The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Fight Between Whites and Blacks
at Msysville-Negroes Escape From
Jail at Americus-A Narrow Escape
From Death by Electricity at Amer
icus-The Elberton Assault Case.
GEORGIA.
The state Grand Lodge of Good Templars
will meet in jackson on next Tuesday.
About one hundred delegates win be in
attendance.
Munroe Adams, Walter Ford and John
Green, all negroes, escaped from the jail at
Americas Tuesday. Green was shot and
recaptured.
VIII Jackson, engineer at the light and
power company's plant, had both hands
very badly burned by the current Tuesday.
Had it been a little stronger ;t would have
killed him.
Census Supervisor Marion Bethune has
telegraphed 10 gentleman in Milledg5ville,
in response to an inquiry, that the popula-
tion of Milledgeville, inside the corporate
limits. was 1895.
b. F. Melton of Dawson had two cows
go mad last week from some unexplained
cause. They would viciously attack any
thing in sight, from a hog TO a man. One
of them died, and Mr.. Melton had the other
killed.
Dawson NeIos: The Rev. William
Hays, well known here as former pastor
of the Methodist church in this city, has
been appointed agent for Paine's Institute
for the theological training of colored min
listers for the Methodist church.
A man who was in the woods near Daw-
son on last Saturday saw a small rattle
snake fascinate bird almost into its mouth.
The bird, in flying circles, almost reached
the snake, when it suddenly fell to the
ground dead, no doubt from terror.
Two thousand three hundred and fifty
people reside in the city of Dawson proper.
Seven hundred reside in the suburbs, and
this number makes the population of Daw-
son 5000, although they cannot be counted
as belonging to the city. At the last census
the population of Dawson was 1850.
Maysville was the scene of considerable
excitement Tuesday. Two young men by
the name of Wood and Neal Marlborough
came in after visiting a barroom just out
side Of the town limits and raised a row
with a negro, and were beating him over
the head with buggy whip, when two other
negroes went 20 bis assistance and a general
riot prevailed, sticks, rocks and pieces Of
iron picked up off Of the railroad being the
weapons used. One Of the Wood boys and
Neal Yarbrough received some ugly wounds
on their heads. The negroes escaped unin-
Jured.
Anthony Hunt, the father Of the negro
boy who assaulted the little school girl near
Elberton last week, and received a sever
whipping for the act has been committed
to jail. Anthony has been making threats
against the parties who did the whipping,
threatening t. kill them, burn them out,
etc. Tuesday party Of neighbors set out
in search Of him. He was found and carried
before Clark Mattox. justice Of the peace,
but as no overt act had bsea committed,
they could only sue out s peace warrant,
which was done, and his bond liked at $500.
Being unable TO give bond be went to Jail.
The boy that was whipped 5 getting better.
John S. Davis. lineman employed by
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
suddenly became insane at Macon Tuesday.
Some one who owed him paid him So IN
the morning, and shortly afterward he
began to exhibit strange behavior. While
walking along Fourth street he commenced
throwing money in dollars and quarters on
the sidewalk and soon an excited crowd OF
small darkies followed in his wake snatch
ing up the precious stuff. AS Davis went
along he talked loudly and incessantly Of
what he was going to do with his money, of
which declared he had lately won $4,000.
Officer Baughn took him and conveyed him
TO the police station, and he was lodged in a
cell of the city prison for safe keeping.