The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-19
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA.


Athens City Schools have enrolled nearly
1900 scholars. The average attendance
during September was over 1.200.
Miss Ethel Smith died at Wesleyan Fe-
male College Macon, Saturday morning.
She was the daughter of ". c. Smith OF
Elberton, and was the idol of a happy
home and the favorite in a very large cir
Gle of friends
Mrs. OBrien of Fort Mcpherson, widow
Of Lieut.. OBrien, who died at Santiago a
lew weeks ago, will go to Washington in
Il few days to live with her mother and
father. Mrs. OBrien has received letters
saving that her husband was buried in a
Steel casket so that his remains may be
moved at any time. All of the officers
who were killed on TIE field of battle
and those who have since died of fever
have been buried in similar caskets and
it is the general impression that the gov
eminent will bring them all back TO the
United States as soon as peace negotia-
lions are fully settled. Mrs. O'Brien said
she would wait and see what the govern
mcnt was going to do and If they did
not bring the bodies here she would per
sonally see that the lieutenant is given
decent burial in this country.
Walter Dobbins, who was assaulted Fri
day evening while on his way to his home
near Lost Mountain from the fair grounds
az Marietta, is still critically ILL., but his
physician thinks he will ultimately recov-
CT. He is badly bruised on his shoulder
and sides and was severely wounded by
being kicked in the stomach and there
are five ugly cuts on his head, and two
or three reached TO the skull bone. He has
been able to take but little nourishment
since the assault. The doctor says he win
not be out Of danger in twenty days at
least if then Jim Collier, Tom Jackson
and Simp Jackson have been arrested and
placed under bond. Win Gilnat and Tom
Collier, who have had warrants taken out
against them, have so far eVaded arrest
Public sentiment is strongly against
them and condemns the attack as a most
cOwardly one. Feeling is running high
among the young mans relatives, but it
is hoped that trouble will be averted.
Augusta special to Atlanta Journal. The
report that an opposition candidate is to
be sprung against Hon. w. A. Fleming
Democratic nominee for Congress, has
stirred up the Democrats. Handbfls are
being circulated signed by Mr. Fleming
urging all Democrats to register, and in
consequence the registry office is kept
busy. Information was brought 10 Mr.
Williams Saturday by Charles Williams,
a negro preacher from McDuff1e, who said
Mr.. Thomas Dozier had requested him to
use his influence to get out the 500 voters
he controls to vote for Republican NOM
inee to be put out Some time ago a Re-
publican committee was appointed TO
look up some good congressional timber
but it was believed that the movement
had failed and that the committee had
given up the job. The Populists regard
the scare produced by the preacher from
McDuffie upon Mr.. Fleming as scheme
to pull his leg. No Populist candidate
will be entered against Fleming.
One of the most eccentric persons in all
North Georgia passed away at Rockmart
and she was over so years of age She
was singular in that she persisted in liv-
ing all alone all the time She would not
permit even her nearest relative to live
with her 1t is said that she has not spent
81 IN ten Years. She depended upon her
neighbors for food and always got it, She
would spend her leisure hours gathering
together such pieces of wood as she found
for her winter fuel. Unless the weather
was extremely cold she never had a fire,
but would sit on the sunny side of her
nome for warmth. Her neighbors suspect
cd that she had money and plenty of it,
knowing that in her young womanhood
she was woman of means 1t has turn
ed out that their suspicious were correct
Tor over $500 in gold, besides some silver
and paper money, were found in various
PAGES about her home 1t was said that
she had intended to give her money to a
negro whom she seemed to fancy, but as
She left no will the money will go to her
relatives.