The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA .
TIE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Wnit0 Nan Found Dead In forSy "a
County-Fire at Miners Store-AI
Allianceman Brings Suit Against c
Railroad-A Prisoner Nearly Saws
Out OF jail.
GEORGIA.
Darien is to have another artesian well.
While working her flower garden, few
days ago, Lexington lady unearthed 9
human skull.
A reunion of Confederate soldiers will be
held in Alpharetta on the 9th inst, and
Gov. Gordon is expected to be present.
B. W. Sanford, of Crawford county, hai
had the misfortune 20 lose his barn, to
gether with a lot of corn and nearly all his
farming utensils, by fire.
Burglars entered the stors of Beauchamp
& Drugler, at Williamson, and carried
away a lot Of merchandise and money be-
longing to the postotiice.
Ben Horton shot and killed Jacob Gard
ner at Lindsey, three miles northwest OF
Worthen Monday. Two loads from q
double-barreled shotgun did the work in
stantly. Disturbance Of domestic relations
was the cause.
Several gentleman Of Brunswick have
resolved to follow up and punish young
man who left that city few months ago
for Americas and has been circulating
slanderous stories about the ladies OF the
town ever since. He IL said to have left
several bills unpaid when he departed
W. T. SCOTS dwelling house at Miners
store, and all he had, was burned Sunday
night. His family came very near being
burned, as all were asleep, and the house
was falling in when his wife awake. He
has ten children. Mr.. Scott and three
children were at church. Mr.. Scott is q
poor, hard working man.
Charles McNab. q white.ma who is in
Jail at LaGrange, charged with assault
with intent to murder Bill Dix, negro,
came very near filing his way out of Jail
last week. He used a small knife blade,
which he made into a saw, a la Tom VOL
folk He had nearly filed through the
bolt, which would give him a chance to
make dash for liberty, when his work was
accidentally discovered by the jailer. Nc
Nab is a blacksmith.
Rov. Leonidas C. Toorkelsen, a min
lister from Africa. is in Bruins wick. His
business Is to persuade Brunswick negroes
TO 60 to Aftica. He will deliver lectures to
the oolored people OF the city, and picture
to them the glories of that far-off land. The
Rev. Toorkelsen spent several days in Sa-
vannah last week, and says he formed a
to Africa. His expedition will sail from
Savannah about Nov. Is, and he expects to
carry about 2, 900 negroes with him.
Monroe Stephens of Randolph county
wasin Dawson last Friday. After the bat
tie of Murfeesboro, after three color bear
ers of the Fifth Georgia had been shot
down, MIR. Stephens took the flag and bore
it triumphantly through two charges
that followed. Mr.. Stephens is a brother
of Mrs. William Wooten Of Dawson, and
resides In the fourth district of Randolph
The lamented Sid Cheatham,
adjutant Of the regiment, often said to Mr.
Stephens that "he was the biggest man Of
the Fifth Georgia regiment, and as brave
as big"
A few days since, says the Oglethorpe
Echo; a chicken belonging to family in
this place happened to fall in an old dry well
thirty-two feet deep. Its squalls attracted
but. the well being unsafe, no one
could be found who would risk themselves
down in the well 30 get the fowl, and il
seemed doomed TO starvation. A member of
the family, taking compassion upon the
prisoner, procured box, tied il to a rope
and let it down in the we'll, and, surprisingly,
no sooner had the box reached the bottom
than the chicken, seeming to realize its
jumped in it and was drawn safely
10 the top. Now, who says chickens have
no sense.
Thomson was the scene of a desperate
fight Saturday. The parties engaged were
about fifteen negroes against one white
man, MUNICH Ramsey, and two negro boys
be had raised. Mr.. Ramsey was seriously
wounded, besides a number of cuts and
bruises from planks and rocks in the hands
Of the other party. He would have GER
tainly been killed but for little help that
came after Mr.. Ramsey had given up all
hopes. The fight occurred on the outskirts
Of town, there being no white men to Tialp
him at the beginning. The principal negro
and others were promptly arrested. and be
narrowly escaped public lynching on the
streets when the fact became known
At Goggansville station, in Forsyth
county. several negroes found dead, in an
out house, a white man, who, from appear
ances, had been dead at least ten days The
body was badly decomposed. The evidence
before the coroner's jury showed that he
gave his name as Miller when passing
through there two weeks ago. He was sick
at the time, and claimed TO be going to his
friends In Griffin. He had a watch and
chain worth about $50 and SIG in money.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict Of
death from natural causes. The body was
buried by the coroner. He appeared to be
about IS years old, and wore short whiskers
on his face He was evidently consump-
i've, and was well dressed, although walk
ing from place to place.
The Pike County Journal relates rather
q curious story Of ''fowlish" instinct which
comes from the lower part Of that county.
A neighbor gave to little grand daughter
OF Mrs Beckham two young pigeons Sc
verely crippled by older ones of the covey.
BY careful treatment they recovered from
their injuries They would fly over the
neighborhood frequently, and one day in
the absence of their little mistress decided
to leave for good. Nothing was heard from
them for several days Finally it was
learned that one of them, the feebler one,
had taken up headquarters in an adjoining
county about seven miles away. SO well
pleased with its new home is it that it cannot
be frightened away. but persists in remain
ing there, where it is the only representa-
tive OF It's race. The other one has never
been heard from.
Macon Telegraph: "Well, sir, l saw
something the other night that would have
tickled Maggie MITCHELL said a man who
looked as though he knew Maggie when she
was fifty years younger than now; land il
was the shadow dance in a new light.
Many of you remember how the great
actress created suuch a Juror with her
shadow dance in 'Fanchon, and how Katie
Putnam and others came along as imitators
Well. down here at the intersection of Sec
ond and Arch streets the electric light
throws Its light upon a corner filed with
negro children. Every night these children
get under the lamp and danes TO their gro
tesQue shadows. 1t 10 a sight to see then
nlad