The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-17
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

COunty-COIumbus Hotel SOld-ne-
ceiver Asked For the Proprietor of
the Aragon Hotel ut atlanta.
GEORGIA.
Rev. William Wood, native of Aus
tralia, has been called to serve the Chris
tian church at Conyers. lie comes to Geor-
gia from Lexington, KY.
Friday night the store of e. L. Rogers
at Barnesville, was burglarized and goods
TO the amount of about 500 were stolen.
a negro has been arrested on suspicion.
y crowd of negroes were gambling about
seven miles from La Grange when row
was precipitated and Charlie Jackson
shot and killed ErneS% sill. 1 ne muIaeIer
was arrested.
a. w. Parker and G. +. Wilbanks, two
boys, aged Is and 16 years, respectively,
were lodged in the county jail at Atlanta
ESonday, charged with running a block
ado Gistniery in Banks county
DIR. Kerr b. Topper of Philadelphia,
distinguished Baptist preacher and
graduate of Mercer University. will visit
Macon soon and deliver a lecture at Inc
college chapel on the night of Feb %
Irwinvile correspondence Morning
News: w. NJ. Denton Of Denton and Miss
cora Wilcox were married Sunday after
noon at o'clock at the home OIL the
brides sister. Mrs. NJ q. Hogan, near
this lace
Marietta will lose the shops of the At
lanta, Knoxville and Northern railway.
This has been decided by the officials of
the road and the work of erecting the
new buildings at Blue Ridge, where IheS
will be located, has commenced.
Carter Moss of Wilkes county has an
interesting Indian relic. 1t is wooden
spoon. twenty inches long. well made and
well preserved. 1t has been in his family
for nearly a century, having been picked
up by an ancestor just after hShl win
the Indians.
Saturday night, at 10 O'Clock, while rid
ing his bicycle out Peachtree street, At
Iauta. George w. Mack, 16 years of age
crashed info the rear wheel of cab
broke his bicycle into thousand pieces
ard sustained in3Uries from which he died
twelve hours later.
Godfrey Turner, a convict serving six
months sentence in the Fulton county
chain-gang for assault and battery. has
been pardoned by the governor. Turner
is said to be in precarlouS condltloh
from the effects of dropsy, and his days
on earth are numbered.
"A report reached Jesup Saturday night
that at Huxford's still about seven miles
west of Jesup. George Cooper shot and
killed Amos Ratcliff and wounded Henry
Porter in the right knee. All OF the par
ties are colored. Cooper escaped. no par
ticulars as to the cause OF the shooting
have been learned.
Gainesville has a young negro who is
remarkable for his knowledge of the Eng
lish classics, and particular fondness for
Shakespeare. He is said to be quiet
modest young man. and to have read as
much of the Bard of Avon S works as the
average man of culture, He likes Othello
and Hamlet best of all the great plays.
The Rankin house. the leading hostelry
of Columbus, of which George C. Duy
has been proprietor, has passed into the
hands of J. ID. Smith & Bro. of Colun-
bus. The purchase price was Sl2OOO. Mr.
Duy owed Smith & Bro. nearly $1,000
There Will be no change IN the manage
ment, Judge Duy remaining as manager.
Prof. B. F. Moore took charge of the
books of the Southern Mutual Building
and Loan Association at Atlanta Mon
day. Acting under the direction OF the
court, Receiver Anderson appointed Prof.
Moore to audit the accounts. Prof. Moore
was at one time at the head of MooreS
Business College, and Is an expert ac-
eoEntant.
Little Ben Clayton of Ellijay is a pre-
cocious youngster Of years. He knows.
and can tell the exact maiorities given to
last election; knows the capital of every
state in the union and OF every country
about. He never forgets anything he
reads or has heard, and keeps his infor-
nation on his tongues end.
Deputy Collector r. S. Henderson and
Deputy Marshal w. l.. Cape destroyed
large blockade distillery near the bail
ground in Cherokee county, Monday. The
stin was OF new copper, and held about
100 gallons. Frank Howell, prominent
man in that settlement, and another man
were found by the officers at work in il.
They both ran and Howell. not being so
fleet of foot. was caught; the other man
made his escape.
The entire Peyton family, consisting of
father. mother, two daughters and three
sons, and also female visitor, spent
last Tuesday night in the Ebert county
jail. All were charged with simple lar
ceny and several also with assault and
battery. They were charged with setting
upon Sam Skolnik, Jew peddler. who
had been stopping at the Peyton residence
Tor few days. The Peytons accused the
peddler of being a cheat and a swindler.
j. w. & Z. c. Atkins filed petition
In the clerks office at Atlanta Monday
asking that a receiver be appointed for NJ.
T. Greenberg, dealer in hats and notions
at 226 Marietta street. The petitioners
claim that they sold hats to the Green
bergs and that they have never been paid
Tor them. They claim that the Green
bergs made false representatio to them.
that they were encumbered when they
bought the goods and that they never in
tended 70 pay for them.
Ebert county has a very Jealous and
enterprising coroner. Last Monday a ne
gro woman was suspected of infantcide.
1t was learned that a child had been born.
that It's cries were heard and that a GER
tain woman was the mother. But nobody.
dead or alive could be found. This did
not deter the enterprising coroner, how
ever. he empaneled "a jury and had an
inquest over the undiscovered body. AS
there was no proof that any crime had
been committed, IL is needless 10 say that
no testimony as to the question of guilt
could be had. The inquest was postponed
Indefinitely.
Suit was filed in the superior court at
Macon Monday by Draper. Moore g. Co.
of Atlanta against the Macon Dry Goods
Company for S700 damages for breach of
contract. The petition alleges that Dra-
per, Moore & Co. entered into a contract
with the Macon Dry Goods Company for a
lot OF goods and after the contract was
closed the Macon Dry Goods Company
failed 10 deliver the goods. Also that
the Macon Dry Goods Company promised
70 pay the expenses Of several representa-
tives OF the Atlanta firm, who went 10
1acon 70 negotiate the sale, but that IL
failed 10 do so.
An application has bann hiod bxy craAtt