The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-18

the agreement is that whichever petition
receives the largest number of signatures is
TO settle which candidate will enter the field.
HdwkinSviNe Dispatch: Several Florida
refugees have visited Hawkiusvillo this
wee6 They are welcome to come in any
number, as our people apprehend no dan
ger from yellow fever. During the terrible
epidemic of 1876 in Savannah great many
of her citizens refugeed to Hawkinsvil- e,
and, if we mistake not one or two persons
died here Of yellow fever, but none OF our
people were attacked by 10.
The Savannah ID Tybee railroad com
pany expects to run a train through from
| Brunswick to Tybe1 on Wednesday, Aug
o. The occasion will be the pilot boat re-
gatta at Tybse The fare for the round
tip will be IL %, a ID those who go will be
able to return to Brunswick by
midnight of the same day It is probable
that the Oracle and other Brunswick boats
will take part in the regatta.
On Saturday night last an attempt was
made TO kill Dan Finch, an employee Mt }.
| A. Williams still, about iourJ-en miles from
| Eastman. Parties apprrac III bis house
| and fired two shots at him whiIo Re was IL
| boil with his three children. An alleged
| separation of Finch and h n wife 0ni an
endeavor to get possosei II Ct The children
in Finch's charge was supposed u be the
cause of the assault The guilty parties
escaped. but are thought to be known.
Capt. Couch of the Atlanta police force
received letter Thursday from II. G. AL
! ley, chief of police Of SpartanbusE, ), G.,
asking Information a}opt one Mr.. Melon, a
! i"wery man in the E!m5ali Eonse block.
| or course, there is 10 such n man there
but there was once. A lady in Spatanburg
! LEI; n gGir o! bia elats and a necklace iii his
chorae, ana she is hunting for them. But
il IL hArdlv likely that she will over see
them ugsn. The Nelson she is inqniring
after IS no doubt none other than c. G..
Nelson, and her jewelry is probably in
Canada.
Between Brunswick and the state of
Flor.da there l. fixed great dividing line,
aoroHs which nothing can come with the
consent III the board of health. Thursday
aE'ehurst * Mason asked to be allowed 10
tow lighter to the south end of Cumber-
land i4!and, there to be taken by tug from
Fernaodina, carried to the creoSote works
near Ferila dina, loaded with creosoted
plug, and returned. This request seemed
iuuoceat and harmless enough and the board
were almost ready to grant it, but upon
| second consideration it was deemed best to
refuse it,
There is portion of the county line be-
tween Taylor and Talbot counties which is
In dispute Talbot has the stock law, and
Taylor has the fence. As the line is not
definitely known, the people are and have
been frequently annoyed At the last term
of Taylor superior court. which was last
Febru ry, the grand jury of Taylor recon-
mended that the line be- surveyed or markell
out. The clerk of tue superior court of
Taylor county forwarded a certified copy
of the recommendation to the state secre-
tary, as the law directs. His excellency,
the governor, appointed Surveyor Reneau
to run tho line. The surveyor has never
appeared, and nett er has re notified the
ordinary OF Taylor of his intention to do so.
A novel sight was presented on the South
western train Thursday which caused con-
siderable fun among the passengers until
the cause WAS known, and then the fun
quickly turned into pity. In one of the
coaches sat a man and woman. The lat
ter was sucking stick of candy, and now
and then she would take the stick from her
own mouth and put it to the lips of her
male companion The passengers imagined
the pair to be newly-married and from some
country precinct, and were considerably
amused at what they considered an agra
waited casa of spooning Inquiry revealed
the fact that they were brother and sister.
The latter had been kept for some time in
the asylum at Milledgeville, but the family,
thinking they could take care of her, had
sent the brother to carry her home and he
was simply humoring her by pretending to
suck the candy with her, being the only
way he could get her along without trouble.
The delegates Of the Twenty ninth soma
torial district met at Thomson, Wednesday.
Hon. Thomas L. Watson was elected chair
man. and Peter Holiday of Lincoln secre-
tary. Toornbs DuBose of Wilkes offered
two resolutions-flrst, that the present svs-
tenn of rotation be abolished; second that
Lincoln, McDutfie and Columbia have a
senator on the rotation plan, and that
Wilkes be allowed two terms Both reso-
lutions were voted down, Lincoln, Nc
Duiie and Columbia voting six votes
against and Wilkes four for the resolutions.
Mr.. DuBose then withdrew from the con-
vention. Thomas Paschal of Columbia then
presented the name of Hon. j. K. Strother
of Lincoln, who was nominated by accla-
NATION. 1t is supposed that Mr.. BuBose
intends having opposition to Mr.. Strother,
but milder councils may prevail. A demo
cratic committee for the Twenty-ninth dis
trict was then appointed, as follows: Peter
Holiday of Lincoln, I. T. Smith of Column
b.a, John z. West OF McDuffie, B. S. Irwin
of Wilkes After stirring address by
Thomas f. Watson in favor of Hon. J. K.
ST. other, The convention adjourned.
A letter was received in Macon Thurs
day from Salem in Oconee county, giving
the particulars of the accidental shooting
of Miss Mamie Bent, daughter of Capt. j.
! j. Bent well-known railroad contractor
Of Macon. On Wednesday, at the residence
of DR.. j. N. Hester, where Capt. Bent's
family is visiting :, Miss Mamie, with party
If friends, had just finished a game Of lawn
tennis, and went over to see her sister, who
was among some young ladies who had
congregated about the back colonnade Be-
fore reaching them she picked up pistol
that'had been carelessly laid down by some
one. She handed the pistol to Miss Cora
Hester, asking, at the same time, to shoot
! it off. Miss Cora was holding her
! horse with her left hand, and turned to
shoot, but the hammer failed to work.
| Turning toward Miss Mamie to examine the
pistol, IL was discharged, the ball entering
the left side Il short distance from the heart,
glancing to the left and lodging somewhere
III the ribs. Tho wound is a painful but
not necessarily fatal one. A messenger was
sent to Madison after DR.. Hester, and on
his arrival the excitement was allayed. He
does not consider the wound dangerous, I'm :
less inflammation should set in.
FLORIDA
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