The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Pair OF Legs IarRling through q
Calling stsrtles Billiard Players at
Americus-A Cutting ARRAY Among
Bcys-several Shooting scrapes En-
lfyen the Holidays at Macon.
GEORGIA
Clarke baltimore died at Washington a
day or two ago.
At Loeanville, in an effort to arrest Will
Robinson, the marshal shot him seriously in
the groin.
Wednesday night incendiaries burned the
barn Of William Woods, two miles from
Monroe. Loss, 5000 No insurance.
Passengers from GreenvlIle report that
good order is restored. and that everything
is moving on smoo. hly. Tbs fear Of riot
or other trouble has entirely passed away.
The slate ouarries at Rockmart work from
seyenty-five To a hundred b inds, aud turn
out some fifty tons of slate for transporta-
ton per day. They pay an average Of per-
hsps 81 SO per hand.
AT Macon. Wednesday, Zena Goode, a
colored girl, was shot in the head by a
white woman who was handling a pistol
that she didn't know wss loaded. The girl
viii probably survive.
At Columbus, Thursday, an old coat and
part OF the emit. ais Of some animal were
found on the trucks OF the train from
Birmingham Whether they belong to- the
same body is not known.
P. Harris has just completed, at Americus,
one of the most difficult tasks ever under
taken in the sewerage business He sue
ceeded in laying LOO feet of sewerage Ia
trench 25 feet deep with 10 inches Of water
always IN the bottom.
A white man from Athens named c. A.
Connell was shot with pistol ball in the
throat by a white woman named Annie
Rigsbear at Macon Wednesday. The woman
didn't know the pistol was loaded aud
pulled the trigger as joke.
At Leary, Wednesday, two brothers, E.
W. and w. L. Brown of Baker county, took
on too much spirits. AMI during the night
got in dis ute a ID E. w. Brown stabbed
his brother 1t Is thought he will die from
the effects of the wound.
At Atlanta, Wednesday, VIII johnson
threw 6re-cracKer under girls feet, and
Charlie Lane ca ne out aud fired a bullet
from an old-fashioned cap-and-ball pistol
into his left thigh. he wound is very seri-
Gus, and may result fatally.
W. z. Zorn, marshal Of Waynesboro, &C
cidentally shot himself with a pistol
Wednesday, and while the wound, which
was in the groin, was not thought to be
very serious yet he died in six hours after
the arcid ant He leaves wife and three
small children.
John Kimbell and Charles Lowe. both
colored, got into friendly scuffle at Green
wood wednesday over a double-barrelled
shotgun. The gun was discharged, killing
Charles Lowe almost instantly. Sheriff
Glass arrested Kimbell and placed him in
jail to await an inquest.
Taylor Kendall stepped out of a store at
nd hxy He.
bert Hillsnan, who poked a pistol to his
head and fired, the ball entering his head
above the left temple, and coming out over
the right ear. He may recover, but the
chances are doubtful
A female moonshiner is confined in Fulton
county jail. Her name is Mrs. Victorine
Henderson, and her home is seven miles
from Toccoa She was tried for the murder
of her husband, and claims that she started
an illicit distillery TO pay the lawyers fees
in the case. Her arrest folIJwed.
At the annual NEE i g Of the stockholders
aud dir, ctors of the Milledgeville and
Asylum railroad Thursday, it was shown
that the clear profi.s of the road for the
year 1889 we're above five thousand dollars,
or profit of over twelve per cent. on the
investment for the first years operation.
Charles Hoffee OF Carrollton, O., alias
Cleveland, was arrested at Bremen Thurs
day on charge of bigamy. He came to
Bremen last spring as a commercial tourist,
representing himself a millionaire, and
with his dec itful tongue persuaded Miss
May, daughter Of DR.. Chen ey, to marry
him. His other wife is at Newman
At Columbus, Thursday, John Williams
tcolored) shot William Echols, a fiagman for
the Central railroad. 1t seems that some
time ago EchOls and Williams had a diff
Guilty, and that Williams made some
threats. Thursday he approached Echols
near the passenger depot, and began to
curse and abuse him Echois stopred to
pick up something when the negro fired,
shooting him in the left arm. Williams
escaped.
At Mayfield Wednesday Walter Humph-
rey and Sam Gum engaged in a prize
shooting for a turkey. One round of car
tridges had been fired, and Mr.. Gum was
loading for the second, when his pistol was
accidentally discharged, the ball taking
effect under MIR. Humphreys right nipple.
killing him almost instantly. Mr.. Humph-
rey was section boss on the Macon road.
and " ung man OF Is years. He was the
only dependence of an aged mother.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at the factory
at Griffin Thursday which will not terui-
nate fatally. A man named Will
lam Jones was driving across the factory
grounds, when Charles Cunningham. in
fun, called out whoa The mule STONED
and was again started, when Cunningham
again called out whoa" This angered
Jones, who pulled out his pistol a I'd fred
several times at Cunningham, one bail
striking him and going through his scarf.
infiicting only flesh wound.
Tom Mitchell left his home near Martin
about four weeks ago for the west. He
landed In Al kansas right side up with care
and after some time was spent IN prospect
ing In the new country he became some
what meditative and reflective and wrote his
wife he was sorry he had left her. and made
some other apologies for his departure the
letter reached her Monday of last veal
when she at once boarded the train in mr.
suit of her husband. Friday Afternoon
she arrived in Martin with her husband in
charge.
A cutting affray, in which the partici-
pants were both boys about wears of ACE
occurred at Americas Wednesday. The
boys we're Harrison Watts, the son of n n
Watts, d a colored boy named Mause
Black. The boys had dispute the night
before, which was renewed wnen they met
The black boy whipped out a knife aud
plunged it into young Watts hip, inficting
a serious wound The youthful knife user
was arrested and arraigned before JUDGE
Pilsbury, who held him to answer uuder
300 bail. $1,000
The nose Of Jonas Reddick (coIoretn will
always bear witness of what Albert Searcv
did TO him at Macon Wednesday. Searcv
who is n slaaniuey aar r,nrtar IN ~ 49, I