The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-07

HanEing-The OimSted yellow rev
err Bill VIII BE Paid by the Atlanta
Board OF IfenIth-The ex-POstmis.
tress of the State Capitol an In va.
lid as the Result Of Her Attempt
at Suicide.
GEORGIA.
Plans have just been perfected for th'
erection of large furniture factory a
Dublin at a cost Of $4,000.
Judge Spencer r. Atkinson has Been in
vited to deliver the opening address of bis
! campaign at HawkinsvilIe.
The Methodists OF Ellijay viii build a
church to cost $500 Enijay is to cree
public school at a cost OF 5000.
G. s. Nelson of Ty Ty lost BY fire sat
urday morning his meat house with 4,oo(
pounds of cured meat, five barrels syrup
and $500 worth Of groceries. The insur-
ance on house and meat Is $1,000
Saturday morning, between 3 and A
O'Clock. B. F. Camps residence al Coving-
ton. together with his household and
kitchen furniture. was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated a about $500
John Willis. the 13-year-old son of T. n.
Willis. a prominent planter Of Ellerslie.
Harris county. was badly burned on the
right side of his face and one Of his eyes
injured SO that he may lose the sight of
it.. by an explosion Of powder while he
was out hunting.
G. B. Summerhlll. young farmer living
three miles west of Woodstock. commit
ted suicide Friday by shooting himself. lie
had told his wife several times he was
tired of life. The cause of his committing
the rash deed is not known. other than
he was simply tired of life. He leaves a
wife and three very small children.
The. second annual intercollegiate debate
between the University Of Georgia and
the University of North Carolina was held
at Chapel Hill, N. c., Friday night. J.
F. Roberts and W. F. Upshaw represent
ed Georgia w. ]. Brogden and e. K
Graham represented North Carolina Afr
ter short consultation the judges rem
dered a unanimous decision that in point
of argument and close array. and clear
presentation of facts, North Carolina had
won, but that Georgia was still ahead in
oratory.
The olmstead yellow fever bin will be
paid by the Atlanta Board of Health This
was determined upon at a meeting of the
board held Saturday. The physician asks
for $500 for services rendered the city in
looking after the yellow fever patient on
Auburn avenue last summer. Judge Dor
sey Introduced a resolution that the bill
be paid as soon as the board could set
aside the funds from the regular appro-
pria lion 10 the sanitary department. The
board will cut off expenses wherever pos
sible and save the amount TO pay the bill.
This will end a long standing question of
agitation in the board
Crowds assembled at Vienna Saturday
90 witness the hanging of Asbury Mills,
who chopped his wife to pieces. The Gov
ernor had granted a respite. but the crowd
of negroes and whites was SO eager TO see
the hanging that it was announced that
1t had been decided by the Governor 10
hang Mills. after all. Accordingly, an.
other negro was selected for the purpose.
the black cap drawn over his head, che
coffin put in wagon and he was driven
to the place of the hanging There the
negro jumped down and fed The peo-
pie, thinking the escape had really oc-
Cured, expressed great disappointment
that the man had got away and they were
cheated out of a chance TO witness his
death struggles
Three months of suffering and a conai-
tion that has 50 far baffied the physicians
that have become interested in her case
is the result of Miss Ada Elam's attempt
TO take her own life at Atlanta Miss
Elam was at one time postmistress of the
capitol. and during the last session OF the
legislature was an applicant for the post
ton of assistant state librarian. Her fall
ure 70 secure this position was followed
by despondency. Miss Elam decided to
END her troubles and took sixty grains Of
morphine. Although Miss Elan is mem
taiiy as bright as she ever was, she has
been unable to leave the cot on which
she was placed months ago. At times she
suffers the most intense pains from the
nerves In her left side. This has caused
her TO become an invalid and has kept her
a patient at the hospital