The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-08

Eloplng Negro Couple Arrested at
AIbsny-A White Man Dangerously
Stabbed in Fight Near Gainesville.
GEORGIA.
A child born to Mr.. and Mrs II. H Saw
age Of Albany Friday last had at birth two
teeth.
The sixty-hrst session Of the Medical
College of Georgia was opened at Augusts
Monday.
Buck Adams, the man who was shot IN
Saturdays difficulty near Camilla. is doing
well, and will doubtless recover.
The recent Improvements in the Macon
NelCs have made that paper one Of the fore
most evening papers Of the south.
The Franklin Gold Mining Company OF
Pickens county has seat over S17 900 worth
of gold to the mint since Jan. l, 1890.
One Of the attractive features Of the Chat
tahoochee Valley Exposition at Columbus
will be fine collection of Indian curios.
The Albany Hebrew congregation has
decided to dispose of the synagogue lot on
the corner of Broad and jefferson streets.
District Organizer Freeman of Birming-
ham arrived in Americas Sunday for the
purpose of organizing Typographical union
at that city.
The salary committee Of the Atlanta city
council will recommend a considerable re-
duction of the fees in the city clerks and
city marshaPs offices.
c. B. Williams, a noted mineralogist, has
recently discovered fine iron, copper, silver
and coal on the lands OF the late q. A.
O'Bryan in Floyd county.
The application for "a charter for the new
city hospital at Macon was completed Sat
urday, and fled with Judge Adams, the
clerk of the superior court.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society
of the Rome district, North Georgia con
ference, has just concluded a pleasant and
profitable session at Austell
At Thompson's camp on the Knoxville
division of the Marietta and North Georgia
railrq ad, two negroes and a white man were
killed in riot last Monday.
negro named Walton Anderson had the
little finger of his left hand cut off and the
hand and arm badly lacerated by gin at
the Waynesboro oil mill last week.
CarroIton's cotton receipts are consider
ably larger than last season. Much cotton
is received there not only from adjoining
Georgia counties. but from Alabama.
The Presbyterian church in GAINESVILLE
was struck by lightning Sunday evening,
damaging it considerably. The mouse was
set on fire. but was not burned to any ex-
tent.
The newly organized Exchange Bank of
charter is secured. The capital stock will
be $4,000, of which $4,000 is already
pledged.
The Albany NelCS and advertiser will,
commencing with next Sunday, issue eight
pages as Sunday edition. The NeiDS and
Advertiser bears every appearance Of
merited prosperity
An Athens man has given to the univer-
sity museum the skin of a rattlesnake
killed at Sapelo this summer. The RATHER
was 10 feet long, and at the largest part
of the body measured 10 inches in circum-
ference.
Buchanan Messenger: While many little
boys are idling their time away around
our Office, Wiufred Kelley, another
little 9year-old boy. stands at
case III this office and sets
column and more of type every day.
The Manchester cotton mill in Vineville
is now spinning 20, 900 pounds of cotton per
week with twenty-five cards, which is con-
sidered unusually good work. Negotiations
are going on, which, when completed, will
provide for the doubling of the mills
capacity.
The Ocmulgee Land and Improvement
Company of Macon will receive a filter
from the north in a few days to filter the
water OF the Ocmulgee river as a test to
learn its exact purity, ETC. The filter that
is expected will filter 200 gallons PEI day. It
Is claimed that the water of the Ocmulgee
is very pure.
+. &. Doster, who runs a soda water bust
ness on Wall street, Atlanta, became
fingered with Henry Thomas, a person of
color, and, grabbing a glass, Mr.. Doster
dealt Thomas terrible blow on the head.
The lumber broke and cut Mr.. Doster's
hand almost in two. Thompson's head was
only a little bruised.
Harrison Jones and Henrietta Nichols,
two Calhoun county negroes, were arrested
In Albany Sunday afternoon. Henrietta
had deserted her husband, and with her
child was fleeing with Harrison. They
were detained until Monday, when, after
paying costs and giving up the child to the
deserted husband, who came up on the ex-
tension tram, they were allowed to go.
Wednesday night, about o'clock, Tom
Armour seriously, if not fatally, stabbed
John Kay, about three miles west Of Carnes-
vile, on Mrs. Mary E. Moulders premises.
Bob Kay and John Kay become involved in
difficulty, and Armour being the better
friend to Bob, aud seeing that Bob was
getting the worst OF the fight. came to his
rescue with n knife, inflicting three very
severe wounds, one of which is feared by
the doctors will prove fatal.
t. K Armour and John and Bob Kay
engaged in fuss and difficu ty about five
miles west OF Gainesville Saturday night,
and I. K. Armour stabbed John Kay in
three places, one stab taking effect near his
left lung, from which he may die The
wound is pronounced by Drs. s. p. Ram
play and L. K. Burruss as being a danger
GUS one. T. K. Armour is now before the
court under a preliminary trial, and will,
no doubt, be bound over to appear at che
next term of the superior court to answer
Tor assault with intent to murder.
r. C. Mitchell of the firm of Mitchell &
Parker, Atlanta, was badly hurt on Edge
wood avenue Saturday afternoon about s
o'clock. Mr.. Mitchell was driving out
Edgewood avenue. Between Jackson and
Yonge streets his horse became frightened
at an electric car aud began backing toward
the car track. In endeavoring to save him.
self Mr.. Mitchell jumped out of the buggy.
In doing this he was thrown violently to
to the pavement, his mead striking the steps
or the car. His jaw bone was broken in
three places and an ugly wound was in
hlcted on the back of his head. He was
otherwise bruised and cut.
FLORIDA
Jacksonville's public schools opened Mon.
day.
The Eustis postoffice has been raised to