The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
RE NEWS OF rdE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

OAoAASS-A O6r inspector AOSS>
Foot-Detectives AFTER q Noted
Counterfeiter Schooner Ashore
on Doboy Bar-An Athenian Con
victed OF Robbery.
GEORGIA.
Thomas Fielder. Jr., Of Dublin viii soor
move to Atlan'a 70 accept the position Of
legal adviser Of q great corporation.
The Griffin NetCs thinks it hSely tnat
the Red Men of Griffin will attend the
ChattahOochee Valley exposition in body
on Red Mems day.
Rev. Sam Small, the evangelist, has ad.
vertised his Atlanta home for sale. This
step is interpreted as meaning that the Rev.
Small means to quit Georgia for good.
Col Charles W. DuBose. a prominent and
highly esteemed citze Of Sparta, died at
his residence in that place Wednesday. His
illness as brief and brought on by q stroke
IF paralysis.
Two western detectives were in Athens
Wednesday looking for a noted counter
feiter who left Chicago two weeks ago. He
has been followed thousands of miles and
traced through Athens
News has been received from Texas that
Eugene Bellamy, formerly a Franklin
county boy, is lodged in jail for shooting
done the killing in Self-defense.
At Macon Wednesday night while George
W. Jordan, car inspector of the Georgia
Southern road, was getting OF mis- train his
foot slipped, and bis left foot was caught
under the car and 80 badly crushed that il
had 10 be amputated.
The four masted schooner Howard Smith
IS ashore on Doboy bar, where she struck
Wednesday night The schooner has a
cargo Of 200 tons OF steel rails, consigned
to the East Tenne see, Virginia and Georgia
railroad at this port, and will probably
prove total wreck, although the deck
load may be saved.
An inquest was held Oct. 81 over Mel
VIVA Mathis, the 17-year-old stepdaughtsr
of w. Runnels, who was found dead Ia a
thicket adjoining a cotton field on toe Law
renee place near Tennille, belonging to J. r.
Sumner, where she had been picking cotton
that morning. The verdict was that she
died of heart failure.
Last Friday, Andrew Askew Ccolored)
fatally cut Mr.. Jones, son-in-law of Hon
r. H. Jackson, in Heard county. Askew
had gone to the place to move a tenant.
The latter owed rent, and Jones objected to
the removal. A difficulty ensued, in which
Askew cut Jones almost entirely around the
abdomen. Askew was also badly cut,
SASAbL hU1 ChoAJs
Robert H. Lampkin, well-known sport
ing resident or Athens, was convicted in the
superior court there Wednesday of "rob-
berry by intimidation The prosecutor is
an Irish peddler, who swesrs that Lampkin
and one r. l.. Reaves entered his room at
Lampkin's hotel, took hold of him, and,
threal ening his life, secured $40. Lampkin
has not yet been sentenced He is probably
the best known chicken fighter in Georgia.
J. Bryant, an inebriated exposition Wis
itor from Hall county, fell out of the win
dow OF the Cannon house at Atlanta Thurs
day night, aud would have been dashed to
pieces on the pavement had he not fortu-
nately lodged on strong awning one story
below. There he hung suspended in the
soaking rain until the police, with the help
of a ladder, gathered him In like bad apple
from treetOp and marched him off to the
lookup.
Jack Fretwell, a white man, was Jailed at
Albany Wednesday night for going to the
house Of ID. L. Rice, during his absence on
duty as bridge keeper of the Savannah.
Florida and Western bridge, and nearly
frightening his wife and children out of
their wits, oy knocking at Their door in a
very savage manner, and telling them he
was JacS, the terror from Atlanta, and
would break the door down if it was not
opened.
George F. Payne of Macon, who is to be
state chemist, will receive a SAL
airy OF $1,000 per year. The position is now
held by Prof. II. c. White of the state uni
verslty. In addition TO analyzing fer
tilizers, the state chemist has a number of
other similar duties. Mr.. Payne will re-
move to Atlanta and make that his perma-
nent headquarters, but will retain his bust
ness interest in the drug store of Payne g.
King. Mr. Payne was born in Macon. He
is 81 years old.
A strange fatality seems to follow the gin
recently put up near Emily, Carroll county.
by Messrs, Burnett, 81 Hilly. About two
weeks ago Voley Burnett had his hand
caught in the gin and frightfully mangled,
DIR. j. B. Camp removing three of his fin
gers. Last week Mr. Hiley fell through
the opening on the second floor through
which the elevator passes and received very
serious injuries, and day or two later Mr..
Burnett's hand was caught in some of he
bearings Of the engine and badly mashed.
Mr.. Hilley's condition at last accounts was
precarious. The owners of the gin are very
at Atlanta Mrs. Ella H. Crawford has
sued her husband, ]. J. Crawford, for d.
vorce on the ground Of cruel treatment and
desertlon. The couple were married in
March, 1873. and lived together twelve and
a half years. Within that time Mrs. Craw-
ford saws her tickle spouse deserted her and
the children no less than eight times and
Gig 1t times came back to live with them
and was pardoned. The petition states that
her husband was In the habit Of shamefully
abusing her, attributing to her all sorts of
vicious and unladylike actions, He also
talked about her scandalou ly to the neigh
bors. and curtalled her liberty to such an
extent as not even TO allow her TO go to
church.
Saturday night G. G. Harden and Mr..
Robinson left Americas for their homes in
the country. When the gentlemen reached
w. J. Stewards plantation their horse
became frightened at something and threw
Mr.. Robinson out of the cart and Mr.. Har-
den on the singletree of the cart Mr..
Harden spoke TO the horse and stopped him
Mr. Harden then put his hand on the ami
NAL, whereupon he was kicked with both
feet in the chest and abdomen. knocking
the breath out of him and inJuring him in.
formally. The horse, after kicking Mr.
Harden, tried to run away, and in running
ran over Mr.. Robinson. Mr.. Harden
seriously injured as he was, managed to
stop the horse. He was then taken Into Mr..
house. He is in a very critical
condition.
Macon Telegraph. Cicero Cain, q negro
who works at the Manchester cotton mill.
discovered broken rail in the Centralis
track near the barrel factory. A piece
about four feet long had been crunched out
OF one end OF the rail, probably by the rear
wheels OF the last train that had passed
over It, The negro realized that something