The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-23
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

"A
acted in Real Life-The SMALLPOX
situation at AtInnta--A Wife MUIR
derer Resentenced to Death-Death
of an Old Citizen of Newnnn-New
Chapter Added TO DaItOn's sensa-
tionaI Car Robbery Case.
GEORGIA.
4 live chicken was found in a mail box
at Athens Monday.
H. B. Erminger has been appointed post
master at sibley, Dooley county.
Col ]. Troup Taylor, who for forty
three years has been clerk of the state
Senate, is very i'll at his home at Atlanta.
col Taylor has been confined to his room
for some time, but his condition has now
grown alarming.
Alex Donaldson, who shot and killed his
father-in-law, Ad Brooks, near Norcross,
last September, and escaped, returned to
Norcross Monday and demanded preiim-
mary hearing before Justice Haynie, claim
ing self-defense. Donaldson was sent to jail.
The petition of J. r. Galloway for a re-
ceiver for the Empire Coal and Ice Com
pany of Macon was heard by Judge Eel
ton in the superior court Tuesday but
after arguments of counsel the court de-
MED the application for receiver and dis
missed the bill.
At Elberton, about 1 o'clock Sunday
morning Gobe Glover shot and killed
George Mcintosh, at a dance. They dis
puted as to who should lead the cotillon,
when Glover shot Mcintosh, as. he claims,
in self-defense. Glover is in Jail Both
parties are negroes.
total r,,,uoI,o,, Of o0coc Of en- 1l-pOv
since the presence of the disease was first
discovered in Atlanta is 203. The number
which have recovered and have been re-
leased from the hospital is 4S. The num-
Der of Deaths l. The total number of
cases in the hospital at present is 1874.
In the white primary for mayor and city
officers held at Camilla Monday R. D.
Bush was nominated by five majority over
j. w. Spence, former mayor, and T. A.
AGREE by one majority over G. l.. Taylor,
for treasurer Councilmen, f. w. McRae,
J. c. Turner, T. w. Bribery and ]. l..
Cochran.
The contested election case for the office
of mayor of Marietta bids fair to be. one Of
the biggest sensations ever known there.
Glover alleges 200 illegal votes were cast,
thus giving Brumby a majority. Many
warrants have been issued. Brumby and
his son will be prosecuted for a difficulty
at the polls, and illegal voters will suffer.
News reached oxford Saturday night
of the death of Riley Hunt in Covington.
Mr.. Hunt lived some miles out in the coun-
try and had driven a blind mule to town.
He had probably started for home just
after dark, but before he got out of the
limits of Covngton his mule walked off
into a ditch, overturning the wagon upon
the old man, which caused his death.
Mai. U. B. Wilkinson, one of the Oldest
and most prominent citizens of the state,
died at Newman Tuesday. Maj Wilkinson
was one of the builders Of the Savannah
and Western railroad. He also built the
male college at College Park. He was also
prominent in politics and served several
terms in the legislature. He was Sc years
old He was buried at Atlanta yesterday.
The revenue officers have been tearing up
many blockade stills in Cherokee county
for the last few days, and yet it is esti-
mated that there are more than fifty now
running in Cherokee county. The officers
are expecting trouble, as they have receiv-
ed some threatening letters from moon
sinners. A battle between the officers and
the moonshiners was narrowly averted
Monday night.
Judge II. c. Sheffield has resentenced c.
C. Luby to hang on Jan. Is for the murder
of his wife in last April c. c. Luby was
fisherman in the Chattahoochee river
about ten miles from Blakely. He killed
his wife in April and court was in session
a the time. He was tried and convicted
and his attorneys carried the case to the
supreme court, which affirmed the judg-
ment of the court below.
Ben E. Sims, the negro forger who was
arrested some time ago In New York on
a warrant issued by United States Mar
shal Johnson. was found guilty in the fed
eral court at Atlanta Tuesday Part Of
the evidence in the case was done away
with and Hthe trial rushed to completion.
The Jury found SIMS guilty and Judge
Newman fined him 500 and gave him tif-
teen months in the Columbus, o., peniten-
tiary.
Z. T. Petree arrested Lester Redmond
at Woodstock Tuesday for trying to pass
counterfeit money Redmond has given
the name of the man from whom he got
the money, and says this man is the one
who made the counterfeit money 1t is
thought this is clew to a counterfeitins
establishment on a large scale, and one
which has men and boys employed to dis
tribute the money. Detectives Will be put
TO work on the case at once.
Prohibition was the issue in the munich
pal election at Covington Monday. S. w.
Hawkins, for mayor, and two candidates
for aldermen were elected by the anti
pr0hibtionists. The prohibtionists elect
ed four aldermen. The barrooms Will
close Jan. l. The leaders on the prohibi-
ton side say they will have an election
this summer to have whisky put out of
the county.
Tom Shaw was taken out of the Bibb
county jail at Macon Monday
by penitentiary guard and
carried to the Kramer lumber
camp, near Cordele. Shaw is under a life
sentence in the penitentiary for wreckng
the Southern passenger train at stone
creek. Shaw still declares that he is in
nocent of the charge, and is confident that
some day it will be successfully shown
that he is not guilty. Shaw is about %
years old.
The supreme court has again set aside
The judgment of the court below in the
case Of Zeke Ward, who was twice con-
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