The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Issues of the Griffin News Seized on
Account OF Printing Lottery Adver-
tisements-Sheriff of Telfair County
Seriously stabbed-stabbing ARRAY
Between Negroes in Twiggs County
GEORGIA.
The public schools Of Brunswick opened
yesterday for the fall and winter term.
The White Caps have disappeared from
that section of Oglethorpe county where
they have hitherto operated.
Elson PinIou, aged IS, and Miss Mary
Black burn, aged -. OF Dawson county
were united in marriage Sunday.
Thomas Goodman Of gainesville, while
packing a bale of cotton last Wednesday,
had his arm fearfuly crushed and cut to
pieces.
VIII Bethea, a negro, has been found
guilty Of the murder OF r. S. Raiford, in
johnson county last March, and has been
sentenced 10 hang.
Up to Saturday night the enrolment Of
pupils for the Americas public schools nae
reached 1,257 names. 1t Is thought that
the total enrolment will reach 800 names.
Rev. NJ. NJ. McCranie of Chauncy was
bitten on the nose a few days ago by
ground rattlesnake. The snake had taken
up his quarters in Rev. Mr.. Slglos sadoie-
bags.
A bloody fight occurred on Newcastle
street. Bruins wick, Saturday afternoon, at
o'clock. rear the Stubbs-Greer Hard ware
Company's store, in which negro named
Minson Powell was badly beaten by ). w.
Num- and g. B. Miller.
The little babe OF Mr.. and Mrs j. d.
Worrill, so badly burned at Columbus
Thursday, an account of which appeared IN
the NEWS died from its injuries and was
buried Saturday. Mrs. Worr1n is In
critical condition, and not expected to re-
cover.
Not all the Georgia papers escaped under
the sudden enforcement of the antl-lottery
law. The entire daily and weekly mail
editions of the Griffin NetCs and Sun were
seized at the Griffin postoffice Friday be-
cause the paper contained a lottery adver-
tisement.
There was freight train wreck on the
Southwestern railroad at Smithville Satur-
day caused by tue front truck of car
breaking down. A negro train hand was
hurt, but not fatally. Delay in passenger |
trains was avoided by laying track around |
the wreck.
The two cannon which were given by the |
state TO the Second Georgia battalion have |
arrived in Macon from Albany, and are |
now at tue Central railroads freight de- |
livery warehouse. They will probably be !
taken charge OF by Lieut.. Col. Wiley during |
the coming week
Hon. w. A. Broughton has been selected |
by the state alliance TO go Europe to look |
after the placing of cotton and getting adj |
vances on same for the farmers of Georgia. |
Col Broughton is offered handsome salary |
and all expenses Of the trip, and is given |
thirty days to accept or decline the offer.
The literary societies of the state univer- |
sity have decided to continue the puolica- |
tion of their college paper, and have elected |
their editor, for the first term Of office. The
Demosthenians had the right to name the |
edttor-in-chief, and elected J. R l. Smith. |
AS associate editors they chose H. II. Smith, |
o. f. Horton and Ben Phillips The Phi |
Kappas will be represented by <. r. Black,
Tally and w. D. Kelly, with W. w. Shop |
herd as business manager.
Sheriff Wright Lancaster of Telfair |
county was seriously stabbed in the throat,
one-eighth of an inch from the jugular vein, |
Saturday evening by Lewis B Clark The |
ARRAY occurred on the Savannah. Americas
and Montgomery passenger train gong
west, just after leaving Helena. The wound
was dressed by Drs. Swinney and kennon,
and they report Mr.. Lancaster dong very
well this morning. The difficulty arose
over a former misunderstanding between
the men Clark jumped from the train and
made his escape.
A stabbing ARRAY, which will probably
prove fatal, occurred between two negroes
on Capt. I. K. Van Bpren's plantation, in
Twiggs county, at a late hour on Friday
night Both had been drinking heavily
and got to calling each other nvmes. One
of them, Tom Fryer. finally jumped on the
other, whose name is Jason James, knocked
him down and cut fearful cash down his
left side from the nipple to the waist. Sew
eral ribs we're completely cut in two, and
the murderous knife also penetrated into
the viscera. Fryer escaped and has not yet
been caught James is at the point of
death, ard it is not considered possible for
him'to recover. They were both hard-work-
ing negroes, and had worked together for
years without a quarrel before.