The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Sugar Mill-Struck over the Head
With an Iron Bar-Mother and Child
Terribly Burned-Msngled in Cot
ton Gin-Negro Woman Murdered
Drowned in the Chsttahoochee.
GEORGIA.
The contract has been closed and a ferti
lizer factory will be built and put IN opera
tion at Fort Valley.
An Ebert county young man has beel
sent to the changing for six months TO
running blind tiger.
Ed. Morgan inflicted several fnif
wounds on Jack johnson at Atiant'
"Wednesday in the course OF a fight. Boil
are colored
J. E Stephens. an old Albany printer
formerly foreman of the Nei0s and Aduer-
tiser press rooms, died Tuesday night. The
Nes0s Office was draped In mourning Wed
nesday.
An Atlanta lawyer named J. L. Terry Il
missing He is charged with having stoler
several valuable books from brother law
yer's Office and selling them to other mem
bers Of the profession.
Last Sunday night about o'clock thief
entered ]. w. Anthoin's residence and stole
from his bed room his coat. vest and watch.
Mr.. Antholne was in an adjoining room
writing at a desk at the time Of the rob
berry.
A freight train on the Atlanta and Flor
ida railroad jumped the track at the Flint
river trestle, twelve miles north of Fay
etteville, Tuesday afternoon. Four cars
were derailed. A train hand was slightly
injured.
Saturday night there arose some trouble
between Joe Mcbride and Emeine jackson.
both colored, which resulted in Mcbride
shooting Emeline. from which she died Sun
day night following. Mcbride has not
been arrested.
The turpentine distilIery Of Crumrey &
Hamilton at Rochelle was destroyed to-
gether with about thirty barrels Of rosin
aud fifteen barrels Of gum, on Monday even
ing last The fire was caused by the gum
boiling over and catching fire.
The board of trade at Valdostaghas been
working for some months for lower freight
rates, aud now has a promise of a sub
stantial reduction soon. The cotton rate
has been reduced about 81 a bale This now
goes TO Savannah vita the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad and Macon.
Wednesday at Columbus, John Faulks
hit Jim Williams over the head with an
iron bar, causing a fracture Of the skull.
Faulks eluded the officers until next morn
ing, when he was arrested and sent to Jail
in default of bond. Williams is in a critical
condition, but his physician thinks he win
recover.
Tuesday two white men and a negro.
belonging to the Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery surveying corps, attempted to
cross the Chattahoochee river in a small
boat, which was capsized in the middle of
the stream. The two white men were ex-
pert swimmers and succeeded in reaching
the shore and saving themselves, but the
negro could not swim and was drowned.
The boiler of the LaGrange grist mill
exploded Wednesday. No one was hurt.
but it was miraculous escape. Several
employees we're near theboiler, bat happened
to be on the opposite side from where the
explosion occurred. One side of the engine
room was blown out, and the engine was
covered with a mass Of brick. The main
building was uninjured. The grist mill
was owned by the LAGRANGE mills.
John Sells (colored) was brought to Au-
gusta on the Georgia train Wednesday
afternoon in disabled condition. Sells is a
lineman, and had climbed telegraph pole
some distance up the road for the purpose
of repairing some wires. While at work he
accidently slipped aud fell to the ground
In the fall he broke his left leg, and received
several other painful injuries He was car
ried to his home, where he received medical
attention
Friday of last week, at Powelton, Hon.
g. @. Veasely, who has represented the
county Of Taliaferro in the legislature, and
whose name has been announced as a candi-
date for messenger of the next House, while
on gudgeon. Of his gin to
cool it, his left hand and arm
were suddenly caught between the wheels
and lacerated and bruised to such an extent
as to make it possible that he might lose his
arm entirely.
Mercer University, Macon, began It's
fifty-second term Wednesday. The first
days enrolment showed a total of 22s
names, an increase of 100 over last year
The new chapel building, costing $50 900, il
well under Roadway in construction and
work is going ahead on the third story. The
latest and most important Improvement oil
all will be the erection of a 100-room struc
ture on the college campus, just south Of
the main building. IL is to cost $50, 600
and the necessary funds have already beer
promised
Swainsboro Pine Forest: On last Satur,
day morning, just before daylight. fire was
discovered IN the kitchen OF Mrs. Emalnt
Rich, living about six miles above SWANS
boro, and before it could be extinguisheC
Ter kitchen, smoke house and one other out
thing that were in them. 1t is not known
how the fire originated, but it is supposed
to be the work of an incendiary. Mrs
Rich is a poor, old woman, with no one tc
depend on for support, and the loss is
very heavy one to her.
Lawrenceville Herald: On last Saturda,
evening William Reynolds, about 10 year
old, who lives with his ia her g. w. Rev
nolds on the farm of T. w. Brown, in Mar
tins district, received injuries which re
suited in his death. He aud his father wer,
engaged in making syrup. The young mar
was feeding the mill while his father wal
employed near by. The mill is run by
means of lever, to which a horse is at
tached, and the lever passes over the heae
OF the person who feeds the cane in. While
engaged at his work the young man il
some way got his head between the leve,
and the frame of the mill, and before tn
horse could be stopped his head wa
crushed in, and he fell limp upon tn
ground, but still he was not dead. Physi
clans were sent for, and they examined
MIN and found that the lower part of th,
skull was so badly crushed that blood an,
brains came ont at his ears. There wa
no hope of b 8 recovery but everythin,
was done that could be to give him relief
Strange to say he lived until Monda'
morning, and on Sunday was able to tall
some and to understand all that was said {.
him. In fact he tried TO explain to som
OF the neighbors how the accident happened
but his conversation was disconnected.
A distressing accident occurred at Colun
Dus wednesday night in which Mrs. J. Il