The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Fish That is Ealf Snake-A siler
Lover of Ogleshorpe County -
Horned snake hat Kills Everythin
1t Touches-tn Unmarried Youn
Woman in D Disgrace Near Buchana
Two Children who Can Boast @
Disting uished Relatives.
GEORGIA.
Trenton is now mo ey order Office.
A wooden fac DRY is to be built at Tren
ton, Dade county.
waycross wants bank, and Will proba
blv have one soo1.
The rev Methodist church at Waynes
boro will be dedicated May 26
To-day the great council improved Ordel
Of Red Men c0nveneS at Brunswick.
James Cair has bsen he'd for trial Charged
with killing Calvin Alexander (colored) near
Wayn orc.
The Atlanta Rifles and Gate City Guard
are each drill ing hard in preparation for
the prize drill at Macon.
A handsome three-story building, with
iron front, will soon replace the store owned
by Mrs. b iop, and now occupied by
Michael Bros. at Athens.
Near Cusssta, Friday, while the construc-
ton train on the Savannah AMI Yves ern
railway was going into the camps squad
Of ten convic;s jumped from the car. Troy
were chained together and were thrown
in heap upon one another and were bsIly
mashed. Several of them hal limbs broken,
and one is repo ted dead. None of them
made their escape.
At Jesup last week Operator Jim
Latimer, of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, iadulgei in a fisticuff with an
East Tennessee. Virginia AMI Georg a line.
man named Pnilh S. During the melee
Phillips &, Larimer's igbt hand batwee 1
his teeth and succeeded in bitt NJ out a
chunk of flesh at least an incn square, Great
ing vesy painful wound
A few weeks ago a young man by the
name Of Marti near Anon in Oglethorpe
county, took his girl out o ride with him.
He went about three miles and return d
without speaking q word to her, but when
she e t up-stairs to take of her b he hid
himself behind the door. and as the girl
came down the ess he ran out and SAWS,
''BOoi" her, and thea exclaimed, well,
I'll declare; / didn't know was so devil
ish.n
Last night a committee of members of
the Piedmont exposi' ion directors Ia { At
lanta for II -xico. Tney 60 t. invite Pfesi-
dent Diaz to ate d the expJs ton next
autumn. The committee consists Of judge
d. 1LOfHpAlAe. JNSSDQ
Thomps n, who will provide refres ments
c. a. Collier, Gov. r, B. Bullock and o -
Flu ler. The Marty ie IN the private car
of esidelt E ?. Alexander Of the Central
railroad.
While fishing in Dade county last weak
man auyht what is scribei as half &
and half snake. It's head and alb ut oue-aalf
of it is like an ordinary fish, while the other
half is rmed ami as all the novern snts
Of a axe. After il was taken II Of the
hook Il wouli coil up like q snake and s. ck
its tongue out and strike ct any OBJECT
thrown st It He viii have il preserved IN
slcoayl and vii or badly try to sell it 10
some enc -pr!si1 & Snowman.
Near D ~ asyille, = fsw DAYS ago, a man
wa srres.el Oh a warrant for whipping
his wife. When the case was called for
thai he fled plea tha- since their mar
rage, ten ears previous, he had o1ly
whipped her o-ce, and then with his Left
hand The justice Of the peace
tr ing the case, sustSi ed the
plea and dis uisSei tee war SIT, holdi g
tsss q Dusoand has the light - whip bis
vile once IN ten years. II he ioes il wltA 81,
left hand. This scisioa settles very impor.
tant marital rights
Ose DAY last week G. ". ". Tat0n Of
Trenton pa eZro 70 drive a CIV a d
calf from that uiacs n Z sing Fawu. TIE
calf -uruei and started bacS and 4 d not
van. - g, aud instead otrluni and v
irg % ED il g the negro 2 c<ei W a
70 hu led it at the calf with ali its
riEh', Al 1cking is skull ont not k Iii z
4. be negro TAI cen IL trolSle before
and NJ. Iatun as On his bond, and after
learn nc what lie mad done notified the
sheriff 20 arrest him, SIS Re NO Ia 10 longer
reBai on III bond. The negro was jailed
last Tuesday night
Il wa rum1red an7ag the negroes at
East P5in, Friday night thst lead negrb
baby was c woods JUST low Dr.. Tay-
los residences. Dr.. Taylor and few other
citiZsn, res ing 4 II Sa-u dry moraIng
went n investigate tie mAtte-. Fron-taa
sigma tou d L " evldel that baby had
teen there. A negro woman sta.ed that
scotce negro woman told her tina. tlers
was dead "nigge oaoy in tue above
ne ito ed place a7d t0at the dogs were
eating II Up Bailif VIVIAN thi ks re has
bis on the guilty party AID a warrant
has been sworn out. TIE party will be ar
rested
3 William Greer, a you 9 man who has
been Hvl recently vi Joe ScoZgir, 4
prominent 2 a ts- of Baldwin county. IS a
very u1grsts.u BOY. de Is dista ltlY re-
lated 70 Mr.. >c0ZgI-. . u a few mont 8
ago M ScoZEin took hin under his pro-
becIlO1. gym MIN every comfort d adj
vantage taar b could have given his own
chiId- A da or ,~o a o NJ. Sc1ggin left
hsuas TOR o vi, All William was left In
eha-E4 Of tee prem ses, i.c.udinz me- hing
ovsr s. Q n m01sy. Waen fr Scozgi !
rstGrnsl nome IA le evening William vas
zoue, arG acer Iuvssgi-ati0n revealed tie
tAc1 :. a. ca Ea1 carried t4s n 5nsy witt
hI1-
Q. A. P Bih,e, oue of tie county school
eou1n Is ious-s = : -r-tatul c.,izan the
lower pat ct d e county, told. W lie in
Trsucon last Monday, aSa axe hs killed
l. Us yard l. was What 4 knosu a. the
Ecr1 50 cies s1d vzrT poisonous reptile.
Instead # o.slaZ y s,r. sss with "a. !.
wzie1 has Lo-n on t. he said ia,
Ee ooce saw one strike d.g a0d
T. Fifteen minutes the dog was 4 al
from toe effects Of tie DC. son in the tor ,.
TIE snake that Mr. Bible killed also nd
fang. IL was five feet long and the horn
was hree inches, showing that il was A
veiy old 10. II Is said that this SPECIE. OF
snakes are so poisonous as to evea kin a
tree II they should happen % strike 1t with
their horn. They are very uncommon.
A case thai has excit,d muc1 interest I
Macol. al growing ut OF the late John
L. Adams cotton forgery case, was
the sui. and cross suit Of w. II. Virgin
the = esIdent of the Capital bank
and Il. 5. Jewett the ex-presiient Of that
Institution. Virgin bought $4,000 worth
OF the stock Of the bank from Jewe.t. and
pad about $1,000, aud after the discIv ry
OF Adams forged paper ued by the hank.
Nlrgld refused 70 pay balance Of tbs