The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-05
N GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

printing HOuse-DOugIas Cooper
Convicted OF Voluntary Man
sIau~bter-An Italian Woman Lies
Unconscious in the Woods for a
week After Being Outraged by
Negro.
GEORGIA.
Eddie Drake, the 5-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs w. E. Drake, whose home is IN
East Albany, was burned to death We'd
nesday morning.
At LAGRANGE Thursday, the jury in the
ease Of Douglas Cooper, who killed Claude
FUNSTON, brought in a verdict of volun-
iary manslaughter Cooper was sentenced
10 twelve months on the chain-chang.
Joshua Hill, grandson of United States
senator Joshua Hill, died at Madison
Tuesday afternoon. He was % years of
age. Mr. Hill was lieutenant colonel of
the Third Georgia Regiment at the time
OF his death.
The residence on Thirteenth street at
Columbus, occupied by Miss Ettale john
son and owned by Mrs. A. w. Russell ig
nited Wednesday afternoon and the roof
was destroyed. 1t was valued at $4,000
and insured for $500.
Goldstein's hat and cap factory, at the
corner of Decatur and Collins streets, at
Atlanta, was damaged by fire Wednesday
night a saloon on the first floor was
also damaged. The hat factory stock was
valued at $4,000, with $500 insurance.
C. w. Hancock, writer of Americas,
has sued an Atlanta company for $500
on an alleged breach of contract Mr..
Hancock claims that the Atlanta concern
agreed 10 print for him his History of
Southern Georgia" but failed to do so.
The residence of John A Morris, men,
Der of the wholesale grocery house of J.
j. & j. E. Maddox OF Atlanta was en-
tered by burglars a few days ago and
gold watch and $1,000 worth of diamonds
were taken. There is no clue to the rob-
bers.
Al a largely attended meeting of the
Confederate veterans of Sumter county,
resolutions were adopted opposing the
holding of the annual reunion of United
Confederate Veterans at Piedmont Park.
and requesting the Atlanta committee 10
secure some more central location.
Frank McNeal, a negro, assaulted and
left for dead in the woods, eight miles from
WIllacoochee an Italian woman peddler.
The outrage was committed last Thursday,
and the victim lay unconscious in a
swamp until found Wednesday when she
revived sufficient to tell her story.
While playing with parlor rifle at Ath-
ems Wednesday afternoon Carlisle Hills
man, boy 16 years of age, was shot in
the foot by Henry BroadnaX. Every effort
10 locate the ball has been futile and the
physicians will carry Hillsman to the uni
yersity, where an effort will be made to
locate the ball with the Roentgen ray.
e. c. Crawford, now serving a sentence
in Fulton county Jail for stealing watch,
has been recommended by the Prison Com
mission for a pardon. Crawford was SEN
fenced by Judge Gambler TO three months
in Jail and i'm addition to pay fine of
$50 in default of which he was 10 serve
FIX months on the county chain-gang.
In his petition for a pardon Crawford
stated that he had been confined to Jail
SIX months before being brought to trial.
]. L. Battle, an attorney, and Elisha
Evans, carpenter, both of Dexter liz
Laurens county, were convicted of forg-
cry in the Superior Court al Dublin Wed
nesday, with a recommendation by the
jury that they be punished for misde.
meanor. Judge Hart, presiding, stated
mat ne would respect the recommenda ton
and sentenced them to pay a fine of $3.50
each or serve one year in the chain-gang
Ihey were squatters upon the lands of Col
dudley M. Hughes, and had forged a
cAaln of titles as far back as 1885
AT the monthly meeting of the Columbus
City Council Wednesday that body show
ed its retrenchment hand. The salaries
OF the policemen were cut from $50 to $50
per month, the number of officers remain
ing the same. The salaries of the fire de-
Partment employees were also cut the
wages OF engineers being reduced from SIS
10 500 and that of the firemen being re-
duced from $50 to $40. The Council passed
an ordinance taking away the privilege of
S-ecling the fire chief from the voluntary
department. This was done despite the
protest of the volunteers, who are indig-
ndt and may disband. The Of
ICES OF fire chief and superintendent
VI IRE alarm were consolidated. Hereafter
me nFe chief must give his entire time to
ene department. The Council also passed
an ordnance prescribing the sale Of LIQUOR
~ certain territories. The committee will
commend tax rate of l lilo per cent.
Last year the rate was IA per cent
FLORIDA
- l.. Swain & Bro of Washington D.