The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED.


LaSccnes-A Negro Stung TO Death
by Wasps.
GEORGIA.
Up. Mcmillan has bought out the Fort
Valley Manufacturing Company.
The Governors Horse Guard may send
a team to the New Jersey State Rife As
ISOLATION meeting next month.
Campbell King, one Of the best known
and most prominent young attorneys Of
Atlanta, is to enlist in the United States
army.
Henry Salter, a negro living on w. D
Davidson's place near Graves. in Talia-
ferro county died from the effect OF
wasp stings on Saturday morning last.
The new dormtory of the chronological
school at Atlanta is rapidly nearing com
pletion and will be ready to deliver 20 the
trustees by tina latter part of August.
On motion made before Judge Smith,
in the superior court at Hawkinsville. the
available property belonging to Sidney
JasceIIes Nord BeresfordD at Fitzgerald,
has been placed in the hands of receiver.
Annie Lou War; of Warren county,
about Is years of age, was kindling a fire
on Friday evening of last week with kero-
sene oil. when her dress caught and she
was burned so severely that she died with
in few hours.
william Sydney O'Brien, well-known
young man of Columbus, has been ad-
Judged insane The excessive use of whls-
ky was the alleged cause of the young
mans loss of mind. O'Brien has made
several attempts to suicide during the past
year or so.
Capt. J. NJ. Wright of the United States
secret service bureau, has been placed In
charge of the southeastern district, en-
bracing the states of Georgia, Alabama
Florida, Tennessee and the two Carolinas
He succeeds Capt Forsyth, who has been
ordered to Texas.
A case Of CHAMBERS is officially reported
on the farm of man named Landlord,
in Greene county, five miles from Wood
VILE on the Athens branch of the Georgia
railroad. The afflicted animal is mule
and will be killed. Texas fever Is preva-
lent among the cattle in Greene county.
The local freight train, due at Unadilla
Saturday morning at 10 O'clock, was on
fire when it reached there The blaze
damaged two cars and burned one COM
pletely up 1t was only by the fast work
of the citizens that they saved the other
two. The cars caught fire from the en-
CINE.
DR.. w. L. Ryder the murderer of Miss
6allie Emma owen. will be placed on trial
in the superior court at Talbotton to-day.
with Judge Butt presiding. This special
term OF court was called by Judge Butt
TO try the Ryder case, the supreme court
trial.
The Hancock county growers of Ell
berta peaches will begin to ship this week
There isn't large crop on the trees, but
the quality of the fruit is fine and the
returns WILL no doubt, be satisfactory.
w. N. Coleman, r. II. Moore, Frank
White and c. s. Cary win be the prnci-
pal shippers.
Blakely News: A strange disease has
attacked the cows in Joe Freeman's neigh
borhood, which causes the animals to act
as if crazy or mad. When In this fix they
Will attack man or beast and nothing
short of killing will stop them, as they
otherwise pay no attention to the shoot
ing. We are told that five Of the animals
have been killed by parties who were at
tackled.
In radius of one mile of each other
in a neighborhood on Buck Creek. Car
roll county, there are four families that
have forty-four children, all living. The
four families are: Dick Carter. who has
thirteen; g. w. Harper. eleven G.. T.
Snow, ten, and John Stephens, ten ELI
Terrell also lives in the same neighbour
hood and has had thirteen but some of
them are dead.
There is a long winded race for state
senator In progress in the Thirty-fourth
district. composed of DeKalb, Gwinnett
and Henry counties. 1t will be fifteen
months before the election and three can
didates are being talked about. w. w.
Morrison, the present representative OF
Dekalb county in the legislature Frank
Gordon and Mai. w. J. Houston, who rem
resented DeKalb In the legislature two
years ago, are the candidates
At the instance of Burton Smith and c.
j. Reynolds. attorneys for the plaintiffs.
the Empire Mutual Insurance Companv
has been placed In the hands Of a receiver.
w. ii. & Il. II. Black, the defendants al
torneys, conserving. The bill sets forth
the charges that the company has not the
Wherewith to carry on its business. chat
It's receipts from new business are very
small, and that the management is In no
condition 10 continue working J. W
Moore. an attorney. has been appointed
receiver
The lumber manufacturers Of Georgia
will meet tomorrow to organize an as
ISOLATION and revise prices. The demand
for lumber is better and they think it
Justlhes better prices than the mills are
getting. This movement IS the suggestion
OF n. H. Tit, who owns a large saw mill
az Triton, with a railroad thirty miles long
20 Fitzgerald. lie had conference with
Martin Amorous. of the Pnopols Lum-
Der Company, and II was agreed that "A
can should be issued Tor meeting at
Macon tomorrow
New York Law notes. This Is the way
that Judge Reuben s. Stafford. Of Madi-
son, Ga, marries the negro victims
brought before him "By the authorlt,.
vested In me as an officer OF the state
OF Georgia, which Is sometimes called the
Empire state Of the south. by the fields
OF cotton that spread in snowy whItenees
around Us; by the howl OF the coon dog.
and the gOurd vine whose clinrlng tenn
drils will shade the entrance 10 your hum
bic dwellng-placo; hy the red aud luscious
heart OF the watermelon. whose sweet