The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


poets OF the street. Railway at Wash
ington Miraculous Escape from
Death of Train Had.
GEORGIA.
Campmeeting at Springfield, in Efing
BAN unity, commences to-day.
re Central railroad has established a
telegraph station ac the depot in Barnes
vile an engaged c. S. Mann az operator
n. T. Fnrh formerly editor OF the
Atlanta Constitution, is n W residen: of
Ilmnheld, ~ J. He spent the summer in
Europe.
A negro man sold a bale of hay in Mari
eta Moidav, aud said that mad $50 worth
Of hay that he had cut of a swamp place
and sold this season,
A couple Of years ago n certa ain residence
in Americas sold for $500 the pwucr con-
e lerinE this capital price for il. iucp
then the present owner has refused $1,000
for the same propeTtc.
The city council of Marietta has ordered
an election on the second Wednesday in
November to determine vile be- the citI
gems viii vote S., 600 per y r for twenty
years for water and "a works.
The Macon board 4 hesIth met NVedne;-
dav, but contrary to pIhlic expectation, did
not raise the Macon quaraf tue. Yellow
fever reports from JaC.sonvi le are cou-
siiered too unfavorable to Induce such ac-
ton.
At Butte, Mont, a few sy ago, a man
was wounded in n saloon row and after
ward became de'irou From his talk
" lie in that condition has sprung a report
tnat ne may be &. Z. Nelson, the fugitive
barker Of Atlanta
About O'Clock TUESDAY night e clls of
birds, win peculiar cry, were heard all
over Columbus. The birds scanned to be all
the time on the wing, fitting hithe- AID
thither, bus what kind they wee c 'ull net
be ascertained owing to the d9rhAess o.
casionauy tie continued cry was enlivcued
by coarse sound as of that of a wild duck
The gentlemen interested in building a
street railroad at Washington me. Tuesday
te take the bearings of the situation. They
found everything in go d shape. and are
ready for move as soon as the town au-
rhorities grant certain privileges in the
matter of the choice Of streets and inn
munity from taxation for a certain num-
Der of years.
John r. Franklin was arrested few
miles from WILLIAMSON, s. c., on Sunday
last, for having too many wives He is said
70 have two wives in Georgia, five children
by his first wife and two by his second. He
skipped from Georgia with a young girl
some time ago for his third wife, but was
arrested by Deputy Constable E. r. Burgess.
lie was taken to Anderson Monday.
A double handful of squirrel shot was
fired from double barrel shotgun into the
Rev. Dr. Alfred Williams, coiore1 pastor Of
the Antioch Baptist church, nesr Edge
wood, Tuesday night, iuflctIng dangerous
and probably fatal injuries The shot were
probably poisoned. The shooting occurred
near the church. A disa greement as to the
ownership of the goods i'll store started
under the auspices of the church was the
Immediate cause Of the shooting.
James Varnon, an employe on the switch
engine Of the Western AMI Atlantic rail
road, at Marietta, on Thursday, in jumping
from lumber car to a coal car, fell be-
tween the cars. He caught hold of a rod
and held on by main force, notwithstanding
the tram was backing. He managed to let
the engineer know of his perilous position
nod the train was stopped. When he was
taken out from between the cars it was
found that his left leg was broken.
Rev. E r. Carswel of Elberton will
move TO Atlanta about the first of next
month, and will become one of the editors
OF the Southern Baptist, q new paper to be-
started there. He will also have tie GospeI
ETpositor printed there in the future. A
company has been organize there with
100000 capital for the purpose If establish
log a southern book house and publishing
company, which VIII also nrins the above
tlnue to I'll his appointments ut Elhervcn
once month until the end Of the year.
In Wilkes county e day or two ago
Chandler Wylie ard Harrison Pass were
going home from church when Chan!lr,.
told Harrison that il he did not get down
and pray he would shoot him. Harrison
got down and commenced praying showing
considerable levity. Chandler told Har-
rison II lie laughed he would shoot him
The lattsr continued to laugh when the
foIInerxhenged away at him, lodging a bill
In his forearm. DR.. Sherrer extrac ed tire
bali No arrest has b en- made as tbs
negroes seem to have no i'll feeling toward
each other.
Willie Moore, of near Fayetteville. killed
j: l.. Hefsin on last Sunday night. The
circumstances as we get them are as follows.
Last Sunday night J. L. Hefiin went 10 the
house OF Mr.. Moore, whoss wife was in bad
with week old babe. and Hefin's conduct
was such that Moore put him out of the
house and asked him to leave. Heffin after
ward came back and demanded admittance.
and on being refused. picked up an ak and
began breaking the door down, when Moore
put his gun TO his breast aud shot him dead.
After the inquet Moore was exonorated.
and the remains were buried Tuesday at
County Line church.
Among the late arrivals at police bar
racks at Augusta are James Hoke of Mari
eta and James Adkins of Charleston. The
two young men were sent in Wednesday by
Conductor Bell Of the Central railroad
Among the freight that was brought up
from Savannah Tuesday night was an ON
nibus for the Arlington hotel. Before
reachiOg the city Wednesday morning all
the cars were examined, as usual, to see If
they were in good condition. When the
seal of the omnibus was found broken. M
examination was then commenced. Inside
the bus were seated Adkins and Boke, fast
asleep on the new plush seats. The seats
were packed III a box which was INSIDE tho
omnibus, and had been broken into The
road will prosecute the boys, who say they
did not break the seal, but found the bus
open when they boarded the train near
Savannah.
The NEWS has already announced that
Mrs. Georgia Robson, wife of ex-Tax Col
]ector Robson, received $35 on Saturday.
sent by express from Fort Valley by one
Ralph Boyd, as conscience money. Tax
Collector Robson was recently convicted
and sentenced TO the penitentiary for two
years. He is out on 81, 900 bond pending
his counsels argument on motion for a
new trial. Mr.. Robson arrived in Macon
Tuesday, and went TO Fort Valley 10 see il
he could learn anything about the identity
Of Ralph Boyd" NJ. II. Boyor, a well
known citizen OF Washington county. ac-
companied Mr.. Robson on his trip. They
returned TO Macon Wednesday and left for