The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
HogansvilIe's New Bank-Lively Fight
Between Black Bucks at Geneva
Hunters in Early Encounter a Wild
Cat While Shooting Squirrels.
GEORGIA.
DR.. Samuel Lane of Athens is dying.


Cat While Shooting Squirrels.
GEORGIA.
DR.. Samuel Lane of Athens is dying.
l. NJ. Shepperd and E. II. Walker had
personal difficulty IN Monroe county on
Saturday, at Lafayette academy. i'll whic 4
Mr. Walker was cut IN two or three places.
The wounds are not serious.
C. r. Hawk, who has been connected with
the LaGrange Graphic since it began pub
hcation, will leave this week for Hogans-
vile, where, in a few DAYS, he will begin
the publication of a weekly newspaper.
The Southern Cadets of Macon expect to
attend the Augusta exposition drill. Just
before leaving Macon the prize drill team
will contest for handsome gold medal Of
fered by DR.. w. c. Gibson to the best drill
ed man.
In Troup county nothing has yet been
done with the county conyic-s as whole.
One or two have been hired to farmers. A
number are serving out their sentences by
resting quietly in jail and feeling from the
county spoon.
There were two brothers, residents of
Harris county, on the train last Tuesday,
whose united ages We're 1913 years. the
one, James Cox, aged %. is quite feeble,
but his younger brother, Jesse Cox, IS
years his junior, feels, by comparison, quite
a middle-aged man.
Last week Bailif Gill of Webster went
to the residence of Thomas Gle nents to
arrest Mr. Clements youn ,est son. The
bailitf was asked to show his authority or
produce the warrant The bailif had none,
therefore could not show one. Mr.. Clements
walked off and Mr. Gill shot at him, with
out doing any harm.
At Tate, George Minde, an employe Of
the Georgia Marble Company, committed
suicide about 12 O'Clock Monday night by
blowing his brains out with his pistol. The
cause is unknown. His home is in Detroit,
Mich. He has been working for the com
pany about two years, and was a sober,
hard working young man.
j. r. Darden, the yardmaster Of the
Southwestern railroad at Albany while
making coupling just after the arrival of
the Blakely extension train, Monday, was
caught between the platforms of the two
cars and severely hurt. No bones were
broken, but Mr.. Darden was so badly
masked that he had to be carried home.
"The night before left New York" said
w. T. Harbaum of Macon Tuesday, 81 bet
$4,000 to So, 200, and the money is deposited
in a bank on Fifth avenue, that Cleveland
would be elected The money is up on an
other bet, 500 to $50, that Harrison carries
Indiana, and also 500 to $50 that Grant
beats Hewitt in New York;
The Kappa Sigma fraternity, one of the
largest and most prosperous in the south,
will hold its eighth biennial concave in At
lanta on Nov. IA, Is and l6 jefferson Davis
has declared that it will give him pleasure
TO come if his health will allow, and Presi-
dent Tyler Of William and Mary college
will also be in attendance. The Georgia
Kappa Sigmas are anticipating grand af-
fair.
A couple Of gentlemen were walking on
the railroad, near Americas, Sunday, when
they saw a fine large woodcock flying
toward them. A moment later the bird
struck violently against telegraph wire,
cutting its head nearly off and falling dead
at the feet of the gentlemen. II was picked
up, and made fine dinner for one of them.
This bird has rarely been seen hereabouts
in the past few years, and the one killed
was quite a curiosity to many who saw it.
A negro named Pleas Hollis, working with
II. II. Cosby at his saw mill. and colored
man working with Capt. Favor, at his saw
mill, had quite a fight in Geneva, in front
of Turner's store, in which knives were used
Hollis was severely cut in the cheek bone,
severing the upper lip, wounding the gums
and the tongue. The hemorrhage which
followed was profuse, and required stitches
and the binding of one artery. The other
party received a wound near the shoulder
in front, but not very severe, as he disap.
peared very suddenly.
The citizens of Hogansville have un tied
and formed a banking company under the
above title, aad have organized by cleo ing
William Witham of New York president; J.
+. Mobley, cashier, and Messrs j. H. Gown.
w. s, Herndon, Frank Word, ]. NJ. But
trill, K. G. Russell, j. F. Askew and w. T.
Ashford as directors. The authorized CAPT
tai Of the bank is $50 900, ii goodly portion
of which has already been subscribed. The
building is now being put IN readiness and
very soon the establishment will be open
and ready for business.
DIR. J. Knott of Atlanta is in Washington
with theory in regard to yellow fever and
its cure. He had long interview with
Surgeon General Hamilton, and that official
has invited him to reduce his theory to
writing without delay. DR.. Knott believes
the plague TO be dependent upon certain
telluric and atmospheric conditions favora-
BILE to the accumulation of PHOSPHORUS in
sufficient quantities to produce phosphoric
poisoning. He claims that he can produce
a case of yellow fever by artificial means
on top of Mount Washington.
At last w. II. Vaughan, the Atlanta
drummer, is free man. He was released
from jail at Macon Tuesday. He was
arraigned before Judge Harris, of the CITY
court, charged with being a common cheat
and swindler. There was no evidence TO
sustain the charge Vaughan will probably
bring suit against j. G. Powers for false
imprisonment. r. E. Sampson, the North
Carolina drummer. has stood we'll by
Vaughan, and in his present difficulty has
advanced him about $25. Mr.. Powers has
not been able to collect anything from
Vaughan for the hire of his horse and
buggy, and Vaughan has not paid his board
at the Edgerton house.
1t is probable that there will be a mass
meeting of citizens of Macon tomorrow
night at the Academy of Music to discuss
the new registration bill submitted by the
executive committee of the reform asso-
citation. The discussion will, no doubt, be
interesting to the large attendance that is
expected to be present. There are certain
influences at work in Macon TO defeat the
hill when it comes before the legislature.
The present bill affects only the city. The
reformers will draft another bill for the
county The reformers have invited the
di cussion in order that the bill may be per-
fected from any new ideas that may be ad
vanced at the mass meeting. The bill will
then be submitted to the entire reform
association for adoption.
Brunswick Advertiser: The accident at
the East Tennessee docks Monday afternoon
was measured in the first reports, by what
might have been," and not what really did
happen. Seventeen men killed and
wounded, y proved TO be only two men in
jured-Mr. Ellington, a foreman, struck in
the head with the end Of pike pole, and