The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-03
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Of--An Attempt to Burn "a store in
Terrell County Fancy Bluff
Changes Its Name.
GEORGIA.
Phil Cook of Lee win be in the race
for secretary of state.
w. D. Rivers tax collector of Jeffer-
son county, has been adjudged insane and
will be sent to the asylum
The property of the late John Ryan
of Atlanta has been equally divided be-
tween his widow and five children. Steve
Ryan. the other child, is not one of the
benefciares.
The store of T. r. Stewart at Leesburg
was closed by the sheriff Tuesday night
under an attachment in favor of Wax
elbaum & Co. of Macon. Assets are nom
inally very nearly equal to liabilities.
Levi Nelson's petition for a receiver for
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Company was disposed of by a consent
verdict in the superior court at Atlanta
Wednesday in favor of the railroad, Nell
son to pay the costs of the suit.
A bill has been introduced by Represent
tative Law of Liberty to permit graduates
of the Georgia state normal school for col
ored persons at Savannah to teach in the
common schools for three years after re-
ceiving diplomas without being examined.
The new Central Baptist church at New
nan has let the contract TO build a church
edifice of marble from the Tate quarries
in Pickens county. The contract was
awarded to R. D. Cole Manufacturing
Company of Newman at $4,000 The
church complete will cost $4,000
Fancy Bluff has long wanted a postofice.
Hitherto the mail of that settlement has
been delivered through the Brunswick
postofice. The government has establish
ed a postoffice there, but Fancy Bluff has
had to change its name to Mayport r. S.
Pyles has been appointed postmaster.
News has been received of a homicide at
the Chewacla lime works, in which viii
Walsh a white man, formerly of Column
bus, figured. Walsh was a guard at the
convict camp there, and a negro named
VIII Boykin tried to escape. Walsh shot
him dead, putting bullet in his head.
The following is the citizens ticket for
election at Macon Dec. II, and it will in
all probability be the only ticket out: For
mayor, S. B. Price; for aldermen, First
ward, Charles E, Damour; Second ward,
w. A. Wilder; Third ward, 7. Gray Good
wyn; Fourth ward, w. T Morgan; city at
large, John T. Moore and Mallory lay
lor.
Hogansville. which has become historic
on account of it's postoffice troubles is
still in state of unrest, The people are
more determined than ever not to patron
lie the postoffice and they mail their let
ters by sending them to other cities and
towns. The government of the United
States in return is boycotting Hogansville
by having the postal cars locked as they
pass through
DR.. w. A. Chapman of Cedartown is
threatened with blood poisoning, He and
Dr. Liddell, on the 9th instant, perforu,-
ed an autopsy on Berry Peek, who had
died from a pistol shot received fifty days
previous, and in doing so DR.. Chapman ac-
cidentally inflicted a slight cut on his mid
die finger with the surgeons knife. The
next day swelling set in and has progress
ed with some fever.
At Perry creek treste, in Calhoun coun-
ty, freight train killed a horse belonging
10 Clint Bostwick and mule belonging 10
A. L. Bostwick. Both were fine animals
and were pasturing in r. II. Bostwick's
field near the creek. The engine came so
near leaving the track when it struck the
animals that the fireman jumped from the
engine. The young men have put in a
claim for $240 damages.
Fire broke out at Talbotton Tuesday
night at o'clock in the residence of j.
A Spain and it was totally destroyed BY
heroic work the residence of l.. A. Bald
win and the Baptist church were saved.
There was $1,000 insurance on the house.
1t was occupied by Prof. j. A. Bryan
and Prof. H. J. Laurence. The fire ca ught
in the center of the roof, and is supposed
TO have been caused by rats
Henry Nesbitt the negro from Irwin
vile now confined in the Bibb county jail
for safe keeping, will be hung on the 10th
at Irwinville for the murder of two ne
groes. Nisbett is accused of killing nine
men. He first killed two negroes who
We're cousins and while being captured by
a negro mob it Isl alleged that seven more
We're killed. He denies this, however, and
says he knows where those he is accused
OF killing are.
Commencing this morning large body
Of physicians will make a thorough can
Vass of Atlanta for the purpose of vaccn-
aNng all persons who cannot give salts
factory evidence of recent successful vac
cnation. Parties desiring to be vaccnated
by physicians of their own choice must
attend to 1t before Friday; otherwise they
will be required to submit 10 vaccination
by the physicians sent out by the board of
health. This canvass will embrace every
house in the city and every person in the
city not heretofore successfully vaccinated
Will be vacclnated.
An attempt was made to burn Mrs. NJ.
W. Watkins store at Edison, Terrell coun-
~. last Friday night, John Ward, the
manager stayed in the store until about
Z o'clock that night and when he went
nome, carried the store books with him FOR
the purpose of strengthening up some mat
ters before he retired. While busy with
i1is work about ] o'clock he heard pistols
NTinS up the road, and walked out on the
!orch - see what It meant, when he saw
we flames leaping up the rear Of The store.
We quickly gave the alarm, and the re-
Sp2nse Of his neighbors was so prompt
liat cle fire was put out before any ma
ural damage was done. Investigation
hscIos ed the fact that the rear end of the
sore had been saturated with kerosene oil
ViJore the torch was applied
Atlanta Constitution: While the legisla-
rl'e was passing the Doson Insurance bill
~ compel Insurance COMPANIES to pay back