The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Charge of Bigamy-A Young Mar
ried Womau's Exploits as a Snake
Charmer.
GEORGIA.
A military company Is among the prob
abilities at Thomasville.
Sales of property in CoVngton show an
increase of 100 per cent in less than year
AT Townsville, Monday, WIN de Bill,
alias Joe Dorr, who was convicted OF muir
der last week. was sentenced by Judge Han
sell 70 be hanged till dead on June II next,
between II o'clock a. N. aud ? o'clock p. m,
privately.
The high winds of Friday and Saturday
last did considerable damage in the country
to the north of Macon. On Mr.. Patterson's
place. six miles from Macon, a field of cot
ton, which was swept by the wind, APP
peared as if fire had passed over It,
J. E. Mercer of Leary owns a very fine
COW that has been yielding good deal of
milk. Recently her tactical fount began to
fail. The cause was discovered by the milk
maid one morning this week. On going to
the stall to milk the COW she found her living
down ard little pig industriously pulling
away at her teats.
DR.. T. H Dill of Florida was arrested at
Townsville, Monday, and committed to
iail on two charges-one for practclng
medicine without license and one for big
amy He had lately married a Thomas
county woman, and is reported to have two
other wives. He denies the charge, and
says the other women were simply his para
mours.
The barns, stables and contents on the
plantation of William Sumerford, near
Vienna, were burned Sunday night Three
or four hundred bushels of corn and large
IF fodder dos oVp1 EOnF
mules were extricated with difficulty, after
being burned so badly that three Of them
are expected to die. The fire was in
cendlary. There was no insurance.
A large covey of cartridges few into
Cuthbert Monday morning and became ter
ribly demorahzed. They got scattered aud
completely bewildered. Two of them flew
into the residence of the editor of the
Liberal, one of which was captured. The
other escaped through a window. They
seemed to be crazed by the surroundings
and would fly against houses, fences or any
thing that stood before them.
There are a number of farmers in the
neighborhood of Eli Vickers, upon the
Satilla river, who have an idea that their
crops Of corn and cotton won't do anything
unless they plant it in a certain time OF the
moon. This belief has long prevailed
among them, and some of them will wait
for weeks for the moon to change after the
land has been prepared to receive the seed
before they make an effort to plant
At Talbotton Sunday night an attempt
was made to assaSsinate Mike Maloney, a
young Irishman. Maloney was returning
from Geneva, and when near the camp
ground some miscreant fired upon him
from behind some pines. Three shots were
fired, one taking effect in MalOney's ankle,
making a dangerous wound. There is no
clew 70 the would-be assassin, and Maloney
has no idea as TO who did the shooting.
There is a young married lady in Fiber
ton who is a snake charmer. She is fearless
of these reptiles, and will capture with her
hands any snake that she finds in the woods,
and has tanned several of them for pets
Once she captured large snake that seized
her hand. This lady did not experience
any trouble from its fangs, and continued
her sport of capturing them. She seems to
have strange power over reptiles, and it
is seldom that they offer any resistance.
Adam McGee of Hawkinsville several
days ago had stolen from his house coat, in
a pocket Of which there were 5000 in green
backs Detective Shackleford of Macon
was put on the case and Sunday had put
into Jail Charles Dewhart negro, against
whom he had secured damaging evidence.
An accomplice, Joe Bass, was also arrested.
DhSS UdQ DeSu Sbtu III A1dCOn AhSl week, IL Is
said, spending money ia lavish manner.
The detective thinks that he has secured
sufficient evidence to convict.
1t has been known always by the set
tiers of Polk county that the Indians worked
q silver mine somewhere in that section. A
great many have searched for it in vain.
but it has at last been disc overed by a Mr..
Bowman on l. P. Davis place. The finder
discovered the original pit itself that was
worked by the Indians. The pit is about 60
feet square, the vein being from 8 to 10 feet
thick. 1t is thought by those who have
seen it, and who are posted as TO the nature
Of silver, to be one Of the finest deposits in
the United States.
Drs. Carswell and Folks of Waycross
performed neat surgical operation on
Thursday afternoon. Last Mondays negro
trainhsnd, in trying to board a moving
fiat car somewhere up the road, lost his
grip, and fell under the wheels. His left
foot was crushed across the instepin hor-
rible manner. He was taken to Waycross,
and DR.. Folks called to attend him. The
doctor tried at first to save the foot.
but finally found it necessary to amputate
1t. 1t was sawed Off right across the instep,
leaving the heel intact
Last Sunday night while the family of
Capt H. B. Ridley of Jones county were
Capt kidley's place and it was entirely
consumed, together with about 500 bushels
OF corn and lot of fodder, harness and
some other things. Capt Ridley had reason
10 suspect one Martin Clarke, negro who
had rather bad name, and Yesterday
Clarke was arrested and sent to the Clinton
jail. Clarke is the same negro whe at
tempted not great while ago to wreck the
train on the Covington and Macon road.
but managed TO escape by feigning insanity.
Dock Mattox of Goosepond district.
Oglethorpe county, in looking over some
old papers recently, found among them a
deed given TO Gov. Matthews to a large
tract of land in lower Oglethorpe county,
including Michael Mattox's place After
teasing this gentleman for some time he
was given the papers. Mr.. Mattox saws
that he has also the original deed TO a vaiu-
able tract Of land in Ebert county, on
Beaver Dam creek, that he thinks is now
owned by Hop Brewer These are the first
papers ever passed about this land, and are
curiositles. The deed is dated 1888. and
was given by Gov. Matthews ~ his son
George.
On Col g. w. Jordan's farm. in the
western part Of Pulaski county, Joe Low
cry lcolored) killed Joe Coalson Ccolored)
Sunday night. Lowery had suspected
Bum, another negro, Of intimacy with his
wife, and Sunday evening he and Bum had
Il fight, in which Bum was cut Lowery
was at home Sunday night, aud hearing
somebody proving around, supposed il was
Bum coming TO attack him. lie fred
through the window aud killed the one out
side, who proved TO DO Coalson. The dead
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