The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

gusta-An Unknown Negro Foun
Cut In Two on the Railroad Traol
at Lula-Robbers Captured at Colun
bus-Bloody Fight Between Broth
ers-in-Law.
GEORGIA.
Americas wheelmen will organize
bicycle club.
There is almost an epidemic of jaundic
in and around Dawson.
Forbes Bradley, one of the oldest inhabi
ants Of Columbus died Sunday.
Thomas G. Crussille, who built the frs
house in Atlanta, died Sunday night in hi
6Sth year.
DIR. Robert H. Harris of Columbus ha
decided not 70 accept the call 70 the pastor
ate of the Baptist church in Athens
A prisoner set the Cedartown Jail on fir
at 2 O'Clock Sunday. Considerable damag
was done, but the rain saved it. Their
were four burglars in the jail.
On Friday the Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Augusta district will meet a
Milledgeville Every arrangement neces
sary is being made to entertain the dele
gates.
Thomas county Is seeking to annex a
strip of Decatur county. As the strip in
u
fine class Of people, Decatur will object t.
losing it.
There will be q Georgia Military Institute
day during the Atlanta exposition, aud,
upon that occasion, it is designed TO have a
memorable reunion of all the old Georgia
Military Institute cadets.
A very painful accident happened to 10
year-old daughter of Warren Edwards at
Milledgeville Sunday. While the little
girl was descending the stairs she fell to the
first floor, breaking one of her legs
The Glynn Gun Club has received an iu-
vitation to attend state and interstate gun
club contest to be held at Orlando, Fla,
next month. The club has not de-
cided as yet whether or not 1t will send a
team.
A new bank with the name Of the South
ern Loan and Banking Company has been
organized at Atlanta. The capital stock ia
$l00, 900, with a limit of $4,000 One
hundred and five thousand dollars has
already been subscribed
R. s. Shepherd, respected citizen of
Chipley, was shot dead Monday by j. II.
Crawford. The killing grew out of SLAM
derous reports which Crawford had been
circulating about Shepherds daughter.
The community is greatly excited over it.
Crawford escaped.
The Chattahoochee is extremely low and
considerable difficulty is experienced in
navigating the upper river. River men say
that the main trouble is that the govern
ment boat does not remove the distractions
when notified by them. An additional APP
preparation is needed.
Two freight trains coilided on the Georgia
Southern road Monday night at Jasper. A
negro was killed, Conductor Anthony badly
injured and Flagman Swinson injured. Mr..
Anthony's skull is said TO have been frac-
tured, but the extent of Mr.. Swinson's in
juries are not known.
The First Methodist church Of Rome was
Sunday. Bishop A. G. Haygood
was present. The Methodist church is a
very handsome gothic structure, and was
built at a cost of $4,000 The appearance
from without is imposing, and within the
building is strikingly and neatly finished in
Georgia oak
An unknown negro was found cut in two
on the Richmond and Danville road at Lula
Tuesday morning. He is thought to have
been murdered, as there was little blood on
the track. He was very drunk Monday
night, and had considerable money on him
when be boarded the Belle" ct Gainesville
with another negro. There was no money
IN his pocket Tuesday morning. The other
hoh AoS NV OCOA AOuuQ.
Four months ago Charles Smith OF At
anita was married to Miss Alice Martin.
Mr.. Smith was then and has since been
with the family of Miss Martin.
Nothing was said about their marriage,
however, and it was kept q profound secret
Until few days ago, when, as Mr.. Smith
mad fixed up a neat little home for his bride
and they were ready to go to it there was
no further reason for keeping the marriage
4 secret, and so their friends are now con-
them.
Sunday morning at Augusta Alex Inglett
and John Luper got into fight and Inglett
stabbed Luper in the breast, infiicting a
painful but not dangerous wound. The
affair occurred just as funeral procession
was passing the place, aud the relatives of
the deceased were witnesses of the deed.
Inglett is a boy of Is years. Both parties
were under the influence of whisky. Mon
day morning the case was tried by the re-
corder, who sentenced both belligerents to
ninety days in jail
Monday afternoon near Adairsyille.
Charles Packard, while on his way home
from a country barroom, considerably m
der the influence of whisky, passed by the
house of his brother-in-law, Larine Ro-
bnck. Robuck had started TO the pasture
to turn the COWS out. A few words passed.
and then Pickard began to use his pocket
knife on Robuck with telling effect. Ro-
buck then shot Pickard once through the
abdomen. Both men are seriously hurt.
and may be fatally.
While a fine mare belonging to Mark
Smith was confined in the vacant lot in
front of the Hotel Mayo at ALBANY. she at
tempted to jump over the picketing sur
it. but in her efforts to do SO, she
fell on one of the pickets which ran into
her shoulder just under the skin for eighteen
inches. The picket was an inch wide and
half an inch thick, and made severe
wound from which the animal seems not to
be suffering, or which is likely TO effect her
value. G. w. Swindle extracted the
picket from the animals shoulder.
Albany NelcS and Advertiser: Monday
night, when the Savannah, Florida and
Western north-bound freight was within
i've miles OF Albany, a car loaded with cot
ton was discovered to be on fire. The train
was Immediately brought to a standstill.
and the car was broken open. The car was
fnll Of smoke, but the crew tumbled the
bales out iD a hurry, and soon had 1t oil
out, with the exception of one bale in a cor
ner of the car, which had become ignited
from some unaccountable cause, probably
from spontaneous combustion, and from
this the roof of the car caught and was
slightly damaged before the flames could be
extlnkuished. The cotton was then re-
loaded and the train came on to the CITY.
The car had been loaded at Camilla.
Two negro robbers were captured at Coz
hmbus Sunday morning. The men broke
open car in the Central railroad yard in
that city and stole bale of cotton, which