The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-28
GEORGIA.


Belcher.
The trustees of the North Georgia Agri-
cultural college are preparing to start
,.,.,,.,~1 an the land of the institution.
WAC In5ge Gober is going to make a gift of
SG Choice rooted vines for this purpose.
The trial of Commissioner w. NJ.
pr;dges Of Rome for embezzlement and
e..,ory dregs along slowly. Every inch
- he Ground is being fought over by the
,nnosing counsel. The trial will consume
/ be entire week.
There are only twenty-six government
disnlleres in operation in the state, and
ont Of This number was destroyed by fire
On last Saturday at Thomaston. Usually
at this season Of the year the number is
never fewer than sixty.
Dublin Courier: We see other places in
Georgia advertising "horse-swappers' con-
yentons." but il is never necessary for
Dublin to do so. Everybody within 100
miles knows that when Superior Court
meets the swappers Will be here, and they
are on hand in full force this week
State Entomologist Scott of Atlanta was
in GAINESVILLE Monday and visited the or
cbards in that community. He found all
the orchards free of the San Jose scale,
which is doing so much damage in some
sections He expressed himself as pleas
Cd with the conditions of the orchards
visited
A colored man, Dan Hadley, brought a
freak to Boston in the way of a chicken
the other day. 1t had four perfectly
gs,I, tn, t111
usual place and the other two came
from the back Just above the tail. II lived
four DAYS. Mr.. E. W. Daniel has it on eX-
hibitiou in his store preserved in alcohol.
Tom and Frank Kemp were found guilty
Of the murder of John G.. Cook and sem
fenced to life Imprisonment at Buena Wis
IA Wednesday. Cook was murdered last
November This is the first time in the
history OF Marion county for forty years
that a white man has been found guilty
Of murder The Kemps were indicted by
the grand jury last week.
Walker County Messenger Gafayette)
j. j. Henry when the wheat began to
get low in h s bin, made a discovery. In
the bottom was a hole stopped by cobb
stopper, around which had been wrapped
red string The enterprising thief had
gotten under the bin, made a hole ana
then plugged it. Through the hole he had
taken out nineteen bushels of wheat.
The directors of the LAGRANGE mills have
had meeting, at which they passed a
resolution to double its producing capac-
ity and a stockholders meeting for Jan.
80 has been called 90 ratify what they
have. This mill has been running hardly
b1 nj
It's bonded debt, per cent on its stock
ana now proposes to double up without
calling on the stockholders for a dollar.
The suit filed in Atlanta by ex-Chemist
Payne against Chemist McCandiess, which
was decided by the Superior Court a few
weeks ago in favor of the latter, will be
carried TO the Supreme Court. The liti-
sauon grew out Of the claim made by Mr..
F'yue that the laboratory was his per-
sonaI property. Taking this position and
S,ueefe IN his construction of the law, Mr..
laShe brought suit in the Superior Court
4oi the possession of the laboratory
IL IS said there are five genuine cases
OF meningitis in Brunswick. DR.. J. A.
butts city physician, stated that there
was no special cause for alarm, but that
siV H'e cases reported thus far are I'M
Souo'ed'y meningitis. Nothing has been
u9ue as yet TO check the malady but the
musicians who have the cases in charge
"'V gwen instructions as to how the pa
Hen's are to be treated. Only one of the
1--WE patients is white, a Mrs. Pittman, the
O'hers being negroes.
Athens may have a number of new in
uus'ries within the present year. Mr.. Poin-
utAter of Tampa, Fla, is there with the
view OF removing his cigar mandatory
v N,d' city Mr.. Spooner of Schuyler, n.
-" mas Just arrived in Athens and is
a'Y9p'el.hs with the view of establishing
80 tdnnery in or near Athens. 1t is
t+I,'e' mat a large manufacturing es-
ir.- ll'Ieht Of Lowell, Mass, is consider
US 'Ae matter Of establishing a large sup
F'''NeN'al mill in that vicinity.
Dublin Dispatch Work on the Bruton
Fineora Railroad is progressing rather
orc G"' oui they keep steady at it. They
T ouildng a 1rst-class road as they 90
f,r sIlIr daily schedule is being run as
az as 'if'ier, where the citizens have laid
H',e nice little town. DIR. Kennedy is
"S a neat modern hotel. A good
M '1Aer buildings are going UP in the
Il will tlJ"u' II IS expected that the iron
A end - ',''N as tar as Registers still by the
\ nroi.,t''"v present week, where a rest win
Y''''y be taken for short while.
o, i4l,le AImeda Dennis, the S-year-o.d
''7''sr Of Mr.. Frank Dennis. who re-
ME-, aoolt three and a half mites from,
da,- a.. was so severely burned on sat,r-
H 6a, "ins last that she died on Mon.
her, @,., o clock. The little girl went into
sst1-I,,' 3 smoke-house about oclocl,
10 e,- TO build fire under some meat
clo,b,. IT. ana in some manner her
Blk b,,r-9 sht on fire and her BODY terri
IN te,r.rgn ne-ore help could get to her.
ehI5 lug lug the burning clothes from he
yere, l, 'tr mother had her own hands hand . se-
sur.r,. Margaret Edwards, after intense
rss1 l',''s' d ed Wednesday morning ~ The
w g.9y nee ,. Of her nephew. Mr. 7 NJ NJ, a. Tue
received Town citizen of Winder from go, ~
She Was retire, retired about midnig6t and |t o.
he fo os ceiling III, placed n 5at ~ st ana rs
hot AMI '' OF her bed The stope 1 ,,
Qliekl- ,5nited the bedding. The a. a., ooo
ror ', Wv, spTead' and Mrs. E1pard ne M names
to ark from the bed and s,ta - yer,
her nj, fepace. In doing So So oeualhg