The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

GEOHGlA.
OHcers at villa RIGA have arrested a
negro train thief and have recovered
ssout a carload of stuff stolen from
southern freight train near that point
Mr. Phew D. Smith of Liberty county
h,s been suggested for the Senate from
the Second district, which is composed of
rainfall. Liberty and Mcintosh counties.
Hon. seaborn Wright of Rome, Ga, will
deliver the memorial address in Athens
of April 26 He was invited to do so a
few days since by Miss M. Rutherford,
president of the Ladies' Memorial Associ-
ation. and has accepted the invitation
splendid programme of exercises Will he
ranged for the occasion and the people
of Athens will look forward with great
interest to the address of Mr.. Wright
L. H. West, an intelligentlooking white
man. well dressed and having in his pos
session a large number of the diamonds
stolen last winter from the residence of
G. S Pebard of Thomasvlle, is now in
Jail. charged with being the thief who
stole more than 5000 worth of the spark
ling gems from Mr.. Pebard's residence.
West declines to discuss the matter. He
was arrested several days ago by Detec-
tive Weatherhorn of Savannah and car
lied 10 Thomasviie by Sheriff Doss
Mayor A. D. Skelle of Fort Valley has
offered a reward of s. for reporting with
evidence to convict crap shooters and
card gamblers. 1t is said that there is
muca of this vice practiced in the town
ana especially on Sundays. The Mayor
has also decided on heroic measures to
break up the tiger" the uniform fine
being S2j or thirty days on the streets
and thirty-five days confinement in the
barracks. Dave Lewis, colored was CIV
an the latter sentence for peddling mean
whisky on the streets from a coffee pot.
Congressman Bartlett has written a let
GER 70 President Smith of the Macon
Chamber of Commerce, stating That it
would probably be impossible to secure an
appropriation for new government build
ing at Macon this year, and advised the
Chamber of Commerce to accept the
appropriation of $5S 600 which was given
last year. 1t is expected that no further
effort will be made to secure the appro-
priatiOn and that request will be sent TO
the treasury Departmental allow the i'm
provements on the present building TO
commence at once.
a rich gold mine has been discovered
on the S. Edwards property, five miles
southwest from Buchanan, Ga, HARRISON
county. A miner has been at work on the
Development for the past two months,
and has struck it rich. Paintings run from
. cents to $50 per pan, coarse nuggety
god, very ragged. Nuggets of from one
Ienr weight to one ounce have been
found imbelded in a coarse decomposed
sand quartz. The miner is now trying to
lo,ate the vein. IT is pronounced by all
who have seen the mine to be the richest
they have ever seen in Georgia
The Maeruder mine in Wilkes county,
which was once the property of Messrs.
George T. Jackson & Co. of Augusta,
then owned by Mercier & Nerdery of the
same place, has been idle for some time
This mine is now owned by three north
ern capitalists. Mr.. Carl Heinrich, one of
the number, and an experienced miner in
the Northwest for a long time arrived
there last week and has begun work on
this valuable piece of property, which is
situated on the boundary of Wilkes ana
Lincoln county. While the Magruder mine
contains gold and silver, its chief product
Is 4 al, and it is to this Mr. Heinrich will
give especial attention Work has been
begun on a third shaft and a good profit
is expected
atlanta Journal: He had faced shot and
shell on the bloody field of battle, perhaps
Of chckamagua or Gettysburg and never
ieit ho qualm of fear. But Saturday ne
realized all at once what it was to be
afraid. and his wife was the cause of il
aI- Sine knocked him down The steps
OF tAe State Capitol and made him fork
over $3.50 pension money which he had just
Drawn from the state treasury as an in
dsenl Confederate soldier. No one knew
'A'lf names. After the display of fstic
'EeTsy from the woman no one dared ask
l'er names. They were left to pursue
.H'. way down Washington street unmo-
ies.et The wife leading the way and the
m'Ne soldier limping slowly after her
1.fr 1r~l. t.f11 y1..l
uoNn his grizzly cheeks.