The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
MS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

l.. Involving the Liability of
uboIesaIers to Deliver to Retail
.r,-WilI Myers Now Reported Run
% cover in North DaI1Ota-Gov. At
|tiu>on Refuses to Grant Extradi-
.on on the Ground That Criminal
proce edings Have Been ResOrted
l. 10 collect a Civil Debt.
GEORGIA.
| rar is to be made on the smoke and
| Nuisance in Atlanta.
|stmaster Garrett Of Columbus appoint
! Frank Davis, a negro, to the position
Mailing clerk, made vacant by the dis
me Of Ira S. Clary, whose recent letter
I5lnng the postmaster caused such
EATON.
/ AZ country residence of Mrs. Matte E.
milton, widow of the late Charles E.
InHton three miles west of Cordele, was
med TO the ground Sunday night at 10
blk. All of The household effects were
except a piano
lonroe is building up rapidly. Several
| dwellings, are in the course of cree
and others are soon to go up. Citi-
4 are considering the erection of an
In cotton mill as large, if not larger,
| b the one already built.
lain Willie Myers, convicted of the
| rler of Forrest Crowley, at Atlanta,
| been detected, or a man thinks he has
| eted him. This man is D. f. Rut-
| e and his home is at Webster, N. d.
| has wired to the chief of police that
has located the muchly wanted youth.
hedge asks for instructions. Acting
hi Joiner viii communicate with the
Il who thinks he has made the big find.
|ne Governor devoted Tuesday morning
Nearing argument on a warrant for the
|ndition of Marcus Baum, an Augusta
Ircbant. who is under five indictments
/ The state of Maryland for cheating and
|nillng. Baum resisted the order on the
|und that the prosecution is not in
Iii faith, but simply an attempt to col
i private debt. The case has been
|he courts for over a year The Gov
|or announced that he would not allow
|um to be taken back to Maryland and
|ered the warrant of eXtradition revok-
br. ]. W. Crum's suit against the Cole
In, Burden & Warthen Company of At
nta for 1857. 9S for an alleged breach Of
mract, has just resulted in a verdict
! the defendant. The case is interesting
that it finds that a wholesale house is
\ bound to deliver goods sold to a re-
Her. Or. Crum was doing business at
ckson, in May, 1885, and bought
boo worth of shoes from the Atlanta
)use The shoes We're not delivered and
sued for the loss which he claimed to
I've sustained. The defense of the whole
lie house was that after making the sale
learned that the mercantile agencies had
lthdrawn the rating they had given DR..
fum. The jury found the Atlanta con-
Rn was justified in not shipping the
IOds.
Perry Home Journal: At an average of
|Out ten miles from the southern border
Houston county, an almost unbroken
/ range extends across the county, al
|st east and west the elevation is
|at, the wood growth mammoth oak and
|kQTy, the trees beautifully draped by
Pure with gray moss. Alphabetically
+ land is extremely fertile. While quar-
|ng the rock many fossil deposits have
|n unearthed, and the opinion prevails
Fl phosphate mine could be established
r profitably operated. There have been
|nnd many shells, teeth of animals that
F not recognized as any known to this
Pc and our people. A pair of large deer
Pms were unearthed In almost perfect
lape The thing that has attracted most
Fention, however, is what has been de-
pred to be the petrified backbone of a
astodon or some huge animal now I'M
Fown to this country. A joint of the
Ammoth backbone weighs sixteen pounds
nd measures eight inches in length and
Renty-one inches In circumference. We
+ told twenty feet of this immense back
0ne has been unearthed.