The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS
A Farmer Arrested for Refusing to
Answer the Questions OF a Census
Enumerator-A Lady Killed by the
Sting of a Moccasin-A Fatal Fight
Over Politics in Jones County.
GEORGIA.
Rome is to have a conservatory Of music.
The census enumerator gives Buena Vista
apopulation of 7S5. It was SGD in 1880.
The Piedmont chautauqua will open its
third session at Iithia springs tomorrow.
The dissolution of the firm of Nc Cathern
& McElmurray of Waynesboro is an
nonnced.
. The child that fell from the third story
Of the Kimhall house at Atlanta Saturday
night has died from its injuries.
On Friday there will be a county Sunday
school celebration held at Dallas. Col. G.
ID. McGregor and others will make speeches.
Miss Meetze, teacher of music at Wes-
leyan college at Macon during the term just
closed, died at Staunton, Va, a few days
ago.
Mrs. Etres, widow lady living in Ches-
tatee district. Lumpkin county, is " years
old and her hair Is Jet LACK, lot a hoary
hair to be seen on her head.
zens of Rome and Floyd county, died at the
home of his father. Col Nathan Bass at
Bass ferry, up the Etowah, Saturday.
DR.. D. P. Holloway died Friday at the
home of mis- brother-in-law, w. r. Dorm, at
Friendship, in Sumter county. DR.. Hollo-
way was for many years leading dentist
of Americas.
John Van Landingham of Charlotte, n.
c., a prominent cotton factor aud exporter,
T-,,r fut Wit
view Of establishing a cotton factorage and
export business.
While fooling with pistol on the street
last THURSDAY, George Brown, 10-year-od
negro of Gibson, accidentally discharged
the weapon, infiicting painful wound in
one of his hands.
The Irwin Guards, of Washington, will
give barbecue on July % to The FIRST Bat
talon of Georgia Volunteers. Col. Levy,
the commander of the battalion, has ac-
cepted the invitation and enty four mem
bers of the Burke Light Infantry will at
tend.
Robert Bartha (coloredl, who is wanted
in Wrightsville, was arrested at Athens to-
night by Chief Oliver and Policeman McKie
and Moon. Bartha is charged with the
killing of a man named Rappahee some
time last March. A reward of $500 is Of
fered for his arrest.
wick Saturday Georgia pine IS feet long,
measuring Al inches at the butt aad "a
inches at the small end. 1t will be shipped
to Boston, and will be used as part of
mammoth derrick 1t will cost the firm
which ordered it about $3.50.
A house belonging to l. p. Blue was
burned Wednesday morning at Downs
mill in Marion county. The house was oc-
cupied by Dock Byers, who sustained a
ha hTi
about $3.50. 1t is supposed that the fire
was tncendiary, as it caught very early in
the morning.
A Miss Cowart of Clinch county was
bitten by a moccasin last Tuesday. She
was reaching after eggs in nest near a
fence corner, when the reptile fastened his
poisonous fangs in her hand. Her br Their
came TO the rescue aud dispatched mis- snake
ship All efforts to save the lady were in
effective, and she died that night.
Jim Green, a colored truckman at the
depot at Waynesboro, while attempting to
lift a half-barrel of cider from a car,
wrenched his back. He was unable to
stand, and had to be carried to his home
AT first it was apprehended that his back
was broken, but al examination proved
that only the muscles OF the ligaments had
been violently strained.
No less than thirty dogs, of all ages, sizes
and breeds, persisted at Macon Saturday at
the hand of some unknown poisoner. Some
body, evidently DESTROYS OF saving the dog
catcher lots of work, scattered strychnine
in meat in many places along First, Second
and Arch streets on Thursday night, and
there was mourning among the owners,
who were mad and would not be Modified
Prof. w. G. Manly left Macon Saturday
for Greenville, S. c., where he will spend
portion of the summer. Prof. Manly, who
was formally professor of ancient languages
in Mercer, and who recently graduated with
the degree of A. NJ. at Harvard, has been
called to the chair of ancient languages in
the state university of Missouri at Column
bia. tie will enter on his duties i'll March
next.
At Eatontou, Saturday, Andrew Jack
son, negro porter III G. LancaSter's store,
was stabbed by Hall Griggs, blind negro.
The fuss grew out of IA little alteration be-
tween jackson and a young brother Of
Griggs. jackson was assaulted in the store
behind the counter. The carotid artery
was completely severed. Little hopes are
entertained for his recovery. Griggs was
promptly arrested.
r. w. Jemison Of the State Agricultural
Society has made a contract with Willie
Ketchum and his wonderful trotting dog,
doc" to appear at the coming fair Of the
society. The owner of the dog agrees to
trot him In harness against any pony not
over twelve hands high, both dog and pony
to cover the same distance, or the dog will
trot against any trotting horse of any size,
the dog to cover one-half mile and the horse
one mile
Emma jackson, a negro girl about IA
years of age, walked along Cotton avenue
at Macon with an open umbrella held care
lessly in front of her. Not seeing what she
was doing she collided with some white
ladies approaching from the other direction,
and the sharp end of the umbrella prodded
one of them in the eye The ladies reproved
her for her carelessness, when she became
SO abusively insoleat that an officer found
1t necessary to take her to the city prison.
John T. Sistrunk was badly injured by
the premature explosion of a dynamite cart
ridge at fish pond near Fort Valley. MIR.
Sistrunk was there trying to kill fish with
dynamite by ignitlng the fuse Of cartridge
and throwing it in the water, when, by a
defective piece Of fuse, the fire burned
faster than he had calculated, and before he
could throw it the cartridge exploded,
blowing his left hand entirely off, shatter-
ing the bone up to the elbow, tearing the
muscles out of his right arm and blowing
one of his ewes out. Mr. Sistrunk is q
nephew of State Railroad Commissioner
Trammel