The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-25
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

of Wild Man.
Barnum's circus VIII be in Georgia in DC
tober.
Macon's trades display is going to be {
big thing
The exhibition building Of the Warner
County Fair Association is nearly com
pleted.
Larkin Wilcher, who for sixty years hal
held the office of justice Of the peace Of
Glascock, died friday.
Keith Conway fell from a tree in the
rear of the Commercial hotel az Athens
and one of his arms was broken by the fall
A movement is on foot to place marble
headstones, engraved with the soldiers
names, on the graves at JOnesboro national
cemetery.
J.P. Champion. an old and well-known
citizen of Griffin, died Friday. Not long
since he received some injuries while step
ping of train, and he never recovered
from the effects.
Jim Norman, who recently killed another
negro on Joseph Gartrell's place, in Wilkes
county. was caught in his own house on
Thursday night. Sheriff Galloway got a
posse, which had no trouble III capturing
the criminal.
10 elect new officers soon. Lieut.. w. NJ.
Jones has resigned his commission as an
officer. and MIR. T. F. Gatewood has re-
signed the position be held as treasurer OF
the company.
A scheme is on foot TO build new hotel
with 100 rooms at the corner of Third and
Poplar streets, Macon. A number of prom
inent local capitalists are interested In the
enterprise, and 1t will probably be carried
into execution at an early day.
Mrs. Sarah Summers, of Jones county
died few days ago at the age Of l0l years.
She had seven children, four OF whom are
still living forty-uwo grandchildren !;
one hundred and thirty-nine great-grand-
children, and ten great reat-grandchildren.
The Scriven Troop held meeting at
Sylvania on Thursday Of last week for the
purpose of cleo ing an officer TO fill the posi-
ton Of third lieutenant, made vacant by
the promotion of w. NJ. Hobby TO the posi-
ton of second lieutenant John Conner " as
elected to the position.
Those who made up a party that won't
from Americas to Flint river TO hunt squir-
rels report game exceedingly scarcs. After
hunting for a whole day the party only
succeeded in killing eighteen squirrels. One
Of the sportsmen figured it up that it cost
him SIG as to kill ten squirrels.
The confederate veterans of Warren
county met at Warrenton Thursday and
organized a confederate veterans assocIa-
ton, composed Of companies Of the Fifth,
Twenty-second and Forty-eighth Georgia
regiments and members of other companies.
They will hold their annual meeting in
Wa renton next year.
At Blacksnesr's mill in Laurens county
Friday, Sam Montford (colored) was shot
and killed by Pink Flanders (coiored) one
is about 10 years old and the other about
Is. Pink who is the brotner-iu-law of the
deceased and who is now in Jail in Dublin,
says the shooting was acciden al and that
there was no qvarrel between them.
Aunt Lettie Poiston is an old colored wo-
man. EivIving near Ca-rollton, and she Is
well known to everybody around She is
nearly 100 years old, and last week
she nad a reunion of her family d
descendants at the old Poiston homestead.
There were ninety-four children, grand
children aud great-grandchildren present.
If all had been present there would have
been 100.
On last Tuesday night thera was fight
between Two negro women near Danburg,
in Wilkes county, in which Que of them,
named Alice Elicit, killed another named
Mary RutteF, with a knife. Alice was
Jealous of her husbands attentions 70 Mary,
and when they met Tuesday night they had
a few words. when Alice stabbed Mary in
the breast wit a knife. There was only one
cut, but it proved fatal Alice is in jail.
There is an old colored man in Sanders
vile who Is known ali over the county a:
"Lum." He is nearly 50 years old. and ha:
been blind almost ali his life. He runs tbs
printing press for Washington county
pa er, and can mend or arrange any part o.
the machine. He can find anything a.
easily as Il Ills vlgiou was not affected. Hi
full name Is Christopher Columbus Choota v
Jordan. which he delights in repeating.
Mr.. Sarah Summers died in Glasscocl
county few days ago. Her descendants
Chain she was born Dec. %, 1889, which
would have made her l01 years old. Hel
health and mind were excellent until 1888
She had seven children, four OF whom are
now living. She was blessed with forty
:~e grandchildren, 1879 great-graudchildrer
and ten neutrality-suspicious., which
would have made her have 1876 living de-
scendants at the time of her death.
W. r. Berryhil, general delivery clerl
Of the postoffice at Rome, is under arrest
A package Of jewelry was received In bad
condition aud the address was blurred
Berryhiu received the package, and, it is
charged, took PIN from it and wore it.
When the package was called for he said II
was not in the office. The party calling for
1t was Mrs. Stout, who lives in Atlanta
She recognized the pin when she saw Ber-
ryhiA, and returned TO Atlanta and in.
formed the postal authorities. Berryhill i:
well connected and his friends say he vii
prove his Innocence.
There is negro living in Scriven county
whose home is in a huge log. The log
70 feet long and feet in diameter. 1t
divided into three apartments, one of which
is occupied by the proprietor's three hogs
The negro occupies another and the third i
filled with hunting and fishing apparatus
The negro makes his livelihood by huntin,
and fishing. His clothes is of skins of will
beasts and he lives alone to himself. Hi
two dogs are the fiercest to be found any
where. He procures his ammunition b.
barterins game with the employees aboarI
the Savannah river boats and the passen
gers.
Ever since the completion OF the Savan
nah, Americas and Montgomery railroa
through Montgomery county there ha
existed a difference of opinion among resi-
dents of that portion of the county traverse
by the road as TO where the depot should b
located. Mount Vernon is the county seat
and as the road runs near the town the cit
zens OF the place insisted upon the build in
of the depot ere. On the other hand. tn
people of "a thickly settled community, thre
miles beyond Mount NerAon felt that thei
neighborhood was more entitled to tn
depot The president Of the road has settle
the controversy by agreeing to build
depot at each place.
J. W. Conner Of Early and William Al
frtttn Of