Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

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Three Aged Brothers Speedily Follow
Each Other TO the Grave-TwO Men on
Bridge Before q Rushing Train,
but Both Escape-A Fight with Ma
MAC at Gainesville.
GEORGIA.
A band Of incendiaries has been run down
al Forsyth.
There is some talk Of a paid fire department
for Athens.
A cotton compress is now deemed a Ger
tainty at Hawkinsville.
a still house was recently burned by incen-
diaries in Dade county.
Gen. James LOngstreets new bond as Mar
shal OF Georgia has been accepted.
Whitfield county has five cases pending ia
the February term of the supreme Court.
TalbOttOn is without facilities for fighting
tated.
Twenty five dozen eggs were broken by the
dropping Of a box at the Marietta depot the
other day.
a 40 pound eagle, measuring feet from tip
to zip Of its wings, has been captured near
Cuthbert.
Mrs. WeIthy Ann McCrea died at Cochran
Saturday, of pneumonia and senile decay,
aged So years.
There are twenty-seven pensioners IN Whit
field county. and $25l Is paid to them each
month from the pension office.
A young man of q years has eloped from
Cochran with Mrs. Caroline White. a widow
lady aged 81 years, and married her.
The bark .Eolus. from Brunswick for Ham
burg. with l.464 barrels spirits turpentine,
was lost iu the North sea on February 8.
Wade Barrett, small boy Of Hawkinsville,
accidentally shot himself while hunting the
other day. The wound is not dangerous.
At Butler q few nights ago unknown
roughs raIded the tent OF q travelling pho
tographcr, and after destroying the canvas.
demolished everything beneath 1T.
Col. W. r. Shadman. Of CannOn's Point. st.
-imon's Island. sold from his trees between
nine and ten thousand oranges. The recent
cold spell damaged SIX or seven hundred.
Jesse Brundage. Of Cuthbert, finds his drug
business So duh that he has established cob
b.er's bench in the rear Of his store. and is
prepared TO mend soles as well as bodies.
In the Ordnary's Court at Decatur a settle
ment has just been made Ina an estate in which
the court decided that there were forty
heirs at law. Each heir viii receive about
twenty dollars.
Miss Nena Peddy, of Henderson. who was
reported elOping with !. O.. Grant, her
brother-in Law, ON the night before she was
TO Doe welded to ". K. Till, was Overtaken
at ThOmasville and returned 10 her home.
where she has since married Mr.. Till
The st. SimOn's correspondent of the Bruins
wick Heratd says: Mr.. \. G.. p. Dodge. Jr.,
Gf New Ork, intends erecting fine church
ON the site of the old church at Fredricka.
wherein John Wesley preached when he was
q missionary to Savannah and st. Smon's
Island. The site is regarded with peculiar
interest on account Of past associations"
Frederick, John and stephen Terry were
three brothers who had lived in the
mountains of Harris county. fast
friends and neNt-dO0r neighbOrs all their life
time. They We're aged respectively IS. so and
81 years January 27th Frederick died of
pneumonia. January 29th John uted OF grief
at frederick's demise. February LIST stephen
euccumbed to his great sorrow, and also died.
All were prominent, highly-respected and
uI f-ff4 nr ns1 ftfaVafr- # all
three goes to the children of Stephen, who
was The only one OF the trio who was ever
married.
An election is TO be held Mt the Council
chamber IN HaWkusville on Monday, tine 18th
of February, on the question of eXempting all
factories, mills, variety works. cotton com
presses, saw. grist and planning mills. machine
shops ana ike industries from municipal
taNauou-ad valOrem-On their property for
the period OF five years. All citizens of the
town over q years of age are authorized to
vote at the election. The ballots Will have
printed or written on them exemption" or
''No Exemption ana if upon counting the
votes. amajority of all the votes cast shall be i'm
Favor of exemption. the Mayor and Council Of
the town Will make contracts with parties
desiring to locate such establishments in the
town. as per the ordinance passed February 4.
The Barnesville gazette says: Last week
Joe Mitchell. cOlOred citizen Of Monroe
county. had the misfortune to lose his tongue.
Dc seems that Joe has mule with which TO
conduct his little farm, and he keeps him
string 10 have some fun at the mules expense,
took the tin guanO strewer. If YOU have ever
seen one YOU viii remember that there is a
funnel placed ON one end and the other is
simply left sharp. Joe put the sharp end to
hi5 mouth and pointed the funnel end at the
mute. lie happened to be one of the lump
Ponder kind of mules, and he fred his heels
al the funnel end of JOes guanO bugle. His
alm was well taken, the mules heel came in
contact with the funnel, and the result to Joe
was. his tongue was clipped or
I-afHa kaT
night w. X. Wheeler, whose mind has been
badly shattered for some months past, went
INTO Dan Stringer's barber shop and began
railing at the cOlOred boy. frightening him to
Che amusement of strange cOpper-ColOred
negro, who happened to be in. Mr.. Wheeler
turned upon him. threatening to kill him with
paper weight, and finally reached into his
mp pocket, threatening IN a loud manner to
shoot him. The badly scared negro no sooner
got glimpse Of the pistol than he pOunced
upon heeler with an open razor. cutting
and Slashlng in every direction. Dan Stringer
and Howard Thompson went to the rescue as
quick as possible, but not until Wheeler was
slightly cut in several places. and the negro
htJ ms mead thrown back preparatory to cut
ting hs throat. When Knocked or pulled
loose he jumped out of the door and fled.
Those who saw the affair wholly justify the
negro ON the ground of self-defense.
Near Hawkmsville Friday IL. W. Dews and
D. =. w Ills started across the river TO look at
the new barrel factory which is now being
built. In order 10 save time. they concluded
and Tesue, distance of two or
lhree hundred yards. When they were
m the centre of the trestle
they were startled by the whistle of a locomo-
tive. a special train had been ordered from
Cochran. The smoke of the locomotive could
De seen. and the noise Of the cars could be
heard. They were 80 feet from the ground
and loo yards from the bridge. To jump
from the trestle was an extremely hazardous
undertaking, and TO remain where they were
W"ul4 De instant death. Mr. Dews deter
mined 10 leap for his life, and was just in
The act of So doing, when Mr.. Carroll, the
Waterman at the bridge, told him to lie down
on one of the crossties. He did SO, and the cars
passed over without lnjuring him. Willis,
when he first heard the whistle blow, deter
mined TO race for life, and try to reach the
bridge before the train. He reached the
bridge just IN time to save himself from a ter
rible death. \ second later and ne would
nave lost his life. No injury was received by
either
The Rome C0urie. saws: sIast October a
man calling himself Watson Kidnapped the
Sky -Eear-old boy Of cOlOred parents, residing
near PlalnvIle, in Gordon county. just over
lae Floyd line. a rigid search was instituted
llr tue missing child. but he could not be
found. The father came to Rome in NOvem-
Der called on Mr. AnP. Watson, one Of our
druggists and eudeaVOred to fasten the charge
Oh Altnapplng ON him. but was, as Mr.. Wat
son thought, convinced that he had assailed
the wrong man. Anyway. he retU rned home.
ant Mr. watson thought no more Of the mat
ttt uull recently he found that he was being
closely watched by some one. The father aud
mother OF the lost boy even went so far as To
call on Mrs. Watson and ask her if she could
ten them anything of their missing child, and
Mrs. w atsOn has recently been approached
ou the subject by an official of Gordon county.
OF course, this persistence in trying TO fasten
ON him the crime Of having kidnapped the
N0olly offspring of these poor blacks is becOm-
Ing very offensive to Mr.. Watson, and he will
not submit quietly to another interview on
the subject. We learn that some one has told
these Door unfortunate parents that Mr.. Wat
son, being an apOthecary, had stolen the
child and killed it for the dissecting room"
FLORIDA.
The Gainesville Bee has been considerably
enlarged.
The foundations of the new Baptist Church,
40 st. Augustine, have been completed.
1t Is expected that the Episcopal Church
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