The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF r1s TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Fine Mule Killed by the Accidental
Discharge of a Pistol-Au Old Indian
Doctor Beaten By e Mob at Leary.
Blaze in a Cotton Fectory-Havoc
Caused By a Runaway Team il
Macon.
GEORGIA.
I. J. Skinner lost shot sack containing
81, 1875 at Columbus Saturday.
Work on the fair buildings ia Morgan is
being pushed and they will be completed 10
time for the EXHIBITS.
Ben Lightfoot was thrown from a wagon
and nad leg broken Saturday afternoon
in a III away at Ame-lcus.
Parties returning from Blakely to Airing
ton Thursday saw a fight of blackbirds
three miles long and half mile wide.
Arlington Banner: The people abou,
Colquitt will tackle anything. They did up
lightning rod man down there last week
Charlie Croft, negro, quarreled with his
wife at Macon Sunday afternoon and nearly
killed her by striking her in the head with
an ak
B3iliff Timmons had 10 pay a fine OF
about $4S in Early court this week for TAXI ng
the law in his own hands and settling case
with negro for whom he had a warrant.
The residences of Albert Eskridge, on
Walker street, near the intersection Of
Peters, Atlanta, was partially destroyed by
fire Monday. The damage amounted to about
$500.
West Hill, colored farmer, who lives
Just over IN Early county, has nine acres of
sea island cotton which he says will make
four bales Very little sea island cotton
was ever grown in that section.
The Richland Gazette says that Cicero
Hobbs who farms in the Pleasant Valley
neighborhood, will make forty bales of cot
ton and corn enough to run his place
another year. The work was done with two
mules.
A blaze in the waste room of the Augusta
factory Saturday caused momentary sen
sation about 80 o'clock. Fortunately it
was discovered in its incipiency and was
promptly extinguished by the employees
with the fire exti1guishers, which are
always kept In readiness. The damage TO
the waste did not exceed sos.
The new compress company at Griffi n
pressed the first bale of cotton yesterday
afternoon about 4 o'clock. A 500 pound
bale was Put in and run down to a space of
eleven inches, the time to do the work being
about ten minutes. The compress is regu-
larly at work this week, as the plant oper-
ates successfully in every way.
In a runaway at Macon Monday morn
ing a wagon was torn to pieces and the
negro driver was thrown out and knocked
insensble for awhile, but found not to be
seriously hurt. In running through ne
East Macon bridge, one of the horses struck
against post and was 80 badly hurt, it is
expected the animal will die. As the horse
ran, its breast was torn and lacerated by a
piece OF singletree that kept cutting it In
the breast. In East Macon two negroes
narrowly escaped being run over in front of
George Wings.
Adam Adams, an industrious Lee county
negro, experienced a severe loss in Albany
Saturday. He drove a very fine mule to
the city, which be tied up in Cooks wagon
yard Some time during the day a young
negro by the name OF Jackson, who, it is
supposed, had purchased a pistol and
wanted to see how it worked, went to the
yard, and while fooling with the weapon
accidentally discharged It, the ball taking
effect in Adams mule, which died Sunday
from the effects of the shot. Adams had
but a few days before paid $175 for the ami
NAL. jackson fed
Recently an Old white man has been
around Arlington with a sachel and bag
containing roots. He claimed to be an
Indian doctor, and lived altogether in the
woods, buying his provisions and cooking
them. He left there and went to Leary.
where he remained up to last Frid iy night
The people there became suspicious of him
and be was summoned to appear before
council last Saturday and give an account
OF himself, but party of five Friday night
gave MIN a severe beating and ordered him
to leave the place. He returned to Airing
ton and gave the following account of the af-
fair: II was camping just this side of
town, near the house Of white gentleman
whose name | do not know. Thursday
night crowd came near where ] was and
fired several shots, hut paid no attention
TO IL. Friday night about IL o'clock ! was
asleep when | was awakened by some one
grabbing hold of me. When | got up |
saw five men. One of them had hold of me
and the others had sticks In their hands.
They said they had good mind to kill me
aud throw me in the pond and that | had
TO leave there. They struck me several
blows With the sticks across the hips and
am still sore from them.n The old man
says that he is gathering roots for a manu-
facturer OF patent medicine in Indianapo-
lis, and bat he ships all he gathers to that
place. The outrage caused a great deal of
talk, and the old man says he will have the
parties prosecuted.