who is pretty country girl,
about 10 years of age, living near Rome,
has become temporarily deranged through
grief over the death of her mother
The building of the machine shops and
bicycle factory at Cordele has been post
poned until January. The promoters of
the enterprise are Indiana capitalists
School teachers at Leesburg are rails
ing storm of complaint The third quar-
ter was due Oct / on teachers salaries,
yet the money has not been paid yet.
Several houses in Resaca We're broken
into and pillaged Friday. A valuable
horse, a saddle and a pair of buggy lines
were stolen from Claude Nesbitt a farm
er, at the same time.
The candidates nominated for chief of
the Rome fire department are A. M.
Word, w. ]. Griffin, w. T. Drennon and
Charles +. Taylor. The contest is very
spirited and great interest is manifested
The directors of the Georgia Chautau-
qua at Albany have decided TO have
building erected as a permanent home
for the institution, and TO have it fin
ished in time for the next annual assem-
bly, in the coming spring. The plan Is to
use the Chautauqua Associations property
as a basis for bonds to be issued to erect
the building.
A colored lad about II years of age was
shot by a colored baby only years old at
Augusta Friday. The shooting was of
course an accidental one, so to speak, but
the little fellow who did it deliberately
aimed at the lad and pulled the trigger of
a double-barreled shotgun loaded with
bird shot The charge entering the boy S
stomach. He will probably recover.
Savannah Carter, colored, through her
attorney, Judge H. C. Roney, has filed
suit in the city court of Augusta against
the John P. King Manufacturing Compa-
ny, in the sum of 5000. The suit arises
through the death of Walter Carter, the
son and only support of Savannah Car
ter. Carter was killed in the wheel pit
of the mill on July 10, 1896. having been
terribly mangled before he died.
]. R. Hinton, the yardmaster at the Cen
trail of Georgia yards at Columbus, was
the victim of an accident on Friday which
nearly cost him his life. Mr.. Hinton was
engaged in uncoupling ears In the yards,
when, in some way, he got caught and was
knocked down His hip was badly bruised,
and deep ugly cut was made in his thigh.
In falling Mr.. Hinton's head struck some
hard substance, infiicting another painful
Injury.
Harry Glessner died at the Middle Geor-
gia Military and Agricultural College, at
Milledgeville. Friday. He was stricken
with typhoid fever in October, just after
he had been elected to the position of cap
tain of the company in which he had stood
with the rank and file for the past three
years. He was one of the most popular
students at the college. He was a son OF
Maj. W. l.. Glessner of Macon. The in
terment was at Americas.
At Thomaston, Saturday, D. r. Brown
shot himself over the right eye with a
pistol in his room at his home. Death was
instantaneous. He moved to Thomastor
from Towards, about three years ago
TO educate his children and had beer
employed by ]. c. Thompson as a sales
man until about six months ago, when hC
gave up this position on account of Il
health. He was about so years old, anC
leaves wife and four children
The lower house of the legislature pass
ed by an overwhelming majority on Fri
day the Thomas school book bill. Undei
the bill each county is required to keel
accurate accounts of all the books use(
IN the county, with the retail and whole
sale price of each book, and report tn,
same 10 the state school commissioner
ana the state school commissioner is re
CURED TO consolidate and embody thes
reports in his annual report to the Iegis
lature. If the bill should pass the Senat
ana become law, the county boards ma,
hereafter buy the books from publisher
ana furnish them to the schools at ac
tual cost. In this way it is hoped tina
the people of the state can have thei
books supplied at a much lower price thai
they nave been furnished heretofore.
Rome Tribune: Postmaster John NJ
Nandlver received a very Interesting let
ter from New York city Friday morning
II was from Robert Hogarth, of So Broad
way, and relates how, after the lapse @
tnhty odd years, a letter addressed /
MIS-. Mary Quinn, Rome. Ca, had bee
discovered. The writer saws thai he IN
collection of confederate letters caDtm
60 by Gen. NJ. r. Patrick The collectio
Iap peen stored away over thirty wear
the writer spending the most Of The i'm
sa anSlhg IN this country, Central an
oouth America Recently these lette,
were taken out and In going through tho,
~ 9uil1 mat there was one for Mrs. OHM
\ ~ was written from the office of The a.
n sa0e Commissary, Savannah, GA, No