The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13

have died since tAdt FouA dbJS'4'"'N
%. One member died during the past Sos
sion.
Crawfordvfllo Advocate-Democrat; Mr..
John O. Stewart tells ms that he lost "a IA
vorite family horse recently. The horse
laid down TO wallow and had its heefs up
the hiil ana i'm its effort to get up ieh BACK
and broke its neck and died in le" A'l"-
utes.
Miss Myrt Ozburn, the Young woman
whom the corouers jury accused OF the
murder Of the infant found in an ola well
at Chauncey, was given "A pieiihii'diS
trial at thar place, and for lack or eNi-
dence the warrant against her was as
missed.
An the prisoners in The Fayetteville Jail
twelve in number and including one muir
derer. escaped Sunday night They cut
the bars of the second-story window ana
easily let themselves down with an i'm
provised rope. So far no recapture ha7
been reported.
Dahlon5ga Signal: Jake Sparks mil'ed
five tons of ore last week which yielded 81
pennywoights Of clean gold. This ore
comes from vein on The Ivy, and is one
among the many there of like character
The Ivy is noted for its large. nch leads
and placer deposits
Buloeh Herald: 1'he statesboro cotton
market viii probably be given q trial by
the end of the week. cotton picking having
been going on in some sections for more
than a week Mr.. Il. r. DeLoach was re-
ported to have had more than l000 ready
for the gin last Saturday night
Prof John A. sage, county school corr
missioner, Of Morsgn county. died at Rut-
ledge Thursday night. He was A years
of age a graduate of the state University
of Athens and talrght school for twenty
years, and had been county school com
missioner of that county for the past tiVe
years.
A large amount of damage has been
done to the forest timber in the vicinity
of Athens by a fire that ragged for many
hours. The location is on the east side ~
Athens lust across the Oconee river. Il
is thought that the fire originated from
embers and sparks falling from passing
engine
SylvaniaTelephone Mr. ]. 3. Mock
brought in the first bale of cotton to Syl-
vania Wednesday morning and got the
five dollars premium which l.. Fl. H-lton
Company. had offered for the first bale. II
classed middllng and brought jas cents.
Mr. W r. Gross brought in a bate just
few minutes later.
Dalton Argus: The Rockdale Banner
says: "The man who is opposed to mob
law for rape when there is no doubt to
the guilty party-be he white or back
is not fit to hold any office of honor or
trust in the South Wen, brother every
man is entitled 10 his own opinion on
every question.
Canton Cherokee Advance: The cotton
mill talk begins to assume more positive
shape as many in town propose to back
their ent husiaem for such an enterprise
by agreeing 10 subscribe literally for the
stock r. T. Jones proposes 10 take SOS
COO or $4,000 of the stock himself, and
others say they VIII do what they can.
That is business.
Cupid has again cut one of his cunning
, capers ia Thomson, and as result two
happy hearts that age has been unable to
chill now beat as one. Thursday Mrs.
Fannie c. Roberts, a widow Y years Cf
age was united in marriage to MIR. S. r.
Weathers a widower rs years Of age. Both
of the parties are highly respected in that
community and are receiving the congrat-
ulations of their numerous friends.
Jesup seplinel: Or. 6. W. Drawdy has
some corn 50 high it takes two men and
a boy to see TO the top OF II. He measured
one stalk which was feet inches to the
ear the fun length of the stalk was IL feet
a.. Inches We would advise the doctor 10
send a few stalks of this corn to the
brunswick and Waycross fairs to show
those BrunsWickians and Waycrossians
what Jesup dirt Will do We can make
=" watermel0ns" TOO.
Cordele Sentinel: Report has reached
CordeEe that a negro man was found in the
room OF white girl near Redwood one
night this week. 1t appears from reports
that The negro was in the room when the
girl struck a match, and he made his es-
cape through a window. Dogs were put OF
his trail and the negro was soon caught
il Is said that he denies the charge
brought against him, and he has been pul
in TAIL al Vienna 10 await further investi
cation.
Americas Times Recorder: Lieut. Win
ship of the Twenty ninth Regiment, who
has been in charge Of the recruiting sta
zion in Americas for two weeks. left yes
terday for BlalSely, and il is hardly prob
able that ne will return here. Only tire,
or four men. or a half dozen at best, wer'
secured here. they did not fancy arm,
life in the Philippines. especially in view
of the reports from there just now. Lieut.
Winship expects TO receive quite mum
Der of volunteers in Blakely.
There was another fire Of incendiary orr
gin in LIthOnia Thursday night. aud Their
Is great deal of excitement there as III
result of what seems 10 be a determine,
effort Oh the part of the incendiaries l.
burn the town. Within the last week 0
two there have been several large fire
there, all Of which were undoubtedly o
incendiary origin, and the citizens OF Lith
onia have determined 70 make an effort {
bring the guilty parties 20 justice. Thurs
day night the drug store and building 0
w. j. Bishop was set on fire and nearl
destroyed, and there was every indica tio
that the ire was started by an incendiary
The loss was about $3.50, and was covere
by insurance.
The grant of land included in the es
tate OF "Duugeness," on Greater Cumber
land Island was finally made 70 Mrs. Luc
Coleman Carnegie Thursday morning b
Secretary OF State Cook. Aside from th
natural interest felt 81 the estate ON Cum
berland, which has been in the possesslo