The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-14
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

] A Negro Once Sentenced to Hang
VIII Escape With Life Imprison-
nent-Cyclonedia's Farm and Pros
pectivs Big hotel
GEORGIA
The new steamer Louise, was launched
at Dublin on Thursday afternoon last.
E J. Young of Quitman sold his lower
plantation on Monday last TO john Stanley
for 50, 600 cash.
A suit was filed against the Savannah,
Americus and Montgomery Railroad Com
pany at Americas, Friday, in favor of A.
S. Beatty, for personal injuries received by
him while nthe employ of the road in June
last.
At Columbus, Friday, Judge Smith
granted charter to the Columbus Con-
Struction Company. The incorporates are
q. Gunby Jordan, o. S. Jordan and l. +.
Blanchard. The capital stock is $50, 600
with the privilege of increasing it to $780,
900.
The Washington Baptist Association con-
vened at Bethel church at Sparta, on Tues
day last, and adj urned Friday. Hon.
W. ]. Nortaen acted as moderator and
Hon. Ivy W. Duggan as clerk. The attend
ance was very large and the exercises very
interesting.
the negro, Green Griffith who was tried
at the spring session of court for killing
negro in the utheastern port of the coun-
", and sentenced to be hanged in June last,
but secured new trial, was again tried al
Zebulon, Thursday. The jury retH-ned e
verdict Of guilty" but recommended the
prisoner to the mercy of the court.
A. B. Harrison, who resides near Mobile,
Ala, arrived at Lumpkin. Thursday, claim
ing to be on hunt for his stolen wife and
three children, purpOrted to be stolen by
Whorton Berry, nephew of Mr.. Harri-
son. Harrison soon learned that his wife
children and Whorton Berry were in the
upper portion of Stewart county, at the
residence of Mrs. Walls, mother of the
stolen wife. At last accounts Harrison was
en- route to the home Of Mrs Walls.
On Thursday a peddler passing through
Webster county with his pack stopped at
Melse Nlcholson'S house and tried to
sell Mrs. Nicholson some of his
goods. She refused to purchase, where
upon the peddler abused and cursed her.
the peddler was arrested and carried to
the court house. He put up such a pitiful
plea, that sympathizing citizen of Preston
agreed TO be responsible for his appearance
on Friday morning. The sheriff relieved him
Of his pack and had it locked up for safe
keeping. During the night the peddler left
tne house of the sympathizing citizen for
parts unknown.
Dublin Gazette: On Saturday night last,
w. j. Scarborough who clerks for W. b.
Jones 81 Co., discovered that a box of
cigars had been stolen from the counter,
and suspecting negro VINO had just left
the store of being the thief, he informed j.
B. Tyre, the junior member of the firm,
who Immediately ran out back of the house
and found the negro transferring the cigars
from the box to his pocket. He grappled
with the negro, who threw him loose and
broke into a run down Lawrence street
The bloodhounds of T. NJ. Hightower were
secured and placed upon his track, but
after running him into large pond about
mile from town the chase was given up.
Milledgeville ChrOnicLe Thomas s. Mar
ston was tried in Rockdale superior court
at the August adjourned term, 1884, under
an indictment charging him with setting
fre TO house in town. This is a felony
under our laws Upon the trial he pleaded
insanity. This was sustained by the Jury.
The defendant was thereupon committed by
the order of the court TO the state insane
asylum. The superintendent cerbifies that
he ls now fully restored and should be dis
charged. This can only be done by an act
of the general assembly. MIR. Foute of
barlow has, therefore, introduced a bill
authorizing his discharge. MIR. Marston
was committed to the asylum when he was
Is years of age.
At Cyclonedia, ninety-fve miles below
Macon, in Erwin county, where the Geor-
gia Southern aud Florida road is establish
ing model farm that will lay the states
experimental station in the shade, employ
ing l 900 ceres; fine hotel, to cost $50
OOO, will be built; a ST, 900 house is now in
course OF erection, and other necessary
buildings, ali to be of the finest aud most
improved design, will be built. An i'm
ported Arabian stallion that cost S., 700,
several carloads of thoroughbred breed
mares, and Spanish jack brought from Eu-
rope, are now housed on the farm. The
road also imported four southdown sheep
at cost OF $500, the ram guaranteed to
clip TWEEN y-hve pounds of wool.
The family of Allen Dyer of Newton
county, and two negroes, we're made very
sick Friday by eating biscuits made of -four
that Is supposed to have been poisoned The
flour was some that Lou Gather (colored)
had returned in place of some meal bor-
rowed by her from Mrs. Dyer the day
before. She, however, is not suspected of
having had any knowledge of the fact that
the -four was poisoned, but is supposed to
be the intended victim of the woud-be
polsoner, who, IL is believed, is Sarah Ben
ford (colored). She has been arrested She
had grudge against Lou Gather. and was
DESTROYS of being too intimate with LOUIS
husband. The supposition is that Sarah
pOAAOAu pun buo pOlSOu III Lou lJaltler'S
-four for the purpose of getting rid of her.
and that p rtion of it reached Mr. Overs
family. Fortunately none of the persons
partaking of it suffered any serious conse-
quences therefrom, and they will all recover.
The wires belonging to the Georgia Pa
cific railroad viii be run into the Western
Union offices on Oct. 15 and that company
will assume control of the line from At
lanta to GreenviIle, Miss, dista ace of 500
miles. The purchase of this line will require
the establishment of fifty new Western
Union offices, and will also be of great BEN
eft to the public, as heretofore ali kilograms
to Birmingham nave been subject 10 two
tariffs. In future the direct line will reduce
the charges one-half. This will give the
company two di ect wires to New Orleans
over widely diverging tracts of country.
The advantage is that should an accident
happen to one line the other will be service-
able. The purchace of the Georgia Pacific
wire leaves only one railroad in America
that is not covered by the Western Union
company. The East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia road own Their own wire from
Rome to Macon. The Western Union. how
ever, has offices at every terminal point on
that road.
Dublin Gazette: Bob Dalton, a Young
white man of this county, under the infiu-
ence of whisky, made things quite lively at
the ferry on Monday afternoon. Becoming
offended upon the refusal of q negro team
ster to allow him to ride, he came up town