The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF TEE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

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Carload Of Dynamite in Collision.
GEORGIA.
Barnesville is to be connected with Zebu-
lon by telephone, via Miner.
Just below Warm Springs Wednesday,
two freight trains collided, derallipg four
cars and breaking up five.
A letter has been received at Dawson from
Gov. Gordon, saying that he will be present
at the veterans reunion, July Il.
Michael Parish of Statesboro quit chew
ing tobacco about three months ago, and
since then he has gained twenty five
pounds.
DR.. w. E. Boggs, chancellor of the uni
versity, has been requested TO preach the
commencement sermon for the Martin in
stitute, at jefferson, on the 18th inst
V. L. johnson Of Statesboro, while re-
turning from Savannah last Sunday, got
his left hand nearly mashed off by the door
of the train, which slammed against it.
By readjustment of the salaries of sec
ond-class postoffices, made by the depart
ment at Washington, the salary OF Ellis
Hunter, Brunswick's postmaster, has been
Increased from 81, 200 to g., 800.
No paper will be issued in Fort Valley
the week the Weekly Press Association
meets there. Both papers will suspend for
that week, and devote themselves to seeing
that the boys have good time.
The negroes arrested for the assault on
Mrs. Taylor of Lawrenceville have been
sent to Jail to await trial Mrs. Taylor has
not positively said that they are the ones,
and they will be held for further investiga-
ton by higher court.
The News SAYS Dawson is wonderfully
made, hardly has rival in narrow streets,
and no city on earth can excel her in
crooked and ill-shaped ones For bugle-
shaped highways aud irregular widths she
takes the blue ribbon, says the NetCs.
Barnesville Gazette: Rev. John L. I'M
derwood, the father Of thirteen children,
all boys but eight, a Baptist preacher, an
editor of a newspaper. a farmer, cele-
brated fox hunter, and q jolly good mau
all the way round, visited his daughter,
Mrs DR.. Brown, a few days last week.
Monday last, Nos. l and 1914 on the Gen.
trail railroad collided at twentv-seven-mile
post, two miles from Fort Valley Five
cars were turned completely over, and
other cars and an engine were damaged
One full car of dynamite was in one of the
trains, but, fortunately, did not explode
Calhoun Times: L. B. Hooper picked
I'D terrapin on his fathers place, about
three miles from town, on last Monday,
which had cut on his back ]. c. B., 1873
This makes the terrapin II years old. The
initials are Mr.. John G. Bolding's, who re-
members cutting them on the terrapin
when it was quite small.
E. Gardner and George E. Stone. with
w. j. Abney and A. w. Vess as alternates,
have been elected to represent Evans Lodge
No, 20, l. 0. G. T.. of this city at the grand
lodge Of the Good Templsrs, which con-
venes at jackson next month. This meet
ing of the grand lodge will be largely at
tended, and a pleasant session is antici-
pated.
The man who pinches women on the arm
has reached Brunswick Several young
ladies were pinched IN the park Thursday.
The man is described as middle-aged, black
eyes and hair and mustache. He is thick
set and heavy, wears light suit with straw
hat and bangles eyeglasses on his bosom
front. The police are on the lookout for
him. and If be is caught he will not be dealt
with lightly.
Statesboro Eagle: Frederick Heggman
is a native Of Germany, but hes been a
citizen Of our county for the past fifteen
years. He married in this county and up
70 his wife's death last year toiled away on
little farm TO support his family. Poverty
and misfortunes have been his lot, but he is
In fair way now to be a rich man. An
old bachelor uncle recently died in France
and we learn that Fred's share win 90 up in
the hundreds Of thousands.
Wednesday afternoon, during the electri-
cal storm, Night Clerk Jim Josey, Of the
Hotel ST. Simon's, on ST. SImon's Island.
and Messrs. Churchill and Osborn, of the
OglethOrpe orchestra, were severely
shocked BY lightning. The three gentle-
men were in cottage No. &c. near the hotsl,
when the binding fash Of lightning came.
ny. r-uIl k..4sL l.. IL
cottage door. The shock went from the
crown Of the gentlemen's heads to their
feet and was very painful
Blackshear Times: During a rain and
thunderstorm Saturday afternoon the
Presbyterian church was struck by light
ming. The steepl5 is so much damaged that
II viii probably have TO be removed. The
lightning seems to have been attracted by
the metal weather vene on top of the
steeple, the northern post Of which was
shattered, splitting the steeple open. De-
scendlng, the lightning entered the church,
knocking of square of Notwithstanding
from the front and considerable plastering
from the inside, which was scattered all
over the church.
Atlanta Journal: Negroes are to be shut
out OF lnman park. The owners of that
handsome property have fully determined
on that. The colored people have shown
sucn olsposltlon TO take possession of the
park on Sundays that the owners will
exclude them altogether. This course is
fastened by disorder that has occurred in
the park in the last few days. The prop
erty Will be posted, and painters are now at
work on large signs that will be placed at
the entrances of the park. The wording
Will read: These grounds are private and
are reserved for white people," The com
pany has perfect right to do this, as the
park Is private property, owned at present
by the East Atlanta Land Company. and to
be reserved perpetually for the use Of resi-
dents OF the park and their friends.
Brunswick Times: William Linton. the
negro who shot and killed Policeman r. r
Burney and the negro Spencer Grant in the
loot as the Thomasville excursion train was
about to leave the Brunswick and Western
depot, Monday night, is in a very serious
condition at the Jail. Linton had to he
dubbed over the head with pistols in the
hands of the police before he would come To
subsection, and when he was brought TO the
jail his head presented a bloody appearance
Blows that would have killed an ordinary
man raised but scalp wounds on Liptonis
Uranium and nothing serious was Thought
OF his wounds. His condition was such thai
DIR. r. E. L. Burford, the jail physician
aided by Drs. Dunwody and Currie per,
formed an operation on Linton's head and
removed the pus, which had formed an
abscess.