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

Birmingham's Alleged Murderer Well
Known at Columous-A Negro Shot
Down at Nance's Orossing-A Jones
County Physician Killed by a Dose
of Morphine Administered by Mis-
take by Friend
GEORGIA.
John G. Brown of Hayneville lost 81, 0OO
cypress shingles by fire last week.
Hon. W. B. Hill of Macon addressed the
public at the court house last Tuesday on
prohibition.
Jesse Shinholster and Salle Bradley, his
sister-in-law, are under arrest at Butler on
a charge of adultery.
At Spring place John Leonard's hand and
arm was SO mangled by gin that his arm
had to be amputsted.
Moore & Cain, grocers of Alapaha, have
dissolved partnership. NJ. c. Cain & Bro
will continue the business.
Albany has fifteen retail bars-a good
supply for town of 5,500-but It is seldom
an intoxicated man is seen on the streets
Sumter county people are betting heavily
on the coming county election. 1t is said
that 81, 600 was put up in one day recently.
A sneak thief entered Dr. " G. Hatcl's
residence at Tennille last week and riled
and other personal effects.
At Crawfordville, Monday, NJ. Murdsn,
ayoung man who lives at Robertson, at
tempted to get on train while it was in
motion, and was instantly killed.
A telegram from r. L. Salisbury at
Brooksville, Fla. states that Edward L.
Salisbury died at that place on Saturday
night. The deceased was formerly a well
known citizen Of Macon.
The ginhouse of John Q. ANDERSON of
Sandersville was destroyed by fire one night
last week; loss about $500. The fire origi-
mated from a hand who struck match to
peep into the lint room 60 ascertain how
much lint was in there.
Burglars entered the store of Mr. Hit of
Plum Branch, Lincoln county, recently, and
stole large quantity Of goods. 1t is sup
posed that while they were making off
something frightened them, for the goods
we're found the next morning some distance
from the store, covered with weeds.
A son of T. J. easily of Ebert county
was accidentally killed last Thursday. The
boy was riding mule to the field where he
was ploughing, when the mule became
frightened and threw the boy. In falling
one Of the boys feet was entanged in the
gear in some way and he was kicked to
death.
J. Q. Sandifer of Houston county met
sitting upon bis hog pen the rail upon which
he was sitting turned, throwing him to the
ground. In the fall his face struck a rail-
and his under lip was split entirely open.
His upper lip and nose were also badly
bruised.
At Macon Sunday night rats climbed be-
hi1d the cash-drawer of Postoffice Money
Clerk Brimberry. and carried off two IS bills.
Brimberry found the money in another
drawer several feet off where rats had car
ried 1t. One Of the bills was slightly torn.
The rat entrance has been closed up by
carpenters
Two of the show windows of J. B.
Wright's, at Brunswick, were smashed in
Saturday night, aud So worth of goods
stolen. One of the windows fronts on
Gloucester street, and the other on New
castle. and as an electric light Is there, the
audacity of the thief is astonishing. Mr..
Wright's loss amounts to about $50.
The sheriff of Douglas county carried
B. G. Ray to Atlanta Monday to
answer to the charge of cheating
and swindling. Ray is the man
who took two Of the prizes for the largest
yield of cotton from the use of gossypiu n
guano last year. The facts on investiga-
ton were different from what Ray repre-
sented them to be, hence his trouble at
present.
A pole car race on the Buena Vista rail-
road last week came very near knocking the
life out of two of the track hands. Two
cars had gone out from the depot loaded
With iron, the crews of which engaged in a
race. Soon. the last car attained such a
speed that the crew lost control of it, and it
ran into the first car, knocking two of the
men off, the wheels of the last car passing
over the leg and foot of one Of the men and
taking the scalp off of the other
The other..day a convict, sentenced from
Wilkes, escaped from Henry j. Hills
farm in that county. Dogs were set on his
track, but he had several hours start of
them. The hounds took to his trail quite
readily and ran him into the lower part of
Oglethorpe county, where the negro took
TO tree. When his pursuers came up he
was begging some negrCs working near to
get the dogs off, but on learning that he
was an escaped convict they refused to do
so. The fellow was carried back to the
camp and double shackles put on him. He
was bound at the time of his escape but had
succeeded in breaking the chain that con-
fined his steps with rock.
/. d. Weaver of Camden, N. j., after
taking in the Augusta exposition, went to
Sandersville last week and called on the
clerk Of the superior court for information
about large bodies of wild land, some 90
900 acres, which he had recently purchased
in Washington county. Having become
large land owner in Middle Georgia, he
naturally felt inclined to inspect his tim
bered estate with a view to DEVELOPMENT
He found that he had been made the victim
of huge fraud by wild cat land agent.
Clerk Mayo says he has received
hundreds of letters of inquiry from parties
in the north, east and west who have in
vested in mythical tracts Of wild land in
that section.
A terrible shooting ARRAY occurred at
Nance's crossing late Saturday night. Two
negroes. named Ed Smell and Bill Burt,
were attending ball in the neighborhood.
AT the time of the occurrence they were on
the road, about 200 yards from the ball
room. Burt owed Smell cents. The latter
asked for the debt, but the former refused
TO give it. Some hot words passed between
the two men, which resulted in Burt cursing
Smell. The latter returned the compliment
in exactly the same words as his opponent
used. Burt thereupon grew furious, pulled
OUT his pistol and leveled Smell to the
ground. The wretch Immediately dashed
of. and up to Sunday afternoon had not
been captured.
R. h. Halves, the supposed murderer OF
his wife and children in Birmingham, was
born just across the river from Columbus,
in Russell county, near Girard. His father,
Dick Hawes, was a gambler and well known
in Columbus. His mother was Puss Maui,