The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-23
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IMPAIR AGRAPHs.

Waters of the ChattnhOochee River
to BE Utilized 50 supply Atlanta
With EIectricity-NeRrO Murders
His Observation-Disclosures For Ne
gro Orphans at MacOn-Many I'M
prOvemcnts at Harmony Grove.
GEORGIA.
A musical union is soon to be organized
in Macon.
The Christian Scientists of Atlanta will
erect a place OF worship.
The negro fremen Of Georgia are pre-
pairing 70 have a tournament in Atlanta on
Aug. 10.
Macon will have home for Georgia's
colored orphans. Plans have all been
made. and it is said that within a year
the colored people OF the city viii nave be-
gun to build $500 home.
The negro who assaulted J. r. Carroll
and was captured at Midland Tuesday,
was taken 20 Cusseta by the sheriff Tues
day night The party was pursued by
mob from Columbus for several miles when
the sheriff left the road and took to the
woods. and thereby escaped them The
sheriff left Wednesday for a distant coun-
ty with his prisoner, for safety Carroll is
improving.
]. T. Punsn, charged with being Access
sorry to the murder of Mumford Harrison,
Dec %. 1885. has been captured and lodg-
ed in Jail at Jesup 10y Sheriff Lyons and
Deputy y. s. Price. Punsill has been al
large ever since the murder and swore he
would not be taken. When captured he
had a Winchester rifle and bowie knife.
Henry Mannin, his partner in the crime,
n TO H.
tiary at the last term of Wayne superior
court.
Dr. L. G. Hartman, and T. ]. Bennett
are having new stores built at Harmony
Grove. B. b. Hawks is having the capacity
of his store doubled in order to accommo-
date the increase in his business. DR.. Il.
f. Adair, and c. j. Hood, J. j. Sheppard
and p w. Sheppard have recently erected
four handsome cottages for rent. Work IS
in progress upon the new oil mill, ginnery
and guano factory. The new mattress fac
tory of Watson and Gober is nearing COM
pletion and will soon be in operation.
In Mitchell county Saturday night John
jackson, negro, shot Bill Burrows, his
father-in-law, and the latter died Sunday
evening jackson had been beating and
otherwise abusing his wife, and on Friday
she left him and returned to her fathers
nome. On saturday night JACKSON went
after her. Despite her protests, he took
her by the arm and led her away, cursing
and abusing and threatening TO shoot her
as he went. He had his pistol in his hand.
Seeing his daughters danger, old man
Burrows ran up and began to plead with
Jackson not to shoot her, when the latter
turned and shot him down. The murderer
escaped.
New York and Baltimore capitalists are
organizing a company with $,O0O0O0 cap
ital to utilize the waters of the Chatta-
hoochee river to supply Atlanta with
electricity There will be three separate
plants at different places i'm the river, each
to cost in the neighborhood of $500 600. Only
one of these plants viii be erected at first.
AS soon as the power therefrom is all TAX
en-, the others will be erected according to
the demand. John W. Taylor a promi-
nent capitalist OF Baltimore, and Ernest
William Cook, a representative of Elmer
son, McMillin & Co., one of the strongest
banking firms Of New York, are at the
head of the project.