The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Dahlonega to Have c Hanging-At
lanta's ODD Fellows Pushing thu
Movement to Erect q Hau-A Ne
gro's Escape from West Points jail
A Barn Burned Near Byron.
GEORGIA.
Work will probably be begun on the sur
vey Of BruDswick's outer bar this week.
The barn Of T. J. Burden, a farmer living
near Byron, was burned Friday night. AL
OF his farm tools and several mules were
burned.
Charles B. Higgins, an employe at the
electric street car st ton, az Macon, mad
one Of his fingers cut CT while shifting
cars Saturday
Raj. Sidney Root Of Atlanta is better.
He was ajle to lie down town Saturday. He
r. sufTerirg from the effects Of severe cJld,
and las been very ILL.,
A street car caught fire by electricity at
Macon, Saturday, while mounting the hill
bv the Baptist church. The flames were
promptly extinguished.
The journeymen tailors employed az
Carl Sch aeidor's merchant tailoring estab-
lishment, on Lamar street. have organized
branch Of the T4ilors' National Uaiol of
Americus.
The board of underwriters of New York
have recognized the services of the Bruins
wick fremen IL sub1ulng the cotton fire on
board the steamer Moray last month, by
sending the department 8 check Of S200, to
be divided among the fremen.
4 white man who gave his name as ".
NJ. Redding and bis home near Ty Ty, in
Worth county, lost his return ticket at
Americus Saturday, and had no money with
which t. buy another A party of gentle
men Clipped in and bought him one
The Leader advocates the building OF
strangers church" in Fort Valley. the
Leader says that the movement for church
of this kind is due to the fact that frequently
ministers Of other denominations, save those
who have churches there. visit the town and
desire to preach, but find no vacant pulpits.
Zack White, negro tenant Of ,Tethro
Jones plantation, recently ran off with the
wife Of a friend and neighbOr-Dave Zach
airy. The guilty couple were arrested and
jailed at West Point. When the town
marshal went tn carry Zach his supper, he
found that the door wouldn't work, an the
officer ordered the prisoner to push. Zach
did so with emphasis-knocking the marshal
down, and following his nose at a 2:40 she'll
road speed to the Alabama side Of the river.
Burns, the white man on trial at Dahlonega
for the murder of Beardsly, has been found
guilty, and will be banged Jan. 20. The
mother Some time ago the senior Burns
died, when Beardsly became the adviser of
the widow. Things did not go to suit young
Burns, 50 one day, while Beardsly was |
talking to Mrs Burns the youth struck |
him on the back of the head with a stick |
and killed him. he then compelled his |
stepmother to aid him in secreting the |
body
The Odd Fellows Of Atlanta are develop |
Ing great eathusia SIN on the subject of /
erecting in that city q mag 1ificent temple |
for thar order. Ii is expected that its lJca- |
ton will be central, its prop rtions splen- |
did, its architecture the best and in every |
respect the building will be q monument to |
the devotion of the Odd Fellows to the |
principles and works of their order and an |
ornament to the city. The joint committee |
from the several lodges met Saturday night |
and discussed the project Of building and !
appointed subcommittee on location, plans, |
organization, raising funds, etc. One sug-
gestion which met with great favor was that |
fair should be held by the odd Fellows |
and their friends in the early future for the
benefit OF the building fund. 1t is believed
that this fair, if held, will be the greatest
ever held In the Citv