The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-19
ALL THE NEWS AT wAYCROss.
little Girl burned to Death-Man
StoDDed From Suicide.


Waycross. Ca. Jan. 1S.-Mrs. John Gle
land died at the home of her husband in
Pierce county night before last and was
buried yesterday in the Ben James Gene
terry. She had been Ill for some time.
]. B. Quarterman will take charge of
the postoffice and station at Block, on
the Waycross Air Line Railroad.
c. Geiger, formerly of Camden county
has moved to Waycross. He has bought
the W. A. Mcneil place on Gilmore street,
Mr.. Geiger lived in Waycross about TWEEN
ty years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs J. W. Sweat, living near
Glenmore, in this county, mourn the death
of their infant son. 1t was about three
months cd and was buried at Kettle
Creek Church grave yard.
Sam Bacon, one of Blackshear's Oldest
and most highly respected colored citi-
zens, died Tuesday night. He was one
of the "old-time darkeys."
The Misses Harrington gave an enjoy
able whist party at the home of their
parents, on Pendleton street, last evening.
Baptist Church will be organized by
Revs w. r. and j. f. Hardin, at the
Sweat schoo. house, near Glenmore, in
Ware county, next Sunday.
Capt. R. p Bird has been informed of
the death of his sister Mrs. Mary Stew
art. She died at Woodbine, and was
buried at Tay!or's Greek, in Liberty
county.
Miss Emmie Green and Mr.. C. w. W.
Williams surprised their friends by getting
married yesterday afternoon. The mar
riage occurred at the Presbyterian parson-
age, and the ceremony was performed by
Rev. r. A. Brown, the pastor.
A mammoth coal chute will be built by
the Plant System near their shops in this
city. II viii probably be the largest coal
chute in the South.
The Waycross Rifles will give a big an
niversary entertainment on the evening
of Jan. 20, al the arnory. They will
close the celebration with a dance.
A sad accident is reported from the
home of A. c. Sweat, a young farmer out
on the Air Line. His little 3-year-old
girl was playing around wash pot where
hired woman was doing the family wash
ing. The woman was called into the
house a moment and while she was gone
the little ones clothing caught fire. She
screamed and ran, the fierceness Of the
flames increasing with every step. The
poor little thing was horribly burned and
suffered intense agony for seven days
when death relieved her sufferings. Her
body was buried at Ola Bethel Church
On Sunday morning, Feb. A. Rev. Ed
ward Thomson, the celebrated lawyer, will
deliver four lectures in Waycross. Sunday
morning he will lecture at the Baptist
Church, in the afternoon at the Presby-
terrain Church, and at night at First Meth
odist Church. Monday night he will lee
ture at some point yet to be named, and
union service will be held.
The little scare created here by the re-
port of Smallpox or something like IT,"
has about passed by. No new cases have
developed, and the town is resuming its
normal condition.
Jackson Brown, an old printer, attempt
ed suicide last night, but was prevented
by Mr.. Goodstein, who saw him as he at
tempted to swallow the poison. He had
selected the morphine route, and was in
the act of taking the drug when he was
stopped. Brown was recently engaged
on the bonneville News as editor and pub
Usher but has been in this city on a spree
for several days.
Sheriff 7. j. McClelland is in receipt Of
a telegram from f. A. Graham Albion
Mich, inquiring after the relatives of one
Pat WEIGH, an Irishman, who lived here
twenty years ago. He was on the police
force here for awhile. He had a wife and
five children when he lived here. but none
of our people know anything of them. II
is presumed that Pat is dead and that an
estate is left for his relatives.
DR.. j. H. Lattimer. who has had charge
of w. n. Jones and his family and the
little girl OF G. w. Deem, who have had
the smallpox, has pronounced them
cured and turned over the cases to-day.
No new cases having developed il is con-
sidered at an end here