The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-08
GEORGIA.


the vote of Gambler at 1O6S and that OF
Hogan at 218.
emanuel county gave Gambler ,655 votes
"a Hogan III. The local Democratic
Ieket won by s4S majority.
Mr. John A. Cameron died of malarial
fever Tuesday night at his home at But
Law He was an old citizen of the state
and a Confederate veteran having CS1 peen
a lieutenant in the Forty-h1th Georgia
Regiment
Mrs Annie E. Power died at her home
an South Broad street at Harmony Grove
Wednesday Mrs Power was the wife of
Mt W. Bar Power, one or Harmony
Groves largest merchants, and she ieIt
q large circle of devoted friends.
The following telegram was received
"a, night from William Clifton, the Dem
ocradc nominee for the Senate in the Sec
and district: Il have carried every coun-
~ In the district. My majority over Wal
~ is 764 and over Smith S99. William
Clifton"
The election in Tattnan was hotly con-
tested from start TO finish. The vote
nailed was very heavy. The Democratic
STE house officers will go in. The Re
prnlipaQ forces, CON- WIN t4iC Opb-
ists gave the Democrats the hardest fight
maj has ever been waged in the county.
Liberty countys vote for Gambler was S53
TO Hogan's 335. For the Senate Clifton
DemocraO received 37S votes, Walker
(PopulisD, 245, and Smith (colored Repub-
Lcan) $50 For the House, j. L. Harden
independently got 551 votes, while Sims
(colored Republican, received 1852 All the
old county officers were reelected.
A row occurred between Paul Devine
and Shell Cochran, young white men, at
Fairburn Wednesday, in which Cochran
cut long. deep cash in Devine's abdomen
through which the entrails protruded.
The wounded young man was given i'm
mediate surgical attention by Drs. Daven-
mort and Longino. The wound, while a
dangerous one, is not necessarily fatal
At a political meeting, near Holly
Springs, Jackson county, Wednesday
night. a row occurred In which two negro
men lost their lives and a third seriously
wounded 1t seems that George Hender-
son got mad at John Smith on account of
remarks made during the speaking and
rushing upon him cut his throat. Dave
Brawner and John Griffith both drew pis-
tolls and fired upon Henderson, killing him
Instantly The row became general and
Brawner got his throat cut but is still
living.
Mrs. John Grant, wife of John Grant.
who resides on the farm of Baily Car
michael, eight miles west of Jackson, was
found Wednesday afternoon in TOwaliga
river with a rock tied to her neck. A
few days ago she informed her husband
that she intended committing suicide, but
no attention was paid to her threats. We'd
nesday afternoon she was missed from
"a uyaS a
to the river bank, where several articles
were left showing hat she had thrown
herself in the river. Later her body was
found tangled in a barbed wire fence
stretched across the river at that point.
No cause is given.
Edward Flanagan, the DeKalb county
murderer, who is a prisoner in Fulton
county jail, is improving In health and
his appetite at one time % small is grow
ing tremendously. His only complaint at
present that he does not get enough to-
bacCo. Flanagan is tobacco fiend, and
While the Jail authorities supply him with
a generous allowance of the weed, the
murderer is not satisfied. He only stops
chewing long enough 10 sleep at night.
The man is waiting with anxiety to hear
of the decision of the Supreme Court in
regard to giving him a new trial and
asks each day if there is anything about
his case in the papers.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Ben Smith one
day last week at Monroe, while moving
pea vines for Jesse Griffin, suddenly found
his mover choked up by some foreign OBJ
lect. On investigation he found that a
hug raCtler had become entangled in the
machine and was making desperate eff
forts 10 escape. He called for Mr. Grir-
I'M, who came UP and helped kill the
snake. As they were about finishing the
Jco, Wesley Griffin, who was standing by
looking on, felt something writing I'M
Ger his feet and gave a jump and a
yen like an Indian war-whoop. He was
actually standing on a large coied rat
yer. This one was dispatched, and later
III the day Mr.. Smith found another rat
ueshake of smaller size caught up in
tne mower and again called to his aid
'Ae fedoubtable Mr.. Griffin to slay the
hurderous victim.
It IS now said that the steamer City of
Macon, which upset on the Ocmulgee river
near Brunswick a few days ago, is a total
i'ss 1t was first stated that she would
T. raised with but little trouble, but since
'Nat statement was made an investigation
mas developed the fact that there is moth
-"s leIt OF her worth saving. A gentle
man from Brunswick was in Macon a day
ol Two ago and in speaking of the steamer
S'I1i Mr.. Smith, president of the navi-
saion company, and myself went to the
scene of the wreck Saturday morning and
We found that the. boat was turned bot
'oA SIDE up and that the boilers We're
gone. Mr.. Smith, as well as myself, was
surprised at the condition of the boat as
W, Doth had heard that it could be easily
4'Ised. None of the cargo was saved ex-
Cept 70 boxes of soap, which was picked
Up oy the steamer Hessie. That was car
lea 70 the Mallory Line dock and in four
hours after the warehouse was ten feet
Seep IN water and the cargo was ruined
40 not think that there Is a dollar 5
worth OF the boat left and it is impossi-
uIe TO raise it. The place in which the
wreck occurred is one of the most dam
s'4ous places around Brunswick as the
current there is very strong The boat, in
'iy estimation, Is total loss, as the storm
aas ruined what was left of her. Mr..
7inltn and Capt. Upper started out with
NIecklns apparatus Sunday morning 10
ste "hat could be done, but before they
started the storm came up and they could
10Y go. The place where the City Of
nl uhs"'ck was wrecked was covered with
"aler which was thirteen feet higher