The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Charge of Poisoning at Carronton.
GEORGIA.
The firemen of Athens will give tourna-
ment in May.
The cattle in the swamps of Liberty
county are not doing well. The winter has
been too wet, and the cows could not get
into the swamps TO feed.
On Sunday night the members Of the
Methodist church at Griffin presented to
Miss Ella Harris an elegant gold watch and
chain In appreciation for her voluntary SER
vices as their organist for several years
past.
Col Frank Ison of Griffin says that he
once met President Harrison II was on
Peachtree street, Atlanta, near the close Of
the war, and he was SO busy that he didn't
stop to be introduced. He didn't even have
time 10 make many observations, but did
notice that Harrison was very short-legged
man.
Sunday afternoon A. c. Laing and Frank
Mitchell were walking down the South
western railroad, and just before night dis
covered, near the Church street crossing, at
Americas, that device had been fixed on
the inside rail to wreck the incoming train
as it went out They removed the OBJ
struction and went on their way.
At Americas Sunday, about twenty
negro women, led by two negro men, mem
bers of the Hardshen church, marched
through the square on their way to an old
negro woman'S house, on Dudley street, to
wash her feet, and hold other reli gious SER
vices at her house. She is believed to be
100 years old, is a member Of that church.
and too feeble to attend, therefore tae
church went to her.
The mail, baggage and express car on the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
road, was burned Saturday night at Lou
vale. The car was valued at $1,000 and
bad been recently overhauled and repaired.
Everything in the car was burned. The
railroad men had TO uncoupe and push the
passenger coaches away, and run the burn
ing car off from the depot to prevent them
and the depot from burning.
Conductor NJ. Mcintyre of the Georgia
Midland freight train, was arrested at
Griffin, on Saturday morning, for bl0ckad-
ing Solomon street with his engine and
cars "for longer than five minutes In
point of fact, the blockade was for over fifty
minutes. He was tried before Recorder
Cleveland yesterday and fined S.. The
next time the fine will probably be much
larger, as 500 is the outside limit.
A lady was visiting friend at Americas
recently, and she wore a set Of false teeth
A little 5-year-old boy saw her take the
teeth from her mouth, and ran terrified to
his mother, exclaiming: Mamma, mann
ma, Miss Mary pulled out a whole handful
Of teeth at once, and tore all the skin out
OF her mouth, and didn't cry one bit. 1t
didn't burt, but you'll have to give her all
of old Speckle's eggs to eat, for she can't
chew her victuals" He couldn't be made to
understand that they were false teeth, and
was sure the lady would starve to death.
The Liberty Guards held a business meet
ing, at Gum Branch, Friday. This gallant
command is on a big boom. 1t now num-
bers about fifty members, and is gaining
accessions at every meeting. Last
Friday there were thirty-eight
members in uniform, aud there will be
eight or ten more by the next meeting
Capt Darsey has received the news from
Adjutant General John Mcintosh Kell that
he will at once forward to the company
several additional stands of arms, and after
July the company will he furnished with
saddles and brides. The company is to be
inspected in May.
The prospects for the building of a NAM
moth winter resort hotel in Americas
st an early date is very bright. Mai
Moses Speer, who has taken an active in
terest in the matter, has just returned from
hurried trip to New York, where he sue
ceeded In securing nearly the entire amount
Of capital needed for the enterprise. The
hotel is expected to cost about 1925, 900, of
which amount only $4,000 is asked Of the
citizens Of Americas. This sum can be
raised without difficulty in a day or two
The city has given a square in the center of
business, worth SIS, 900, upon which the pro-
posed hotel will be built.
Some raft hands reported to the officers
OF the HeSsie at Brunswick Monday that a
human skeleton was lying in the marsh
above Frederick. The boat was stopped
Monday afternoon at the point named, and
Capt. T. g. Clark and Engineer Gordon
went ashore and found it lying there sur
rounded by buzzards. Nothing was left
but the skeleton. Around one ankle was
the remains of leg of his pants, which
was Of some kind Of brown stuff, The
body evidently had been there some time,
and, therefore, could not be the remains Of
Capt. Mearis, who was drowned opposite
brunswick last week. A man was lost from
the cutter Boutwell, somewhere ia that
noighborhood few weeks ago.
L. J. Reese of Carroll county is exhibit
ing a snake which he killed last Monday
afternoon, and which he says is the out
growth of a red-headed scorpion. Mr..
Reese says he has seen these scorpion snakes
before they had shed their fore legs-seen
them when they were snake and lizard
Inc hpoCltS Ol winch
make these snakes are usually found about
rotten logs or stumps and have red heads
and gresn and reddish stripes length
wise their bodies, and usually larger
and more clumsy than other liz
ards. When they have turned into
snakes they are very hard and sleek and are
Of a reddish-brown color on the back with
black and white specks, and black stripe
along the center. The sides having white
stripes along them. About two inches of
the tail is brown, and very hard and sharp,
and the belly is perfectly white. These
snakes taper gradually from the head back
ward. They do not grow very large The
one spoken of above was 2 feet and 4 inches
long, and from the size Of mans thumb at
the head to pin at the tail.
At Gainesville. John Coffee, shot by
Marshal Tom Hanie while making the
arrest, is now considered out Of danger, and,
while suffering severely from his wounds,
is in excellent spirits. He has not as get
been placed in Jail, but is kept closely
guarded. The most serious of Coffee's
wounds was produced by the load Of buck
shot that entered his windpipe and passed
now picking shot from the back of his
neck. This wound, however, strange to
say, does not prevent his eating, and
Codee's appetite is excellent. Monday
he spoke about employing counsel, and ex-
pressed his determination to make a stub
born fight for ais life before the courts.
Coffee has a host Of warm friends among
the moonshiners Of Northeast Georgia, and
they say be shall have all the money neces-
sary for his defense. Ever since the killing
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