The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

NEWS or THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
Three Members Of Family In Burke
County Die Within a Few Hours Of
Each Other Further Details of the
Houston County Tragedy - Three
Desperate Criminals to be Tried In
Worth County This Week.
GEORGIA.
Judge C. c. Green Of Atlanta was buried
Monday.
Samuel Veal, negro, "a years old, now
at Dublin, is feet 81 inches tall.
West End, a suburb of Atlanta, will vote
on the question of annexation Nov. 20.
The headquarters of District Superin-
tendent ]. H. Easterlin, Of the Southern
Bell Telephone Company, will probably be
moved from Charleston TO Macon.
Johnny Rivers aud Emmett Williams,
two lit lie white boys, each about l5 years
of age, had a wrestling match at Bruins
wick, Monday, and Williams suffered a
broken arm.
There was some excitement at Knoxville
Sunday over a colored political leader, who
is stirring up strife against the whites. He
is under arrest, and there are hints that 1t
may 90 hard with him
At Georgetown, Monday, Mrs ]. NJ.
Green had her gin house, eighteen bales of
cotton and several hundred bushels Of
cotton seed destroyed by fire. A match
was the cause Of the fire. There was no in
surance.
While crossing Flint river at Sirozier's
ferry, a few miles below Albany, Sunday
night, the ferry boat sank. J. 1. billiard
was crossing in his buggy. he lost his
horse and buggy and valiss and $40 which
it contained. No lives we're lost.
Jim Huff (coloredD, the slayer of L. NJ.
Waller, will be hanged in Oglethorpe county
ON Dec Is. The verdict gives universal salts
faction. His three brothers, who were ac-
cessories, were acquitted and turned loose.
This was also approved by all, and it is
thought to be a ju,t conclusion OF the hor-
rible affair.
DIR. j. G. c. Blackburn is dying at At
lanta He is 65 years old. Before the war
he occupied the chair of materia medica in
the Atlanta medical college. During the
war he was one of Gov. Browns aid-de-
camps, and after the war he took to jour-
nalism, and for ten years edited the MGdi-
sonidn at Madison.
A negro named Sip Garrett was shot by
Charlie Reid of Columbia county on Friday
night and died Sunday night. Mr.. Reid
had put up some hogs belonging to the negro,
which had been creating so ne depredations
ON his crop. The negro demanded the hogs
but refused to pay the cost of their keep
ing. A quarrel ensued, and the shooting
followed.
COL Buck says he has not decided
whether he will accept the United States
mashalship to which he has been appointed
by President Harrison. Buck said at At
lanta, Monday: ~ did not expect the APP
pointment, or at least not for some time,
and / have not matured my plans. have
many irgs to take into consideration be-
fore make final decision. 1t will be
several days before I act in the matter
either one way or the other"
The Wilson self-acting fire escape has
been brought to Atlanta, as a sample,
by Chief Joyner of che fire department. Ii
is small, and can be carried in valise or In
the hand. small, stout rope passes
through it. All one has to do to use it is to
hang it to window, pass one end of the
rope about his body and jump out. He will
be given an easy and safe ride to the ground.
A strange thing about the ire escape is that
1t moves with the same rapidity, no matter
how heavy or light the weight attached
to it.
The Macon Telegraph mentioned on
Friday the CHASTITY find of some children in
pine thicket at Huguenin Heights Thursday
morning Coroner Henderson investigated
the case in a most thorough manner, but
was unable to discover the author of
infanticide. The body was that of negro
male child week old. Its throat was cut
from ear to ear, and the face and body were
covered with blood. The jury rendered a
verdict that the child came to its death BY
viole &c at the hands of soma person I'M
known to the jury.
Augusta Chronicle: Col. Charles Mar
shall, of Baltimore, is at the Arlington. He
is here as the counsel in the suits brought
by the trustees of the old National Express
and Transportation Company against Au-
gusta subscribers to the stock. Col. Mar
shall was the confidential adviser, and aide
camp of Gen. Robert e. Lee, and he con-
Quoted all the arrangements OF the sur
render of the army of Northern Virginia to
Gen. U. s. Grant at Appoma OK Court
House. Col. Marshall Is now a distinguished
member of the Baltimore bar.
The bodies of Gen. F. M. Walker of Cheat
hams division, C. s. A., and Wright s.
Hackett, Company G, Sixteenth infantry,
c. s. A, will be disinterred at Griffin to-
day, and taken to Chattanooga. The
Chattano ga party is expected to include
the following gentlemen: Col. Tom Fort,
Capt s. j. A. Frazier. Rev. j. w. Bach-
man, Maj. w. @. Payne, J. b. SMART, L.
7. Dickinson, all of Forest camp, and
Thomas Webster and j. II. Warner. 1t is
probable that l.. u. Walker, son OF Gen.
Walker, and Mr.. Byles, a messmate of
Hackett's, will accompany them. Appro-
pirate ceremonies will be held in the Meth
odist church in Griffin this morning. A
short address will be made by Maj. Payne
of the Sixteenth Tennessee infantry, on
behalf of The Forest camp delegation. An
address will also be delivered on behalf of
the memorial assc citation of Griffin,
and possibly few other short speeches will
be had. The bodies will be escorted from
the church by the Spalding Greys, followed
by the Chattanooga party and large
delegation of citizens.
Abram Cunningham (colored is under
arrest, charged with attempting to outrage
the 11-year-old daughter OF L. j. Autman,
farmer living eight miles from Isabella,
Worth county. Mr.. Autman was working
upon the corn crib of his father-in-law. MIR.
O'NeilL. He sent the negro Abram back to
his own house, about 200 yards distant. &
bring saw. In the meantime Mrs. Aut
man sent her daughter. little girl between
10 and IL years old, to her father. The
negro boy, who is about Is years old, aud
the little girls path crossed. Mr.. Autumn,
shortly after sending off the boy, started to
the woods TO obtain some planks. He heard
the screams of a child. He rushed toward
the sound, and saw his daughter struggling
in the clutches of the negro fiend. WheI
within fifty yards of them he screamed tc