The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-28
GEORGIA.

Ut TWO ago aged % years.
Joseph Schrider a clerk in the dry
goods store of l.. Gordon of Atlanta died
suddenly Thursday afternoon Of heart dc
ease
Gov. Atkinson has appointed Walter NJ
Davis first lieutenant Of the Atlanta
Grays, Company K. Fifth regiment Of in
fantry
During the week there was shipped from
the port of Darien, coastwise and foreign
3O6,0OO feet of timber and lumber. valued
al $1,000.
The Fort Valley Leader has been sold
by George L. Keen to T. J. Shepard, re-
Gently of Brunswick, and the new owner
is now in possession.
Flovilla has not Withdrawn her deposit
of $4,000 as a guarantee of good faith In
asking for the new court house, neither
has She given up the fight
An examination for West Point Military
Academy was held at McRae Friday. The
result of the examination will not be an
nounced until the judges make up their
report.
The following postmasters were appoint
ed for Georgia Friday: Mary j. Holbrook,
Ferry. Floyd county; VI. L. Richardson,
Mulberry Grove, Harris county; Mrs. q.
Chapel, Ear Sandy, Jeffers1n county.
The gin house together with several
bales Of cotton, cotton seed. corn and
peas. belonging to William Harris, living
few miles from Sparta, was burned
Wednesday night. Mr.. Harris carried no
insurance.
In the lower house of the legislature at
Atlanta Thursday Mr.. Branch's bill TO
make illegal contracts in Georgia which
stipulate payment in any specific money,
like gold coin, etc, was defeated by vote
of 4S to As.
George N. Kirsch is still at large and
Frank Walton who was shot in guar
rel about dog. still fingers between life
and death at the city hospital at augusta:
The police are looking for kirsch, but
they ahye not yet found him.
A bill will be introduced in the Senate
in the course of the next week or so
which will provide for a law to be known
as a Saturday half-holidaY law, ana
will be similar 10 the one which was pass
ed by the House and lost in the Senate
last year.
The following officers have been chosen
for the Piedmont Rifles Of Gainesville,
company l. Third Georgia regiment; Cap
tain A. w. Van Hose; first lieutenant,
W K. CLGmblee; second lieutenant, John
CASTOR. recently of the military college
at Dahlonega.
The supreme court has handed down a
decision in the case of Bud Brooks, the
accomplice of Grady Reynolds in the muir
der of Hunt the Bolton merchant. The
judgment of the lower court IS athrned
and both of the murderers Will hang to-
gether, on a date not yet hXed
At Columbus Thursday night the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Britt Green was
dangerously burned. Mr.. and Mrs. Green
had retired for the night leaving their
three children at play in front r.! Of 4 the
per lighters, the clothing OF the youngest
child caught t1re.
Tom Brooks, a negro, who lives three
miles from Newman. has been arrested
charged with the killing of Pete Reese,
another negro. Brooks says that he and
Reese were out hunting and Reese acct
dent.tlly shot himself. Reese was shot in
the back, and the statement of Brooks is
not considered true. Reese died Thursday.
Chief Manly of the Atlanta police de-
partment has received a letter asking for
information in regard to the muchly-loca-
ted Will Myers. The letter was written
by c. H. Dennis of Laurens la. MIR. Den
mis- wants a description of Myers aid also
wants to know what clothes he wore. lie
does not say that he has found Myers,
but he seems to think he has clew.
A cooking main occurred Thursday near
Blowing Spring, on the line of Tennes-
see. Forty chickens were entered and the
cruel sport was kept up all the afternoon
There were thirty dead chickens when
the affair closed Not a Georgia officer
appeared to interfere. 1t was North
Georgia against Tennessee, and North
Georgia won nearly all the fights
Mrs Lillian NJ. Walker died at Monroe
Thursday. She was the wife of Rev VIII
liam Stokes Walker, a Baptist minister
and school commissioner of Monroe. Her
death was preceded by the death of her
child. the night before. She met her hus-
band in China, both of whom We're at
the time missionaries in that country Mrs.
Walker was native of Pennsylvania.
The Hilton & Dodge Lumber Company
are having Julinton creek dredged out at
Darien and they expect to secure depth
of p feet at their wharves at Sapelo. p.
Sanford Ross of Savannah has the con-
tract and the work was commenced dur
ing the week. This will be a big thing for
shippers and vessels for it will do away
with going into the sound TO finish load
ing.
While putting on a belt to grind his ak
at Morris saw mill, two miles west of
Demorest Wednesday. the 13-year-old
son Of William Tanksley was caught in
the shaft and whirled rapidly around.
one erLl was beaten into jelly and in
ternal injuries received, from which he
may die. The heels were knocked off a
new pair of shoes and the shoes thrown
from his feet some distance away.
Singularly enough in calling for bids for
the interior furnishings of the new post
office building at Washington. ID. c., the
supervising architect omitted TO cali for
bids on Georgia marble. This fact has
been brought TO the attention Of Senator
Bacon, who has wired the Secretary of
the Treasury and supervising architect
protesting against the omission of Geor-
ga marble and requesting the insertion
among others.
Col David Meadows of Danielsville an.
peared before Gov. Atkinson Friday an6
made argument in behalf of S. Bradbur,
OF Madison county for executive clemen
~. bradbury was convicted before Judg,
6Saporn Reese in Madison superior cour
VI voluntary manslaughter and sentence
70 a term of two years in the penitentiarv
~ me dithculty Bradbury was serioush
wounded by Caldwell his victim and 4
halu 70 De IN precarious condition
The officers of Fort Valley were tol,
tuesday that employees Of Robinson 4
hranklins circus had killed a negro. an
hiter lhe performance sixteen of the en-
pioges, both black and white, were place
-. ulusI arrest; No trace Of the murdcre
sIo could be found. however. and ate
& estloning all Of the prisoners closell