The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18
GEORGIA


Charles Daniel, coored boy Of Ma
rietta. has made hero of himself by
jumping on "a runaway engine running is
miles AN hour and stopping it.
A. L. Waldo. receiver for the Dougherty
a. Murphy Dry Goods Company of At
lanta has sold out the stock and fixtures
of the concern to Sweetser, Pembroke *
Co.. Of New York, holders of the first
mortgage bonds for $500.
Under the rotation system DeKalb is
entitled TO the next state senator for that
district. and Hon. w IL. Morris has a.
ready announced his candidacy. II is re-
ported that Frank Gordon, a son Of Gen.
j. r. Gordon, will also be in the race.
Mrs. Waterman, widow of the late J. r,
Waterman, who was private secretary 10
Speaker Crisp was thrown from buggy
at HaWknsviue Thursday, and sustained
serious wounds about her face and head.
she was also injured internally.
j. o. Haddaway. a grocery merchant,
doing business at Lawrenceviue, has mys-
teriously disappeared. lie left Tuesday
night, dropping a letter in the postofttee
instructing lis father to turn over the
books. keys to the store (Which he left ia
his postoiIice box and the stock of goods
10 W. ~. Brown, or whom lIt EoONlS were
purchased. TO secure him against loss.
Darien Gazette: The stock of timber now
on hand in Darieu is about ten times as
large as this time last year. There are
now In port loading with timber and lum-
Der vessels. 10 ships, banks and
schooners. There is at present on the
booms around Darien quite a little stock
of sawn timber and deals. one firm has
several millions During the week there
was shipped from the port of Darien.
coastwise and foreign, 403i.9 l3 feet of tim
Der and lumber valued at 1882
The assets Of the Georgia Mining. Man
ufacturing and Investment Company viii
be sold to the highest bidder, without re-
gard TO upset price on next Wednesday.
The sale will occur in front of the door of
the court house al Atlanta, and will be
conducted by Receiver Julius L. Brown.
The cash payment will be $4,000. and the
remainder is TO be paid within three and
six months. The sale VIII be confirmed
on the afternoon of the day of sale by
Judge Lumpkin Of the superior court
Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks the
two white men who are charged with muir
dering NJ. c. Hunt a merchant at Har-
mony Groce, in Jackson county, on Feb.
Is. have just been carried back to Jeffer-
son. where they viii be placed in jail and
held until the first Monday in August.
when they will he tried. The men have
been in the Fulton county Jail since they
were captured. They were sent there for
fear that some violence would be done
them, as excitement was running very
high against them.
Trion Herald: Tuesday Of last week.
while the thunderstorm lowered over our
Mrs. S q. Echols was struck with light
ming. II knocked the top Of the chimney
off. came down into and played around
on the plates OF the house, knocked the
clock OF the mantelpieCe and tore II into
shreds, dealing also the same treatment
70 the manteiUiece. The bolt then sepa-
rated. one going out at each end of tho
house. tearing of several Of the blanks
IT closet that was torn into atoms was
a set Of chinaware and strange to saw
none OF - was injured. Fortunately no
one was at home at the time
Sheriff Mcconnell arrived at Rome Fri
day from Center, Ala, bringing with him
Jim Simmons wanted in Georgia for il
licit distilling Wednesday the simmons
house, near Center was ralded by Deputy
Sheriff Williams and Baillm Houston
Webb. The officers were about to enter
the house when BaHft Webb was instant
~ killed. officer Williams was made to
leave by the brothers, Joe and John Sim
mons. Jim simmons was arrested while in
Center Wednesday morning attending
court, and was found heavily armed. The
officers then determined Go raid the Sim
mons den. Joe and John Simmons had
been notified, however, ana were prepar-
cd. il WAS openly claimed at Center that
the clerk Of the court and the sheriff sent
word 20 the Simmons house Of the coming
OF the deputy sheriff and baiHf. The
Judge called the grand jury together and
charged them that n the reports We're
true, they ought 20 ndict both the sheriff
and the clerk Of Cherokee county for muir
der Center is stirred as never before The
Simmons brothers made good their es-
cape.