The morning news., 1897-08-06
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

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dilSe-Cnses Made Against Atlanta
Druggists For Selling Liquor
without IA Licensr.
GEORGIA.
William Vollen weider. an Old German
landscape gardener. committed suicide a.
Moreland, Tuesday, by taking morphine
Within the past week over a dozen hign-
priced dogs on Washington street at At
lanta have been poisoned by some uu.
known person
J. H Franklin. who it was alleged att
tempted to assault a young girl at Griffin
Tuesday, was tried by jury Thursday
and adjudsed insane.
Lieut. l.. D. Morris has been elected cap
tain of the Atlanta artillery to fill The
place left vacant some weeks ago by the
courtmartial Of Capt. Kempton.
At Mondays session of the city council
of Atlanta the ordnance to allow ropes
placed across streets i'm cases Of sickness,
was repealed and in future this cannot be
done
Benjamin Mccullough, a farmer living
near East Point, wants "A divorce from
his wife on the ground that she was un-
faithful 20 him while he was in the war.
He is more than 20 years old.
The Carmichael residence, near Green
wood, Richmond county, occupied by
Amery Sibley together with four other
hands, was burned Tuesday. The loss is
$1,000, partially covered by insurance.
The Bank Of Lawrencevlle has been or
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doing business as a branch of the Senoia
Bank. but the stockholders have decided
to have an Independent bank, capitalized
at $1,000.
The municipal election for mayor and
aldermen held at Davisboro Wednesday.
resulted in the election of T. L. Brown
for mayor and A. w. Aldred. c. l.. Brew
er, r. b. Thompson, N. IL. Jordan, o. II
z. Beall for aldermen.
Tifton Correspondence Morning News:
Cards are out announcing the nuptials Of
Mr. John G Padrick and Miss Willie l..
Futwood at the NJ. +. church, Aug. is.
Rumor has it that there are 10 be three
other similar events during the present
rspnth.
Eli Thomaston, a negro charged with
two attempts 70 commit criminal assaults
in one dav, has escaped from Jail at West
Point. A mulatto girl "a years Old was
first attacked by Thomaston. but he was
frightened away. Subsequently he made
an unsuccessful attack on Mrs. w. j.
Graves.
There is set for hearing at the october
term of Richmond superior court the case
of A. Lisette Jansen, by next Of friend
John r. Schneider. VS.. Bryan Lawrence
and Edward Lawrence. She is weak
and charges that the defendants secured
property at Augusta valued at 5000 for
81 900 by letting it be sold for taxes, and
then buying 1t in.
At Griffin the jury in the case of Mrs.
Vandyke VS.. her husband, a. G. Vandyke,
charging him with cruel treatment, has
returned a verdict giving a decree to both.
They are northern settlers who went 10
Georgia about eight or ten years ago ana
since that time rumors around Pomona of
their martial unhappiness have been rife,
and breezy. Nandyke is from Ohio.
During a heavy rain and thunder storm
at Georgetown. Monday. the barn of Dr.
S. A Crumbley was struck by lightning
A fine young thoroughbred horse was
killed, and one of his buggy horses Sc
Verely shocked. Little damage was done
section was damaged to some extent by
the wind, which blew at a fearful rate for
about twenty minutes. With the excep-
tion of a few trees being blown down, no
other damage is reported.
Lord Beresford is Off to the Klondike.
A letter has been received at his old home
In Fitzgerald stating that he left Seattle.
Wash. July %, and that he Will go direct
to Alaska Before going it is said that
the lord stated he would return with a
huge fortune and that in the end he
would purchase half of Georgia aud would
make it warm for those who have maign-
ed him. The letter gave no information
IN regard TO I}eresford's wife, who skipped
with him. but il is supposed that she will
make the trip to Alaska with him.
Both the Western Union and the Postal
Telegraph Companies have let the con-
tracts for placing their wires under
ground at Atlanta. About year ago an
ordinance providing for this was passed
by council and July 81, 1891 was set as
the limit Of time for the completion of
the work. The penalty for failure to COM
ply with the ordinance IS a fine of S25 for
every day after July 81 that the wires re-
main above ground. The Western Union
has asked for a suspension of the penalty
and IL viii probably be granted TO both
companies
II. L. Trice, employed at the Joyce cigar
factory on Fourth street, al Macon. fen
ana broke his arm Wednesday night while
riding his bicycle. at the corner Of Third
and Poplar streets. The strange part of
the accident Is that the same arm has
been broken five times by bicycle falls.
and each time. with the exception of the
one Wednesday night the accident has oc-
CURED on tac hfth day of August This
caused the day of th. month to come TO
Ar Trise's mind as soon as he could
speak, and his nrst remark was: Il didn't
know this was the NTH day of August /
thought IL was the third.
one Of the most talked OF subjects In
Atlanta al present is the action of the
city authorities in making cases before
the recorder against Mallory Taylor ana
Campbell /. King. two OF the leading
druggists OF the city, for violation of tho
license tax ordinance on the sale Of liquors
without a license. These druggists and
possibly others have been selling liquor
on prescription. The license tax ordi-
nance reads that druggists selling uouor
IN quantities OF four and half gallons or
less must pay "a license of $3.50 This tho
druggists in question have not done.
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