The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.


Macon Jail-An Americas Negro
Sentenced to Be Hanged-City Water
Works for Macon.
GEORGIA
Atlanta's new electric railroad viii be in
operation by July 1.
Mrs. NJ. A. Miller Of Dawson has been
appointed postmaster at Shellman-
] P. Swindle of Jesup has shipped $500
pounds Of honey from thirty-three hives.
E.W. Marsh, Jr., Of Atlanta, died Wednes-
day. His father is Of the firm of Moore,
Marsh & Co.
While a party of men were bathing in
Turkey creek, near Dublin, last week a Mr..
Tucker was drowned.
There are three brothers in Terrell county
whose aggregate hight Is nineteen feet.
They weigh 600 pounds.
A well defined plan is on foot which has
for its object the early erection Of another
elegant and commodious hotel at Bruins
wick.
Rev. B. D. Ragsdale, pastor of the AL
bany Baptist church, left on Monday night
for Lady Lake, Fla, 70 wed Miss Loir
Cloud.
A committee has been appointed and is
now soliciting subscriptions for the building
new Baptist church at Dawson. 1t will
cost S., 900.
David NJ. Hogan, who resides near Irwin
vile, and is one of the most substantial
farmers of wiregrass Georgia, has sold this
year $50 dozen eggs.
At Americas Wednesday Bob Virgins.
the negro who robbed and killed his COM
panion, John Williams, last winter, was
found guilty and sentenced to be hung.
Capt Tip Harrison is nearing the end of
the state pension bill. Up to Wednesday
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the state has paid in round figures $3.50, 600.
Only a few veterans are still due their PEN
sions.
At Atlanta. Wednesday. in the somewhat
noted case of the state VS.. DIR. Gardner,
charged with abortion. the jury returned a
verdicu Of acquittal. The doctor was re-
manded to jail on another case, on which
the supreme court has recently given him
a new trial.
At Macon, Wednesday, Judge Speer
caused rule to be served on Jailer Bird
song for him to show cause why he chained
ND the negro counterfeiter, Joe Warren, a
United States prisoner, Tuesday night by
the neck in Jail. Warren was rebellious,
very profane. and nothing could check him
but extreme measures.
A movement is on foot in Brunswick.
headed by some of Gov. Gordon's numerous
friends and admirers in that city, to tender
the governor a summer residence on st.
Smon's beach. Capts. Lassener and Brooch
ington are prominent in the movement.
They are ''old veterans" ana were members
of the original Brunswick Riflemen.
Arthur Hayne, who was acquitted of
the murder of Christophine, the Italian, be-
fore the superior court at Atlanta, was ar
rested Wednesday morning on a charge Of
carrying concealed weapons. A few weeks
ago Hayne became involved in a difficulty
with another youth at a Catholic fair and
drew pistol on him. He gave bond and
was released.
The confederate survivors of Georgia will
hold convention at the confederate hall,
in Atlanta, Aug. Is, this year. A call has
been issued. Each association in the state
can send as many delegates as it wants, and
all counties that have no associations are
requested TO have representatives here. The
purpose of the convention is to organize
state confederate association.
Mrs. Bishop Pierce died Tuesday after
noon at Sunshine, Hancock county, the
residence of John Turner and the former
residence of the late Bishop Pierce, at 2:20
o'clock. She had been i'll some months and
no hopes have been entertained Of her re-
covery, though she has shown miraculous
endurance and vitality. She is mourned
and missed by all who knew her.
At Thomaston, Dock and Will Miller and
Jim Chambly, all white, attempted to
break Jail Tuesday night, but were fooled
in their effort by timely discovery by
Sheriff Foster of two crowbars, a large
auger, two files and thirty-fve feet of rope.
The Millers are charged with assault with
intent to murder, and Chambly with arson
Dock Miller says he secured the tools and
laid all the plans.
At Abbeville negro boy named Plumber
chained Esop Fuller's mare Saturday
night and she was choked to death. He
took 1aaH chain and tho oil a
through the ring of the other end, making
a loon, and tied the chain to the plate OF
the stable. The more she pulled, the tighter
the chain was drawn around her neck until
death soon followed. An effort was made
to capture the boy Sunday, but he was not
found.
The notorious Jack DuBose, the negro
charged with being an accomplice in the
killing of the Voolfolk family, was brought
to Macon Wednesday morning by Sheriff
Cooper and Deputy Sheriff Pearce and put
in the Bib county Jail. 1t is not known
when DuBose will be tried. The public
think he should be given a speedy trial-in
fact. many say he should not be held for
trial. but turned loose, as there is no evil
dence to connect him with the murder.
During last season the cotton buyers of
Cuthbert, and some other Georgia towns
organized kind of a pool for the purpose
of knitting the alliance. When buyer was
approached by a farmer with cotton for
sale the farmer would be asked at what
warehouse was it stored. If not at the
alliance warehouse the buyer would offer
just one-quarter of cent more. This. it is
believed, was largely instrumental in bring
ing about disagreement in the alliance
camps.
There is either some miscreant who is
making himself troublesome by poisoning
cattle. or else the cattle around Brunswick
are suffering from some strange and fatal
disease. Wednesday fine COW belonging
to James Calnan dropped dead In her tracks.
and Sunday fine horse and COW belonging
to Mr.. Borchardt died suddenly Mr.. Cai-
mans COW was valued at 500 and gave four
gallons of milk a day. Mr. Borchardt's
stock was also valuable, and it is a mystery
TO all what is the cause of their dying SO
suddenly.
At Atlanta last week in transferring the
executive archives to the new capitol there
was brought to light the pardon docket of
Gov. Herschel V. Johnson, which was the
first and perhaps the last record of the kind
kept in the executive Office Gov. johnson
kept this record during his term of office
from 1854 to 1858, and every application for
pardon and every decision was entered in
his own hand. On the first pages of the
book the governor wrote his views of the