The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

An Accident on the brunswick and
Western - An Interesting License
Case at Albany.
GEORGIA
Charlton superior court will be in session
this week at Traders Hill.
w. f. Penniman may be brought out for
the mayoralty of Brunswick.
Heavy rains have been disastrous to the
cotton open in the field in Hall county.
Rev. g. w. Garner has accepted the pas
torate of the Baptist church at Fort Valley,
1t is about settled that boat line will
run between Brunswick and st. Marys
every other day.
A. Peacock & Sons have sold their lands
at Pine Forest, near Chauncev, to Mr. Har-
low Clark. They will leave that section
soon.
at Montezuma the river during the fall
has been so high that intercourse with the
west side of the county has been almost en-
tirsly cut off.
An adjourned term of Hall superior court
will be held this week, when Judge Well
born expect. to clear the dOckets of many
long standing cases.
The up night passenger train on the Cen
trail railroad ran over and killed negro on
one of the bridges between Oconee and
Toombsboro Thursday.
1t is rumorei that another prohibition
election viii be ordered to come off in
.Oconee county in December. The petition
already has the required number Of sIzuers.
Hon. James NJ. Smith has about finished
laying the track on his Pleasant Hill rail
road. His engine has arrived, and in fe y
days regular schedule viii bs but on and
business begun il earnest
Thursday a petition was circulated at
home and retasived TIE signatures Of Isrge
nuu1oe- q ---lE.ils- requesting the mayor 10
withhold further lesass - Yellow stone
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g0u-e4y .s'LlIr LIS s--ryslGoed \ Ill in the
prsssn1 .sirl8iITIz-s --aakzsE The Liqu9r license
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To-Day composites si-s nineteenth year
THAI =. EE'suas -ss ben In the employ Of
Ei1l4sEl q Ct1.- 4 C1-1os-T Nov. Is 1859,
Il sdz-rs3 -si.--I- sa=5r counters. and from
th'I1 1,aT CO ms Is been Continuously con-
Ez.1as4 VILE Tn hose.
5ez Ms-Elc-, = co.ored laborer on l..
S-arZss Ezxg Dougasrty plantation, sls-
tA-Ess1 s severe injury Thursday from
having his hand caught in a cane mill, and
two Ct his fingers were 50 crushed that
ampugation was Necessary.
S0nnie Miner was brought to Dawson
Thursday from Calhoun county and com
United 10 jail for safe keeping. Miner is
charged with killing W. w. Watkins, who
was shot from ambush at his store in Edison.
Calhoun county, last Friday night
In Bibb county the Parker bridge, over
the Tobesofkee creek, and the Bonner
bridge, over Bonner creek, and the Noel
murray bridge, over Echeconnee creek.
were all under water Friday, some of them
as much as three feet, caused by the rain Of
Thursday.
An Indian pot was found in a swamp on
j. t. Peake's place, near Cuthbert, few
days ago. 1t is shaped something like an
ordinary flower pot, and would hold about a
gallon. 1t has four legs, or feet, something
like an old fashioned dinner pot, and has, no
doubt, been used to stew many a mess of
venison.
AT Hillsboro Thursday w. G. Greer met
with very serious accident While riding
on heavily loaded wagon, he fell beneath
its wheels, the weight of the whole load
passing over his body. DR.. Tom Garland
is doing all he can for the suffering man.
Mr. Greer is one of Jasper county's best
farmers.
At Griffin about month ago Dan Lang
ley was sent to Jail by Judge Newman to
serve out sentence imposed for dealing in
blockade whisky. When he was committed
he was engaged to be married, and as soon
Nov. 81, Langley will return home, when
the happy event will take place.
The seventh session of the Macon annual
conference of the African Methodist EDis-
copat church convened at Americas Wednes-
day and WIS called to order by Bishop
Wesley j. Gaines, ID. D., of Atlanta.
Eighty-slx members of the 1875 who com
Pose the conference answered the roll call.
The conference is still in session.
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about two miles from Cordele, lost his resi-
dence, smoke house and kitchen, tool and
cotton house, all of his household and
kitchen furniture, provisions and his farm
ing tools by fire, early Thursday morning.
1t is not known how the fire originated
The loss is about $1,000, with no Insurance..
Charles NJ. Whitehurst. lawyer we'll
known and formerly residing in Hawkins
vile, shot Floyd Finch, prominent citizen
of Twiggs county, at Jeffersonville. on
Tuesday. The ball took effect in the bowels
and inflicted dangerous wound The
trouble grew out of levy made by order
of Whitehurst on a mule claimed by a negro
tenant on Finch's farm
A. NJ. Ayers of Hartwell is in the white
rabbit business. He has now on hand
twenty-five of the beautiful pets. On Tues
day cat was put in the cage with them,
and TO the surprise of many the cat made
cultivate their acquaintance and friendship.
with every appearance of hearty recipro-
cation upon the part Of the rabbits
The condition of William Blair, the car
penter who was struck on the head bv n
piece of falling timber while in the depot at
Macon during the storm Thursday. was
quite unfavorable Friday. He is attended
by DR.. K. 2. Moore, who is not very hope
full of his recovery. The operation of ire
panning will be performed, as it has been
found that portion of the fractured skull
is resting on the brain.
Mrs. f. Taylor, living near Smithville.
took large dose Of what she supposed was
ouinine, but in few minutes discovered, to
her horror, that she had swallowed NOR
phine. She lives four miles in the country.
and as soon as the discovery was made she
went with all haste to Smithville for medi-
cal attention. At last accounts Mrs. Tav-
Tor was still alive, and the probability was
that she might recover.
At Hartwell, on Sunday night. Messrs.
Carroll Temples and Thomas Roy, who were
sitting on the roadside near Mr. Temples
house, were approached by two negro BOYS.
who stopped and hailed them. The negroes
spoke insolently. and were replied to sharply,
when one Of the negroes, Bud Harper, drew
his knife and made a luuge at Mr. Temples,
severing the large muscle of his right arm
between the elbow and shoulder. The
negroes then ran Off.
asst week IN the adre NJ CofPaa coun+r,