The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Killed by Runaway steer IN Gwia-
nett COMMUNICATES ious Death Of a
Boy at Lawrenceville-AC Car RobDer
Bsgged at Dalton.
Dalton's confederate monument viii cost
1900.
Dalton Citizen: There are some flies on
most everybody now.
The telegraph offics at Sumner was bur
gla lied Wednesday night. There was SI4
stolen.
The Albany woodenware and variety
works has shut down for want OF raw
material
Nine alleged blind tigers have been sum-
moned to answer the charges against them
in Rome.
Last week Capt. Collins sold one Of bis
rock quai ries in Conyers to A. V. code,
the great granite dealer of Atlanta
Rsbun county farmers have organized to
annihliate North Carolina wolves, which
are ravaging that section Of the state.
RumOr has it that a member of the fac
ulty of the university at Athens will wed a
charming society belle of tnat city soon.
There is a gentleman in Athens who has
little flask made out Of solid silver. 1t
took twenty-eight silver dollars to make II.
A proposition is on foot for the Je,up
Knights OF Pythias and the lodge Of Black
shear to unite and organize Uniformed
Rank.
A negro lad tried to kiss the beautiful 5
year-old daughter of Sheriff McElbbanon
of jackson county. the sheriff procured q
hors --whip and severely whipped the lad.
On Monday evening last report reached
Eastman that the large saw mill of Han
& ~. ed Of Ir.f,x
had been destroyed by fire. The report
proved untrue.
On Thursday evening J. G. Purvis was
walking over the tresssl branch in Ty-Ty
on a foot way AID fell off, breaking his jaw
bone. 1t is reported that he will sue the
town for damage.
A party of thirteen Maconites went fish
ing Thurs lay. and thirteen comprised the
party that sat down to dinner. The driver
OF the horses attached to the wagon at first
declined u officiate, but was filally pre-
vailed upon to do SO. No casualties.
The Bibb county board OF county COM
missioners met Wedne day and transacted
some important business. The first busine
was to appropriate So 900 for the public
schools next year. THIS is the same sum
given last year, and is what the board OF
education asked for
To-day the state library at Atlanta will
be closed. 1t Will couti ne closed until
July 3, when the legislature meets Capt.
John Milledge says it will take all this time
to move the books into the new capitol, to
arrange them properly and to catalogue
them. 1t is a big job.
The payment of loss on a burned house
in Macon is res sled in the courts by the
insura e company because the house was
vacant ten days before 1t was burned. The
owner says his policy stipulates that the
house should not be vacant longer than
thirty days. The case is a very important
one and excites attention the state over.
Summervlle Gazette: A SOW belonging
to II. Y. RamOo sucked litter of pigs till
she gave birth to another litter. and he b id
TO separate them. He has also heifer %
months old which will have calf probably
In three or four months. A few days ago
he found the pigs sucking her as she lay
down. They have Drought her to ter
milk" and now he has TO milk her regu-
larly.
Summerville Gazette: We are told that
near Prices bridge lady went into thu
woods and caught a small green snake by
the neck. OF course it visited around her
arm. Covering it up she went into the
house where she was boarding and aske /
the man: "Dol't you want a prettyg'
Yes" said he. She threw out her arm.
The mans wife was standing by, and was
20 alarmed at seeing tue snake squirming
about that she fell back dead
Glynn SUPERIOR court had before it Thurs
dav the case Of Charles Glover, charged
with the murder of Peter Mitchell, near
Jamaica. Both we're colore1 section hand
on the Brunswick and Western, and Glover
shot Mitchell in the door of one of the
shanties. The grand jury found true bill,
but the evid nee before the court seemed to
leave room for a verdict of involuntary
manslaughter, in that the pistol is supposed
to have gone off unintentionally.
J. G. Terry, who came TO Dalton from
Murray county several months since, and
who was formerly a brakeman on the
Western and Atlantic road, was arrested
last Saturday on charge of burgarizing
freight cars and selling the goods obtained
therefrom. 1t appears that for the past
seveg al months the railroad company has
missed certain goods from cars in transit
after they had arrived at their destination
By little skillful maneuvering it was dis
covered that the cars were opened and
articles, such as sacks of C fee boxes of
tobacco, etc, extracted at Dalton. Terry
was caught carrying off some of the plum
der
Mrs. Ella Shauks, wife Of Harry Shanks,
who lives at 206 Cooper street, Alta lta
camenea dying Wednesday night from the
effects of dose Of Trough on Rats" take 4
by mistake. Ms. ShaDkS is a great sufferer
from neuralgia, and only finds relief from
taking morphine. Wednesday night Mrs.
Shanks was very nervous. and going to a
trunk took out dose of what she thought
was morphine and swallowed it, In short
time she was taken violently i'll, and upon
investigation it was found she had taken a
dose of Rough on Rats" paper of hich
was in the trunk alongside the morphine.
DIR. Robinson and other physicians were
summoned, aud after several hours hard
work succeeded in overcoming the effects of
the poison.
AT Atlanta, Wednesday night, w. l.
Haygood, who lives at No, Werner street.
was awakened by noise in his droom.
He looked around and saw a figure stand
ing apparently just outside the window.
Its back was turned, and it looked ike a
negro. His first thought was that it was a
burglar. The burglar began, as it seemed
to Mr.. Haygood, to raise the window tc
enter the room. This was too much Mr.
HaygoJd keeps Smith d Wesson near his
pillow. He reacned out quietly, got the 49,
caliber, took basty aim aud fred. The
was scream, and he found that he had
shot at his wife. Fortunately, the bal
missed her bv foot, and she was only a
bit frightened. She will hereafter wake
Mr.. Haygood up before she begins walking
about the room.
Rev. George w. Murray Of Wilcox