The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-07
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
ITEMS FROM THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.


C-,-t in the sum of $500 on suspicion of
having burned his own nome aIter quar-
rel with his family.
lady at Social Circle, Ga, has just
married her fifth husband. She has never
I'm divorced. and her first four husbands
- 5ied natural deaths. The Walton
Nan- describes the ceremony as being
a.erv interesting, it being her fifth mar
rage.
special to the Morning News from
COCHRAN says: Mr.. Tom Vinson and Miss
kste Grmsley were united in marriage
sunday night at Z o'clock by Rev. W. j.
Fap7.rs. the pastor of the Methodist
church. Mr. and Mrs. Vinson will make
cochran their home.
The Democratic voters of Montezuma
held mass meeting the other day at the
ooerl house to nominate candidates for
7ryor and aldermen for the next year
The following ticket was selected: J. E.
l1,,s. Mayor; Yancy Hill, j. H. Patrick,
a T.. Cheves and ]. Z. Reid as aldermen
d 5. Harrison, clerk; w. o. Young, treas
uTer
Ii does not now look as If there is to be
amy changes in the office of chief Of police
of Macon Hon John T. Bo.feuillet has
quThDTITed the DO-lllN6 SldltilElll Ahda uAA-
dor no conditions will he be a candidate
for the office of clerk, and as the office of
chief of poHce is not to be filed by an
election al this time he will probably hold
over for al least another year.
After using filtered water from the new
water works for a month the people of Au-
els.a are again using unfltered water
from the old basins. though only for few
d3vs Fortunately. the water in the river
is NOT as muddy as ii is sometimes, and
so but few were aware Of the Change
The change was necessitated by an acct
dent which happehed 10 the gate tower
I'D the big new reservoir, which required
g. 10 he emptied to admit of some work
being done. the water being pumped mean
while direct into the settling basin.
There viii be hanging at Jefe san,
Ca. JAM 3. 1900 unless the Sup enc Court
or the Governor interferes. Ed Fields,
colorej, is the man who is to stretch hemp
OK thlt time Fields murdered a negro
cr Nhsie Griffith, on Sunday night
Aug a. 1888 while returning ON
church near Hurricane Shoals. He made
his escape ana was al liberty over a year.
a few months snce Re was captured 2t
Win.erru'e by Deputy Sheriff sud e-h
and utu.d over TO The authorities at Jef-
fe.-on. The trial of Fields resulted ia his
coaVi-CoH.
About half Of the businegs portion of
Dartow, small town four nailss west of
WaIay On the Central of Georg a Rail
way was destroyed by fire SAtu ~ night
Tae ire oierated in a large frame build
ing. known as the Arte ian house, I. r
me,E usad as a hOte,, the -wer floor
Of which was occupied by G.
mau Eros general merchant, and
the r5- office. Coleman Bros. lost their
oaIge stock. valued a $500. They ta1
,a.y $50 insurance. All furniture ana TX
lures as we'll as books ard stamps in the
r5- 1ace amounting to S402, W re 81.
The building was owned by j. j. Wing
ham and valued at $500; insurance 90
The fire then spread up and down th4
sueeL
A special to the Morning News from
Doaas says: Mr. Elias Newbern, a
wieer. was Yesterday sent to Coffee coun-
TVS poor heuse-Hundreds of hogs were
sal- cred i'm Coffee county Monday, al
| though this section of the state, for the
| entire year has suffered an unprecedent-
el drought Coffee county will make
! Surplus Of hog ana h0miny.-Mr. Mark
Lon ar1 family Of West Florida nave 10
| Gated iH Douglas. Mr.. John Sapp and
family of Garrnnt have located in Doug
| hs.-Nr. Henderson of Abel was in the
/ city y,s eIday prospecting for sawmill
/ Qeauo1 Prospectors fer homes and bust
| rf- locations are arriving daily.-Mr VIII
| Den. erecting a neat cottage on Ward
sr'ct-Dougias had its first hard freeze
Monday night for this winter,
Mr. John Henry Floyd, a weI-known
young farmer of Barlow county, was in
sanly killed Saturday night just after
quk hy his uncle, Mr.. e. A. Holtzclaw.
with whom Floyd had been living for a
number of years. Floyd was killed while
n Ae was in the oct of entering the Holtz-
Ga" sidence through a window, ana
was mistaken for a burglar by his uncle.
t'oyd was instantly killed, the entire load
from the shotgun entering his neck, tear
luz pul he jugular vein and horribly mu-
eauHS the face and shoulders Early
saturday afternoon young Floyd kissed
VIZ -e and baby goodbye and went out
il business errand, returning after
tlI' aL When he reached the house the
,sH IN mad retired for the night, but he
ii go-'A inc family was absent. and as he
.'u T9 key he attempted to enter his
o" raising a window, and not be
' .0 await the return Of che family,
.housht Mr.. Holtzclaw heard some
c.v gNlef1ng through the window, and he
S' PUG hearing no answer "a ised his
Mi.l 'iIeled shotgun and fired at the
il the window, killing his nephew
N'Ains Of Gordon saussy's work with
% Athens football team, the Athens
e @.ul.r says: In coming 10 Athens TO
5H 'gorsia's football tenn Mr.. saussy
t,pa''i good deal of ma7ninimiiv
,l. .s iaalzed that he would receive but
y Compensation for his SER
NJ and further he knew that
tru c'1nces to develop vim
XII lelm were slight owing 10 the
I'M That he took the eleven in charge
r9, olning daunted by these circum-
r1 he came a few weeks after college
ana by hard and contentious
Ae made of the Georgia eleven one
a. ' most formidable teams in the
OH lA fact, he sull adheres to the
toN that Georgia had the strongest
COM 10 the South. as do many other
M lNl'Ht judges Of football. The men.
lar3 'a through. played In abominably
an i1'A as everyone knows. Georgia
f,yt pay team but what she houll
orc. eaIe1ted during the last season. In
m very instance the Geo gia boys
e. superior article Of football but