The morning news., 1897-08-28
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


The Florida ship CnnnI-An InVcn-
ton For PropeIIing Boat.
GEORGIA.
The Atlanta Journal reports a case Of
hydrophobia in a horse.
BarnesyiIle's first bale of cotton sold on
Wednesday for 10 cents a pound.
There Will be a meeting of stock breed
ers at the SpaIdns county race track in
the afternoon Of Sept. j.
The Thomasville Times says that the
length OF a murderer's days is measured
by the length of his purse And this is
another cause of lynching.
The commission Of Monroe B. Morton
as postmaster Of Athens, properly signed
BY the President. has arrived and is now
in the possession Of the new postmaster.
A large sycamore in the front yard Of
Marcus Luke at Irwinville is probably
the only tree in the state upon which in
surance is carried. 1t is insured for 81
O09
There are now dfty-one people in the
Floyd county chain-gang. Nine are white
men and one white woman. There are
four negro women and the others are
negro mon.
Waycross Herald: Like the fellow in
the theater behind the scenes. the Daunt-
less goes out to ste a fellow at the Sa-
vannah bar quite often, and the Spanish
spies are mystihed
Brunswick Times: Twenty-Five feet of
water in Academy creek will make
Brunswick capable Of handling 5000 600
worth of shipping per month. Watch the
record climb to that total. 1t will not
take many years.
A tragedy was enacted at Lula Junction,
on Tuesday evening late. W. p. Cape
stabbed and fatally wounded James NJ.
Pool The murder was caused by a wo-
man, one Miss Babe" Martin, and Cape
claims il was in sef-defense.
Tom Watson has begun to line up the
populists for the next state campaign.
He has been all over Georgia within the
past nine months, and says in signed
editorial in his this weeks paper that the
populists are ready for another fight
The Eagle and Phenix case bobbed up
again in the United States court in At
lanta recently in the shape of a recon-
mendation for judgment for $4,000 with
interest at s per cent per annum since
May l. 1895 added, to Mrs Elizabeth Kate
Bigby by Special Master Luther u. Ros-
ser.
Albany Herald: A mild sensation was
created in Albany yesterday morning,
wheii the news became current in the city
that Miss Renie voolfolk and r. +.
Jackson had been married In North Geor-
gia last week and had kept the fact a
secret from their friends and relatives
until Tuesday night.
A cablegram has brought the news TO
Atlanta that Henry Tanner. a negro who
has been studying painting in Paris for
some years. has won the greatest distinc-
tion that has ever come to one of his
race in that field. Tanner IS a son of
missionary OF the African Methodist
church from this state.
The new Ocmulgee river freight boat
will soon be ready for launching, and the
occasion viii be made one Of special i'm
portance in Macon. The boat will be
formally launched and christened by one
of Macons bellies Her first trip will be
made some time in September She will
go down the river with cargo Of cotton,
and on the return trip will bring mer-
chandise ordered from New York by the
Mallory line to Brunswick.
Telfair Enterprise: one beauty about
the new bank which is soon TO begin OPP
erations in McRae Is that the stockhOld-
ers represent a capital OF $4,000 or $780,
600. all OF which is accessible for the la
bilities of the institution. and that IL is
almost entirely controlled by home citi-
zens-only one man living outside of Tel
fair county owning or controlling any
stock. Here's to the unbounded and
ceaseless prosperity OF the Bank OF Nc
Rae.
Telfair Enterprise: a 100000 decrease
In Georgia's tax returns this year does
not speak well for the state nor her citi-
zens, and Is mighty good evidence that a
lot of perjury has been going on. for the
property of Georgia has certainly. II
changed at all. increased in value since
1896 We need some means by which peo-
pie can be made to give In their prop
erty az it, just and marketable value. and
until we have this the state cannot enjoy
the fun prosperity which belongs TO IL.
Grifnn Call: Yesterday morning Ida
Glenn. bright mulatto girl about % years
old. living near the compress, thinking
her life not worth the living, sought to
shuttle of her mortal environments by
taking probably half an ounce OF lauda-
mum. Her condition was discovered soon
after swallowing the poison, and the
prompt appearance of medical aid switch
back 20 seek a new route or be content
and let nature take its course She re-
fuses 20 give any cause for this effort to
quit her habitation and go. she knew nor
cared not where-just anything for a
change.
Atlanta Constitution: The sensation
caused by the publication OF Col. PHI
G. Byrds report showing the horrible con-
dition OF misdemeanor convicts leased by
the county authorities to private indi-
viduals. was succeeded yesterday by an-
other sensation ten times as startling IL
has been discovered that every convict
70 leased has merely 90 appeal to the
courts 10 secure prompt release. owing
70 the fact that his Incarceration under
such circumstance BEL as much len disobc-
dience 20 thc law az was the original Of
Tense which led 60 hlH conviction Every
fnisdealcanOr convict camp controlled bv
private individuals in Georgia b. a nsst
q ilegality. Every man employing mlsde-
meanor convlcts for private gains u
breaking the iaw."
FLORIDA.