The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-30
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Adgate Killed by n Trim mt Adj
gateviIle-A Negro Under Arrest nj
Macon for Stealing DiamOnds-Dr
Hopkins Denies Having Left the
Ministry-Death of &. e. eager nj
Columbus MIR. Plants birthday
Celebrated at Jasper General
HoIIens Found Guilty of Murder at
Glen Cove SprinGs-BrensOn Tries
to Break Jail at BrOOksvilIe-Big
Coal Shipment From Pensacola.
GEORGIA.
Mr.. Lynn Fort and Miss Nellie John
son were married at Americas Wednesday
evening.
University of Georgia and University Of
Virginia foot ball game takes place at At
lanta to-day.
Rev. J. NJ. Davidson of Atlanta, has
been called to serve Christ Episcopal
church in Cordele.
It is said that a Macon woman goes
around with a big knife to defend her
purse from the snatchers, which infest
that city
The rain phenomenon continues at Ma
con. A number of citizens have gone to
Oak Ridge cemetery and view the per.
petual rain confined to a very small area
but none of them are able to explain 1t.
The rain continues and wonder increases.
William H. Spelman of Augusta, who
was injured on the Georgia railroad about
a month ago, died at the hospital Wednes-
day evening at o'clock MI. Spelman
was AZ years of age and had been a resi-
dent of Augusta all his life. The deceased
leaves wife and one son.
Master Williams, negro boy II years
old, was run over and horribly mangled
by freight train in the Central railroad
yards at Americas Wednesday morning,
One limb was entirely severed, and the
body rolled along beneath the brake beams
of the cars until it was almost unrecogniz-
able.
Mike Hanlon Of Augusta, a well known
city employee. died at his home, 1927 Sum
mer street Wednesday afternoon, at G
O'Clock. For many years Mr. Hanlon had
been in the employ of the city and had al
ways been a conscientious and efficient
workman. He leaves a wife and son to
mourn his loss.
G. E. eager, one of the Oldest and most
prominent citizens of Columbus, died sud
denly Wednesday night of heart disease.
He was born in Connecticut in 1927 and re-
moved to that city when quite a young
man. He was many times elected alder
man and had accumulated considerable
wealth, but retired from business several
years ago.
A freight train on the Macon and North
ern railroad ran over and killed Mrs. H.
c. Adgate Wednesday afternoon near Ad-
gateville. She was 60 years old and very
deaf. The impression is that she was muir
dered, as only one wound could be found
upon her person and that was very much
like a, bullet hole in the head. She was
killed at fayetteville, her home, near the
store and residence When first found
she was about ten feet from the track.
John Wimberly, a young man well
known in Augusta, went to Atlanta some
time ago, but returned to Augusta about
two weeks since, accompanied by the wife
of John Chafee of Atlanta. Mrs. VIM
berly, mother of the young man. went be-
fore Judge Conner Wednesday and had
warrants issued for Mrs. Chafee and her
son. Young Wimberly was charged also
with cheating and swindling in a case that
had been pending against him for some
time. In default of bond Judge Conner
committed them to jail.
Aree Campbell, young negro boy, is
under arrest at the Macon police station
on suspicion of stealing two fine diamond
earrings from the residence of DR.. George
II. Noble. A negro driver, who works for
DR.. Noble, saw a negro make his exit
from the house through a window on Sat
urday afternoon, and, after running sew
eral blocks, the driver succeeded in catch
ing the thief. 1t was discovered that n
pocketbook containing the diamonds were
missing, but it could not be found on the
negros person. However, Rev DR.. Mott
ley, the pastor of the Walker street Meth
odist church, found the pocket book i'm his
yard, where it had been thrown by the
thief. Campbell denies that he stole the
diamonds.
Atlanta Journal, Oct. %: DR.. l. S. Hop
kins was on the streets to-day, looking
handsomer and younger than ever since
his recent trip north He was greeted by
numerous friends on every corner who ex-
pressed their regret at his removal to New
York. The doctor showed that he pro
foundly appreciated these pleasant utter
ances, but he remarked that a southerner
in the metropolis would have no difficulty
in finding a very large circle Of congenial
people from this section. He intimated
that, while he could never forget his
friends and the people of Atlanta and the
south generally, he expected to find life
very pleasant in his new home One i'm
preston DR. Hopkins desires to have cor
rected. He has not left the ministry. On
the contrary, he has preached nearly every
Sunday since he left here, and has been
compelled to decline many invitations. He
says that he expects to continue preaching
until he dies. This viii be good news to
many Georgians who had supposed that
the doctors new field of work in the in
surance business would cause him TO retire
from the pulpit.
FLORIDA.
The Tallahassee Floridian is becoming
better with each issue.