The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGhAFaS.
Ingenious Mode Of Trapping q Thief
at Northumberland Swapping
of Horse for q Mule at Macon
Prospecting In Habershsm County
for Gold-The Christian Church at
Quitman to be Dedicated.
GEORGIA
The Christian church in Quitman will be
dedicated next Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Nelson died at Brunswick
Saturday, aged 50 years.
Insurance rates will be raised in Bruins
wick unless the fire department is improved
at once.
An election for superintendent Of the
Bib county Changing will be held on the
last Saturday in December.
The grand jury Of Sumter county found
thirty-one indictments during the last w eek,
the first week of Its session
The Brunswick branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association started two
years ago with 60 members. Now it has
100.
The wife of Bishop Key, who is on visit
TO her son at Cuthbert, is quite sick from
heart trouble. Her husband has arrived
from Texas.
South Carolina miners have been pros
pecting in Habersham county for gold,
looking particularly into the Moore mines
ON Persimmon creek.
Henry Writer'S house at Atlanta was
burned early Sunday morning. The house
was worth about 81 200, and the furniture
about $500. The whole was insured to the
amount of $1,000.
Last Tuesday Jesse Wade. one of Brooks
county's industrious young farmers, sold
his place, about seven miles northwest OF
Quitman, to s. NJ. Young for $500. The
place contains 400 acres.
George West is now in Quitman Jail under
four serious chargss-murder. attempt to
rape, larceny from a church and carrying
concealed weapons. All the crimes have
been committed within year.
At Macon, w. II. Lowe has had J. B.
Coles arrested on suspicion that Coles stole
six twenty-dollar bills from him. Coles is
buying piece Of land from Slocum, and
the supposition with Lowe is that Coles
stole the money to pay Slocum for the land
AL the parties reside in Jones county.
Gibbs Gardner. the man with the "hor-
rors,n who was sent to Milledgeville from
Macon Friday night. was refused adj
mission to the asylum there for the reason
that his lunacy had not been fully proven.
He was taken back to Macon and lodged in
the county Jail TO await the further action
of the authorities.
A telegram was received by Sheriff
Parrish at Adel, Saturday, from the sheriff
of Worth county, asking for the immediate
arrest of Laura White, a yellow woman,
charged with the murder OF boy in Worth
county Ia July. Marshal SsudstiQ arrested
the woman, and turned her over to the
sheriff from Worth.
The steamer J. W. Sweeney left Bruins
wick Saturday for Abbeville and other
points up the Ocmulgee river. She carried
a full load Of grain hay and merchandise.
Among her cargo was a safe for the bank
of Darien. The vessel has been leased for
the purpose, and will make regular trips be-
tween Brunswick and Abbeville in the
future.
AT Macon, Saturday night. John Perry
OF GAINESVILLE, switchman on the Atlanta
division of the Central railroad, had diff
hculty with Rufus Harrington, yard switch
man He shot Harrington twice, once in
the arm and once in the shoulder, and also
accidentally shot Will Waller, another
switchman. Neither Of the men are fatally
wounded Perry escaped.
At Macon, a day or two ago, Ivey Bros.
snapped horse TO a country negro for
mule A few hours after the exchange
Ivey Bros. noticed that the mule acted
EOUO1 II 10 ABOUT ana
paw the air and bit at all substances fercely.
It became evident the mule was mad. Sun
day night it died. Investigation revealed
that about month ago the mule was bitten
by mad dog.
Robert Burkett, member of the War
rior district, ia Bib county, fell on the
floor of his store Thursday in a fainting fit,
and was knocked unconscious by his head
striking the counter. At late hour Fri
day night Mr.. Burkett expired, having
never recovered consciousness since the
accident. He was about 20 years of age,
and leaves widow and two children, one
of whom resides in Louisiana, the other
being at home.
An ingenious mode of trapping thief
was developed in case before the superior
court at Hawkinsville Saturday. For some
time K s. Marchman, farmer of Pulaski
county, had noticed that his pile of seed
cotton was being mysteriousiy decreased,
and the idea occurred to him to mix with
his cotton numerous small strips of paper
containing his name. This he did
and quietly awaited Developments
He had not long TO wait, however,
before one of his neighbors called on him
for an explanation regarding some small
pieces of paper he had found while ginning
some cotton he had purchased of one Martin
Fuller, a colored gentleman of the neigh
Dornood- Inns, Oh course, leg TO the arrest
and prosecution of Fuller A verdict of
guilty was obtained, and the courts sen.
tence of twelve months in the chain-gang
pronounced, ali inside of thirty minutes
from the calling of the case.
FLORIDA.
Circuit court conveneS at Gainesville on
the 10th inst.
To-day the bond question is toIbe settled
at Gainesville.
Arcadia merchants are doing more bust
ness than ever before in the history of the
town.
Several Of the Sanford truck farmers re-
ported a heavy frost Saturday morning,
damaging tender plants.
A slight frost was reported Saturday in
low places outside Orlando, but no damage
seems to have been done.
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