The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHa NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


lists to Visit Rome-Drove Team
into a well-Boy Accidentally Shot
GEORGIA.
Rev. Sam Jones is reported to have
raised 81, 900 In Ric 1mond last week Ior
the orphans home at Decatur.
Julia Smith. a young colored woman
about Il years old, was shot and painfully
wounded Thursday night, at negro ball on
Second street, near Hazel. Macon.
Rochelle Nelo South: A negro man was
discovered by the crew of the local passen-
ger lying near the railroad near Seville
dead and horribly mangled, few days ago.
1t is not known whether he was killed by a
train the night before, or was murdered
and laid upon the track.
Perry Home Journal: About three years
ago seven men ia Perry paid 81 each 70 start
a savings tank TIE bank is now operated
under a state charter, is located in a build
ing owned by its stockholders, and during
the last twelve months over $3.50, 900 Of
business was transacted through its cashier.
Thursday morning at Brunswick people
residing near the gas works were startled
by the screaming of a woman, who after
ward proved 10 bs Jane Williams lcolored),
whose husband had, as the outcome Of a
quarrel, beaten her soundly with an old
umbrella stick Williams escaped before
negro man attempted to swing on TO a
rapidly moving train in the yards Of the
Savannah Americas and Montgomer Y
railroad at Americas wednesday and was
thrown to the ground and seriously hurt.
He received numerous bruises and was con-
siderably jolted up all around, aud may
have received internal injuries.
Americas Times: Dave Dudley went to
work in his blacksmith shop yesterday The
&c l., 4 l. a
IN this direction. In fact, Dave is too good
q negro to become politician and a NAL
content. He is a good blacksmith, and just
now the south and Georgia need good
mechanics more than they need politicians.
Monday evening at Carrolton, Bill Ben
sons wagon, driven by a negro boy, went
out to near Hon. w. F. Browns after some
fodder. The boy in driving around the
house to the fodder stack, drove into well,
both mules going down into the well, some
fifteen feet deep. With some difficulty
they were gotten out, the mules being IN
injured.
During the North Georgia and Alabama
exposition a large excursion of northern
capitalists will visit Rome. The party Will
consist Of two carloads Of Massachusetts,
capitalists. They will arrive in Rome
during the second week of the exposition
and spend two days. Arrangements have
their stay.
Jim Brad6eld of Augusta got 10-year-
old white boy drunk, and then induced him
TO steal a box of cigarettes for him. Brad
field was bound over to the city court for
receiving stolen goods when he knew them
to be stolen, and he will also ne prosecuted
for getting the boy drunk. The boy, who
is cripple, was sent TO Jail for ten days for
stealing the cigarettes.
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drowned Saturday at Rochelle. The child
was playing round flower pit in the
yard, which was filled with rain water, and
by some accident fell into it, and when dis
covered was so nearly drowned that it was
thought to be dead. By prompt attention,
however, the child was resuscitated and was
doing we'll when last heard from.
AT Americas Wednesday, Charlie
Hudson, a lad of u or 10 years,
while skating had the misfortune to fall
violently TO the floor, breaking his arm.
The fracture was a bad one, and Drs. Haw-
kins and Brooks were called in TO attend
the sufferer. The broken member was re-
set, and the little fellow, at latest account
was getting along quite comfortably.
Tuesday night. at Americus, two negroes
broke open q window and entered a res
taurant kept by negro woman named
Emma Wood, on lower Cotton avenue, and
stole from the house about $26 Wednes-
day, two negroes. Mallard Thompson and
Bedson Gibson, were arrested for the theft
and most of the stolen money recovered.
In the cabin occupied by the thieves a mum
Der OF other stolen articles were recovered.
Thursday Robert Agerton, who attends
the Mchinnie place in Jefferson county
for Nj. u. Gamble, got his left arm and
hand badly torn by gin. From the elbow
down the flesh was torn off, and the muscles
and bone exposed. He is suffering greatly
and it will be long time before he gets
relief. he was trying to unchoke the gin,
when the saws caught his coat sleeve and
In few seconds his arm was cut to pieces.
X. II. Henderson, a merchant of Senoia,
had his safe in his store blown open on
Tuesday night and $3.50 taken from it. The
work was evidently that of professional
thieves, as the safe was drilled from the
side, and wrapped in bolt or two of leans
and lot Of calico, all Of which was made
perfectly wet, after which about ZOO
pounds of -four was piled around ii to
deaden the sound. which was done so effect.
ually that gentleman sleeping across the
street did not hear il.
Brunswick Post: Bad whisky flowed
freely Wednesday, and some of the voters
imt ibed too freely for their own good This
was the case with Dick johnson and Rube
Jones' two country negroes. who were in
home together and had gone as far as the
powder magazine when a dispute arose
over the merits of an old shot gun. Finally
unable to restrain themselves longer. a
knockdown and drag out fight was the re-
suit The fight ended only after Jones had
been knocked into insensibility.
Train No % of the Covington and Macon
railroad, while crossing the long trestle at
Hard Labor creek, near Madison, Wednes-
day, met with what came near being very
serious accident. The wet weather had
caused the track to spread, and as the pas
senger coach was passing over the trestle,
after ten cars had passed over, the coach
jumped the track, and was precipitated
forty feet. Seven passengers were aboard
who were badly bruised, but none very
seriously. The car was smashed into a
Thousand pieces, and it is almost a miracle
how the men escaped with their lives.
Conductor Raworth was severely injured.
While freight train on the Georgia rail-
road was passing Almon Wednesday, Tom
smith attempted to get aboard, and in his
effort was thrown violently to the ground.
receiving severe cut on his face and several
bruises about his head and other portions of
his body. Smith had been a fugitive from
Justice for more than three years, and
there are bills of indictment for three separ-
ate ofenses pending against him in Newton
superior court He was taken to Coyington
after the accident, and on his arrival the
Sheriff took charge of him and nlacad hin,