The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF TaE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARA GRAPHs

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Accidentally shot FL PledEer 1
Prisoner-A Lively Shooting Scraps
at LsGrange-A Snake story.
GEORGIA
Capt NJ 7. Castlsberry of Atlanta wa:
buried yesterday.
Bill Pledger is under arrest at Atlanta 70
running a newspaper without a license.
Ten years ago the census figures CAV,
Tennille population OF ninety-ni TIL
census Of 1889 gave a total population o
995.
A P. Malcour was shot through the mus
cles of the left forearm by the Academia
discharge of pistol at Social Circle a dal
or two ago.
A Sandersville gentleman and Tennillt
gentleman have put up a wager Of 81, 00'
apiece-the one who marries first to lose
cool thousand
Aaron Issac's horse ran away on Bay
street. at Brunswick. Tuesday. 1t wa
stopped within about ten feet Of the edge o.
OF the wharf, before it went over into the
bay.
Henry Price, an old negro, was killed by
the up passenger train Monday night about
two miles below JACKSON. He was drunk
and sitting on the track. The inquest ex-
onerates the engineer.
The grand interstate drill. under the au-
spices of the Chattahoochee Valley Exposl-
ton Company Of Columbus, occurs Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. Nov. 10, IL and
II. The judges Will be United states army
officers. The prizes amount TO S2,0OO.
The Gulf, Stuart and Davis stables at
Townsville and the residence of Tim Hulk
land in Fairview were struck by lightning
Monday The latter residence was con-
siderably damaged. Several persons were
shocked, but no one was seriously hurt.
Marshal P. S. Tatum of Abbeyille ar
rived in Brunswick on the East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia train Tuesday at
ternoon having in charge Frank Mason,
alias George Harold, who is charged with
the murder of Dave Fuse, another negro, in
Sterling about year ago.
Two negro visitors to Lagrange were
teased by negroes Of the town Monday, and
at night three Of the local jokers followed
the strangers to the edge Of town At that
point patience ceased TO be a virtue, and
just as they stepped on the railroad track
there was a heavy fusillade from the strang-
ers, seven shots being fred in RAPID success
sion, four of which took effect. Two were
shot in their legs and one was shot in the
arm. The strange negroes disappeared in
the darkness, and the wounded were at
tended by physicians.
A mule belonging to L. A. Hans met a
strange death at Macon, Tuesday, while
being driven along Fourth street, near
Plum. He was attached TO a dray which
was loaded with small engine. The dray
got stuck in the mud, and the negro driver
applied the whip vigorously in order 10
make the mule pull out. the animal began
kicking vigorously and got its hind legs up
on the dray. During its struggles to get
down one of its thighs became impaled on
one Of the standards of the dray. and the
sharp standard penetrated several inches
into the flesh. Several men rushed to its
assistance and the wounded animal was
freed from its painful position and, pro-
fusely streaming with blood, was taken to
Or. Lyon, the veterinary surgeon. who
could do nothing for it, and it died within
half an hour.
An interesting wedding occurred in
Tattnall county Oh the morning Of July 80
at the residence of DR.. L. Marvin Nichols
of Danton. The parties united were T. V.
Sterling and Miss Anna A. Harkins, both
of Bethany, Piokens county, Ala Rev. c..
s. t. Strickland officiated. The invited
guests consisted OF several of the leading
and most enterprising families of the
county. After the marriage ceremony
the bride and groom, with a
few of their many friends, went
to Belville, where all enjoyed fine dinner.
The happy coupe then left for Birming-
ham. DR.. and Mrs. Nichols accompanied
them as far as Lyons. Mr.. and Mrs
Sterling are both highly esteemed and
we'll respected citizens OF Bethany, Pickens
county, Alabama, where they will make
their future home. Mr.. Sterling is one of
Alabama's largest farmer and merchants,
and son OF Dr. Sterling, a successful ply
stefan Of his state, Mrs. Sterling is one of
Alabama's most attractive ladies, and is a
daughter OF Hon. c. s. Harkins, large
and successful farmer of Alabama.
w. o. Watson tells the Albany Neps and
Advertiser the following snake story: "For
twenty-five years, or perhaps longer, my
mother has owned a china egg, most per-
fect imitation, from an exterior point of
view, OF the variety which the housewife
finds so hard to get along without, which
she has used as nest egg to fool proving
dogs and TO prevent hens from leaving their
nests after the products Of their industry
and skill had been removed there from.
Recently this egg was brought into use
again, owing to the marauding visits of a
canine prowler, and the next morning it was
gone from the nest and uld not be found
nigh or low. 1t was unfair and unreasonable
70 have charged up the disappearance of
the egg to the dogs gullibllity, for even a
Vagabond cur is not easily deceived in a
matter which affects his appetite, and so
the egg was given up as lost through some
mysterious cause, which time might prob
ably reveal. And sure enough, time came
TO the rescue, and finally revealed how and
wherein the egg had disappeared. Last
Saturday, while / was out at my farm. my
brother-in-law shot chicken snake, which
had crawled up into a tree in the yard, and
his snakeship falling to the ground, an
abnormal bump in mis- anatomy attracted
his attention and led to an incision being
made in the body of the serpent, which
brought the lost china egg TO light and