The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,rvs of THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Marietta-BOy Falls 40 rect
r.om the Roof of a Building at
.+Ianta-Residence Burned at Ca
u,.Academy Building Burned
at DonaIsonvilIe.
GEORGIA.
The school is to be connected WIN 'he
Grady Hospital.
several large wholesale houses are pre-
parng to move to Cordele.
Atlanta is soon to have regularly
souipped training school for nurses
The Donalsonville Academy building was
destroyed by fire Sunday There is no IN
surance.
seven new residences are in course of
erection at Cordele, ranging from $500 to
5000 apiece.
It is generally conceded that Col. Eu-
| zane e. Stroller city attorney of Cor
dele. will be elected to the next legisla-
ture.
The City Council of Cordele have just
Let ont a contract to construct $1,000 city
hall barracks ETC., the material to be of
brick and granite.
jamie Nesbitt, negro woman, died Mon
day morning at the Grady Hospital at At
lanta from the effects of dose of NOR
phine taken Saturday night, with suici-
Il dal intent.
John W. Graham, " @. Mason and A.
1 H. Cox have applied to the Judge Of the
Superior Court at Atlanta for incorpora-
ton as the Chattahoochee Mill Company
with a capital stock of $4,000.
A petition signed by practically all of
the business men of Marietta will soon be
Ipresented to the Railroad Commission.
1asking that they require the Western and
8Atlantic Railroad to build a new depot.
I Mrs. Johnson, an aged lady, the mother
Of Mrs. A. A. Simonton of Carrollton,
Ispped on the ice in the back veranda and
1broke her leg. Mrs. johnson was on a
visit. Her home is in Catoosa county.
The residence of w. ]. Pike at jefferson
Twas destroyed by fire at an early hour
saturday night. The cause of the fire is
unknown. The loss is $1,000. This is the
Third time Mr. Pixies home has been burn
1 ed in the last five years.
/ Hilliard Bros of Camilla sold out their
stock of general merchandise Saturday to
Sam Fielder. Mortgages were held against
the stock for 1850 in favor of Fielder and
Mrs Hilliard wife of one of the firm. Liza
bllities unsecured, about 5000.
4 A telegram was received. at Carrollton
Monday announcing the death at Danger
field, Tex, Sunday, of Mayor John NJ.
Richardson, once a prominent citizen and
4 educator of Carrollton. He was one of
II 0f a. nd
founded the old Masonic Institute, at Car
4 r0ilton.
1T Atlanta Monday, Judge William H.
FELTON, granted charter to Henry b. Will
son, r. H. Smith, and c. Elmer Smith as
the Atlanta Water Power Company. The
capital stock of the company is to be $780,
600. The object is to supply electric pow
er for running. electric railways, electric
light plants, and the like, for cities and
other corporations.
Tillie d'Antignac fell forty feet from the
roof of the forestry building at Exposition
Park at Atlanta Monday. He struck on
the railing of the stairs leading to the Sec
ond story. He was taken to the Grady
hospital and an operation was performed
10 stop the hemorrhages which followed
each other in quick succession. Late
Monday night The was still alive, but little
nope is entertained for his recovery. He
is the son of the late Capt. William d An
tlgnac of Augusta.
Felt Mitchell and w. w. Miller fought
at Rome Monday over the Mountain City
Fire Company. Mitchell broke Miller s
i right jaw with a stiff upper cut with his
left hand, and, as Miller was falling,
Mitchell landed with heavy right swing
on Miller's left jaw, breaking the bones in
II &c rI~.A LEI 9a.r
n nghtlng friendly bout with gloves, but
Miller lost his temper and got the worst of
IT, Miller is a molder and weighs $50
pounds. Mitchell's weight is 125
n The military advisory board will be
called together in the course of the next
three weeks to consider the business of
the year. Among other interesting stems
10 be taken up will be the proposed mill
,sry demonstration at the dedication of
= Tue Georgia monument at Chickamauga,
Which is to be ready about May l. Capt.
i oscar Brown, the Acting Adjutant Cen
i etai, has suggested that a strong display
VI the volunteer forces would be appro-
pirate on that occasion, and the Governor
4 IaVois the idea. very strongly. What ar
fansements can be made to this end will
De Tor the advisory board to consider.
4 The dry weather that has prevailed dur
Ing the last three or four months past
throughout Pulaski county and portions
o. Laurens, Dodge, Dolly and Wilcox has
reached state that is almost alarming.
N the territory mentioned there are To-
callues where for miles the wells and
streams are all, dry, and water for stock
ana cattle has to be hauled, in some in
Stances as far as five miles Prepare
n uon of the soil for the coming crops is
considerably retarded on account of the
siound being too hard to be plowed The
quest citizens say they have never seen
A Year
Bishop H. M. Turner left Atlanta Mon
pdy night for New York, from which
point he sails for Capetown, South Africa,
wa southampton. He will spend about
1oui months i'm South Africa, visiting
zap town, Kimberly, Johannesburg, Pre-
syHa and all the important towns of
souln Africa. Bishop Turner goes for the
purpose of discharging some important
SSluroh work. including presiding over the
soulh African conference, the ordination
a large number of preachers and other
tycIesiastical duties. Bishop Turner says
az VIII probably not visit Liberia during
LUZ trip, as he desires to devote all of
si9 TINE to the new towns In South Az
Iva which he has never before visited
f .'e VIII not snend much time in Care