The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-23
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

CAROLINA PUT IN \ re.
A Hart County Man Put on the Pen
sion Roll for Services in Removing
the Cherokees - An Attempt &c
Wreck Train in Morgan County
1ntanticide Brought to Light in
Lowndes.
GEORGIA
An old Indian pot was unearthed on the
farm of j. NJ Matthews, near Ma4isyl, "a
day or two ago.
Lowndes countv's delegates to tke con
& eSSional convection viii support Hon. II.
q. Turner for denomination.
Walker county presents to thecounties IN
that Judicial circuit, +. ". Copeland, al a
candidate Tor solicitor general.
B. A. Moore Of Jones county shipped on
the 18th inst 1929 waterrpa ionS, ranging
. from fifteen to fifty pounds each.
The property f ClarbA county has in
creased sos. 900 in valur IN the last year.
The greater portion otthis is IN Athens
Mrs. II. NJ. Spence of Hamilton county
last Saturday ngb during storm, got mp
TO light a lamp and in moving around in
the dark, fell AMI broke her left arm.
A mass meogng of the citizens of Frank
lin county is failed for the first Tuesday in
fair and making an exhibit at the north
east Georgia fair.
regular farmers alliance was organ
lied aRChattooga last week with thirty
three charter members, by D. W. Smith Of
Haywood, who is the organizer for Walker
apd Chattooga This Is the first regular
alliance IN that county
I Prof Lovejoy having resigned the prin-
cipalship of the NaldoSta institute the trus-
1 1
the school 10 open on or about the first or
middle of September under the manage
ment of a capable and experienced educator.
Milladge HAYNES. Of Hart county, has re-
ceived notification that he has been placed
upon the pension list for injuries received
while removing the Cherokees from Geor-
gia TO their reservation. He will get about
$500 back rations and then g per month
for life.
Judge Peoples is preparing for Lowndes
county exhibit at the state fair. under the
auspices Of the Georgia southern road. II
letter Pr, sident Sparks several DAYS ago
said the road would be completed 10 Val
dOsta in time, and that the Georgia South
ern would place a car at the disposal Of
Judge Peoples for the transportation Of the
exhibit to Macon and back, free Of charge
At Augusta, at the early morning serv-
ices Saturday, previous to the holy COM
1nunlon, there was presented to s. Pauls
church, by the children Of the late Nr
Charles A. Plat, a handsome pulpit Of
brass and marble, as a memorial TO their
father. The base Of the pulpit is Of Yer
mont dove cOlored marble while the stand
railing and lectern are Of ellbellishei
brass
A convention Of the democratic party in
Berrien county viii be held in Nashville on
Aug. 4 for the purpose Of electing delegates
to the gubernatorial and congress ,ional con
ventious. The chairman Of each militia
district will call mass meetings Of their r.
spective districts to be held July Is % select
i've delegates to the county convention at
Nashville, and one delegate 10 the senatorial
convention, which will convene in Valdosta
few days ago some miscreant placed a
hand car across the track Of the CovingtOu
and Madison road near Hardlabor creek,
near Madison, which one Of the engineers
on the road ran into while moving at rapid
speed down grade, resulting in the almost
complete wreck Of the engine The engineer
discovered the obstruction in the very nick
Of time and escaped serious injury. A mo-
ment later be and his fireman would have
doubtless been killed.
At LAFAYETTE, a day or two ago. the road
hands, while grading Patton avenue from
the square To the depot struck the box in
which George Cunningham, who was
"a. J.
Some thought the BODY was not there and
some thought it was, and To decide the
question, two OF the planks OF the box were
removed, and the coffin lid being decayed
was pushed in. 4 negro put his mattock
into the coffin, which was full of water, and
TO the CONSERVATION of all present, when be
drew it up II had on it the skull Of the exc
cuted criminal. 1t was viewed by a large
crowd, after which it was dropped back
and again covered up.
Walker once had a noted and expensive
hog case, the costs amounting to more than
500. A certain rowing SOW was claimed by
TWO different parties. On the first trial the
decision was in favor Of the defendant The
case was promptly appealed. When it
came up the second time both sides came 10
the scratch with an overwhelming array of
witnesses Toward the conclusion of
the testimony prominent witness
for the defense said be had confess
sion TO make The defendants sow had on
one occasion gotten into his field, aud in
getting her out she fell into deep narrow
ditch, and landed on her back His dog
closed in on her and bit her severely be-
tween the fore legs II it was the defend
ants sow, the scars would be found on her
The examination was made the scars found,
and the case was decided in favor Of the de-
PENDANT. Ii is needless TO say that ne for
gave the witness for soaring his hog.
Several weeks ago a negro child-a girl
about months old, died under suspicious
circumstances on the Young plantation in
LOwndes county. On Wednesday last Vic
torla Williams, the grandmother Of the
dead child, swore out a warrant against
Isaac Brown, the stepfather of the child,
charging him with beating it to death
Deputy Sheriff Warn arrested the ran
Wednesday afternoon and lodged him IN
jail. On Thursday Coroner 4. G. Scruggs
summoned a jury and had a judicial in
vestigation. The body Of the child was
taken up from its little grave and
DR.. Burton made a post mortem ex-
animation He found its skull frac-
tured in two places. and Its little body
otherwise bruised aud beaten. The mother
and grandmother testified that Isaac Brown
had beaten it numerically with a club on
numerous occasions and hit il on the he d
with the heel of shoe. The testimony
seems 70 have been conclusive, and the Jury
found that the infant had come 10 its death
by blows from its mothers husband. and
the same was murder. Brown left his wife
several years ago and was gone two years
When he returned he found his wife living
with another man, and this child was the
offspring of the liaison. Hence the mans
antipathy for the child.
FLORIDA
Some cans of unrefned oil recently came
ashore nj Cana Canaryaral