The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-10
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN RAGRAPHS.

RIuIe Dies From Mad Dog Rite ana
Grave Fears Entertained for n
ChiId-PostmnSters for Georgin.
A soldier at Fort MCPHERSON sued
for Divorce-A storm in Florida
Does Much Damage.
GEORGIA.
Col. Alfred Wilkinson Of Dawson Is an
applicant for the position OF referee un-
DER the new bankrupt act
Irene the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. D. Conoway, fell Monday and
broke her arm. Both bones We're broken.
]. ". Hicks, the travelling passenger
agent Of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis Railway. and the Western and
Atlantic Railway. with headquarters IN
Atlanta died Monday morning at his
home, yellow Creek Dawson county.
A Populist rally held at Blackshear Sat
urday was largely attended. The occasion
of the gathering was 10 hear the Hon.
Felix Cobb. the Popudst candidate for
attorney general who addressed the audi
ence on the issues Of the day. He was
introduced by Hon. Jef Dixon.
The following fourth class pos masters
for Georgia were appointed Monday:
Thomas G. Futch. Cecil. Berrien county;
Jos H. Strickland. Horteuse. Wayne
county; Joel J. Brawner. New Hope,
Paulding county; W. J. d. Taylor Rhine,
Dodge county; R. L. Sheffield, Sheffield,
Camden county.
Dawson received on Saturday her first
bale Of cotton of this year. 1t was brought
in by Ed Glass, residing near Bronwood,
in Terrill county 1t weighed $50 pounds
and was classed as low middling. J. was
bought by the warehouse firm of Thorn
ton & Nasworthy for 6l2 cents per pound,
who at once shipped it to Columbus.
The Massachusetts Mill Company at Lin
dale near Rome have already begun prep
arations to double the capacity of the
plant The present plant as it now stands
cost $750,009 Doubling the capacity means
the expenditure of nearly a similar sum-
and when the additions are complete an
investment of over one million and a quar-
ter viii be represented. At present nearly
1000 people are employed at the mill.
Private Charles II. BARLEY of the United
States regulars, stationed at Fort Nc
Pherson. was served Saturday night with
notice that his wife, Roberta f. Barley
has filed suit against him for divorce. The
wife heard Saturday that Barley was
about to be ordered out of the state, so
she hastened to her lawyer John @. Wal
ker, and had her petition prepared. Bart
ley was in ranks preparing to be marched
10 the train, when the deputy sheriff APP
peared al the post and served him with a
copy of the proceedings. The grounds for
the divorce are alleged desertion and cruel
treatment.
About the first of last June a suspicious
looking dog passed through Flovilla, bit a
child of Morgan Mattox, and on the
premises of Rev c. O. Sharp, bit his mule
on the left side of his head. The occur
renee was soon forgotten and no trouble
was apprehended. Rev. Sharp drove the
mule to one of his appointments, and on
his return home in the afternoon the ami
NAL began to act very queerly. He be
came suspicious that something was
wrong, as the bite of the dog occurred 20
him. He borrowed a horse from a friend
and came home leading the mule. On
reaching home he confined the mule In a
wagon shelter. Soon the animal began to
foam at the mouth. swapping and biting
at everything in reach. and finally kick
ed off one side of the shelter and was
about TO get away, when Mr. Sharp knock
ed the mule in the head. Mr.. Maddox is
now very uneasy about his child The
only relief to the family is that there was
no abrasion of the skin.
AT Athens Monday Judge Kinnebrew
bound over Tom Erwin and VIII Smith of
Oglethorpe county on the charge of con-
spiracy. The bonds We're promptly given.
Charles Galloway, negro, who testified
in the case against William Eberhart in
the federal court in Atlanta charged that
these two white farmers of Oglethorpe
county conspired against him for testi-
flying in that case, and that as result of
this conspiracy Smith beat him badly al
Youngs stable, in Athens, a short while
since. These two cases are among a num-
Der of cases that have arisen out of the
cases against Eberhart and the result
has given great deal of trouble in con
trolling negro labor in Oglethorpe county
The Democratic convention met at
cambridge Saturday to nominate a can
didate to represent the Eighth senatorial
district, embracing the counties of Deca-
tur, Mitchell and Miller. This being
Mitchens time under the rotation plan
40 nominate the candidate. Hon. ]. L.
Hand of Pelham was nominated without
opposition.