The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Residence Burned Near Adairsville.
A Boy Probably Fatally Injured
While Trying to Kill Fish by an Ex-
plosion-A Family Poisoned at Bruins
wick by sardines-The Lost Coaling
VESSEL
GEORGIA.
David ]. Bailey, Jr., has been elected
captain Of the Spalding Grays of Griffin.
Rev. DR.. @. X. Mccall of Macon is suffer-
ing from a stroke Of paralysis, and his re-
covery is doubtful
The regular annual election Of officers Of
the Middle Georgia Horticultural Society
will occur in the court house at Griffin this
afternoon.
The strike of the boiler makers at Scho-
fields foundry at Macon is still in progress,
and there are no signs Of giving way on
either side.
j. B. Martin and Miss Lizzie Ferguson,
both Of Miner, were married at Barnes
vile day or two ago. Their friends were
not forewarned.
Jesse SWANS residence. five miles from
-Adairsville, was, with its contents, entirely
consumed by fire Friday. The fire origl-
mated In the ironing room. There is no in
surance.
The fast train ran over an old negro
woman at Woodville Friday night, crush
ing her foot so bad that it had to be ampu-
tated. A rush was made to get on the train
and the old woman was thrown under the
wheels.
At Waynesboro a few days ago, while
Warren Hersey was standing on the counter
of his store making an attempt to place a
box on an upper shelf, he lost bis balance
and fell 10 the floor. His left shoulder
blade was broken.
J. R. Cobb Of Brunswick, with his wife
and little girl, ate mustard sardines for sup
per Friday night. Shortly afterward the
trio were seized with nausea and vomiting,
and, becoming Frustrated, showed every
evidence Of suffering from the effects OF
poison. Emetics saved their lives.
Saturday crowd of negro excursicnists
from Brunswick went to Fancy Bluff on the
steamer Nellie Brown. When they neared
the shore the boat ran too high upon the
beach, and after the pleasure party left
her she keeled over. When the tide re-
turned she filled with water, and of course
it became impossible to right her. They
had TO return home in rowboats.
Mercer Reynolds, a little boy living at
Woodville, conclu led on Friday TO kill
some fish in a pond near by. He filed a
bottle with powder, corked 1t tight and put
in fuse, intending to kill the fish by the
shock, as is often done with dynamite. He
lighted the fuse and il exploded in his hands
before he turned it loose. 1t tore his hands
to pieces and made a large hole in his left
shoulder. He is in a critical condition.
Waynesboro True Citizen: A colored
boy on Howell Joiner's place met most
horrible death on June 28. The boy left the
field where he had been blowing, riding a
mule. On the way home the mule became
frightened and threw his rider. As the gear
had not been removed the boys feet became
entangled in the traces, and he was dragged
about until the progress of the mule was
stopped when a fence was reached. The
vicious animal then proceeded to paw the
boys head until it was pounded almost 10 a
jelly.
The doctors Of Atlanta agree that to con-
tinue the school term TO the end Of June, as
has been practiced heretofore. is dangerous
and unnecessarily injurious. So far as their
observation goes, they say, the children Of
Atlanta suffer very seriously every year by
being compelled to stay in school during the
heated term, and they loudly condemn the
rule that keeps them there. There is more
sickness among children during the month
of June in Atlanta, so they say, than for
any other month, and they do not hesitate
TO allege the cause TO the late sessions of the
schools.
Inc mystery OF the coal winch was
washed ashore on the front beach of st.
Simon's by the flood tide last Tuesday morn
ing is still unsolved. Agent Charles w.
Pidoock Of the Quitman Lumber Company
at Brunswick thinks that it comes from the
schooner Stephen j. Fooks, Capt Lewis,
from Baltimore. She was due at Bruins
wick last Monday, and was con-
signed to the Quitman Lumber Company.
There was severe storm at sea, SO the
DilOtS saw off ST SimOns last Monday
night, and it is the strong opinion Of many
that the schooner went down near the bar.
The Stephen J. Fooks was built at Solomon's
Island, Md, in the year of 1874. Her net
tonnage was registered at 40S9S tons;
length, 1854 feet; breadth, IS feet; and
depth 11.6 feet. Her home port was New
York, N. Y. She was the only vessel that
was known to have left the eastern ports for
this region with cargo of coal.