The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-27

GEORGIA.
The Young Peoples Baptist Union con-
vention will meet at Macon June S.
Louis Knapp and Otto Becker, Two as
elstant paymasters at the headquarters of
the Department Of the Gulf have been
nominated for the positions of paymoster.
The pretty little town Of Mitchell was
visited by a blaze Tuesday night that
came near destroying &C. Daniel Bros.
lost their store and all merchandise. Dr.
Kitchens lost his drug store. There was
no Insurance on the buildings OF contents.
a deed OF assignment was filed in the
Superior Court at Macon Wednesday by
j. W. Domiugos, The crockery and house
hold furnisher ". L. Henry was made
assignee. The mortgages amounted 70
81 200 They were in favor of W. L. and
r. L. Henry and Walter G. smith
Work on rebuilding the large saw mills
of H. II. Tiff recently destroyed by fire,
at Triton, is progressing we'll The foun
dation is all in place, and the framing
for the mill proper is about completed. Ii
will be finished some time in July, if not
earlier, and its completion viii give enc
ployment TO 100 men.
The entire family of Charles Brown of
Fort Valley, consisting of Mrs Brown.
Miss Blanche Brown, Miss Marguerite
Brown, Leon Brown, Master Yaston
Brown, ana also negro boy who works
for them, were poisoned Wednesday night
from the effects Of drinking buuermAk
which is supposed to have been kept in
tin vessel overnight. All Will recover.
The Gainesville Female College property
has been decided by the Supreme Court to
be at the present time a source of private
profit and thereby subject to tax. All edu-
caiional institutions are exempted from
taxation, but owing to The fact that a. w.
Van Hoose has a lease on it at rental,
and the owners receiving an income from
#. it is therefore subject to taxation.
Al Houston the ground again needs rain,
melons and potatoes are suffering and
cantaloupes win be almost q total loss.
Oats are being harvested, and not more
than one-foIrth of a crop has been made.
Corn that has been properly cultivated
looks Wen, but is needing rain. The
branches and ponds of the flat woods have
dried up and stock have 10 go to the ham
mock branches and the lakes for water.
On Friday. June 70, the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society of the South Georgia con-
ference will convene at the Methodist
Church at Dawson. Daily sessions of the
society VIII be held until the following
"wednesday. Homes are now being Sc
cured for the 100 delegates who Will be
present Rev John r. Scruggs, d. D,
pastor of Trinity Church, Savannah. viii
preach the annual sermon to the society
sunday June y.
A horrible tragedy occurred a few days
since in Colquitt county. near Tuition. a
Mrs Blackburn, a middle-aged lady, wife
of Joseph Blackburn, was waiting upon
Mrs William Ireland, who was III. Dur
ing the night Mrs Blackburn arose 10
give Mrs. Ireland her medicine when the
lamp she was carrying exploded in her
hand, covering her with the burning oil
Mr.. Ireland, hearing her screams, ran TO
her assistance. and his hands were Sc
Nerely burned in trying to eXtinguish the
flames. Mrs. Blackburn was so badly burn
ed that she died in a few hours in great
agony.
The Royal gold mine, near Tallapoosa.
HARRISON county, was closed down by a
temporary injunction on Monday after
noon. The injunction was granted on
the application of property owners along
the stream on which the stamp mill is To-
Gated. The land owners below the mill
complained that the water Is so muddled
by the stamps that their property is dam
aged. The Royal is the largest mine in
point of capacity in the state, crushing
ninety tons of ore daily 1t is equipped
with S50-pound stamps, which crush the
quartz, while the softer material is run
through Huntington mill.
The little town of sofkee. about six miles
from Maconson the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad was swept by fire Tues
day and considerable damage done. The
fire broke out near the railroad and some
of the cars that were standing on the
side track were soon on fire. This made
ID impossible for trains TO pass and the
shoohy came in some hours late, having
TO transfer its passengers to the regular
train which left Macon shortly after noon.
1t seems that the FIRE has done great
amount of damage to property in the town
and that the railroad viii be The principal
sufferer. No casualties of any kind arc
reported.
Active preparations are now going on at
Fort Valley to handle the immense fruit
crop of this season, which will be the larg-
est that has ever been handled at Fort
Valley. 1t IS safely estimated that Fort
Valley viii ship 500 cars this season. The
largest crop heretofore was the crop OF
1895, when 500 cars were shipped The first
shipment of peaches left Wednesday by
express, consisting of about ten crates
which will no doubt bring a good price
Shipping will begin in about two weeks
and Fort Valley win be full of people, as
1t takes an immense lot of labor to handle
the crop. There viii be a good deal of la
Dor imported The Georgia Fruit Packne
Company now employ about 300 hands anl
are running day and night 10 MI the or
ders, and are not up with them yet.
FLORIDA
It is estimated that the peach crop ii
Alachla county will not come up within
half of a good crop. The cause of thi
is the dry weather.
County Commissioner William f. ALLIE
of Mcintosh has consented to become
candidate for state Railroad Commission
er from this county.
The Democrats of Brevard county he'll
a convention Tuesday. Hon. Minor S
Jones was recommended as the candida
of the east coast for the circuit judges hi
OF the Seventh judicial circuit
The steam tug Kate Spencer. employe