The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-30
GEORGIA.


e. w. Frey of Marietta has announced
himself a candidate for clerk of the next
House of Representatives.
Between sl75 and $500 was stolen from
bureau drawer in the residence Of Dan
Tel Scully at Augusta Friday
During the week there was shipped from
the port at Darien, coastwise and foreign,
1.1S1.9a feet of timber and lumber valued
at S11,6O0
Miss Adah Elan, who attempted self
destruction in a respondent moment,
caused by her failure to secure the posi-
ton of assistant state librarian, is rapidly
improving.
DIR. ]. P. Kennedy has just returned
TO Atlanta from Barlow county, where
the people are having a hard time with
smallpox. There are over 100 cases in the
county, according to reports, and futile
efforts are being made TO suppress the
epidemic The people seem powerless to
cope with the disease.
verdict of 1850 was awarded 20 Miss
Della Bagwel at Atlanta Friday in her
suit against the Consolidated Street Rail-
way for injuries received by falling from
car in Hunter street in October, 1895. The
trial attracted great attention on account
of the sensational evidence that the de-
Tense adduced, attacking Miss BagwelPs
character.
The case of Hardin. charged with the
killing of old man Bailey, near Seville,
in 1898, was tried al Cordele day or two
ago and acquitted of the crime The So
Hcitor General could not get sufficient evil
dence to convict Hardin. Hardin was car
Tied back TO Colquitt county to answer to
the charge of disposing Of mortgaged prop
erty. He will have to face the courts
again on this charge.
The board of city water commissioners
of Rome refuse to turn over to the city
$1,000. the amount collected from water
rents. At the last meeting of the City
Council the body ordered the water COM
missioners to pay into the treasury all in
their possession. The commissioners de-
cline, saying they have made contracts
for Improvements and it will require this
sum to pay the bills.
John F. Phillips of New York, president
of the Blue Ridge Marble Company. mas
just made his annual visit of inspection
at the company's works in Nelson, Pick
ems county. He reports prospects for in
creased business better than at any time
during the past six years. All along the
line of the North Georgia Railroad there
IS every indication of better business.
Georgia marble is becoming better known
and more popular each year
At Richland Tuesday night Frank Col
bert. negro. made an attempt to assas-
sinate r. L. Stevens. lawyer Mr.. Stev
ems was sitting in his room at the resi-
dence of r. S. Bell, where he boards.
when the pistol ball of The would-be-as-
sasin came crashing through the window
pane several feet from his hack The
post of the hiOb oha;
SIT caught the flying missile and saved
Mr. Stevens neck. The negro was ar
rested.
cutting ARRAY occurred at Jackson
Friday and as result Festus Barnes
young merchant of Worthwhile. is living
at the point of death and Frank b. Curry
IS under bond for assault with intent to
murder. The affair grew out of several
suits fled against Barnes &
some weeks ago. Currv renre-
scented the different plaintiffs and Barnes
har taken umbrage at the manner in
which Curry was pushing the claims and
a night followed with the result stated
above. Curry is well known all over the
state. He was chairman of the judiciary
committee of the last legislature.
Dolly county is to have hanging on
Feb. p. Asburry Mills, colored, the wife
murderer was found guilty and sentenced
10 hang on Feb. %. Mills wife was
harmless and submissive negro woman
The story of the crime follows; The wo
man had become afraid of her husband
Asburry, and as he had whipped and beat
her most numerically. she ask
ed her negro nelghbors TO
protect her. and about dark one
day last year. after the house had been
securely fastened. and she about to eat
her supper, Asburry Mills entered the
house, shot her down. then procured an
AK and cut open her head. Not being con-
tent with his awful work, he drove a large
pair of scissors into her side After he
had so brutality murdered her he sat down
by his dead victim and eat the supper she
had prepared.
Samuel ]. Wessinger of Columbia. S. c.
arrived at Augusta Friday on a search for
four children of his which he claimed
had been taken from his home by thar
mother, who had left him suddenly and
whom he deemed to be the wrong kind
of woman to have charge of children
The mother left home with six of the
children, and he found two of them in the
almshouse IL Columbia. Investigation
disclosed that the other four little ones
were in the poorhouse of Richmond coun-
ty. Mr.. Wessinger also found his wife in
the hospital, where she is quite i'll. He at
tempted to get possession of the children
but the poorhouse authorities refused to
give them up on the ground that thew
were put in the place by the mother Mr.
Wessinger has employed an attorney and
will endeavor to get possession of the
children by habeas corpus proceedings
FLORIDA
Dogs are killed by poison every night in
Milton.
Tampa oyster dealers are doing big
business.
head of cabbage, Weighing one pound
and six ounces, was exhibited in Gaines
Vile Tuesday.
The contractors say that the water
works system of st. Augustine will he
finished by March /.
Work Is being steadily pushed on the
building for the new Electric Terminal
railway in Pensacola.
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