The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS
One Negro Chops off Another's Toes
A Negro Decapitated by a Com
panion in Thomas County-a Belt
That Came From st nley, the African
Explorer-a Valuable Vein of Gold in
Gwinnett County.
GEORGIA.
ia. Greer's stable at Albany was burned
Thursday night.
Near Perry JOG Jersey yam potatoes grew
in eight hills, in eight clusters.
A. j. Carver of Dawson has a 3-months-
old colt for which he has refused $500.
An adjourned term of superior court
will be held in Butts county next week.
]. Q. Ellis of near Hayneville, has en-
gagged to sell 1000 pounds of lard to Macon
this winter.
DR.. P. H. Wright, of Macon, died while
sitting in chair Thursday, from para
lytic stroke.
The steamship San Antonio left Bruins
wick Thursday for Fer andina on her first
trip since the epidemic there.
A negro man dropped dead in Crosby
Austius cab, as it was pulling out of Thorn
asville on the Monticello road Wednesday.
Near Warrenton, Wednesday, Wash
Dawson was accidentally shot and killed by
his brother while hunting. Both are
negroes.
Col. Nelson Tiff will begin in short time
the erection of tree large brick stores in
Sandy Bottom, Albany, where the recent
fire burned away two frame buildings.
Two youthful negroes, of Freedman,
Wilkes county, had an alteration Satur-
day afternoon, when one of them picked up
4 ofF% uyn Of hn
Negroes toes.
The steamship Olympus finished loading
with cotton at Brunswick Thursday, and
will proceed at once to Liverpool She has
on board 5000 bales of cotton, and was
loaded in nine days.
w. Y. Holland, one Of the victims of the
Airline wreck several weeks ago, who is
at Hartwel, is still disabled for work on
account of the serious injury his back re-
ceived. His physician, DR.. A. j. Mathews,
says he is injured permanently.
From three-fourths of an acre in sugar
cane this year w. h Houser of Houston
county, has sold SOS worth of cane in Per y,
made 155 gallons of syrup and has Kept
5000 stacks of cane for seed, besides q
cane the children ate before the crop was
harvested.
The following ticket was elected in Full
ton county Thursday: Ordi airy, w. l..
Calhoun: sheriff, L. p Thomas; clerk, G..
H. Ia iner; tax collector, A. p. Stewart;
tax receiver, John Lloyd; treasurer, c. NJ.
Payne; surveyor, W. 5. clarendon; coroner,
j. c. Avary.
At Marietta, Thursday, Robert w. Page
fell into the kettle at Welding q Co.'S
slaughter house. The kettle was full of
boiling water for scalding hogs. The man
was in the kettle an hour when his pa :
boiled body was found. He had been drink
ing during the day.
At McRae, last Friday, Col. Milton Friz-
zelle. while walking from his Office, stepped
upon a small block or something, which
caused his foot to careen suddenly over on
one side, which 80 wrenched his foot as to
cause one of the small bones in his right leg
to be broken and his ankle to be dislocated.
NJ. S. Gilbert of Smyrna, who has had
for some time quite a reputation as fruit
grower, now beats his former records by
exhibiting, in the middle of December, fine
ripe straw berries. 1t is a second crop, of
course, but none the less pleasing TO the
palate, beautiful to the eye or novel to the
news gatherers.
Mrs. John Swords of Lawrenceville, while
in the act of sit ing down to the dinner
table last Sunday, was thrown upon the
floor by one of the children jerking the
chair from under her, causing her to re
ceive painful wound on tue head by fall
ing against the table leg, rendering her un
conscious for some time.
Washington county went overwhelmingly
''drv' in Thursdays election. Eleven Of
the strongest prohibition districts give ar
official and estimated maj 0rity of over SO(
for prohibition. Mr.. Pringle thinks the re
naming nine districts will increase the
plurality 100 or more. Business was sus
pended until noon, and ve.ything passe'
Off quietly.
Fire was discovered at Valdosta, Wednes
day night at 9 o'clock, in the store hous
occupied by E. W. A ,hley with a genera
line of goods. the fire department quickl
responded and soon extinguished the flames
which had too little time TO do much dan
age. The goods were partly burned an
badly damaged by water. The goods an
building were well insured.
A big horned owl tackled an old rooste
on the place of B. T. Bowman, near Hav
kinsvile, few nights age, and was proceed
ing to make way with his roostershlp whe
Mr.. Bowman came to the rescue with h
yard dog. The owl Jumped on the dog an
clawed him up in regular mother-ln-la
fashion, but the canine finally got the ''Ir
jun hug" on him and chewed him up.
The second officer of the steamship
DOMAIN became paralyzed at Brunswic
Wednesday while walking along the sire
near the Oglet lorpe stable. His companion
got a carriage and took him on board h
ship, where he was attended by DR.. Bisho
He is resting easily, but his entire side
paralyzed and his face drawn to one sid
He Will be sent to New York for treatmen
Wednesday, while some colored me
were eating supper in little shanty at lie
a negro calling himself Will Debjll, struC
Walter Long, track hand on the Saval
nah. Florida and Western railway, on Il
back of the head with an AK, almost seve
ing the head from the body. Death wa
of course, instantaneous. Debill fled. II
whereabouts are not known. No cause
known for the crime.
Dietrich H. Miller Of Ontario stree
Chicago, milk dealer by profession,
badly waited by his wife, who notif'
Chief Wiley of Macon on Thursday tha
she would pay $1,000 for his body, dead {
alive. The man who is such a prize is
years old, six feet tall. with slightly gre
hair. has pointed nose and wears oh
whiskers. She is afraid her lord is dea
and wants his body to secure insuran
money.
Elisha Davis, of River Bend Berrit
county, was hauling a load OF corn, in car
a few days since His little boy was ridin
on the corn, and by some mishap the ca
tilted aud dumped the load of corn on Il
ground, completely burying the child b
meath its weight Mr.. Davis lost no tin
in getting the child from under the cor
expecting to find him badly hurt, but
stead Of showing signs OF injury, or ev'