The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTR
CAROLINA PARAGRAPHED

tahoochee RiVer-SeriOus shooting
Array Near Powder SPrings-POst-
Office at Rover RObbed-NIHj. VIII
Ixins Appointed n Trustee of the
State University.
GEORGIA.
In the Georgia column of the Morning
News of Saturday an item appeared say
ing that the grand jury of Wilcox county
had indicted w r Bullock, clerk of court,
for forgery w. R. Bullock is not clerk
of court in Wilcox county and the Bull
lock referred to is clerk of court of Alb
bevilIe county, South Carolina. The
clerk of court of Wilcox county, Georgia,
is not the man referred to in the item,
the South Carolina official being the I'M
fortunate whom the law is after.
Miss Mamie Hayes has been appointed
postmaster at Alpharetta, Milton county.
George q. Glover OF Macon lost his barn
on his Richland plantation Friday night
by fire.
Hersehel Griffin, a merchant of King
ston. is Ill with smallpox The City Coun-
Gil viii enforce a compulsory vaccination
ordinance.
The citizens of Albany are to vote on
the question of issuing bonds for the pur-
pose of buying the electric light plant in
that city for $2S,000
Dr. Thomas f. Rogers of Waco, who
was tried and sentenced last November
on the charge of counterfeiting, has just
been granted a new trial.
Dennis Michigan, who has for a number
of years been cashier and accountant for.
the Union Savings Bank of Macon has
severed his connection with that institu-
ton and will travel for a Western firm.
Maj W. N Wilkins of Waynesboro has
been appointed as trustee of the Univer-
sity of Georgia TO succeed Col. John Screw
en- of Savannah, who represents the First
Congressional district on the board of trus
tees.
Thursday night about 10 o'clock r. H.
Williamson, postmaster at Rover in the
western part of Spaulding county, went
to his office on an errand, and found 1t
open. An inves legation revealed the fact
that the postoffice had been robbed and
large amount of goods taken from the
store.
The Delbridge Hotel building on Trini-
ty avenue, near The intersection with
Forsyth street al Atlanta, was sold al
auction by Receiver Thomas L. Bishop
Saturday c. W. Notes bought the prop
erty for his daughter Mrs. M. NJ. Del
bridge, for $4,000 The sale was confirm
ed by Judge j. II. Lumpkin.
w. F. wimberly, a farmer living about
three miles from Jeffersonville, lost his
two mares Friday. A negro was plow-
ing them double and going too near an old
well in the field, one of the mares became
friQhfnna6 rnrf 10
across the well and fell in, pulling the
other I'm behind her. The fall killed them
both. The well was about 40 feet deep.
The Merchants and Planters and the
Columbus and Gulf Navigation compa-
MES, two of the leading boat lines on the
Chattahoochee river, have concluded to
build number of steam barges 10 be
used for Transporting freight on the riv-
er. The barges will be used in the sum
mer when the river is so low that it is
with difficulty that the regular steamers
can go up to Columbus.
There are five candidates for the Iegis-
lature and five for tax receiver in Han
cock county. OF the five that are out for
tax receiver, one of the candidates has
but one leg, and another one has but one
arm, while the third one has but one eye
OF the other two that are running, one is
laid up with an ingrowing toenail. From
the present outlook the one-legged candi-
date stands the best chance.
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred at
the house of John Roper near Powder
Springs Friday night John Billiard re-
ceived two bullets in his abdomen, one of
which the physicians are unable to ex-
tract; John Roper was shot through the
thigh, and John Vaughan was struck on
the head with a stick or some other
weapon. Billiard is in a serious condi-
ton and his recovery is doubtful Those
implicated are prominently connected.
Americas Recorder: Col. ]. Marsh john
ston Of Macon was in Americas Saturday
en- reuteto his plantation in Sumter coun-
ty. Recently Col. Johnson purchased of
johnson d Harold the Jackson planta-
ton or Zoo acres, paying $14,0O cash there
for. This place lies alongside the Hugu-
enin plantation of 10000 acres, owned by
Col. Johnston, making a total OF 1000
acres of rich farming land in one body
The farm has a frontage of seven miles
on Flint river and is, perhaps the largest
in the state and one of the most valuab bile,
as Col. Johnston says that none of his in
vestments of capital pay better than sum
ter county lands.
Macon Telegraph: Eugene Britton.
u tAiS bIONI mouse pharmacy,
and several other gentlemen who were in
the store Wednesday night were greatly
surprised to see an otter come walking
into the door. The otter was ten or ff-
teen feet inside the door when first MOTTO
ed. Some one seeing the animal made an
exclamation which frightened it and il
ran. drummer who was among those
IN the store gave chase and ran the otter
a block up Plum street, where it ran into
yard and disappeared under a house
Friday Mr. Britton asked If the otter be-
longed to Harris Nickel Plate Show, now
wintering in the park, but the circus peo.
pie said II did not. 1t is thought the high
water In the swamp caused the animal
to come up into the city.
FLORIDA
The continued dry weather has caused
the failure of many wells throughout
Leon county.
At Punta Gorda few days since some
one unearthed several kegs of counterfeit
silver dollars.
The Ocala Lumber Company is manu-.
featuring furniture. and shipping it to va.