The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-08
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GRoRGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
q Negro Assassinated Near Warren
ton-Sale of the Real state of Gov
Stephens at Crawfordville-As Steam
Mill Burned at Enville- Successful
Beaver Trapping.
GEORGIA
The question of new court house is now
being agitated at CarrJllton.
Hon c. c. Humber of Lumpkin is con
Valescent after a dangerous illness.
James NJ. Mobley, candidate for pres!den
tial elector, will address the people Of Har-
lis county at Hamilton tomorrow noon.
The Mary Willis library trustees of Wash
engton have TIL $40, coo endowment fund OH
band to be loaned out on first class security.
A farmer living near Shellman, who saw
his family arrayed in new hats, exclaimed;
"There goes my wife and daughters with a
bale of cotton on their heads.
Sam Clyatt of Clyattvile, in this county,
was cleaning his pistol on Wednesday
morning last when the weapon accidentally
went off and shot him in the hand
At Hartwell an absent minded country
man hitched his horse to r. T. Buffington's
buggy last Tuesday afternoon, and drove
serenely home, leaving his wagon laden
with supplies in town.
There were ,S27 votes polled in Lowndes
county. As near as 1t can be arrived at,
from an analysis of the vote and from a
survey of the precincts, about $50 were
colored voters and about III were white
voters.
Marshal DeGraffenried of Camilla, ar
rested negro on las Tuesday night whom
he supposed committed dastardly crime
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ing. After q close examination IL was
found that the negro did not answer
to the description and was therefore re-
leased.
Booker Hembree of Carrollton succeeded
inIcatching, Monday, four large, fat beavers
in the Tallapoosa river. The meat of the
beaver is very fine, and after they were
dressed the meat sold very readily at 10
cents pound, the four netting SO 40, still
leaving him the hides, which find ready sale
at good figures
On Monday evening last the Park gin
merry and grist MILL at Camilla, came very
near being destroyed by fire, and had it
not been for the good work done by the
hands employed at the mill and mum er
of our citizens, it would have been totally
destroyed. It was damaged 300. There
is no insurance on the property.
Rev. L. w. Stephens of Hartwell tells us
OF romantic marriage that occurred in
Elbert county many years ago. A couple
eloped to get married aud they, together
with the justice of the peace. were going
full tilt on horseback, with the irate father
of the girl in hot pursuit The justice mar
Tied them as they galloped along.
The A. Fl. Stephens property at Crawford
vile was sold last Tuesday at public sale.
The six acres lying near the cemetery were
bought by the Crawfordvlle town council
at S35. The "home place." 400 acres, was
sold to T.. E. Bristow for sos. The Num-
place, containing S25 acres, was sold to T.
+. Bristow for $625. The Kent place 100
acres, to j. w. Farmer for $3.50. The wild
lands belonging to the estate were not sold
A fussy little engine resembling boss
coffee pot has been placed upon the Hart
well railroad that scatters sparks fearfully.
Two bales of cotton on Depot street were
set on fire by it Monday, but fortunately
were discovered in time TO extinguish. The
engine house was set on fire by sparks from
the engine on Tuesday afternoon, hut by
prompt work of the railroad men and others
the fire was extinguished before any serious
damage was DONE The wind was blowing
briskly from the southwest, and had the fire
not been nipped in the bud the warehouses,
depot and large portion of the business
part of the town would have been licked I'D
by the fire fiend. On Wednesday the spite
full little engine was replaced by a larger
and safer one
Barlow Williams, a negro farm hand on
B. Il. Bakers place. near Warrenton, was
shot and killed last Monday night by I'M
known parties. Very little is known about
the deed, and there seems to be no clue
whatever to the assassin Williams was
sitting by the fire in the house Of negro
woman on w. F. Shurley's place, when a
pistol was fired through a crack in the
house, striking him in the hip, and he died
in twelve hours afterward. The coroners
jury gave as their verdict that he came to
his death from pistol shot fired by an I'M
known party, and their investigation threw
no light on the subject. Williams is the
same negro that killed his brother in a fight
last year, but was not regarded a very dos
perate character; in fact, Mr.. Baker says
he was as good a hand as he had on his
place. Without. further developments, the
murder viii probably be passed over for
lack of evidence.