The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

GEORGIA.
George Morris and Miss Ella Treadwell
were married at Rome Wednesday.
Miss Mary Dial of Walnut Grove died in
Atlanta Wednesday after a surgical opera
ton.
R. E Reid, telegraph operator at Fort
Valley, was Frustrated by lightning
Wednesday.
Miss Eta Gillian was united to James NJ.
Perry at the home of her father, DIR. Gil
lam, on jackson street at Atlanta Wednes-
day.
At Dahlonega handsome sabre has Just
been presented to Maj F. G.. Hodson by the
Cadets OF the North Georgia Agricultural
College.
A negress of Adairsville dropped dead
from heart disease Wednesday from the ef
fects Of applying snuff to her gums with
tooth brush.
Col. c. W. Hodnetts residence at Jones'
boro was destroyed by fire Wednesday.
The building was insured for 81 200. and
the furniture for S400.
Mrs. John Lee visited the Bowdon Inteui-
gence Office on Saturday last. She was 20
years old on that day and it was her first
visit to a printing office.
The Heardmont cotton mills, seven miles
from Elberton, were fired by a stroke of
lightning Tuesday and burned. The loss is
$AS,OuV, Win NO lusuIduCS
The government has established post
office at Deizel, sixteen miles from Macon.
The new Office will commence business on
July 10, If proper mail carrier can be Sc
cured.
A heavy thunder and rain storm ragged
around Walden Wednesday. Several trees
were struck with lightning and one was set
on fire from the clouds near the South
western track.
Great preparations are being made In
Milledgeville to entertain the Southern
Travellers Association, which will run an
excursion from Macon to Milledgeville on
the morning OF July i.
Henry Afford, the most desperate negro
convict of the Dade county mines, was killed
by guard Wednesday while trying to
escape. He was serving a sentence for train
wrecking in Pike county.
w. 9. Ivey. editor and proprietor of the
Wadley Herald, has been appointed man
Rger of the Wadley, Barlow and Louisville
telegraph office, at that place, and will also
act as train dispatcher OF the Wadley and
Louisville railroad.
Last Sunday afternoon John Collier and
Miss Stella Phinazee of Monroe county left
the home Of the latter drove to Goggans-
Vile and were married by Rev. = o. B..
Quillian while seated in their buggy. They
then went on their way rejoicing.
At Crawfordville. Wednesday morning,
as Brown Tappan was passiag the house Of
Andrew Lowe (.cc.oredcJ, his attention was
attracted IL the cry of a child. On enter
Tying on the bed cold in death, having died
alone some time during the night.
Bentley Davis. the negro who was shot by
the White Caps in Murray county, recently,
was taken to Calhoun last week and put
upon the north-bound train. His father,
who was with him. stated that his white
friends advised him to take his son out of
the county, and he sent him to Tennessee.
One of the Oldest ladies In Walker county
was Mrs. Sallie McWhorter. She had
reached the ripe age of "a. Monday she
was in her usual health. Tuesday. after go
ing to the breakfast table, she did not eat
anything and spoke of feeling unwell.
After lying down she grew worse, until the
feeble cord Of life was broken.
J. B. Toomer, C. w. Morrison and Mrs.
Toomer were poisoned at Athens Wednes-
day by drinking milk which had been
poisoned with arsenic. Mr.. Toomer's dray-
man was also affected and fell from his
wagon. 1t is believed that some one put
arsenic in the milk while the milkman
was away from his wagon. The sufferers
are now convalescent.
Wednesday a large number of Macon
people went to Walden to attend the high
school exercises When the train bringing
the party left Walden on the return trip.
and when half mile from the station some
one standing near the track fired a pistol
into the car door, the ball lodging in a
young mans head. He was not fatally
hurt. physician attended him on the
train.
Jack Morris, who lives with Moses GRAY.
about three miles south of Bowdon. Is sup
posed to have been struck by lightning on
Monday evening. He went to the house, as
the family thought, to get water. Not see
ing MIN go back, some of the family looked
and found him in his room in bed In a
stupid condition. All they could learn from
him was that some one had struck him in
in the field, and he intended to kill him.
Or. Lovvorn was sent for, and he reports
Mr. Morris as being paralyzed in his right
arm and right leg.
Tom voolfolk, the Bib county muir
derer, is mere shadow of his former self
During the past four months he has become
SO thin and emacated that even his most
intimate acquaintance would not know
MN II they were to meet him outside of the
jail In addition to his emaciated condi-
ton, Tom is suffering from a large car
buncle on the left side of his head, which,
be says, is killing him. His voice is weak
ana tremuious and has lost much of that
querulous and fretful tone which has been
such marked feature of his conversation
heretofore.
Frank Mckenzie and Jessie Watson of
sugar Valley ran away from home Tues
day night for the purpose of marrying. The
father of the young lady followed them to
Dalton and found them in the act of going
before the ordinary. He became Infatuated
at what he thought was his daughters un-
hlial conduct, and slapped her three times,
whereupon policeman promptly arrested
him and carried him before the mayor
where he was fined $40. After the trial a
number of young men secured the license
and the services Of a minister, and escorted
them to the city park, where they were
married in grand style, with about a hun
dred people in attendance
A severe wind storm passed between Dali
ton and Tilton last Saturday afternoon.
crossing the Western and Atlantic railroad
at point about five miles below Dalton.
The cloud moved from northwest to south
east. was accompanied by roaring noise
and constantly emitted flashes of lightning.
The wind seemed severest as the storm ap-
preached the railroad, in the vicinity of
winch fences were leveled and mauy trees
blown down, some of which fell upon the
track and were run into by northbound
frelghts, though without any serious dam
age. The telegraph wires were also blown
down or broken by falling timber. The
track or the storm was very narrow