The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13


pIieatiOns of Georgians for Army
Positions Filed nj Washington.
an Atlanta Woman Robbed by IA
Hackman.
GEORGIA.
The news comes from Dooly county that
a strong effort will be made at the next
session of the legislature TO create new
Superior Court circuit. TO be known as the
Wiregrass circuit. and to he composed OF
the counties of Wilcox, DOOly, Worth auC
Colquitt Dooly is now in the Southwest
ern clrcuit, Worth is in the Albany circuit.
Wilcox in the Oconee circuit, and Colqullt
in the Southern circuit. The movers in the
matter are confident that the new circuit
will be established.
At Washington, Monday, Register of the
Treasury Lyons filed the application Of
DIR. A. P. Ebbert OF Atlanta for the post
of assistant surgeon. He also filed letters
recommending JEFF Davis Rooney for Sec
ond lieutenant in the Third Regiment. He
filed also the application of W. H. Clark
(cO-ored) of Augusta for a HeutenancY in
the Tenth immune regiment. Letters from
Bishop Gaines recommending Dr. j. i.
-Asbury (colored) of Atlanta for assistant
surgeon We're filed, also letter recommend
ing Coils S. Regland for a lieutenancy in
Third Regiment.
It is Madlson's time to furnish the sena-
tor. The man Madison is likely to put for
ward is non persona grata to the rest of
the district Many want to go back 10 the
old senatorial primary plan and TO this
end the executive committee of Ebert has
been petitioned to ask the other counties
of the district to join in a joint effort to
have a primary, and acting upon this pc
tition the committee has asked the others
to join them at an early date in a joint
meeting, when the question viii be decided.
1t is altogether probable that this joint
meeting will be called in a few days and
a primary ordered.
Mrs. Emily Brown Of Atlanta was rob
bed by a cabman late Saturday evening.
Watching for an opportunity when there
was no one near, the cabman demanded
double fare, which Mrs. Brown declined TO
pay. The man then jerked her pocketbook
from her hand jumped from his seat,
opened the cab door and told Mrs. Brown
that unless She left his vehicle he would
strike her with his whip. After having
forced Mrs. Brown to leave the cab, the
man drove away rapidly and left her
standing in the rain. The police are max
ing a thorough search for the man, but
believe he has left the city. He secured
about $40.
Donald Harper well known lawyer of
New York and Paris, whose native state
is Georgia, has sent a communication to
President Mckinley, Offering Ossabaw
Island, between Savannah and Brunswick,
for the service of sick soldiers contract
ing contagious diseases during the war.
This island, which consist of several thou
sand acres, is one of the largest on the
Georgia coast and is high. dry and
healthy. President Mckinley has acknowl- |
edged Mr.. Harper's offer with great APP
probation and in case the government does !
not accept the island it is probable it will |
7ao AxTar 10 fa Ra1 W
sick soldiers will be cared for The Of
fieials of the Red Cross had expected to
secure Jekyl Island for this purpose, but
We're disappointed on account of the an
tagonism from the club members.
Safe blowers tried to get in their work
at Griffin last Friday night, and but for
the fact that they were frightened away,
they would have made good haul. The
safe they attempted to blow open belonged
to w. II. Newton & Co., and an entrance
to the Office was effected through a rear
door. Three holes were drilled through the
outer casing of the safe door and dyna-
mite was inserted and exploded, which fill
ed the safe with steel, cement and other
debris, but failed to blow off the lock The
robbers then made another attempt to
reach the lock. but their drill struck a
heavy steel plate and they were forced to
give UP the job. The attempted robbery
was not discovered until Saturday morn
and found the floor and desks covered with
dust and plaster of paris, caused by the
explosion. Mr.. Newton says he was paid
nearly $500 Friday, and the parties who
committed the deed were probably aware
of it
A cloudburst greater than ever known
there before was central over Marietta and
began its work Saturday afternoon at $50.
Two clouds, one from the east and the
other from the west, met, and for forty
minutes literally poured their contents
upon a strip of territory of about four
mixes in width, extending east and west
through Marietta. George S. Owens, who
keeps the weather reports, says that an
forty minutes the rainfall was 2.75 inches.
He has been keeping the records for about
twelve years, and not in his memory has
he seen anything to equal it. The flood of
1882, which caused such disastrous wash
outs on the Western ana Atlantic Railroad
was not half as heavy. Saturday after
noon the square was literally covered with
water. The sewers were not at all equal
to the task, and the streets and sidewalks
overfiowed and washed in ali directions.
The streets became for the time being
creeks, and the streams almost became
rivers. Entertainments were washed away
and the damage to the streets and side
walks was considerable. Farmers conf
plain that their crops are almost ruined.
The upland terraces were swept away and
great gullies washed in the fields and near
ly all the top soil taken off The upland
cotton and corn was badly damaged and
the farmers say Ii viii take five years to
get them back TO their former state of fer
tility. Sunday another damag ing rain fell
In a short time three-fourths of an inch
was registered, and il was much greater
south of town. The damage from this to
soil and crops was considerable. The
streams have risen higher than ever
known before.
FLORIDA.
1t is about 700 miles by water between
Miami and Santiago. a fast vessel could