The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-31
-GEORGIA

pIObdpty pullQ a cUuItN Spou.
About $4,000 worth Of mules have been
sold at Jasper this season, and the farm
ers are hauling guano out at lively rate.
A report is current to the effect that an
other large business house. employing a
capital of $4,000 to $4,000, will be estab-
iished in Americas in the spring.
6. N. owen of Gainesville and Tilman
eagle of Bowdre are putting in machinery
for chair factory to be situated on the
Oconee river, about six miles from this
place.
The barn of John s. Williams, a farmer
who lives near Forsyth, burned Thursday
night with its contents. The fire was the
work of an incendiary. There is no insur-
ance.
Two peddlers have been selling lace at
Augusta at s. a yard A lady who bought
four yards of it was surprised when an
Augusta dry goods merchant offered to
duplicate it at % cents per yard.
Judge George c. Thomas, Clarke coun-
tvs representative in the legislature Will
introduce bill at the. next session to con-
solidate all of the branch colleges and give
TO Georgia one great university.
There are five candidates for ordinary
in Jasper county. caused by the death
of Judge f. NJ Swanson, namely: =. l..
Campbell A. S. Florence, G.. W. Persons,
c. p. GoOlsby, democrats, and d. L. Corn
well, a popuhst
At BIakely Thursday night burglars
broke open the storehous s Of e. ]. James,
I. f. Jones' L. c. Strong and the Empire
Mercantile Company, on Main street, and
made off with about $500 worth of goods
and cash.
Col. J. c. Boone Of Gainesville has some
old Spanish coins ana among the number
is one probably older than any other Span
ish money in the state. II is about the size
of dime and is 166 years old, having been
minted in the year 1881, in the reign OF
King Phillip V.
At Columbus Thursday Judge Butt sign
ed an order granting Incorporation papers
TO the w. c. Bradley Company, to manu-
faeture fertilizers and 10 buy and sell all
kinds Of merchandise. 1t is capitalized
at 100000. All paid in.
A 2-year-old negro child of John An
drews, living on s Fl. Griffin's plantation,
near Hampton, was burned to death
Thursday. The child's mother left to visit
a sick neghbor, and on her return found
the child burning to a crisp.
The Gress geological garden at Grant
park. Atlanta, will be abolished by the new
board of park commissione Fs unless public
sentiment in favor OF keeping the animals
forces the park board to keep them. 1t costs
about $3.50 per year TO maintain it and
feed the animals.
Much fear is expressed regarding the
condition of the cat crop in Sumter coun-
ty. The severe freeze Thursday night
killed hundreds of acres of young oats and
the entire crop may be more or less dam
aged. The present speil is the coolest in
years, and all gardens are killed outright
Policeman John Jackson OF Girard. Ala,
has been suspended because he left mis-
post of duty. He went to Columbus and led
the posse that captured j. A. White who
murdered three Columbus policemen. The
Girard police committee decided to sus-
pend him until tie council meets next
Monday night.
IA settlement has been effected in the
case of E. A. Roberts against the South
ern Railway Company, which has been
pending all the week in the United States
court at Atlanta The attorneys for the
road agreed to pay Roberts 50 800 and the
latter consented to withdraw the suit
Roberts was an engineer on freight train
of the company and was hurt in an acct
dent in Dec 1895. His engine colided with
another near PeytOn and Roberts sus-
tanned serious injuries.
The American Fruit Growers Associa-
ton has fled an application for charter
II is composed OF fruit growers from all
over the union. The present capital stock
is $250,000, with the privilege of increasing
it to 100000, and Is International in its
objects. It's principal Office will be in At
lanta, but branch offices will be located
in many cities in the fruit growing sec
tons. John ID. Cunningham Of Marietta
Is one Of the principal movers.
A real estate deal has just been closed
at GAINESVILLE. IN which Judge T. #.
Pound transfers 10 Or. j. r. Campbell 900
acres Of land on the outskirts of Barnes
Vile Tor a large interest in gold ridge
lands in this state near the Tennessee line.
The gold lands owned by DR.. Campbell
are estimated TO be worth about 100000,
and the transaction involves considerable
money. DR.. Campbell, with his family,
recently moved TO Barnesville from Rome.
and has valuable interests in different
parts Of the state
William Hallman, q convict serving a
life sentence IN the state penitentiary,
stands good chance of being a free man
before long. Haliman was convicted OF
murder in Whitfield county in 1887 and
mas served ten years of his sentence. A
few days ago a mutiny broke ont among
the prisoners at the camp and one of the
convicts attacked Supt. Gibson with a
knife. lie was about to make short work
OF Mr.. Gibson when Hallman rushed be-
tween them, at the risk of his own life,
and saved Mr.. Gibson. This act viii prob
ably be rewarded by pardon.
letter has been received in Tampa.
giving full particulars of the drowning of
Perez al Key West on Friday of last week.
Nile. lola was an attache Of the Fore
paugh company here and was considered
beautiful. Antonio Perez. a Cuban cigar
maker, became smitten with her charms.
and paid her every possible attention az
all tines When the show left Tampa ne
went with IL, and continued to bestow nm
solicited and unappreciated attention ON
the young lady. lie pressed his claims. ag
Wei as became an active participant in the
exhibitions given by the Forepaughs. Mile
lola rejected his addresses until finally he
became desperate and threa tened 70 take
his life. No one believed he was seri ,us
IN his purpose, and no precaution was tax.
en- against the act Before attempting ne
ascension on Saturday he wrote the young
lady letter saying he was desperate. ana
preferred sudden death TO continued tor
ture, which was his last message TO her
gave an -adois' as the balloon rose sfv-
ward over The bay. lie never cut loose
rom the balloon TO make the parachute