The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-25
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Gov. Atkinson TO Arrange for
Georgia Day at the Tennessee Cen
tennfnI-A Negro n Candidate for
Deputy Revenue Collector at Ma
cOn-HnIc Accused of "A Shortage
I'm His Accounts as Receiver of n
Railroad.
GEORGIA.
The fancy grocery store Of Leonidas
Carter of Douglasville was burglarzed
Monday night about 10 o'clock and a large
amount of goods stolen.
The bondsmen of ]. W. F. Little. ex-
postmaster Of West Point. paid to the
United States Tuesday 1880 in settle
ment of his alleged shortage with the
government.
Twenty new dentists We're turned loose
at Atlanta Tuesday night by the dental
department Of the Southern Medical Col
lege. which held its annual commence
ment exercises at the Grand opera house.
The controller general has issued an or
der instructing the tax collectors that
iunerant daguerreotype, ambrotype, photo
graph and other artists must pay the
$40 tax in every county where there is a
local artist.
Charles Duffy, a minor. has entered
suit at Atlanta through Priscilla Duffy.
as next best friend, against the Southern
Railway Company for $1,000 damages.
He was injured while a brakeman in the
company's service.
According TO rumor, Martin Logan. a
well-known Macon negro, is an applicant
for the position Of deputy revenue collect
or at Macon to succeed Mai. John A.
Cobb of Americas. The salary of the Of
fee is $1,000 or 1900.
AT Rome Tuesday Judge Henry refused
OF grant an injunction to Capt. Lyttle
who asked that the extension of the cleo.
trio line to Mobley Springs be stopped. The
road is prevented from building on Lyt-
ties property. The work will be complet-
ed by May.
Rev. w. L. Citizens. the rector of st.
Georges Episcopal church at Griffin. will
sail from San Francisco on May 20 for
Tientsin, China, where he will spend SIX
months as the guest of his niece, who is
the wife Of Prof Tenney of the Tientsin
university.
Jesup correspondence Morning News:
been very heavy. 1t has rained constant
~ for at least thirty-siX hours, and II 81
continues at the present rate the country
In this section VIII be IN the condition the
Mississippi valley is.
A suit has just been filed 10 the Sep
TENDER term Of Gwinnett superior court
by the ordinary Of Forsyth county against
the county commissioners Of Gwnnett
county. The suit is for the recovery OF
$495767, which, 1t IS alleged, is the pro
rata part Of the county OF Gwinnett for
the construction OF n public bridge over
the Chattahoochee river at Stricklands
old ferry
Douglas correspondence Morning News:
The following divorce cases. first judg-
ments were granted: Brown VS.. Brown
Watson vs.. Watson, Deason We. Deason
Narnedore VS.. NarnedOrc Thomas vs.
Thomas, McLendon vs.. McIendon.-
whole county IS covered with water. with
streams all out Of cmbankments. Farm
ers are bound 20 suffer from this eXccs-
sive wet weather.
Az soon as Gov. Atkinson returns from
Albany arrangements viii be made fol
having a Georgia day at the Tennessee,
centennial exposition. 10 IS thought tha
IL will be best to have Georgia dav ai
early On May as possible. As many OF IA,
state troops as can make the trip will y,
% Nashville and parade on the occasion
Inc work on the state exhibit Is progress
ing rapidly and Il VIII soon be ready
The cuthbert Liberal Enterprise says