The morning news., 1888-11-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Rlne-1WO Failures dI
eide in Walton County.
GEORGIA
James G. Daily, a well-kuown furniture
dealer Of Rone, died Monday.
John Gilmore, the little negro boy who
was wounded at Macon while toying with
pistol, died Tuesday.
W. E. Smith, architect. in attempting to
board moving train at Cordele Saturday,
missed his footing and sustained severe
injuries.
In East Macon on Monday a goose few
against the telephone wire and snapped it
in twain, aud yet the goose was not injured
in the least.
Capt. Miller has ordered out the Liberty
Independent Troop t. meet at their parade
ground, Goshen, on Nov. 80, to have their
measures taken for new uniforms.
Burl Brown, the negro man charged with
murderering Minerva Brown, his wife, at
Macon few nights ago, was brought be-
fore the grand jury Tuesday. No bill was
found in the case.
The Macon library fund continues to
grow. The total is now S2.70O The people
of Macon appreciate the library, and the
effort to build suitable home for the insti-
tuition will probably succeed.
Tie failure of julius Brown, who has
been keeping clothing store in the old
postoffice corner at Rome, was made public
Monday. He was closed up by Libbeman
& Schulman Of New York, to whom he
owed a considerable sum.
The firm Of Eve & Cox of Rome failed
Monday. The failure was caused by the
foreclosing of two mortgages against them.
One Of the mortgages was for 81 400, held
by Mrs. ]. NJ Lovelace, and the other for
$1,000, held by Miss Emma Lovelace Mr..
Eve, of the firm, said that if little more
time had been given them, they would have
settled everything.
At last the Albany Electric Light Com
pany has settled upon a suitable location for
its plant. They have purchased, at a cost
OF 81 900, a lot on the corner OF North and
Monroe streets. The same lot sold but a few
months ago at public sale for $780, The
management is doing everything possible to
have the lights in readiness for the Christ
mas festivities The city will be furnished
with 300 lights of twenty candle power.
The police are on the lookout for a negro
boy named John Skeiton, who deliberately
changed the switch at Macon Tuesday, near
the old rock mill, throwing the switching
engine No % and tender 81 of the Central
road off the track. The switch was un-
locked at the time, the switchman having
gone short distance down the road. Ike
Reid, who was on the engine, saw the negro
when he stopped down and changed the
switch The tender was damaged some,
but the engine was uninjured. No one was
burt. Several crossties were badly broken.
The track was not damaged.
Some time ago Napoleon White (colored)
fed from Leon county, Florida, under the
charge of having murdered his wife Sheriff
PeaTce was at Townsville a day or two
ago, and gave Sheriff Hurst a description
of the negro. Tuesday the sheriff was in
formed by colored man, who was on the
outlook, that negro filling the description
had Just walked out Remington avenue.
The sheriff, together with Marshal Spair,
put out, and soon came up with him. He
was chopping wood near the old fair
ground. He was carried to the Piney Woods
hotel, where a colored man identified him
as White. The prisoner denies being the
man. He is in jail awaiting the authorities
of Leon county. A reward of 500 had
been offered.
William Withers was murdered by his
brother John, a day or two ago. The two
had attended a sale of real estate at Logans-
vile, small town in the extreme north
western portion of Walton. Both were
poor, unlettered and addicted to excessive
drinking. William was the younger and
weaker of the two, and was to have been
married to daughter of a MIR. Woods, a
farmer of Walton county, in a short time
He did some drinking, but did not become
intoxicated, while his brother, John, who
is a married man, drank too freely.
After the sale they started home together
and on the way John became quarrelsome
and abusive, and the two had some words
about a 'possum dog. William was COM
paratively sober, and to avoid coming to
blows left his brother, and made his way to
the home of Mr.. Woods, the father of his
intended. He had been there only a short
time when john Withers was heard outside
demanding admittance, and uttering loud
threats against his brother. Receiving no
response, he then began to curse and other
wise abuse old man Woods, whose patience
finally gave way and he went outside. He
told John that if he would behave himself
decently he could come into the house,
otherwise he must go away. At
this John became infuriated and
drawing long, keen knife he made dash
for the old man. The old man ran toward
the house. but William Withers, seeing
that Woods would be overtaken, ran be-
tween him and his brother, who, fairly lift
ing William from his feet, plunged the
knife into his back, severing the backbone
The wounded man dropped to the ground
and, after two days, died, having been
totally paralyzed from the moment the
knife did its work. The murderer fled at
once, but was arrested in Gwinnet county
and thence was brought to Monroe and
placed in jail.
from w. f. Freeman of Cedartown, for
the purpose of going into the country to
buy oxen TO haul timber to his saw mill,
which he alleged he owned in that vicinity.
He had Mr.. Freeman to furnish driver
also, negro boy about Is years Of age He
says the mill man had no baggage or money
and that he made him drive him south
through Polk, HARRISON, Carroll and Coweta
counties, beating their way with the oxen
racket, promising to pay his bills on his
return. He even beat his ferry bill across
the Chattahoochee, telling the old man
who put him across that he would have
several head Of oxen to go over with on his
return. When near the river, in the edge
OF Coweta, he broke down the buggy aud
had to leave it there for repairs. He said
that when he returned he would pay for his
nights lodging and repairing the vehi-
Gle, which was about 49, He also
borrowed two saddles from the farmer for
him and the boy to ride on, claiming that
he was in hurry TO get on They did not
pass through Newman, but went around the
town, and stayed all night with q negro on
Ed Wilkinson's farm, five miles east of
town, he and the negro boy sleeping in the
same bed. The boy says he never saw him
have any money, and that he seemed in a
big hurry to get south. Monday morning
he told the boy to saddle up the horses
while he went TO the well in the rear Of the
house, and that is the last he saw Of him.
Monday afternoon the boy went to Newman
and related his story TO Mr.. " ilson, livery