The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

While Handling a Pistol-Murder IN
Emanuel County-A Negro Killed by
q Bailiff Near Concord-A Silver
Nine Found in Fannin County.
GEORGIA
w. r. Taylor Of HawkinsviIle died Sat
urday.
The new Baptist church at Leary is near
Ing completion.
Saturday the banks of Americas had paid
out S40, 900 up TO L O'Clock.
Col d. T. Dunn is to be pressed for the
mayoralty by the labor element of Bruins
wick.
Gen. James LOngstreet of Gainesville
has an English Inast!tf years old, that
weighs lis pounds.
The Postal and Cable Telegraph Company
will open offices in Georgia and other parts
OF the south Thursday.
About Nov. l6, the soldiers who wear the
b'ue and those who wear the gray will meet
in sham battle at the Piedmont exposi-
tion.
The confederate survivors of Greene
county will have their second meeting on
Oct. IL. The meeting will be held at
Sloan.
At Shllwell, Emanuel county, Friday,
George Nimmons (colored) shot and killel
another negro, whose name is unknown, 10
self defense.
The outlook for a fine sugar cane crop in
Macon and adjoining counties is good.
With favorable seasons a very large crop
will be harvested
Dahlonega Signal: The gold made at the
Hand mine last week amounted TO $40
pennyweights, but that is nothing to what
IL has done heretofore.
Deputy United States Revenue Collector
B. +. Jones accidentally shot himself while
taking pistol from a trunk at Griffin Sat
urday. The wound has since proved fatal.
There are about forty public schools in
Pickens county. The pro rata of the state
school fund for the present year will be
1924 81, which is S1S3 90 more than last
year.
j. E. Mansfield of Button made an as
signment Friday His assets and liabilities
are unknown. He was a large saw-mill
man and proprietor of an extensive general
store in Button.
An old gentleman who lives about four
teen miles little south OF east from Buena
Vista brought cotton to town Saturday,
and 1t was the first cotton he ever sold there
and the first trading he ever did in the
town.
Canton Advance: Last Sunday week
Mr.. Handy Collins of Salacoa had
Z the misfortune to lose a barn of tobacco
by fire. The barn contained 400 sticks, or
about 700 pounds, and the tobacco was
worth 10 cents per pound.
1t is said that party of Brunswick gen
tlemen are considering the purchase of the
vacant lot on Bay street, between Doer-
fingers and Mansfield street in that city,
with the view of erecting a handsome block
of brick buildings thereon.
T. ]. Briuson of Lawtonville lost by fire
last week his Clubhouse and about ten bales
of cotton. Included in this loss were the gin
and running gear. The deed was the work
of an incendiary. There was no insurance
and the total loss was about 81 500.
Canton Advance: 1t is said that man
named Kelly got drunk the other night
and gave his sick wife four doses of
morpnine, from the effects of which she
died shortly after ward. Kelly lives near
Hon. w. C. Dial, in Cherokee county.
Two officers from Walton county were at
Lexington few days ago in hot pursuit of
negro who had. day or 80 before, foully
murdered Mr.. Fambrough at Rutledge
They made thorough search as they went
through the county, but did not find any
traces of the fugitive.
About seven miles from Brunswick is a
bluff overlooking Turtle river, which is
supposed to have been the rendezvous of
pirates In 400. A brick house, now buried
by earth, has just been discovered on the
spot, and is supposed to have been occupied
by the bold buccaneers.
Ellijay Courier: Daniel Finley, on Clear
creek, one day last week, chopped wood
until II o'clock and went to his home for
dinner. He complained of being tired and
lay down on pallet to rest and went to
sleep. When dinner was ready his wife
went to wake him, and found that he was
dead
Another Atlanta novel is bong written.
and will be submitted to the reading people
OF the city in a few weeks The book is
being written by Lollie Belle Wylie and
Walter H. Howard, and the scenes and
incidents OF the story are all drawn from
home life. The plot ranges between At
lanta and Cumberland Island.
A pleasant contest has been going on be-
tween the typewritists of Brunswick for
some time as to who could write the most
words per minute The contest has ended
with George w. kirby in the lead, VINO
turned off 134 words in sixty seconds, with
ID. w. Krauss second with lis words.
A. B. Rowe 100, and Dave Gale, Jr., 90
words.
Hon. Ben Digger has gone home because
of i'll health, much to the regret of his col
leagues in the House OF Representatives. He
is impressed with the belief that he will
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venerable legislator parted with the mem
bers with great deal of feeling, and his
friends were also deeply touched at the
parting.
Charlie Beusse, living in Madison county,
on Wednesday night was driving home
when the horse became frightened and ran
away. MIR. Beusse was thrown from the
buggy, striking the ground with great force
His thigh was broken, the bone protruding
through the flesh. His leg was also broken
Just above the ankle. The injuries are very
painful ones, but at last accounts he was
resting very easily.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: United States
Marshal Harris has been in the county this
week asresting parties for unlawfully dis
tilling aud handling whisky. He left here
with George Gay (colored) and two or three
other negroes Thursday and said that he
was going by to arrest E. L. Kirkland for
swapping brandy for peaches. Mr.. Kirk
land is running a still, SO we have been in
formed, but is doing it according to law.
Col. Andrew Young died at Clebourne
Tex, day or two ago. He was formerly
of Georgia. AT the breaking out of the war
he was appointed surgeon of the Second
Georgia regiment, and after staying with
his regiment for some time resigned aud
came back to his home in Union CITY and
raised a company which was attached to
the Twenty-third Georgia regiment. At
the battle OF Seven Pines he was wounded