The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28

Florida to BE DisbOnOrabIy Dis
.borged-FIOrida Cattle Men
Ready TO Sell Beef to the Govern
ment.
GEORGIA.
Nathan Cooper, county treasurer of
Paulding, died Friday of cancer Of the
4 face.
8 Rev. John T Norris died at his late rest
Il dence in Cartersville Friday, after a long
4 illness,
4 At Lavonia Friday the 1-year-old child
4 of Joe Aderhold fell into lard can con-
4 tanning about a bucket of water and was
drowned.
The auarrymen at Lithonia have been
locked out for some time past on account
of a difference with their employers about
wages. An effort to adjust the trouble is
being made
The stock of the Brown & King Supply
Company of Atlanta, which recently went
into the hands of a receiver, was sold un-
der an order of the court Saturday to
Charles Herman for $4,000.
The Democratic convention of the Twen-
tv-second senatorial district will be held
at GAINESVILLE July 8. There is no ques-
lion of the convention UNANIMOUSLY nom
mating Hon. John f. Redding of Barnes
vile senator.
M. A. Thedford was sent to Fulton coun-
ty jail Saturday TO serve thirty days. Sew
eral days ago he was fined $3.50 and costs
Il and sentenced to thirty days in jail for
contempt of court. He was allowed to go
to Rome for a few days to arrange his
business He returned Saturday.
Moultrie Observer: j. j. Bryant of the
Greenfield district cut bee tree last week
that was a whopper. 1t contained sixteen
feet of solid clear honey. AS there was
nothing at hand with which to measure
it, and much of 1t was distributed out to
parties on the grounds, the exact amount
couldn't be given, but Mr.. Bryant thinks
there was at least half a dozen washtubs-
fuk
At Covington Friday night the south
bound through freight struck two negroes
asleep on the track near the depot One
named Charley Hooks, died Saturday
morning. The other, Ed. Reaves, is still
alive with has leg broken and supposed
10 be internally injured. They are from
Sparta, and were on their way to Porter
dale, to work on the new cotton factory.
They sat down on the track to rest and
went to sleep.
Moultrie Observer: Morris Meyer of AL
bany was in Moultrie and vicinity Tues
day. and while here contracted with the
Normans and Miles Monk for what is
probably the largest lot of wool that will
4 be delivered in bulk by the wool-growers
of Georgia this year. The sale viii aggre-
gate above $4,000 pounds. The price paid
was 20 cents per pound, and will net the
=. cr-o Nta n1 IaIsxr rod
IN Moultrie Friday, June "a. The largest
4 individual owners of wool are Miles
8 Monk and J. B. Norman, who furnished
more than 10000 of the $4,000 pounds. The
Z above doesn't represent one-half of the
s county's wool crop, which will probably
8 sell this year for from between $4,000 and
4 $4,000.
Chief Officer t. G. Segrave of the aux
4 liary cruiser ST. Louis have just been
presented with a gold medal as a recogni-
ton of his gallant rescue of the passen-
i gers and crew of the Inflated steamer
Veendam which was wrecked off the
Scilly Islands Feb. Z. The donor of the
medal was DIR. j. G. Stone of Madison,
Ga, who was so impressed by the bravery
of officer Segrave that he took this meth
cd of showing the appreciation of himself
and his fellow townsmen. The rescue was
made while the St. Louis was in the trans
AudItllC service ana before she became an
auxiliary cruiser. Mr.. Segrave had pre-
viously received three other medals in
recognition of his bravery on this occa-
sion. One was from the Dutch govern
ment, another from The Holland Humane
Society ard the third from the American
Humane Society. Mr.. Segrave has been
commissioned executive officer on the st.
Louis, and wall Immediately join his ship.
FLORIDA
The Democratic executive committee of
Volusia county has issued a call for the
county convention to be held July IA.
This convention will nominate county Of
ncers and elect delegates to the congress
slonal and state conventions
Albert Colbert and William Neasman,
&colored, while fishing with dynamite at
Anthony Saturday. were careless enough
20 allow fuse TO explode in their hands,
fWhlch resulted in the death of one man
and fatal wounds to the other.
A teamster attached to the Fifth Ohio
regiment, at Tampa, while attempting to
flde an untamed broncho, was thrown
XNith such violence that his leg was broken
Fhd his right side torn until his intestines
BUS pieS''-
AiSH say ludt tney could denver TO
IL government, either at Tampa or Jack
tonVille, beef cattle at cents per pound
loSs. Some forty or fifty men who live
pel"een Charlotte Harbor and Manatee
PVT vast herds of cattle The Knight or
LIN brand alone is said to represent 25,-
~ head
a member of Company I, First Florida
A''egiment now al Tampa, on Wednesday
1 ,el TO an officer and voluntarily made a
90 Ign 70 the effect that three years
feo ne was a sailor on one of the hoats
Nv IN Admiral Dewey's feet, and that he
81 ted. He asked that he be sent back
~ me snip Instead of this being done.
le man was az once placed in the guard
-, ana ne win be dishonorably dis
Two Famous Hohson's.
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