The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-16
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


nall County Suit over the At
lanta "Capitol'-The Man Who is to
Carry Georgia's Returns to Wash
ington.
GEORGIA.
r. r. Crum n Son, prominent merchants
of bonneville, have made an assignment.
Mrs. Priscilla Scrorgins, who has been
living at Gainesville for the past twenty
years is 100 years old. She has just removed
TO A labama.
Frank Woods, an old Atlanta boy, who
figured in journalistic work, was in that
city Sunday. Mr. Woods has deserted the
journalistic field, and Is now manning a
switch engine in the Cincinnati Southern
yards in Chattanooga.
At Covington at an early hour Sunday
morning the jail in which Echus is confined
was found to be on fire. Some negroes had
set fire to the plank floor in an effort TO tiud
a means of escape. The sheriff extinguished
the flames, but several negroes were almost
suffocated by the smoke.
''Thls talk about Cleveland being dead, 4"
said John Temple Graves of Floyd county,
at Atlanta Monday, is all foOlishness. A
man whose name IS so closely linked With
great principle cannot be dead. lie may
not DO the nominee OF the Democratic
party four years hence, but eight yea s
from last November | expect to cast my
vote for Cleveland and tariff reform"
Sheriff Golden, of HARRISON county. was
assaulted by unknown parties while on the
road from Brennan 10 Buchanan Friday
night. The sheriff was knocked down be-
fore he had any intimatOn of an attack
and was badly beaten and cut about the
head and face He WIS unable to assign
any cause for the brutal assault, and did
not know that he had an enemy in tde
county.
C. NJ. johnson, we'll known in CONNER
cial circles at Atlanta, because Of his CON
nection with tue Dodd firm, broke his left
arm Monday Mr.. Johusou's accident was
due to his politeness. He was walking up
Marietta street. and near Broad moved to
the edge of the sidewalk TO make room for
some ladies. His foot slipped from the
curbstone, and in the fall his arm was
broken Dr. Elkin rendered the necessary
attention.
1t now transpires that the rumor that DR..
Kelley, Of Warrenton, had moved his fur
niture at night was incorrect. 1t is true
that all his drugs were removed, but il is
said that they were sold to ono of his cred
itors. His horses, too, were disposed of in
the same way, there being mortgage on
them. 1t is said, too that DR.. Kelley and
family left in the daytime. That DR.. Kelley
is financially embarrassed no one denies,
but his friends believe that he will return
and adjust his indebtedness.
On lat Saturday night, Henry Franklin
a negro, broke into l.. X. Edenield's store
house, in Tattnall county. Mr.. Edenfiald's
safe contained $7OO, and was unlocked.
The negro opened the safe pulled out all
the papers and drawers except little iron
drawer which held the money From some
cause he left it unmolested, therefore he
failed to get any money, but took 25 pounds
of bacon, one pair Of shoes and one pair Of
pants. Franklin is now under bond for his
appearance at Tattnail superior court.
Sterling Roberts, who was elected uessen-
ger to carry Georgia's vote to Washington,
has cut something of figure in Georgia
politics. He is tall and thin, and his closely
cropped brown beard covers a face a little
wriDkled by the cares incident upon the
editors life. Roberts is the brains and
energy of the Sparta Tshmaelite He is
probably best known 10y the hard fight he
made against Gen. Gordon during the Cor
don-BacOn campaign. it was Robert who,
in the convention which nominated Gen.
Gordon, stood out alone against making
Gordons nomination unanimous, and VINO,
upon being hlSsed for bis action, used to-
wards the hissers the expression which inn
mortalized the late William H. Vanderbilt.
The Irwin correspondent Of the Newman
Herald says: Milton Sasser was elected to
the office of justice OF the peace in Turin
district. Judge II. II. Harrison was re-
elected in the Sixth district, and a better
selection could not have boon made James
Barnwell was reelected constable in the
Sixth. 1t NAV not be known TO your many
readers that Mr.. Barnwell was the man
who first presented the name of Joseph +.
Brown for governor of Georgia in 1858.
who was elected over Hon. b. H. Hill, the
gifted orator and nominee of the American
party. Mr.. Barnwell is growing old and
has an afflicted wife to care for If Senator
Brown would only remember him i'll way
that he could well afford, how timely would
be the act.
At Griffin Monday night, little after
O'Clock, r. Brauss left the bar of Scherrer
IL BrauSs to 60 to his home o. TAYLOR
street, near the Sam Bailey grounds. While
just beyond Maj. Lovett's he was struck
over the head a terrible blow by some one
behind him. cutting his right ear in two.
disocating his lower jaw and nearly tract
uring his skull. He was found few mo-
ments after, almost unconscious, with his
pockets turned inside out and a heavy
wooden fence p ling lying by his side, with
one end fashioned into a handle and with
blood stains upon it. evidently the weapon
with which he had been felled. At last
accounts Mr.. Brauss was resting we'll his
injuries having been attended to by DR..
Moore, but was unable to give an accurate
account of the assault or tell what losses he
had sustained.
A bad wreck occurred on the Covington
and Macon road, near Watkinsville. Mon
day morning The cause Of the wreck was
inferior rolling stock, and as this was a
miserably rough place in the road the
engine left the track Down an embark
ment of about or 10 feet lay what was
once one of the best engines tins road has,
but what appeared shapeloss heap Of old
iron. Near this was the second class coach,
which was compile ELY demolished. The
rear coach, however, did not leave the
track, and is in good shape. There were
about forty or fifty passengers on board the
wrecked train, and it is surprising that 50
few sustained injuries. James Blair,
engineer. received a severe cash on the
temple and a fractured rib. The physician
in charge says he also received in
ternal injuries of u serious nature.
Ed Shouse, conductor, sustains sprained
arm and several other bruises on the head
and limbs The fireman was also badly
bruised internally. One negro had a broken
arm, while another sustains a broken Leg
Amputation will be necessary, so the physt-
clans think. A lady and several others OF
the crew were slightly hurt.
The authorities Of the Lee and Hyland
circus were In considerable trouble ut
Columbus Saturday night. Shortly after
2se performance commenced, "A number OF
-w~dles appeared at the entrance for tho
express purpose Of raising disturbance.
From what could be learned one If than