The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-01
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

case OF Federal SOLDIERS accused
of Numbering n soIdier-House
burned at LaGrange.
GEORGIA.
The annual commencement exercises of
tbe Atlanta Dental College were held at
the Grand Opera House Tuesday night
The commencement exercises of the
Southern Medical College, at Atlanta, were
held Wednesday evening at the Grand
Opera House.
The fifty-seventh commencement of the
Georgia College of Eclectic Medicine and
Surgery will be held at the Grand Opera
House at Atlanta tonight.
There is at present great deal of sick
ness throughout Walton county, mostly
among the old people. In some sections
there is a great deal of pneumonia among
the young people.
The city of Macon has advertised for
bids for paving with asphalt or vitrified
brick. All bids must be submitted by April
u. noon. So far, Macon has been using
granite cubes for paving.
Two hundred dollars reward will be paid
for the arrest and conviction of John
Watts of Cochran, for the murder of ].
" Parks of Fraser. The money is in
the hands of the Cochran Banking Com
pany
A. j. P. Pye & Co. have just completed
handsome brick department store at
Thomaston. L C. Thompson is now hav-
ing a large store erected, Warren Reid is
preparing to build two stores, and G.. A
Weaver & Co. will build two large brick
stores.
Lieut. Michael j. O'Brlen, of the Romeyn
court martial fame, who has been rein
stated in the United States Army as first
lieutenant of Company A, stationed at
Fort Mcpherson, will have to stand a
court martial for drunkenness-a trial
which he resigned to avoid.
George V, Pace, one of Dawson's promi-
nent saw mill men, has contracted with
an Atlanta firm to furnish them with
100000 feet of oak and hickory lumber.
He has secured the timber in Jasper coun-
". and is putting in an entirely new mill
plant in that county, with which to saw
the lumber.
Wednesday morning, on the plantation
of W. ]. Henderson, two miles from
Davlsboro Sherman Manson and Ned
Smith, two negroes, became involved in a
quarrel and Manson struck Smith with a
hoe, fracturing his skull, from the eff
fects Of which he died in a few hours.
Manson escaped.
The total assessment of real and per
sonal property at Macon for the year 1898
is as follows: Real estate, $S.S72, $500; per-
sona property, $500, 20200; total, $14, 49,
5000 This shows a decrease in real es-
tate from last year of $37,491, and an in
crease in personal property over last year
of 1926, and a total decrease of only $13,-
2j2
The stove and iron foundry being built
at Rome by the union moulders on the CO
operative plan, is nearing completion. This
work is being pushed as rapidly as posi-
bic, and those interested hope to make a
cast within thirty days. The buildings
will be good, large ones. and all the union
moulders who are interested will work in
the foundry.
Judge Gambler has discharged the jury
in the case of Pearl Manning, the Federal
soldier charged with the murder of Charles
Noble, feIow-soldier, at Fort Mcpherson
barracks. The evidence, while quite
strong, was purely circumstantial and the
jury having failed to agree upon a YER
dict, was discharged. The prisoner was
remanded back to jail, where he will have
to remain until new trial can be Sc
cured.
The house of Pomp Williams at La
Grange was destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning at 4 o'clock. No one was in the
house at the time except Mr.. Williams, his
family being away with relatives. Tho
IRE was caused by the explosion or over
turning of a lamp which was left burning.
Ihe house belonged to Mrs. j. 7. Clark
OF Atlanta, and was insured for 1,009 the
approximate loss being about $3.50. The
furniture was insured for $500. The ap-
proXimate loss on the furniture is about
$50
A slick rascal beat the Hotel Mayo at
Albany out of a dinner ticket and $3.50
IN cash Wednesday. Miss Dollie Mayo
was behind the counter in the office, and
man applied for a dinner ticket, tender
ing a twenty dollar bill The young clerk
handed out the ticket and $3.50 in change,
and gathered il up the rascal made OIL
with all-ticket, $3.50 change and the
twenty dollar bll-and was lost in the
crowd before she discovered that she
d'dn't have the twenty dollar bill in the
''" drawer. Inc rascal proceeded 10 MAKE
h-mself scarce about the Hotel Mayo, and
tne young lady who alone could have
Identified him. didn't lay eyes on him
again during the day.
large and successful fruit grower who
mas Just returned to Atlanta from visit
TO the fruit belt, has this to say of the
ifht outlooki "Rain is badly needed and
1t must come at once TO do any good. II
VIII be too late In another week. The
present dry spell is doing as much damage
ds big frost, and in some sections l am
confident that the crop is already gone
~ Is critical time for the trees. They
must have rain and plenty of it. am
very much afraid of the outlook, though
don't want TO pose as croker 1t has
oeen most remarkable season through
oui and the trees are very forward. Now
Il We have heavy rain and cold weather
70 follow, the fruit crop is doomed for this
year"
FLORIDA.
putnam countys tobacco growers are
d. ng rf..