The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-12-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Proves the Kindness of Her Heart
The Travels of Misdirected News
paper.
The Crawford Guards of Knoxville have
disbanded.
There is a probability that Rome will
have electric lights.
The reorganization of the Manufacturers
Association of Atlanta is well under way.
Only 1858 registered voters in Americas
for the next year-243 whites and 125 col
ored.
Rev. James F. Edens has resigned the
pastorate of the Baptist church at Craw-
fordville.
About twenty bales of cotton belonging to
f. Schaefer of Toccoa were destroyed by
fire last Monday.
H. H. Wilcox of GreenvilIe, S. G., is in
LaGrange prospecting for location to es-
tablish marble and granite works.
James H. and Alfred Dawson of the
Seventeenth district of Sumter county have
just completed two handsome residences
for their own occupancy.
Miss Louise Harmon, state organizer of
the Womans Christian Temperance Union,
is in Sandetsville for the purpose of aiding
in the cause of prohibition.
Dublin is again without telegraph Office
u
tors was reduced to s15, and no one is able
TO work for so small a sum. the Office at
that place paid from $50 to 800 per month.
AT Griffin Tuesday morning Capt. Niles,
on opening his store, found a large brass
key broken off in the lock of t rear door.
Some rascal had been trying to unlock the
door and broke off his key and had to leave
1t In the door.
About noon, on Thursday last. negro
hoxy Dan7a1 POb Harris ,n+ at Dax
nolds tcolored) near the Pitts house, in Cow
ington. The shot missed john, and Bob
was arrested and committed to jail in de-
fault of $500 bond.
The fast train from Savannah inday
knocked a half grown COW off the track at
Townsville, breaking both hind legs. The
poor animal lay in mud and water in agony
unspeakable till Monday morning, when
Mayor Hopkins had it put out of misery.
On Saturday afternoon DR. F. " Ridley
of LaGrange received a message to meet
the south bound passenger train to render
professional services to a very sick little
girl on board. When the train stoppei it
was found that the little girl was very sick,
and past all medical aid, then being in
dying condition.
Friday last was an unusually I'M
lucky day for the W. and T.
railroad. 1t sustained three runoffs
from sunup to shutdown on that day, in
none of which, however, save one, was much
damage done. In this ca e passenger train
No. q northwa bound, was derailed in OF
near Peacock's cut at the six mile post
Last Sunday Mr. Sturdevant Of O'Neirs
district, Troup county, brought his little
child to LaGrange for surgical aid, she
having in some way stuck a needle into her
knee. The needle went in and under the
knee cap, making a painful and da gerous
= wound. The operation of removing the
needle was a delicate one, but was success
fully performed.
Dan Green had his large barn and con-
tents, on his Lee county plantation, de-
stroyed by fire few nights ago. The barn
was packed with corn, hay, peas and fodder,
and burned like finder. Great difficulty
was had in getting out the horses, mules and
other stock and saving them from de-
struction. The loss was about 81, 600. MIR.
Green thinks he has clue to who fired the
property.
The coroner's jury summoned to investi-
gate the cause of Daniel Printup's death,
who was found dead beside the railroad
track at Calhoun Friday morning last,
found that Printup came to his death by
some sharp-edged instrument in the hands
of some person or persons unknown to
them. There were strong suspicious rest
ing upon several parties, but they did not
justify their detention any longer.
AI GOIrJJus Ou W euutSldF morning IaST.
Laurie Mason and Willie Sneed were to-
getber in the drug store of DR.. B. d. smith,
whittier Willie had z ne to get Laurie to
change some money. While together
Laurie was handling pistol, which he did
not know was loaded" but which was,
however, discharged accidentally, the bali
cutting gap an inch and a half long in
Willie's hat and grazing the skin of the
head.
Some months ago friend sent Mrs Clara
Homister, q newspaper from London, adj
dressing IL to Philadelphia, not knowing
Mrs. Homister's address. There being no
Mrs. Clara Homister in Philadelphia, the
paper was sent to the New York posuoffice
And there, strange to say, in that busy
building, handling millions of pieces of mail
matter, letters and papers, the paper was
mailed to Townsville, and duly received
by the lady.
A young man went into the store of
"Cheap John and Honest Charlie" at
Americas Saturday night, for the purpose
of buying vest When be went to don
his old garments be discovered that his
watch was missing, and thought that
it had been taken while he was in tine store
in the hands Of Deputy Sheriff Cobb, but
was subsequently withdrawn before
search of the premises was made.
The late Capt J. n. Bass of Americas,
formerly of Macon, who died a short while
ago, while holding the Office of superintend-
emit of the Americas, Preston and Lumpkin
railroad, had his life insured in Auchor
Council, at Macon, of the Royal Arcanum,
in the sum of $1,000. Treasurer J. T.
Rogers now holds a check in that amount
ready for delivery to Mrs. j. n. Bass Mr.
Bass was also insured IN the knights of
Honor, $1,000; National Union, $1,000, and
Legion of Honor 1000.
Last Saturday news reached Knoxville
that the shanty at Connor's sawmill, IN
which the hands live, had been plundered
by some bold robber, aud fred afterward to
conceal the robbery. The house was saved
by the hands. who discovered the flames be-
fore they made much progress. II was found
that new suit Of good clothes belonging to
one Of the hands had been stolen, together
with some other things Of less value. Strange
TO say, the same thing occurred again on
Tuesday. This time it appeared to the men
as If quantity Of kerosene oil was used.
The exhibitors ball at the Augusta ex-
position Tuesday night was like every other
feature connected with the exposition--a
grand and perfect succ ss, except, perhaps,
in point Of numbers. The ball was attended
by the very best people of Augusta, and
quite number Of people from nelghboring
cities were present. Very many Of the