The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE two STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Gaines, in Which Man Said to be
Prominent at Valdosta Figured-A
Sailor Drowned in the Satila River
A Relic the War Cut Out of Tree.
GEORGIA.
A Presbyterian church is TO be built at
Cedartown
mule died at HogGnsville day or two
ago that was Sc years old.
George McCathren, a sailor on the sloop
Charlotte. which plies between Brunswick
and the Satilla river fell overheard Tues
day while up the river and vas drowned.
The Heueberry house o the west side of
the square a Washington, was sold at public
sale Tuesday. and brought $500. 1t was
bought by A. Franklin. The house rents
for S12 80 per moth.
Tuesday, Luther Tate, q negro living in
Elberton, attempted to commit suicide by
jumping intoa well about % feet deep. H
was drawn out before life became extinct,
and it is thought that be may recover.
Edward, the 16-year-old son OF Willis
Smith of Ebert county. accidentally shot
himself in the band on THURSDAY last. He
was putting a cover over his gun when it
caught the hammer and caused it to 20 off
his left hand being over the muzzIe at tue
time.
urer at Atlanta, Wednesday, for g, $50 pad
out to 29S disabled confederate soldiers be-
tween Feb. and June Is, 1883 There hal
been paid previously Sl1 300 to 667 manned
soldiers, making the total amount paid by
the state 10 confederate soldiers since Nov.
l last, $24, sos.
In saving a round piece of timber at W.
E. Cravings carriage factory at Marietta
the other day, tue saw struck grape shot
i'm edded near the center of the timber
The piece Of wood was brought from Noon
day, III Cobb county, and the grape shot
was doubtless fired from a gun of one Of
the two armies during the late war.
The following commissions were issued at
Atlanta, Wednesday: f. b. billiard, captain
G. r. Sutlive first lieutenant, and E. L.
Peterson, second lieutenant, of the Fort
Gaines guards Thomas Srreven, captain;
T. ID. Rockwell, first lieutenant, of company
i, Savannah volunteer guards battalion.
William Rice, captain; c. NJ. Gibson, first
lieutenant and r. ". Boodworth, second
lieutenant, of the DuBignon volunteers
The store of Jordan Bros. & Co, at Mon
ticello, was entered, Tuesday night, by priz-
ing open the front door. TIE safe was
blown open and the contents rifled. About
1928 were taken. This, together with the
damage to the safe, makes the loss about
$500. While the fiue clothing and some
other goods were disturbed, il is not known
that any wore stolen. An old chisel was
found near the safe, but it does not furnish
clew. Two strangers were seen in town
Tuesday afternoon, whom no one has since
seen.
There is movement on foot among the
retail dealers Of Macon, embracing every
class of trade, to unite in an application to
the several railroads leading out of the city
10 put on shoo-fly trains. They want these
trains TO reach Macon in the cool of the
morning, and to leave in the cool of the
evenings, and thus enable the people all
along the lines within radius of forty or
fifty miles, to run into Macon and spend
the day to shop The advantage of such
trains over the regular schedule, is that
they Will stop at the crossroads and pick up
the people, and that the fare will be cents
instead of 3
At jefferson Wednesday the joint dis.
cussion between Judge George n Lester
and Hon. A. d. Gambler drew quite a crowd
TO town. Judge Lester opened in a speech
Of about two hours duration in which time
he gave his views on the tariff and revenue
laws. He favors a reduction of the former
and the repeal Of the latter. Col Gambler
answered In speech of one hour in which
he stated that the views of Jud g Lester
were the same rs in the platform that he had
been elected on for three terms and that he
expects to go back on the fourth term
the people and several express themselves
as his supporters, but it is almost certain
that the county will go for Gambler.
Sylvania 1elephOne: Two or three
weeks ago r. 7. Mills brought to our
Office cows tail which had been cut off by
worm. II was the second which had been
SO cut in his herd, and he is at a loss to
know what sort of a worm does the mischief.
He says it commenced by ring appearing
around ahOnt, "A ..
body. After awhile the tail seems TO be-
come dead below this ring, and in a few
weeks 1t breaks Off The one we saw had
the appearance of being cut around TO the
bone, and then down the bone under the
skin for an inch, and looked just as we
have seen limbs of trees look which had
been cut off by worm. Mr. Mills did not
see the worm, but put kerosene oil on one
OF the cows tails when the sign of the
worm appeared, to try to intercept its work,
but it did no good.
1t is now pretty well settled that Wilson
Palmer, alias William Powell, the Thomas
county safe blower, who is now serving
twenty years in Senator Browns coal mines,
is not one Of the parties wanted for tina
murder Of Detective Hulligan near Raven
ma, OHIO, Feb. 4, 1887. 1t has been the
belief of the authorities of Cleveland, that
Palmer, alias Powell, was one Of the guilty
parties, and several days ago Gov. Foraker
made requisition for him, which was
refused. Z. w. Maxon, prosecuting
attorney of Postage county Of Ravenua;
Capt. Henry Hohen, chief of police of
Cleveland; J. j. Loher, a detective; Carl
Weis, minister, all of whom were on the
train the morning the murder occurred
were in Atlanta Wednesday They visited
Cole City Tuesday, with three others, and
saw Palmer. Prosecuting Attorney Maxon
called to see Gov. Gordon Wednesday after
noon and stated that he was pretty well
satisfied that Palmer was not the man.
In Brooks county Tuesday, six miles from
Quitman, George West, a young white man.
struck and shot Westly johnson, a negro
man, and killed him. West claims that be
acted in self-defense, but the evidence at the
coroners inquest made a case of murder,
and such was the verdict of the Jury. II
seems that Westly johnson was eating his
breakfast at Mrs. Newsome's, when West
came up and told him that he owed him for
some clothes and that he must leave MS.
Newsomes and come and work It out with
him. To this johnson replied that he would
make the money and pay the debt. There
upon West commenced TO curse him, and
words having passed, West struck him with
an iron rod and crushed HE skull and almost
simultaneously commenced TO fire upon him
with pistol. Either wound would proba-
blv have produced death. johnson died
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