The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-13

county. a supply OF vaccine points has
been sent for.
The Oldest country editor in Georgia is
JOIN Barlow Gilbert, of the Stewart Coun-
" Hopper. He has passed his three score
and ten and is still doing excellent Worh'
Two or three car loads of race horses
passed through brownsville Tuesday en-
route from New Orleans 20 Tampa. where
they have been entered for the Tampa
race meet. Among the lot were some very
fast ones.
The election for five commissioners Tor
warrenton to serve the present year oc-
CURED Monday and resulted 10 the cleo
ton Of the following: C. X. FitzpatIlcN'
b. L. Battle. j. Fred Allen, A. 5. Choosing
and W L. Shuriey. Inc poaid II COM
posed of young men.
The election for Mayor and councilman
OF the town OF ZebulOn came off Saturday
and resulted in tie selection OF ). -
Mathews as Mayor ana ). W. MtAi5' L
j. Biasingame Il. Banks and w. u. How
ell as councilmen. The new oInceis were
installed Monday night.
At a meeting of the Columbus Power
Company the stockholders voted to IN
crease the capital stock Of the company
from 100000 10 $4,000 The STOCK was
subscribed on the spot the toluhpus
Power Company turned loose $1,000 IN Co
lumbus Wednesday, the occasion Deing
its monthly pay day.
Griffin Call: John Clements, colored, was
arrested yesterday by United States ON
GERS f. L. Dismuke and George White ana
carried TO Macon last night upon lhe
charge of Illicit distilling. Clements hdo
baen running a distillery in Pike county
for some time. but not until yesterday
have the officers been able to capture MN.
Miss Matte May Brown, young lady OF
Atlanta and a stenographer Of ability, left
Sunday night for Cuba, where she goes
to accept a position with large urn deal
ing in naval stores She goes TO Havana
first. by way of Tampa, and from there
tal.es the train for the city of Cardenas,
a seaport on the north coast OF the lslahu'
In the province Of Matanzas.
The Dublin Banking Company has just
been chartered as state institution ana
new officers will be chosen In a day or
two. The bank has been operating as
,,yiyata concern. Mr. j. II. Williams of
Eastman, who has been president, VIII re-
tire 40 his old home in Pennsylvania to
live. and in his place Capt II. c. Henry oil
this city. will no doubt be made president
North Georgia Citizen; Dalton cans all
the fruit offered by the fruit growers OF
this county; she manufactures more cotton
into cloth than is grown in TINS county
she butchers more hogs and beeVes imam
are fattened in this county; she tans more
hides than can be bought in the county
ena mills more wheat than is raised IN the
three adjoining counties Can any other
town In Georgia make the same showingF
Two officers, Maj. Blair D. Taylor of
the hospital corps, and Maj. j. c. Chance
of the Fifth Infantry, both claim TO be in
command of FIT. Mcpherson, near Atlanta.
The clash of authority has resulted In the
release without a trial of a private sol
der against whom charges had been
made. The row has assumed such pro-
portions that the war department is about
10 take a hand in il and settle the ques-
ton.
BIakely Observer: Mr.. John Stone Of
Sparta, the contractor who was building
Mr.. r. C. Smiths brick stores, left Blakely
Saturday night, Dec. 81, without his bag
gage and tools, and without saying good
by TO Landlord McClesky and Others TO
whom he was indebted. An effort was
made to trace the fugitive without re-
suit, and some fear that the missing man
has been foully dealt with, but others be-
lieve that he has returned to his home. A
letter has been received from his wife, by
Mr.. r. c. Smith, which says Stone is not
at home. Speculation is still rife as to
whether the disappearance will prove 10
be a tragedy or a comedy.
Americas Times Recorder: After a
hearing of nearly two days, Judge Butt.
sustaining the demurrer of the Georgia
and Alabama Railway and Mayor j. A.
Hixon to the petition of Col. S. Fl. Haw-
kins TO make Americas headquarters for
the company annulment Of shop-slte con-
tract, receiver for shops, etc, upon the
ground that said petition was multifarious.
This was the plea set up by defendants
and sustained by the court IL is proba-
BILE that an appeal to the Supreme Court
will now be taken and the fight to bring
the railroad offices back to Americas, and
annul the contract whereby the City Coun
Gil donated 5000 to have the shops located
here. continued. The matter has already
been in litigation for some time and the
end is not yet by a good deal
Rome Tribune: Jim Johnson, a negro,
made a flying and successful leap for lib
erty from a train going thirty-five miles
an hour Tuesday afternoon. The negro
was arrested in Admission and Bailiff D. b.
Bryan went down after him. About one
mile below Cunningham the negro asked
TO so back for a drink of water, which
was granted Tho water cooler was near
the door, and johnson threw it open,
stepped to the platform and leaped to the
ground The train was going about thir-
ty-hve miles an hour, and the negro's
arms we're hampered by the handouts,
but he Struck The ground running" The
train was stopped and backed up. but the
negro had disappeared into a dense wood
Bailif Bryan returned without his pris-
oner. johnson was wanted here for forg-
ing lady's name to an order and procur-
ing goods.
FLORIDA