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

At its meeting q few days ago the Da-
rien Ice Manufacturing Company declar-
Ell dividend of 70 per cent. This is the
first dividend.
Miss ALE Williams Of states5oro, who
was burned about two weeks ago, is grad
ually getting worse. 1t is feared she VIII
never Gct well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Duggar Of Statea-
boro VIII give an entertainment ia honor
OF Frank Gibson who is home. spend
Ing Christmas holidays.
Americas aud Sumter county have cause
for congratulaton in the fact that the
holiday season has about passed without
a crime to blot the court records.
It is not quite certain that DR.. Ben VII
llams of Waycross viii lose his eye. Tho
small shot passed through the eve ball
aud was discovered at the operation. He
is doing well.
Darien Gazette: The Savannah News
calls for biennial sessions of the legisla-
ture. We have tried both annual and BIZ
epnia1 sessions, aud one is about as good
and about as bad as the other
A special 90 the Morning News from
statesboro says: The bridge over Black
creek has been completed Much is due
10 the skilful management of an efficient
bridge contractor. Now our farmers can
reach savannah with their produce.
John Hayes. moonshiner from Gwin-
nett county. was bound over Thursday n
Atlanta by Commissioner Broyles for
owning and operating q still The prlnci-
pal witnesses against Hayes were two
two small boys, who had seen him build a
fire under his still.
The Houston Guano and Warehouse
Company, at Fort Valley, have handled
$500 bales Of cotton this season. the
largest receipts ever reached by a firm in
the town The total receipts for Fort
Valley will probably run up to about r.,
900 bales for the season.
Triton Gazette: Monday last the negroes
had an given by one of their
secret orders, at Sparks. About 400 were
present. and when it became necessary for
the marshal to arrest one of the women.
who had overloaded on rye, it looked for
awhile as If a riot was pending. A few
broken heads quoted things, however
The name Of DR. P. D. Pollock, presi-
dent of Mercer University, is being mem
toned now for chancellor of the state
university DR.. Pollock was born and
raised in Rome, and his rapid and brill
liant rise In the educational world is a
source of much qualification to his
friends.
There is a well defined report TO the eff
feet that Atlanta is to have before the
end of the approaching year a new hotel
that win take its place with the costliest
and most convenient hostelries in the
South. The new hotel il is said is to be
erected by Mr.. George w. Scott, on the
property purchased by him recently from
Mrs. ]. f. Alexander.
Key West Herald: Although the boys
have had three days of Christmas cele-
brauon ana money seemed plentiful on
all sides, there has not happened a single
shooting or cutting scrape, or even plain
fight that is worthy of mention. Surely
there is not another city in the United
States with a population of $4,000 that can
say the same thing this morning.
There was a special meeting of Valdos-
ta's City Council Wednesday to legally
confirm some action taken by council last
spring granting street privileges TO the
Atlantic Valdosta and Western road. It
IL understood that the road is nearly ready
to begin work within the corporate limits
and the action of the Council was to have
the grants ready so that the work would
not have TO be delayed on that account.
Talbotton presented a Kaleidoscope
scene on Tuesday afternoon when the
wheels, horsemen, equipages and pedes-
TRANS turned out in all the contrasts and
of a fancy dress parade. Ev-
cry color of the rainbow and almost ev-
cry nationality were displayed in the re-
volving procession; the sunlight glinted
and CLEANED with golden glance among
the multi-colored decorations. The process.
sion was led by Mr.. f. Hinton McGehee
as ''Uncle Sam" and Miss Rosa Evelyn
Martin as Miss Columbia
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Mr.. Charles G.
Kendall. well known young Columbus
lite, is the proud possessor of a personal
letter from Commodore Dewey, the man
who sunk the Spanish fleet at Manila, and
who has since taken his place among the
greatest heroes of naval history Mr..
Kendall has named his little girl for the
popular commodore, and it is in answer
10 letter apprising him of that fact that
Commodore Dewey wrote to the Columbus
AACAiNi
the only person in Columbus to whom
Commodore Dewey has written personal
letter from the Philippine Islands.
A special to the Atlanta Journal from
Macon says: Robert s. Collins, real es-
tate and rental agent and clerk of the Re
corders Court of this city, has disappear
ed and from the day he left the city UNI
til now nothing has been heard of him
nor have any of his many relatives and
friends in this city any definite idea as
TO his whereabouts. But the reason for
his disappearance Is known to a large
number OF peopie and the fact that sew
craI warrants are out for his arrest pre-
cludes the probability of his return 60
Macon at any early date. Robert Collins
was a defendant of one OF the Oldest and
most prominent families i'm the city 4
member of nearly every secret order and
prominently associated with politics and
q young man of great popularity. The
fact thar he has gone. leaving his ac-
counts in a terrible condition and showins
a shortage of several thousand dollars
estimated TO run into ten or fifteen thou
sand, his disappearance and defalcation
created a sensation which has not ben
equaled here in many months.