The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.


houn-wirism son Duel and the En-
counter Occurred in Alabama - a
New Religious Crank at Brunswick
An Old Gentleman of st. simon's
Anxious for a Boat Race.
GEORGIA.
A movement is on foot in Columbus to
build a shoe factory.
There lave been fifty marriages at
Brunswick so far this year.
A nesting of confederate veterans will
be held at Atlanta to-day to organize
state association.
Prof. JcLes would not accept the position
of principal Of the Sylvania Academy, aud
the company hsvo advertised for teacher.
There is talk among the business men OF
Brunswick Of making tie board If trade
moro efficient. Some want a permanent
secretary, who viii make his office IN the
boards room.
The members Of the Baptist congregation
of Brunswick have the money in hand with
which 20 begin the erection of their new
house OF worship. AS soon as brick can be
obtained, the building will 60 an
Last Thursday morning, while J. w. AL
1nand, Sr, Of Rockdale county was brush
ing away some shavings from his planer,
his left hand was caght and horribly man
gled. Physicians were called and his hand
7amputated at the first joint of the wrist.
At Kingston case has just developed,
pronounced by the physicians to be hydro
phobia Normal Doyle. a negro boy l6
years old, was bitten by rabid dog June
10 He has been Taving, and cannot bear
the light, nor can he even look on anything
that is to eat
At Cedartown, Tuesday, Isaac Brooks
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killed, while his friend, j. W. Cothran, was
so severely shocked that it is thought he
cannot live. They were taking shelter
from the rain near Rays shingle mill, four
miles west Of town.
Three negro boys, about grown, were
brought into Sylvania Monday on the train
from Rocky Ford, and lodged in jail,
charged with breaking open freight car.
One Of them was shot through both legs
and his hand by train hand named Bragg,
who claims to have caught them stealing.
According to the tax digest of Receiver
Strange of Washington county, just com
pleted, the taxable property of the county
was returned at $40, 400 less than last year.
THIS can partly be accounted for by the
changing Of the line between that county
and johnson county, cutting off as part Of
the latter some of the southern portion of
Washington.
A great scarcity of colored labor exists at
present in Colum GUS. On account of the
numerous industries in the city, laborers are
hard to obtain. There is also Il great
scarcity Of house servants and cooks. Suit
able white labor is also hard to be obtained
and from 200 to 800 more hands could get
employment in the different city mills lust
now. Mechanics, bricklayers etc, are also
very scarce.
Rev. Mr. Mcdonnell of Thomasville has
been an active preacher and pastor for
thirty five years, and only once during that
time has he had summer vacation. In
the summer of 1871 he went to New York
and was absent from his charge a mouth
In his experience during these long years
he has frequently when other pastoral We're
absent, performed the pastor work of four
or five churches.
A dead man, neatly dressed, was found
beside the Georgia Pacific railway track at
the seventeen-mile tank, Tuesday night at
10 o'clock. Engineer Jim Halves made the
discovery. Those who have seen the body
assert most positively that the man had
been murdered, aud then placed upon the
track to create the impression that the train
had killed him. His name is I. Enterken,
and he lived at Austell.
Joe Trussell of Sandersville tells of some
of the pranks Of lightning near his place
3oot NCSh n Sudt y lldsAt QUICKLY lOlION cd
by very heavy thunder, distinctly shook his
residence to the foundation. An investiga-
ton failed TO discover where the bolt struck.
Next day, however, he learned that a pole
used for martin gourds at darkey's cabin
half a mile away was the point struck. Ten
chickens were killed by the bolt.
The election in regard to the issuing of
bonds to pay for the experimental farm
came off in Spalding county Tuesday, aud
the result was in favor of the issuing bv q
good majority in the whole county. there
being practically no opposition in tue dis
tricts heard from. In Griffin district the
vote stood 73S for the issue of DO DIS and II
against; in Africa, So for and against in
Union there was good round maiority in
favor of the issue
W. j. Hays of st. Simon's offers to run
any old gentleman, over 81 years of age, a
race for the championship He does not
want to wager anything, but wishes it
purely as test of fieetness and endurance.
The ground covered will be 600 yards in
length, and the one that reaches the rore
first to be champion until the honors are
wrested from him. Mr.. Hays is himself
62 years Of age and is one of the best pre-
served men in the county.
AT Atlanta, Sunday morning, when
Policeman Chandler was trying to arrest
Charlie Knight, the negro whom he after
ward shot and killed, he called on Sampson
Morris and Charlie Randall two negroes
standing by, to aid him. Both refused, aud
were afterward arrested and cases made
against them. Tuesday Recorder Anderson
fined them $l5 each. He told the negroes
that if they had responded to the call of the
officer it would not have been necessary to
kill knight.
The military advisory board made their
report 10 Adjt Gen. Kell Tuesday They
recommended that the Dalton Guards the
Irving Guards of Washington, the Barlow
Volunteer Guards, the Clark Rifles Of Ath-
ems, the Rockmart City Guards and an I'M
named company from WaycrosS and Able.
vile should be received into the volunteer
organizations of Georgia. a number of
other applications are on file. They will be
considered at the next meeting OF the board
which takes place in September.
A cutting scrape occurred in jackson
county last Saturday, in which Joe Skies
received two severe cuts in the back, which
may prove fatal. A man named Perry aud
Olo Daniel went to Mr.. Skies house and his
wife informed them that her husband was
In the field at work. Perry made an insult
ing remark to Mrs Skies, and soon after
Mr.. Skies came home and she informed
him OF the fact. Mr. Skies asked Perry
about it, and at first he denied saving any
thing 10 Mrs. Skies, and afterward ad-
mitted it. Mr.. Skies then knocked Perry
down and jumped on him. As he did SC
Daniel ran up and cut Skies twice in the
back, infiicting two dangerous wounds.
The steamer State of Texas. Capt.
Williams commanding, arrived at Bruins