The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-19
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,rvs OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

statesboFo Man Cites Interesting
occurrences of Long AgO-Lumber
viii Burned ON the Savannah,
Florida and western Road.
GEORGIA.
Nh. ooronnodious hotel at Toccoa, known
&C the simpson House, has been sold to
" Edwards, whose house was destroy
cd nv fire Wednesday,.
puttev's lumber mill, on the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway, near AL
b.rv was destroyed by fire Saturday. The
ere originated from the slab pit.
r-luss Garrison, who was convicted Fri
dav in the United States Court at Atlanta
Of Passing counterfeit money, was granted
new trial Saturday morning by Judge
Newman in chambers. The case will be
called at the next term OF court.
The election Saturday for mayor, coun-
cilmen and recorder of the newly incorpor-
ored town of Manchester resulted as fol-
lows. For mayor, william E. Malloy. For
conncilmen. James P. Brooks, Sylvester
BROWN. William NJ. Parker, j. j. Crump,
George Edward Couch. For recorder, Will
lam A. Martin
DIR. Seebles, of Statesboro, says that In
the summer of 1889 the bed of the Savau-
nah river dried up and man by the name
of sholes plowed it up and planted tur-
nips in it; that on the night of April IA,
1919 forty-nine years ago, there was
heavy snow that killed corn foot high.
on the first day of May, 1888, sixty years
ago a heavy frost killed all the crops.
In the case of w. It. Walters, of New
York. against the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, e. b. Stahlman, receiver for the
road. was granted $1,000 additional COM
pensation by Judge Newman at Atlanta
Saturday. This was given him by the
court in recognition of his services in col
letting for the court large amount of
money that 1t was not known was due.
Judge w. H. Griffin, counsel for the adj
ministrator Of the estate of the late R.
S. Thigpen of yaldosta, has closed trade
for $4,000 of property of the estate. The
turpentine plant at Rays mill was sold to
W. F. Powell & Co., of North Carolina,
for $1,000 and naval stores stock to other
parties for about S135O0. The still in
Lowndes county near Naylor was sold for
about Sc 800. Those large sales comprise
only a minor part of the estate.
There seems to be no rack of patriotism
among the rank and file of the people of
Georgia Capt. Brown, acting adjutant
general, is being besieged daily with let
ters in which the writer's tender their ser
vices to the government in the event of
war Nearly all of these letters are from
men who want authority to organize COM
panies, regiments and brigades. Few of
them offer their services as privates, but
the privates may come up later when the
war cloud bursts.
Lieut.. ]. F. Madden, of Company G, sta
toned at Fort Mcpherson. near Atlanta,
was married Saturday night, to Miss Par
tello. daughter of First Lieut.. Joseph NJ.
T. Particle, commander of Company G,
which left Sunday afternoon for the coast
The marriage was hastened by hurried or
ders to Company G to move to Fort Bar
ancas. The young lovers did not intend to
marry until June 20, but they preferred to
part as man and wife when the young
Lieutenant went to a service from which
he may never return. Mrs. Madden will re-
main at Fort Mcpherson. while her hus-
band goes to the Gulf coast. The orders to
move 10 Barancas did not arrive until Sat
urday afternoon, and all the preparations
for the marriage were made after that
time. The two young people were welded
beneath the star spangled banner, under
which one Of them may soon be fighting.
Mary Stephens, white woman 40 years
Of age, was adjudged insane by a jury be-
fore Judge Hulsey, ordinary of Fulton
county, Saturday morning. She has for
long time been employed at one of the cot
ton mills of the city. Recently she has been
acting in such manner as to create an
impression upon the minds of her friends
mat she was approaching a state of in
sanity. Saturday these friends decided to
nave her case looked into by jury and for
this purpose she was brought before the
ordinary. The investigation developed the
TACT that the blowing up of the Maine was
lhe cause of her insanity. 1t is said that
since the occurrence of this event she has
been reading everything she could find
about the destruction of the vessel. To-
uay' IN answer to questions propounded TO
her, the woman said that she was the
/ queen regent of Spain, and that if she
was killed war would be avoided; that this
was the only way that hostilites between
Tue two governments could be prevented.