The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


sstionsl Turn in the Murray Ridge
wav Affair at Athens-A Mysterious
Death in Houston County-A Big
cypress Log.
GEORGIA
The Augusta Carnival Association is 10
be made a permanent institution.
Hubert Estes of Macon win deliver the
Memorial day GRAFTON at Cuthbert.
Harris s. Mitchell, the contractors, will
commence this week the erection OF dozen
cottages for operatives at the Manchester
mills, Macon.
The Macon Board of Trade passed resolu-
tions Monday requesting Representative
Blount TO vote against the passage Of the
Buttervorth bill.
Hon. Robert R. Berner of Monroe county
will deliver the address at Bainbridge on
Memorial day. Hon. Fleming q. duBignon
delivered the address there on last decora-
ton day.
The election on the question of the re-
moval of the county site Of DeKalb county
from Decatur to Stone Mountain, held Sat
urday, resulted in the casting Of 939 votes
against and 800 for removal.
Judge William Scruggs, father of DR.. z.
g. Scruggs, and one Of the best koown men
in Warren county, died at Warrenton
Monday. He was s. years old, and had
lived in Warren county all his life.
The work of pulling down the old resi-
dence of Alderman Theo. Foley on Second
avenue in Columbus is about completed.
Mr. Foley will Immediately erect one Of the
handsomest residences on the block.
Harris county superior court convened
Monday. The most important case on the
docket is that of the state VS.; ). NJ. Dixon,
for the killing Of James O. Christian about
five years ago. 1t was set for hearing yes
terday.
Last Sunday night q crowd Of negroes
were in tho woods near Monticello playing
cards for money. A difficulty arose be-
tween Tunk Goolsby and Lee johnson, re-
sulting in the death of johnson by pistol
shot at the hands Of Goolsby.
Monday the merchants of Quitman began
closing at 1880 p. M, aud will continue to
do so for the next three and half months.
This gives the clerks an opportunity of
taking an outing each day during the heated
term, and thus putting themselves in better
condition for discharging their arduous
duties
w. w. Collins, the land agent of the
Georgia Southern, has ineugurated new
move in settling up the towns along the
line of that road. On April 90 he will sell
out the town of Wellston. The round trip
tickets from Macon will cost p cents and
free barbecue, with beer and sandwiches,
will be served. A large crowd will go
down from Macon.
Capt. George Lapham, of the steamer
Ellis, which arrived at Columbus Monday,
brought the Enquirer Sun a cut from the
top end Of a monster cypress log. This log
was sawed into shingles by the Florida
Single Mill of Apalachicola. 1t measured
forty-three inches at the small end, was
forty feet long, contained $500 feet, and
the mill paid SO 80 for it.
Clarence, the 9-year-old son of Col George
p. Roberts of Dallas, was accidentally shot
while out with his father hunting Monday
afternoon. The accident occurred about
two miles from town. He was standing on
a log holding the gun, and it is supposed to
have slipped out of his hand. Striking the
log, it was discharged, the contents taking
effect and partially tearing off the right
shoulder. At late hour Monday night the
child died.
Bob Porter, a worthy negro employed by
the Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
railway, had an arm broken and was other
wise injured at Americas, Monday morn
ing. He was working with force putting
together the large new engines just received
by the Savannah, Americas and Mont
gomery road when one of the large shafts
TO the driving wheels fell over on him, pin
ming him TO the ground Proper medical
attention was promptly given him.
When T. L. Lester, a young man well
known in Macon as the Florida representa-
tive of the wholesale drug house of Ii. j.
Lamar 6S on, boarded the Georgia South
ern sleeper on Sunday night at Lake City
he was feeling i'll, and took some choral and
bromide for his nerves. He must have
taken an overdose for when he reached
Macon he could not be aroused by the
porter, who became alarmed and sent for
DIR. Gibson, who succeeded in restoring the
young man TO consciousness. He was taken
to the Stubblefield house and at last
accounts was recovering rapidly.
Joseph Brutus Gordon. mulatto barber
who attended the excursion to Beach Haven
from Macon Monday, came back in fight
ing mood. he saw young son of Cohen's,
a Fourth street dry goods man, sprinkling
the street with garden hose. He asked
the boy for a drink. 1t was refused. Then
he hit the boy on the head with tam
BOURNE and knocked him down. This very
naturally brought Cohen himself to the
scene, and he promptly collared the negro
who then drew O razor and tried to cut
Cohen. About that time Officer Cherry ar
rested Gordon and took him to tho city
prison.
The Murray Ridgeway affair came very
near having a bad elimination at Athenl
Monday. Since tine first words have passed
between Messrs. Ridgeway and Murray
concerning the negro gauger's appointment
and w. A. Pledger's case of blackmai
there has not been the tenderest feeling be-
tween the two. Monday was the opening
of court week at Athens, and Mr. Ridge
way was in town. During the day, whe1
down town, Mr.. Murray came across him
and at once asked him concerning his de-
NAL of the fact that Pledger hac
promised to secure him a whit
gauger for $50. Mr.. Ridgeway said ht
had denied the statement. Murray ther
told him that he respected his gray hair
and old age, bat that if he made such &
statement ne was guilty Of a deliberat,
falsehood Mr.. Ridgeway retorted tina
Murray was liar himself Murray ther
told him that he didn't care to handy words
with him, that be was an infamous liar, anC
that if he would step out into the street b,
would whip him. Ridgeway didn't shrinl
at all, but started at Murray. At thi
juncture friends interviewed to stop the fuss
and thus prevented what might have beer
serious fracas. The end of the Murray
expose is not yet.
John II. Morris, prosperous farmer o.
Houston county, near Tharpe's mill, wa
found dead Saturday, lying face downward
in a shallow stream barely six inches deep
his head buried in the mud and water. Nor
ris had hitched up his wagon few minutes
before shutdown Friday night, and haC
cto ad four r-d A