The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-29

"A Negress Whipped by White Men
at Observation-Disclosures Rise or Fall
Dependent on the Meeting of Land
Company.
GEORGIA
The confederate reunion of Brooks county
occurs next Thursday.
There are only one or two vacant houses
In Sumner at present.
{ The fund for the uniforms OF the Irwin
Guards OF Washington now amounts to
1870
The county and state tax in HARRISON for
this year is IS cents on the 500. County
tax IS cents.
At Brunswick, Friday, bale Of cotton
fell and broke one Of the legs Of Alexander
Chism (colored).
The uniform of the Troup Hussars will
be gray suits with blue caps. The outfit
will cost S13.
The LsGrange Plow Works are on a rush
Two thousand five hundred plows are now
awaiting shipment.
Covington Enterprise: The SAVANNAH
NEWS is one of the best papers i'll the union,
aud should be in every household.
Over 800 sacks Of rice were brought into
Brunswick Friday from the rice fields along
the Satilla river, by the Cracker Boy.
Ned Vickers was arrested Thursday night
on suspicion that he was implicated in the
murder Of Smith Henry Of East Dougherty.
A handsomely dressed white woman left
"a baby and bundle of clothes with colored
woman at Brunswick Friday, and has not
been seen since.
Work on the new Baptist church to be
built at Brunswick will begin tomorrow
1norning. r. J. Bowe of Savannah will
lsurerintend the work.
cambridge Democrat: The SAVANNAH
INFORMING News is among the foremost
papers of the south, and the WEEKLY
lis at the head of the list.
At Cedartown j. S. Wood has this season
E1nade 40 gallons of fine sorghum from one
blalf acre of orange cane, and w. f. Prewett
hnade 100 gallons from one-third acre of the
same.
Cedartown Standard: There will be
Handsome little fortunes made in iron ore
Pin Polk county this fall and the man who
first gets bis hold on the immense deposits
IN this county will be the lucky individual
: w. L. Ladder was shooting a mule at
Rochelle Wednesday, when the animal
paved him on the head. He was knocked
Epeechless for about five minutes, after
(which he rallied and was carried to his
room.
A representative of Baltimore capitalists
twas in Valdosta, Tuesday, seeking to pur-
chase the bonds which the town will soon
issue for the purpose of establishing water
works and erecting public buildings The
bonds will bear per cent. interest.
There are eighty-one brandy distilIeries
In Deputy Collector Harris division, dis
tributed as follows; Meriwether 80, Fayette
IS. Carroll IL, Heard 9, Troup s, Coweta s.
1t is estimated that the aggregate output Of
Niafi will 70 70
short Of %, 600 gallons
Gus Spreading and Anderson Lloyd, two
negro leaders among the colorsd people of
Folk couaty, left Monday for Oklahoma,
where they go to prospect for homes for the
Polk County Colored Emigration Society,
and they are on the lookout for room for
their colored brethren of Polk
For the first time since its reorganization
IN january last, nesting of the directors
OF the Tallapoosa Land Company has been
called and will be held in New York on
Tuesday next. The Tallapoosa Journal
speaks Of the fate Of the town as dependent
on the outcome of the meeting
Madison is aroused over the editorial that
appeared recently in the Modisoniun, $50
ciety and Its Vices.n 1t was from the pen
OF y. nj. Blackburn, and dealt unfiinch-
ingly with the social indiscretions of the
age. The people Of Madison have Endorsed
1t, and the MadtSonian shows that there is
strong moral and social sentiment ia that
community.
The wife Of Dennis McLane, who is in
jan at Mount Vernon, charged with the
murder of John KerseY at Lothian. a month
or two ago, was IN Mount Vernon last Sat
urday, exhibiting her wounds. She was
badly whipped on Wednesday night, she
says, by crowd Of white men, to make her
tell who killed Kersey. She says she didn't
tell, because she didn't know.
- A new foundry and machine shop for
Cedartown is the latest enterprise Last
Monday the contract was let for the build
ing. and the necessary prelimiuaries HAYS
been arranged SO that the work on the
foundry Will commence tomorrow morn
ing. The parties interested in the foundry
are Capt. I. M. Pace, r. G.. Herbert. Jere
Phillips and the Cedartown Lumber Com
pany.
Edna Thomas an old negroes who
lives with her SON on Mansfield street
Brunswick, is subject to fits, and Thursday
she had one of the spells about the time that
she was getting her sons dinner, and fell into
the fireplace Her dress quickly ignited,
and she would have been burned to death
had it not been for her aughter-in-law. who
threw blanket over her and extinguished
The flames. She was burned badly about
the feet and legs.
Washington Chronicle: Mr.. Nash, who
carries the mail from Washington to Elber-
ton, relates most amusing incident which
occurred last Friday evening. He was
jogging along in his little spring wagon
with an old negro sitting on the seat bv his
side. His mail and many other articles
were piled up behind In the midst of
his quiet meditations he was certain he
smelled something burning, and on looking
around, what was his astonishment
10 see his wagon in actual flames. There
was most sudden pull up, and to work he
and the negro went There was no water
within mile. While the negro took ont
the horse, be dived In and scattered things
right and left, getting his hands badly
burned in the operation. The mail sacks
were not destroyed, but shoes and hats
were. Two chickens were well cooked on
one side. and two squirrels, which Abe
Pharr was sending his wife, were well pre-
pared for the table.
FLORIDA.
Early orange shipments will soon com
mence from Volusia county