The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIE NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Horse-Preparations for the Column
bus Exposition-A Wonderful Boy
Hunter OF Americus-A Couple OF
Bloody ARRAYS in Burke County.
GEORGIA
The people Of Griffin are dissatisfied with
the location for the proposed new depot OF
the Central railroad, and hope to have II
changed.
Miss Emma Baldwin of Ellaville, who
was seriously hurt by horse kicking her
Friday, is not doing we'll The shock para
lived her tongue and she can't speak
A daughter of Mrs Flint Of Fort Valley,
who ran away rom home 20 marry Chi
naman, is living al Bru swick, aud is said
TO be perfectly happy with her Monaghan
husband.
In Burke county few days ago Charles
Young colo ed assaulted a daughter of
John Jones (colored). Jones split Youngs
head open with an ak. Young won't die,
and Jones has been released
The mail facilities have been improved
between Columbus and Griffin, which
means an improvement from Columbus TO
all eastern and northe n points. Columbus
is to have two extra mails over the Georgia
Midland daily.
Joe Mize. of Americas, u years old, shot
The boy is a wonderful hunter for one Of
his wears, and for several years has killed
ard sold enough game to clothe and board
him.
There is a good deal of hustle and business
at the headquarters Of the ChRttahoochee
Valley exposition at Columbus. Letters by
the score are coming in from individuals
and county exhibitors. II seems now that
the county exhibits will very far exec d
- he LAT Thaff
great deal, for that feature two years ago
was quite deci led siccts IS.
A negro near Aoblsy's pond, in Burke
county, on last Saturday was excitedly
loading his shotgun. intending with it TO
demonstrate with a fellow-man who had
been q too frequent visitor to his hearth-
stone. The gun went off half cooked and
its contents found Judgment In the body of
its owner. Drs. Brigham and Minis were
sent for, but the chances are against his
recovery.
While blowing up the ground for the new
Central shops at Columbus Saturday one
of the heavy plows struck a six-inch water
main a d broke it. The water spurted Up
in solid stream TO hight of about fifty
feet, tearing up the ground around with
great force. The water ran for several
hours, flooding the adjacent space, until the
superintendent Of the water works com
pany went out and, with assistance, re-
paired the break.
The Chattahoochee river at Columbus is
so low that the fish are getting in hard luck
from their prosecutors. Several years ago
Mr.. Cary, the fish commissioner, depos-
tied good many German carp in the
Chattahoochee, and it seems they have rap
idly multiplied. Among the rapids Just
below the Eagle and Phoenix dam large
numbers have become stranded in the low
water and are easy prey to the fisherman.
A carp weighing twenty-four pounds was
caught Saturday.
Waynesboro True Citizen. DELPHI Will
Jams tcoloredl, who lives near Waynesboro,
enjoyed the antics of the wife of his bosom,
she being of nervous turn Of mind A
few days ago he undertook to tease her by
putting worm on her. Remonstrances
not proving effectual, she expires ed her
earnest disapp oval by striking him. This,
of course, angered her lord of creation, aud
he gave her in quick return few Rolands
for her Oliver. The woman's father, a
man named John Ed wards, for his unhus-
bandly wrongdoing, shot DELPHI twice with
his shotgun, ana the services of Drs. McMas-
ter and Lasseter we're needed In amputating
a leg
No more headlights will he granted soon
TO the marsh lands around Brunswick that
border on the navigeble waters or anywhere
else In the state of Georgia. A few days
ago Ordinary E. c. p. Dart forwarded two
warrants to Secretary of State Phil Cook
FOR headlights. Accompanying the war
rants from the ordinary's court were the
plats Of the marsh lands. Each called for
l.O0O acres. The warrants and other papers
had been gone but a few days when they
were returned with letter from Secretary
OF State Phil Cook, supported by the opin-
ion OF Attorney General Clifford
Anderson, refusing to make the
grants asked for. The attorney generals
opinion is of the act OF 1885, relati Te to the
encouragement Of the search for phosphate
Ia Georgia. de says in his opinion that he
has reached the conclusion that the head
rights laws do no not apply to the marshes
bordering on navgsble streams, especially
since the passage of the act Of 1885 relative
TO phosphate. The act is intended to en-
courage and push forward the
search for phos. hate bordering on
navigable waters lie says he does not
mean to say that where lands belonging to
the state are fitted for actual occupancy
and settlement and are clearly within the
purvlew of the act relating to head rights.
they should not be granted under those acts
because they are adjacent to navigable
waters, but he does not mean that those
acts are not to be applied to marshes
and other public property untitled
for settlement BY heads of
families, in contravention to the pol
Icy and designs of the act relating to phos-
phate. The secretary of state saws his
views OF the act coincide with the opinion
OF the attorney general, and he will not
issue any more grants along navigable
waters. The act of 1885 gives the finder of
phosphate the right to search and mine that
fertilizer for radius of five miles around
where the find is first made