The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
8 NEWS OF TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

q GEORGIA.
III ueansville has been incorporated.
a mrpentine stin will be built near
a wayne.
q The slayers of Philip Cook of Monroe
are out on bond.
81 Tennille proposes to have Chautauqua
a .one time in May or June.
N The lunatic annex for the Bibb county
: sH is ready for occupancy.
d lack Ellis of Greensboro has taken
N ,barge of the hotel at Monroe.
N The town of Ellijay has voted bonds
d aiming twenty years at 6 per cent. inter
4 g, for the purpose of building a school
n building.
n Miss Clyde Lyndon of Athens was mar
4 red Wednesday to Rufus Lenoir of North
y carolina. Miss Lyndon is cousin of Gov.
n Atkinson.
j G R. Ferguson of Augusta is the in
yentor of a combination parlor and read
inc lamp, music rack and work table COM
bned in one.
Capt. D. M Hyatt has now in the pro-
cess of construction at Ellijay large and
commodious hotel with fifty rooms, which
will be completed by May l.
Norris Means and Mr.. Bates of Atlanta
have procured a charter to open a variety
works at Meanwhile. They propose to
lopen a guano and chair factory and a
KNITTING mill. A new drug store will soon
4 he opened.
Mrs. Lucy Ann Hodge of Macon is SUI
linz the Central Railroad of Georgia for
ig5OOO damages, which she says she re-
fCeived as a consequence of the death of
iter husband, G. w. Hodge, who was killed
lby passenger train on July "a. 1897,
One of the large rolling doors at the
warehouse of R. c. Nicely at Waynesboro
ifelI Wednesday, catching as its victim w.
H. Minis, tax receiver of Burke county,
brushing him to the ground, intiicting in
Ijures which are of a very serious nature,
but not necessarily fatal.
Sam Doss was married to Miss Julia
Hannah at the home of the bride at Rome
"wednesday night. Mr.. Doss was convict-
ed and sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary recently on very grave
i charges connected with Miss Hannah. But
an amcable settlement was reached.
In the Superior Court at Augusta Thurs
day NJ. M. Conner filed suit against the
United BENEVOLENT Society in the sum of
5000 as the amount of damages for libe;
The suit arises out of circulars sent out
to members of the United Benevolent So
Getty of America, an organization with
headquarters in Atlanta.
A man by the name of Cannon was shot
Thursday four or five miles west of Car
rolton, near Bellero, by ]. L. Domengos,
an Alabama officer. He had requisition
4 for Cannon, who had been indicted in Hen
| " county, Alabama, for carrying conceal
/ ed weapons, and had skipped his bond.
Cannon was trying to escape when shot.
Mrs Carrie NJ. Allen has been appointed
postmaster at East Point. She was former
~ Miss Martin, daughter of Judge ]. J.
Martin. who is one of East Points leading
citizens, and was al one time fourth au-
ditor of the United States treasury. Mrs.
Allen succeeds her sister, Miss Anita Mar
tin, who was appointed postmaster early
in the present administra ton. Miss Mar
lin resigned preparatory to her coming
marriage.
0, A. Smith of Atlanta has closed deal
| for The erection at Ensley City. Ala, near
The Semet Salvay Biproduct coke ovens,
now under construction, of a plant for
The consumption of the tar product of the
ovens and its conversion into the articles
ot trade of which il is the basis. Neces-
sary buildings will be put up at an early
GAZE and the plant will be in readiness for
work as soon as the coke ovens are in
bast Two of the products will be creosote
ana pitch-both staple articles. Many EN-
poyes will be given work.
Deputy Sheriff t. j. Brook of Cobb
county passed through Atlanta Thursday
On his way TO California, to take charge
o. a man who committed a murder near
eanton, Cherokee county, several years
ago The name of the man was Joseph
wagner and he killed Emanuel Canton of
O'erokee county, as it was always sup
posed, for his money. He escaped justice
ana was captured by the sheriff of Stan
Sau- Cal, on the description sent out
ny the authority of Cherokee county. He
Is now in jail in California, awaiting the
arrival of the officers.
James Proctor, white man, well known
doout Dawson, attempted suicide Thurs
oay evening by taking laudanum. He left
note to his mother, brother and sister,
winch read: II am about to leave this
world, which / regret, but my condition is
sueh that life has no charms for me. Send
I'r my wife and tell Editor Rainey If he
e'nhot say anything good about me to say
r nv.,hlng at all. Bury me as you see fit.
" men found Proctor was in a stupor from
W' effects of the drug, and 1t required
:" olc efforts on the part of DR.. Kendrick
" orlng the man through.
The appropriation of $6sO,OO0 by the last
Ns'slature for pensions for crippled and
mdigent Confederate soldiers and INDECENT
WIDOWS of soldiers is not suffi-
,'hl to satisfy the demands of all who
1--WE legal claim TO share in these benz
'H's. 1t is estimated that $50 new claims
eah be put on the invalid roll of which 1870
were approved in December last, leaving
,"'N'y other places for which there are
u'W on file about $50 applications. 1t Is
Slso estimated that $50 new INDECENT claims
90" Dc enrolled. There will likely be more
''dh 5000 of such applications.
Fruit growers talk eneouragingly of the
ane outlook for the fruit crop this year.
lney anticipate a large yield of peaches,
"nch they think will bring satisfactory
RIres. The growers say spring Is very
'"'kward, which Is good for the fruit.