The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-01
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Hole in Oconee County.
GEORGIA
Near Machen, Friday, Reuben Stinster
beat and cut Lucy Collier brutally. She
viii die. Both are colored.
John Slappey, formerly a commercial
traveller we'll known in Georgia, died in
Arkansas day or two ago.
The restaurant of All Worrell, colored, of
Lumpkin was burned a day or two ago.
T. G. Shelton's store had narrow escape.
Henry Cook. a white man, aged p, is
under arrest at Cusseta charged with beat
ing his wife so badly as to cause her death.
Teddy Brannon, colored boy of Cusseta,
shot himself in the hand Friday by accl-
dent and amputation had to be performed.
r. B. Marble, who lives a few miles
south of Boston, had his hand badly LAGER
sted by having 1t caught in gin day or
two ago.
George Hudson, colored. is in jail at
Lumpkln for stealing 800 from J. f Hum
Der & Co. Ninety-five dollars of the
money was recovered.
W. H, Hart, a farmer living ten miles
from Tennie, broke his right knee day or
two ago in jumping from a wagon drawn
by runaway mule. Mr.. Hart weighs 2OO
pounds.
A w. Mershon of Crawdfordville was
stabbed in the right side by negro a day
or two ago Tie wound is not dangerous
He had elected the negro from a store for
using bad language.
Little Mary Lynch, the 5-year- old daugh-
ter o. l.. NJ. Lynch, fell downstairs at
her fathers residence, at Columbus, Friday,
narrowly escaping Instant death. She fell
on her head. causing concussi on Of the
brain. She will recover.
Alice Forrest, colored female who re-
sides near Richland, has applied to Judge
Harrison for permission TO plight her troth
to Walter eileen, who 10 in the county Jail
for theft, and will probably be sent
to the chain-gang. Judge Harrison had
not the power to grant her request
Judge w. L. Calhoun, president of the
board of trustees for the confederate
veterans home in Atlanta, has issued cir
cular TO all the ordinaries III the state, ask
ing that they ssnd in the number of disabled
veterans who would probably like to go to
Atlanta and make the home tbeir dwelling
place.
For some time past burglars have been
getting in their work in Wynnton, a suburb
of Colum bus. Even the premises of Judge
Mark II. Blandford, associate Judge of tine
supreme court of Georgia, and Hon. james
NJ. Smith, judge of the superior
court, have not been held too sacred to be
plundered by burglars. A negro has just
been arrested.
Quitman Press: There was a prominent
farmer in town a few days ago who ex-
pressed himself against stores being kept
open after dark. He says that storekeepers
ale the hardest worked class in the county,
most of them labo,ing from twelve to six
teen hours day, and he was of the opinion
that the people would heartily sanction a
movement that would make the store
keepers days work correspond with that Of
the farmer.
Arlington Banner: Melton Rolin and
Lizzie Culver, a colored couple, boarded the
train here last Saturday to go to Albany,
but before the train had proceeded far they
decided to get married, having provided
themselves with the necessary papers in adj
vance. AS luck would have it Rev. George
Flagg, a colored divine, was on board and
soon made their desires reality. They
went to Albany and spent the intervening
hours between the arrival and return of
their train in sightseeing and drinking soda
water.
Mr.. Myers is the possessor of the greatest
curiosity in this section, SAYS a telegram
from Milledgevile He lives close to the
line of Hancock county, near swamp,
where he raises large number of chickens
The only companions of his swamp chickens
are frogs, and the chickens have acquired
the peculiar habit of hopping like their play
mates, and never pretend to walk at all He
has number of them, and it is certainly an
amusing sight to see them continually hop
ping around the yard, and in way, too,
that puts the real frog to shame.
Buena Vista Patriot: Miss Sallie Minter
had very narrow escape the other after.
noon. She was in town with little girl in
the buggy with her A very heavy rain
fell that afternoon, and when she reached
Uchee creek about shutdown it was badly
swollen. With fear and trembling she
10 80 30
midst of the stream, with water half way
the buggy body, the mare she was driving
refused to proceed farther on account of d
colt left behind. With an alienation OF
weeping, coaxing and whipping the animal
Miss Sallie spent about two hours in thai
awful predicament, with the shades OF
night lowering over her. Finally the coll
decided to cross, and swan the creek, wher
the mare walked out without further
trouble.
Arlington Bdnner' r. A. Lemmocks owns
farm in the northwestern part of Calhoun
county, and among his troopers was Ruff
Brack. 1t seems that there was some family
trouble between them and they had quar-
relied before Mr.. Brack had decided 70
move from Mr.. Lemmocks' place and had
gone to AL Mills to get wagon for that
purpose While standing there Mr.. Lem.
mocks drove up in his buggy, armed with
pistols and a NWlncheSter rife, and began
cursing and firing at MIR. Brack He had
fired two shots when Mr.. Brack drew his
pistol and began firing at him. Both parties
emptied their pistols at each other, five
shots each. Mr.. Lemmocks was shot in both
arms and the thigh, while Mr.. Brack was
uniniured.
Athens Banner: An unusual ceremony
was performed in Oconee county recently
1t seems that Mr.. Elder had for Ions
time been engaged to a lady of hat county
but on account of her protracted illness ha.
had TO opportunity of claiming his prize
For long time he waited for her health K
improve, and his waiting was characterizeC
by that usual impatience which lovers ex
hibit when kept away from the object o
their affection. Finally he came to tn
point where he could await the slow comm,
of health no longer, and, securing the con
sent of the lady, he had the ceremony per
formed at her bedside. She was then In
critical condition and the groom in despair
but since the marriage she has greatly i'm
proved, and is now doing well.
Gordon PreSS-Appedl: gentlena
whose modesty prevents our publishing hi
name, and whose veracity is unquestior
able, relates the following: II had bee
picking cotton in my field very hard all tn
morning, and when dinner time came lai
down III the gin house and must have dozs
off to sleep, when all at once l felt shar
prick on the end of my finger. l iumpe
mn and sa w n largo rat lOOkipn