The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-21
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF rIe TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


Malicious Mischief at Atlsnta's Glas
Factory-Mother of Twenty-six Chill
dren-The Division of Henry Todd
Estate.
GEORGIA.
Brunswick's board of trade wants
whistling buoy placed at the outer bar.
A banter at Columbus Thursday resulte
in two men swapping their artificial legs
Mrs. Elizabeth Sanford and Mrs. Martial
Connor of Greensboro have died within ID
past few days
Mrs. Walter Johnson. wife Of the Unite,
States collector If internal revenue, wa
buried at Columbus Friday.
Spectators in theater tickets cornered
the house for the minstrels at Macon Friday
Fifty cents advance on regular prices il
what they charged.
An Atlanta man says he is ready 10 put
up 5000 II DR.. Armstr ong Of that city
who looks so much like Booth. will 60 on
the stage and play Orchard III"
There is talk of bringing Sohasffer and
Slosson, the billiard experts, TO Atlanta
during the Piedmont exposition. II is said
that they can be secured for 800 each and
expenses.
Macon's chief Of police was warned by
the chief Of police of Augusta that Jewelry
store in Macon was to be robbed Thursday
night. Policemen laid in wait, but no
robbers appeared.
A man was in Athens Thursday night
hot on the trail Of a fugitive negro who
had wantonly murdered Mr.. Adams
somewhere near the line between Clarke
and jackson counties.
The probability is the Calhoun County
IT, A ,.,sIf r.
and purchase suitable grounds at Morgan,
on which 10 erect suitable buildings for
holding a first-class fair.
The negro sailors on board Of the American
schooner Robert J. Barr, now loading with
lumber at Union Island, had a fight on
Tuesday last. One man had his head split
open and his ear cut into, while another
was smashed up generally with a sheath
knife.
Charles Goodrum of Athens invented an
Improvement on the telephone, which, it is
claim ed, would revolutionize telephone
comm unicatIon. 1t is now announced that
the Bell Telephone Company is fighting the
granting OF a patent by the authorities at
Washington.
In 1s67-6s Capt Ben Tillman, the nomi-
nee for governor of South Carolina, lived
In Florida, and on his return to South Caro-
lima in 1868 married Miss Sallie A. Starke
of Ebert county, Georgia Miss Starke,
although living in Georgia, was of the
South Carolina family of Starkes who re-
side in Fairfield county.
Swainsboro Pine Forest. s. G. McNair.
living near Summit, was awakened one
night last week by considerable racket in
the smoke house. He took a light and went
to see what 1t was, and to his surprise he
found the would-be intruder slick tail
postum" in piece of old stove pipe. where
he had crawled for concealment.
Some sly rogue, who had learned the
exact. location of the boxes and barrels in
N. A. Fowler's store at Woodstock. on
Friday night last crawled under the store
aud bored auger holes through the floor into
the coffee and sugar barrels and then, by
holding sack under them, succeeded in
getting supply of these articles.
At Atlanta Friday a fireman named
Mosely, of No. 4 company, met with an
accident at a fire on Edgewood avenue.
Among the things thrown from the burning
building was an old cavalry sword. When
the fireman was going toward the building
he ran against the sharp point which stuck
In his foot, lnfiicting very painful wound
The burglars who tried Monday night TO
get into the stores Of H. c. Burr. s. H.
Deane and others of Griffin have. it is
thought, been spotted by the police, and
will De caught 1t was perhaps the most
daring attempt at robbery ever made there
From ten to twenty auger holes were bored
into each front door, and right under the
glare of 1000 candle power electric light.
Chancellor Boggs Of the state university
at Athens will not allow men coming from
branch colleges to enter classes higher than
sophomore. Many of the students are dis
satisfied with this rule, and have signified
their intention of returning TO their homes
unless the rule is modified or revoked. DR.,
Boggs is fixed in his belief that this is q
wise plan, and will be followed by the best
results.
Charlie Hill, viii Sheppard and Levi.
Cardiff, negro boys working at the glas,
factory, are locked up in the station houst
at Atlanta, charged with malicious mischief
When the workmen at the factory went tt
dinner the boys threw sand into the fur
mace where the glass was being melted
When the men returned glass amounting to
$500 worth was found to be destroyed anC
was thrown away.
ID. A. Kurn had announced his engage
ment to Miss Nora Kittle of Athens an,
preparations for the marriage had BEEF
made, when in some understandable wa,
rumors were set afioat TO the effect that Mr.
kurn was a married mau with family
An inquiry at Mr.. Kurn's old home in In
diana proves that the rumor Is false 81
will sue the author for criminal libel if h
can learn his name.
Sumner Local: A Mr.. Griffin frou
WeStonia says he has twenty-five brother
and sisters, which, OF course, makes hi
mother the mother of twenty-six children
They are originally from Bulloch county
and lived nineteen years on Okefinoke
swamp. His mother is now living, and j
proprietor of the Griffin house in Waycross
and is in good health, having never take
but two or three dollars worth of medicine
Miss Emmie Young of Greene county sho
and killed mad dog day or two ago.
dog belonging to the family suddenly wen
mad, and, after having attempted TO ente
the house, was playing havoc with every
thing that came in its way in the yard and
though Miss Emmie had never shot a gun
she procured one that was In the house. and
bravely going out, made a random, bu
successful shot, killing the raving anime
the first fire.
Atlanta Journal: / saw two Chinamer
buy tickets for San Francisco from Atlant,
the other day. They have been living her
several years and have made q snug sum O
money They told me that they were goin
back to China now and never expected Z
return to Atlanta. This thought occurs {
me: What good do Cinnamon do Atlanta
Very little, if any. Their clothes. thei
utensils, even their pipes and tobacco
almost everything they use-come fror
China. They buy a little rice here or nav
little rent. That's about all. When the
get $4,000 or 5000 ahead thew pull n
stakes and 90 haclr to Chtna ,,o.E-. =