The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-16
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


of Georgia POstmasters in Read
justing-Recruit in an Immune
Regiment Sends His Wife IA Pecu-
liar Farewell Note-PrOfessor at
Emory College Disappears and Is
BeIfevcd to be Insane.
GEORGIA.
The office of police matron at Atlanta
has been abolished.
Unadilla's town council has appropria-
ted $500 for a school building.
Dixon Allen, the aged father of George
". Allen, who was wounded at the latter's
home in Poplar Springs on the night of
Dec. 81. 1896 by Edwin c. Flanagan, died
AZ his home in Greene county Saturday
night
John Reed, a negro boy, was cleared of
serious offense in the Superior Court
at Columbus Monday. He was charged
with attempting assault upon the person
OF the wife of Bud Hicks. He had been
employed at the Hicks home.
Miss Susan Busby, a respectable white
woman who has been running little farm
in Ooonee county for the past five years,
committed suicide in the county Jail Sat
urday morning. She was insane and was
put in jail Thursday evening under a
peace warrant.
Building Is on a boom at Greensboro.
The new annex to Hall Bros store re-
Gently destroyed by fire is completed; also
two double brick stores on Main street
built by John c. Palmer of Augusta. L.
c. Tubert is building double brick store,
iron front on Main street. j. e. Armos
has lust completed a brick store and w.
7 10 erecting n residence his
lot on Broad street.
Near Plainville Tuesday Morris Ballew,
the l3-year-old son of A. w. Ballew, was
accidentally shot by his own gun. He was
out rabbit hunting when he, becoming
tired stopped to rest on rail fence,
watching his dogs. From some cause the
gun was discharged at the time he had
his right hand over the muzzle, and his
left arm resting on top of his hand. The
fingers of the right hand were blown
through the biceps of the left arm, tear
ing away the muscles. The right foot
was severely injured The hand was ampu-
tated. He may yet lose his left arm.
One of the captains has copy of an
interesting nole sent by one of the Macon
inmunes to his young wife, upon leaving
home to join the army. The young couple
had been married a short time; when the
recruiting officer found the husband and
proposed to him to take the train at once
and come to Macon the husband wrote to
his young wife as follows: My Dear
Darling l am going to the war. l may
be gone two weeks; 1 may be gone two
months; I may be gone two years; 1 may
be gone forever. 1 send you rope by. the
bearer Use it to tie up your trunk, and
go back TO your ma. Good-by."
Secretary of State Clifton began Monday
the hearing of the contested case from
Wilcox county on the removal of the
county site from Abbeville to Rochelle.
The case is one of considerable interest
to peoDle in that section of the state, and
the hearing will probably occupy the re-
mainder of the week. The hearing is for
the purpose of having the Secretary of
State decide which city is successful in
contested election for the removal of the
county site. The hearing is had in ac-
cordance with a law passed at the last
legislature authorizing the Secretary OF
State to decide contested cases of this
character
In the readjustment of salaries of post
masters the following changes have been
made in Georgia: Increases-Albany,
5000 TO S2,100 Eastman, ST. 100 to 81, 800; Mil
ledgeVille, 81 100 to 81 500; Rome, 81, 400 to
$3.50; Sparta, 81, 900 to LOO; Washington,
81 400 to $3.50; Darien, SLIGO to 81 200; For
syth, 81 100 to $1,000; Newman, $1,000 to
$1,7OO; Sandersville, 81 200 to $1,000; Triton,
$1,000 to $1,4C0; Waynesboro $1,000 to $1,9O0;
Dublin, $3.50 to $500; Madison, 81, 400 to
$500; Quitman, $,400 10 $500; Savannah,
$500 to $500; Valdosta SLIGO to $3.50.
Decreases cambridge, $1,000 to $500;
Hawkinsvllle, $500 to sl,4OO; Fitzgerald,
$l,70O TO 1900; Ta,lapoosa, $500 to $1,4OO;
Fort Valley, $1,400 TO $1,000.
During a heavy wind and rain storm at
Rome Sunday afternoon the lightning play
ed some queer freaks. 1t struck the
lightning rod on the residence of Mrs. r.
T. Armstrong, in East Rome, transferred
to the telephone wires and smashed the
phone in the house. Emmett Cole was re-
Ginning on a sofa in the room and found
his watch afterward completely magnet
1zed. II retained the properties several
hours and would attract like large mag
net He was uninjured. An electric line
man was standing on top of car repair
ing a break when lightning struck the
wire and ran down the trolley pole. Sew
eral matches in his pockets were isnited
and holes burned in letters in the vest
pocket. He was not burned.
The family and friends of Prof Lundy
Harris, professor of Greek at Emory Col
lege Oxford. are greatly alarmed over his
strange disappearance. On Thursday last
Prof Harris left home telling no one that
he intended going, and carrying nothing
with him, and since that time not a word
mas been heard from him. Diigent search
Is being made, but so far without result.
His family is afraid he is temporarily in
sane and has wandered off somewhere and
came to evil. For weeks his wife and
come OF his friends have noticed deep
melancholy morose state of mind, and
feared for him. Prof. Harris has stead
lastly refused for years TO take q rest,
even in vacation, aud the trying work Of
pnal examination after a long, hard term
of work, and the strain of commencement
just over, have all contributed to, his
friends fear, mental unbalaneing.
FLORIDA
Lieut. ]. B. Bernadou OF the torpedo
boat Winsiow has almost entirely recov-
cred from the wound received in the bat