The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-13

4vred NV n Trnin at ThOmaOn-BOy
1IorribIy wounded by the Acciden-
taI Discharge of Gun Near
suarI<s-Browne FencibIes of Co
1rwbus sworn in as Special Pc
lice.
GEORGIA.
Senator Phil Cook has formally an
,rounced his candidacy for Secretary of
State.
Ar the annual election of officers for
the confederate Survivors Camp of Au-
ousta CAPT. Salem butcher was reelected
commandant.
II is thought that Tom Brown, an all
round negro burglar under arrest at Col
nm1us. is a negro wanted in Webster
county for murder.
Second Lieut.. John W. Heavy of the
Fifth Infantry, stationed at Fort McPher-
son. has been nominated by President Nc
Kinley for first lieutenaney.
The municipal election at West Point
Monday resulted in favor of the following:
AIavor. ]. ]. Smith; aldermen, N. L. At
kinson. Phil Lanier, ]. H. Booker and w.
D. woodward.
Congressman Lewis of the Third district
of Georgia has just introduced four bills
for public buildings in Georgia. These
are for buildings at Americus, 100000;
Cordele $4,000; Fort Valley, $4,000; Haw-
kinsville, $4,000.
Charles FRAGILE, a turpentine employe
on w. ]. Rogers place, was shot Mon
day night in difficulty with negro
near Sparks. His wound, however, is not
serious the shot taking effect in his thigh,
Just above the knee
The Board of Education of Bib county
held a regular monthly meeting at Ma
con Monday night Miss Pauline Wan
mack was appointed teacher of technical
peumanship in Gresham High School
The enrolment of pupils for the new year
is $685.
David Raden wants $4,000 from the
Southern Railway Company. David lives
in Butts county, but in June, 1897 he was
in Atlanta and had his arm and toes cut
off by one of the trains of the Southern
Railway Company at the John street
crossing.
One of the conditions on which the city
military appropriation at Columbus is
made is that the military act as special
police when necessary in the case of riot
disorder. The members of the Browne
Fencibes were sworn in as extra police
men Monday night
W. w. McElroy was awarded a verdict
of $1917 in the City Court at Atlanta
Tuesday in his suit for $4,000 against the
Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Com
pany McElroy claimed he had lost a
\ wrist and sustained other injuries through
the negligence of the defendants en-
ployes.
The suit of Mrs. Mollie Bedford against
the Consolidated Street Railway Compa-
my is on trial before Judge Reid in the
City Court at Atlanta. Mrs. Bedford
wants $4,000 damages for the accidental
killing of her daughter, Bertha, on Nov.
II, 1895. The child was years old when
she was killed.
serious accident happened to West,
the little son of ]. L. Flowers, near
Sparks, Monday. While carelessly hand
ling Winchester rife, his smaller brother
discharged il, the ball almost completely
tearing away the flesh from the little fell
lows leg. He Is doing very well, al
though the bone was broken.
A special term of Taylor Superior Court
was called to order Monday, Judge Butt
presiding Among the cases which came
up was the suit of DIR. Felix Johnson of
Richland for $4,000 damages from the
Central of Georgia Railway DR.. John
son was injured in a wreck on that road
a year or two ago. murder case is
also to be tried at this term of the Tay-
Tor court
If the pet project of Police Commits
sioner w. H. Patterson is carried out
| the members of the Atlanta police de-
| partment will be given accident policies.
i At the meeting of the police board Tues
Gay night committee composed of Com
lii TNl,
son was appointed to go before Council
4 ana ask for an appropriation, the money
10 be used for securing accident policies.
Jesse sturkey, young negro man, was
dangerously hurt at Thomson Monday by
shifting freight train on the Georgia
road. He jumped upon the ladder of a
boX-car and was knocked off by the plat
form at a warehouse on the side of the
railroad. His right arm was crushed
from near the shoulder to the wrist. His
arm was amputated near the shoulder
Ii JOINT. His condition is critical and the
doctors fear he will not survive. No
blame is attached to the railroad.
When the 400 looms and intermediate ma
eihnery at No. mill, at the Muscogoe
manufacturing plant, started up at Co.
lumbus Tuesday, electricity was the mo-
III 1--WE power that operated it all. A 250-
me mill, succeeds the big steam plant
by which the mill has been operated in
ue past The motor is connected by wire
"lth the plant of the Brush Electric Light
ana Power Company, on the Chattahoo-
II cnee river a quarter of a mile away. This
[olton mill is the only one in Georgia, so
Jar as is known, that is operated by cleo
trlcity.
Inc commitment trial of A. H. Blanch,
coiored, for the alleged murder of Zeke
Nlhn' a negro barber, was had before
justice Gerdine at Macon Monday Blanch
was represented by John r. Cooper. The
court discharged Blanch because the pros
fVuuon failed to show that Wnn was
II yer Killed, or with what he was murder
Su' mis- was simply an oversight on the
part of the prosecution. Detective Pat
,eIsoh Immediately arrested Blanch on a
warrant sworn out before Justice McMil-
an Attorney Cooper strongly protested
a7dlnst Blanch's rearrest Blanch will
M "o" be tried before Justice Mcmillan.
columbus Enauirer-Sun: Patrolman Gus
II 4NSNuOldS tells a queer story which Is