The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-26
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


and Country Lass Fined 80 Each
For kissing Each other on the
Street at Atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Capt. n. H. Bass of Rome has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Lavender
The Hunt gold mine in Union county
Is to be developed by a company capital
lied at ST., 900.
Capt. w. J. Stokes died Tuesday noon
at his country home near Decatur, after
an Illness of two months.
Monday night the dwelling of Miss Liz
zie Snow at Monroe was destroyed by
fire. The house was insured for $1,000
Mrs Mary Rose, Mrs. Alice Stephens Of
Savannah, and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Pirkle
of Cumming, have been granted pensions
by the federal government
Capt w c. Tilton, one of the best
known and most influential citizens of
Murray county died Tuesday after a lin
gering illness of several weeks.
Dawson has at last been given an equal
ization of freight rates by the Central and
Georgia and Alabama railroads. and the
city now enjoys rates equal TO those given
AmericuS and Albany.
Mosely's gin was totally destroyed by
fire near Cave Springs Tuesday, and 1900
bushels of cotton seed, eleven bales of cot
ton and valuable machinery were burned.
Loss $,4O0. No insurance.
The first issue of the Forsyth Chronicle,
a weekly democratic newspaper, will APP
pear on the 9Oth. It's editor will be Col.
W. d. Stone. who was a candidate for
the Senate al the last election.
The board of electrical control has au-
thorized the Atlanta Standard Telephone
Company to proceed with the work of put
ting up central distributing poles in the
business center Of the city for the wires of
the company.
Within the next few weeks over three
thousand spindles will be added to the ca
pacity of the Georgia factory at White
hall. The present number of spindles is
$500 and with the addition to be made the
mill will have in the neighborhood Of 12,-
900 spindles.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip's poll of
the treasury department shows that of
the 2509 persons employed in Uncle Sans
store house only forty of them are Geor-
gians, or thrty-four less than the state
is entitled TO have. Some of the states are
way in excess of the number apportiOned
to them.
George Alexander was fined $500 and SEN
fenced to three months in Jail by Judge
John S. Gambler at Atlanta Wednesday.
Alexander cut W. r. Horizons face 50
badly that Horton has sued for IS. 900 dam
ages for Disagreement. Alexander was
charged with assault with intent to muir
der, but the jury reduced the offense to a
misdemeanor.
Two negroes, Henry Harris and Allen
Sapp, who had been on the war path for
some days, met near Perkins Junction
Wednesday and used their pistols. Sapp
shot Harris in the breast and leg, from
offantg nf xR-hi ha I0r ia1 LOT A
verdict of justifiable homicide was an
nounced after the inquest. Sapp left for
parts unknown.
George Azel, a colored attache of the
Harris circus, met tragic death at Col
umbus Tuesday. He was stealing a ride
on Georgia and Alabama passenger
train on the trucks. He fell between the
wheels, and his skull was crushed. one
foot cut off and both legs and one arm
broken. He died after several hours of
terrible suffering.
In the police court at Atlanta Wednes-
day Walter Braden, a soldier from Nc
Pherson barracks, was arraigned with a
country lass who gave her name as Mat
tie Nealy. The arresting officer swore
that he saw the soldier on the street with
his arm about the girls waist and he
also saw the man kiss the woman. The
judge fined the couple 50 each.
Representative Nisbet Of Clayton county
paper bottoms He has offered a very
original bill to prohibit the sale of shoes
In this state that have paper or pasteboard
counters or insoles, unless said shoes have
branded upon the SoleS of the said shoes
the soles or counters are of paper. The
bill provides a penalty for its violation.
The German Lutheran church has filed
a claim against the city of Atlanta for
damages to the church property at the
corner of South Forsyth and Garrett
streets caused by the lowering of the
grade of those streets in the recent work
of Improvement on Forsyth street. The
city VIII propose a gift of 81 600 and re-
lieve the church of certain assessments.
Sheriff helms of Fulton county will ask
the governor to commute the sentence of
Tom Cyrus from hanging to imprisonment
Tor life. He thinks this would be suffi-
clent punishment for the negro. Cyrus is
to hang on Dec % unless the governor in.
terferes. He killed his mistress. who
worked for the governor He confessed
the killing because he said he could never
tell lie.
Friday night last, while country Negro
was standing at the depot at Millen, ar
old friend of his who had become a city
negro invited him to take a walk dowr
the railroad. The country negro agreed
ana after going only two or three hun
dred yards was held up by his old friend
who robbed him of $lO or $l2, his pisto
and then shot him through the shoulder
anu le5. he wounds are not thought Il
be serious. The robber is in jail
serious difficulty occurred on tn,
Southern road, near Rome Tuesday be
tween two section hands Mack Mullen. 1
white man, and a negro, got into a figh
over some trivial matter. When Muller
struck at the negro with his fist he re
ceived a blow from the Negroes pick han
die that came very near Draining him. HI
skull was fearfully crushed. Only Sigh
hopes for his recovery are entertained. AT
ter dealing the blow the negro made hi
escape.
1t is now claimed that the resignation
of Lieut.. Michael ]. 'Brien of Fort Nc
Pherson was made In response to a de
mand from Gen. Merritt, commander q
this division of the United States army
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