The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-13
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS of THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.

1ay night, after an illness of several
weeks
TIL, nomination by President Mckinley
of IS. Peddicord as postmaster at Fort
wiley was first learned Wednesday. He
Vi succeed Mrs. M. A. Brown, a widow
with an invalid son, who was appointed
by President Cleveland during his first
term.
Two miners John Pittman and A. H.
Elite. both colored, were killed while work
ing in the ore mines of ]. NJ. Johnson &
Go al Youngs, Ga, Wednesday. Their
death was caused by one part of the up
ter wall Of the mine giving away, which
fel upon them, causing instant death.
James Watson, a little 13-year-old negro.
was arrested at Gainesville by W. L.
Smith last Saturday on the charge of at
tempting 10 wreck the Gainesville, Jeffer-
son and Southern train last Thursday a
mile and half below Hoschton. He con-
fessed his crime pleaded guilty before
Justice of the peace in jefferson, and was
commiUeed to Jail on the day of his ar
rest 10 await trial at the next term OF
court in Jackson county Watson said he
ried TO wreck the train in order to Kill
Engineer Galloway, who once scalded him
in cut.
The strange disappearance of Joseph w.
Brady of Atlanta is still an unsolVe1
Mystery. Nothing of the kind that has
occurred in that city in long while has
created such a sensation in police circles.
The smallest eleW has been worked upon
by Officers CoVingtOn and Gambler, but
no fact in their possession has aided ia
giving a trace of the missing man. Be
yond the fact that Brady left his home
M afternoon :
and that he drove off and has never been
heard of or seen since, there is nothing
for the officers to work upon with any
hope Of finding his whereabouts.
Mr. Peter Cosby died at Howard Ga,
ten miles from Geneva, Wednesday morn
Ing He began life a poor boy. He was
t5r number OF years a laborer and sec
Too foreman OF the then MuscOgee and
eiterwlrd the Southwestern Railroad.
Several years since he bought rundown
farm near Howard station, and in few
years by energy and industry had so re-
MANNED the place and was making sucn
success that his name in all the country
was known and many visited his farm to
see his me Jhods. His charity was large
and he is mourued as few men are in this
section.
State Chemist J. NJ. McCandless, at the
instance of Commissioner of Agriculture
q. b Stevens. has just completed an anal
ys.s of Georgia wheat, which more than
establishes the fact that The United States
department. of agriculture in announcing
tat the poorest wheat in the county was
Produced in the South did not, or should
not have included the Georgia article. The
conclusion drawn from the analysis by the
stale chemist is that contrary to the
statement of the United States depart
meny of agriculture, the poorest wheat
does NOT necessarily grow in the South,
and that speaking for Georgia, the finest
wheat I'm he world can be grown in the
stale.
Work was commenced Wednesday on
The Oemulgee river, getting it in condi-
ton for navigation. The work was com.
mencod just below the Fifth street
bridge, near Macon, and win continue
down the river. A large crowd is NJ
Work under the supervision of Capt Wool
win, an expert man in the business. A
large pile driver is being used and large
hJne1r of jetties will be constructed
tnefe and al the Southern Railway bridge
TO rd the river of sand bars. Congress
appropriated S156,000 for the improvement
OF iae Ocmulgee river and the work which
was commenced Wednesday is the first
under he act passed. 1t will probably
he completed by June, and the river will
Oconee.
Albany Herald: The Georgia Northern
hallway is coming on TO Albany, despite
tne fact that very little is being heard
vi IT, IL will doubtless be interesting to
many readers of the Herald to know that
Ue roldbed of the Georgia Northern is
si'leI 10 within seven miles of Albany,
a"a mat abont seventy-five hands are en-
sased i'm the work. For several months
past trains have been running over the
~'t from Moultrie TO Doe Run, and,
'H'u2o 1T has been generally understood
mat the line would eventually be brought
V' TO Albany, nobody seemed to have any
Neo just how long a time would elapse
"iott trains would be stopping at the
union depot. i looks like trains over the
"eW road will be rolling into Albany by
any summer. and our seventh line of
-''"i viii be in operation.
Newton county has had a number of
u'SJf' ing accidents the past few days
vi SUNDAY night Tom Moore was seri-
Gus" ut in a fight at Porterdale, and it
IeH'rted that he win die Monday
iis"l Randall Pace, a white man, while
rc.oA ated, it is said, started home from
ION and on his way attempted to
t negro house. and boy in the
e, 'HluhiuS ne was WnlteCappeF
'i q load of birdshot into him and ran
pF. FACE then staggered into the woods
~ and lay down by a fire and went
~ ''' o. His clothing caught on fire and
h. ''a'e near being burned TO death. In
b '''rts to extinguish the fire he tore
g,.. '"'hes off, and then went to a ne
e1 Aouse close by. where he was cared
f the negro He is seriously in
Co. "ul vii recover. Clifford Hender-
~, son of Mr.. Jack Henderson. of
AMI '-''r'-''" while cla-sslg...~ school. fell
dr oke his arm Charlie Desmond
nick pistol In his room Wednesday
IN ' 1lscharging it, the bah striking him
g. making a very painful wound.
t .7 senior class of Emory College at OK
'' the suggestion and with the as
W. ,'.e Of the professor of English Mr..
weber has undertaken the compila-
n,' vi photography of Georgia iitera-
NH 1T is the hope of the class that this
ana .Vet the present need of such WORK.
Ga,. ""l perpetuate the name of every
ma writer who, with his mite or his
IA, m u1s aided in giving TO our literature