The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
1--WE trust in God, but sell for Cash. il
q sign in Fourth street store in Macon.
The steeple of st. Johns church al
Augusta is being taken down to be rebuilt
The engagement of Miss Bertha Meyers tc
Dir. Max Isaacs is announced at Brunswick.
j. II. Mel iecke, formerly a grocer al
Augusta, died at his home in Germany
recently.
Dr.. David Shaver, editor of the Kind
Words, of Atlanta, has been sick for several
days, and his condition seems to gro"
worse.
The Wesleyan Christian Advocate will
make Its appearance in Atlanta on and
after Jan. l. IL has been published in Ma
con many years.
1t is said that Yellowstone Kit, the
travelling medicine vender. will settle down
at Brunswick to live. He owns $4,000
worth of property there.
There is a couple living in Richland both
of whom are on the bright side Of 80. who
are the parents of five little children.
Among them are two pairs OF twins.
j. P. Howell of LaGrange is exceedingly
popular with young couples. de has a
record Of having married 500 couples in
the past thirty years, many of them riding
great distances to have him "tie the knot
that binds"
The real estate men Of Atlanta are to
give banquet. 1t is to be after the order
of the banquet given by the chamber of
commerce last year. Jen. 18th has been
fixed as the day, and nearly 81 ZOO has al
ready been subscribed.
The gin house Of George A. Mcdaniel,
situated at Victory, in Carroll county, was
burned Saturday night, together with seven
teen bales of cotton, two gins and several
thousand bushels of cotton seed. 1t is said
to have been set on fire.
About two weeks ago a son of George
Power, who lives near Alpharetta, was cut
ting firewood. when his little sister, who was
standing by, fell on the stick of W cd just as
the ak was descending. The ak severed one
bone of her wrist anu cut into the bone of
the other. She is now doing well.
Elberton was visited by destructive fire
Saturday night. The planning mills and
machine works situated near the depot were
totally destroyed; loss about $500; no
insurance. The buildings belonged to n.
L. Garbut and the machinery TO II. G.
Nickel of Elberton. The fire is supposed to
have been caused from fireworks.
Frank James, brother of the notorious
Jesse James, and once noted Desperate
himself, was in Atlanta Saturday He was
pardoned. after having been sent to the PEN
itentiary, aid is now law-abiding citizen
of Missouri. His stay in Atlanta was only
for few hours, and, as scarcely no one
recognized him, he was unnoticed.
At Morris & Waldron's livery stable at
Atlanta Sunday Al VIM, watchman,
was brushing off table on which pistol
was lying. He struck the pistol, and to
prevent it from dropping to the floor,
grabbed it in bis hand. The pistol was dis
charged and the ball lodged in the shoulder
of Jim Miller, negro boy, iuficting pain
full wound.
Fannie Owens, an old colored woman of
Richland, dropped dead on FRIDAY morning
last. She had just been over to r. G. Jes-
ter's after some clothes TO wash. When
she got in with the clothes she remarked
that she would sit down ana rest awhile be-
fore she started to washing them. A minute
later it was discovered by some one else in
the house that she was dead.
A day or two ago Ruth. little daughter
of H. /. Scale, near Alpharetta, was playing
with the windlass at the well, when the we'll
bucket, which was full of water, was lifted
over the opening in the we'll curb and de-
scended rapidly 10 the bottom of the we'll
The handle Of the windlass struck her on the
head, cutting a cash about four inches long
to the skull. Her wound was dressed and is
now healing nicely.
viii Smith, the young white man who
was onot lew days ago py negro, at
Bolton, is dead. Smith left Atlanta at II
O'clock at night for Bolton, where his family
lives. When he left the train at Bolton.he
started to walk to his parents home, which
was some distance away. He was met on
the road by three negroes, and shot by one
of them. Will Richards, negro, who is
now at liberty, is charged with killing
Smith.
On Friday morning before day negro
was shot and perhaps MORALLY wounded.
at Elberton. He was stranger and stopped
alta negro house to spend the night. Before
daybreak some one came to the door and
called him. He got up. and as he opened
the door he was fired on from the outside
by an unknown party. The load entered
his abdomen, and will doubtless prove
fatal. The man who did the shooting made
his escape
Nathan Lloyd, the negro seriously shot by
Sheriff Ennis, of Baldwin county, on last
Wednesday, while resisting arrest, died in
the jail at Eatonton Mond fom his
wound. 1t is supposed that LLOYD was the
murderer of Capt. Forsyth, who was assassi.
mated in Dodge county last September. The
prisoner answered the description of the
murderer in every particular Several
Thousand dollars reward has been offered
for the apprehension of the murderer, The
author les of Dodge county were notified of
lLloyus arrest, out at last accounts had sent
no one TO identify him.
William Mitchell, porter for James Miller.
at the corner OF Broad and Eighth streets.
Augusta, was passenger on an exposition
car Monday. When the car reached the
corner Of Campbell he left the car and
started to cross the opposite track.
just as he stepped from behind the car
he had left he was struck by a Harris
burg car, which was going uptown on the
opposite track. Motorman Hughes saw
him and reversed the current. and as he did
SO, be told Mitchell to hold on. Mitchell had
grasped the dashboard of the car, and by
almost superhuman strength managed TO
hold on until the car was stopped. which
was In about fifteen feet. As the car was
stopped Williams fell from exhaustion. but
an few moments recovered and walked off.
Macon Telegraph: During the latter
part OF November a reputable mercantile
firm of Thomaston received by mail what
is popularity known as "gree goodsp leU-
ter, or circular offering to sell counterfeit
money at a large discount The letter con-
taiued slip of paper, upon which was
written ARTHUR Long, Alba, Antrim
county, Mich.; this address good for thirty
days only" and was promptly forwarded
by the firm to District ATTORNEY
Marion Erwin at Macon, who for
warded the circular to the CHIEF
postoffice inspector at Washington on Dec
2. District Attorney Erwin las Just re
s.aiyQd information that fbo - -.