The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-20
GEORGIA.

Emugham County News: Some Of
our exchanges are tearing their shirts be-
cause Myers was elected Mayor of savan-
nah. What has the m8yoraity Of Sa-
Vannah got to do with these little country
glmbets, or visa versa?
~ D. Wningham. the piano dealer Of
Rome who skipped his bond In the Cir
cult Court. being charged Of having
frauduently disposed OF mortgaGed prop
erty. has been arrested at Mobile, Ala,
at the instance of his bondsmen. who viii
take him back 10 that city for trial
United States Surgeon Wertenbaker has
discovered four cases Of smallpox in a
negro family consisting Of father mother
and TWO children. at Sandersville. All
mild types except the father. They live
about six miles from town. Appropriate
= action has been taken by town and county
authorities.
Blue Ride postoffice ives looted by burg
lars Thursday night. Postmaster Wilson
on entering the postofice discovered the
mali all scattered over the floor. There
were chsel marks on the front door OF the
safe but the burglars failed to make an
entrance. They secured about 81 in change
left in the cash drawer. and possibly
some stamped envelopes and postal cards
James e. Tree. a young man % years Of
age was tried on a writ of lunacy at
Quitman Tuesday, and carried to the
asylum Wednesday. 1t seems that young
Trice who lives in Qutman, has been
mentally unbalanced for some time, but
his trouble did not appear serious until
Saturday, when he became violent, and It
was decided TO send him to the asylum.
Lewis Walker, a well-known negro of
Nankin district, Brooks county, near
Quitman, was shot by Eli Dodson We'd
nesday morning about o'clock, and died
that evening at o'clock. Walker was
shot while in a house, Dodson shooting
him through a crack in the chimney, the
load of shot entering Walkers left side
and ranging across the body. A woman
was al the bottom of The affair.
Dealers at Eastman say that not more
than 50 20 60 per cent. Of guano hereto
fore sold will be sold this year. The cot
ton acreage viii be much less this year.
Farmers have planted more oats and
wheat than ever before There will also
be more cane, potatoes and corn planted
than for many years PAST. The recent
cold weather has not materially injured
the oats and wheat. as was expected.
John Rawlins, who resides near Cobb
willie, Telfair county, killed. a few days
ago. one of the finest hogs ever raised
IN that section it was of the Berkshire
breed. and when cleaned and dressed pull
ed the beam at a little over 600 pounds.
The lard alone, after being dried up,
weighed sixty-ive pounds. Mr.. Rawlns
has killed others Weighing from $50 to $50
pounds EACH and has killed and saved
already something over 10000 pounds Of
pork this season.
Smallpox has broken out in the county
of jefferson, and Gov. Gambler has been
notified that several cases of the disease
have been taken under treatment in that
community in the last week. Upon re-
ceiving the dispatch, the Governor at
once directed Capt. Wertenbaker OF the
marine hospital to proceed to Jefferson
county and direct the authorities as to the
manner of treating The contagious dis
ease. In all of the counties of the lower
part of the state the smallpox conditions
have improved greatly, and the last re-
port indicates that the disease is fast dis
appearing. The outbreak in Jefferson Is
the only one the Governor has been noti-
fled of recently, and he hopes that under
the excellent advice of Capt. Wertenbaker
the county authorities will be able to re-
port improved conditions in the next few
days.
A wedding of unusual interest and i'm
portance on account of the prominence of
the bride and groom was that of Rev
Charles Richard Nisbet of cambridge and
Miss Ola May Jones of Toccoa, Ca which
was eolemrized Feb. Is at $50 o'clock in
the Methodist Church at Toccoa, Mr. MIS-
bet is the son of the late Judge James Il.
Nisbet, an able jurist. His grandfather,
Judge r. A. Nisbet, is known throughout
the South The other grandfather, Judge
Junius Wingfeld though dying young, left
q name to be honored, are among his an
cestors. Mr.. Nisbet chose law as a pro-
fession, but, after ably fitting himself for
a career of honor, there came "a change,
and with full conservation he gave him
self to far nObler purpose and life. Aft
or a course at Princeton he accepted a
call to the Presbyterian Church at Balm
bridge. The bride is a beautiful young
woman, and a woman of charming per-
sonality and has rare literary gifts Mrs.
Nisbet is of revolutionary ancestry, being
the descendant of an English nobleman,
TO whom grants of land We're made by
George III on the Hudson river.